"How Do You Like Me Now?"

I have succumbed to my "what if" tendencies and painted {just one coat so far} our kitchen door that leads into my studio yet again. By now you know that this is my modus operandi. When I'm struggling with a decision - and especially when faced with two choices that are both my favorites,I choose one, but after a while I get curious about the other. How would it look? Would it have been better?

Remember, I had gone with a beautiful shade of blue called "Tranquility" {Valspar shade from Lowes}. I LOVE the color and plan on using it in accents and furniture pieces. But I decided that since I want to use it in accents and furniture pieces throughout the house, maybe having it on all the doors in our house is a bit overkill. Plus, as I've mentioned, this shade of blue seems to be too "pastel" for hubs.


So I painted the door a deep expresso brown - almost a black. {Edited to add that the paint color is called "Fired Earth" from Valspar at Lowes}. Like I said, this is just the first coat and it needs another, but I'm posting a couple of photos because I like the "old, worn" look of it already and plan to scruff it up after the second coat to make it look similar to this.



Another change: I repainted my kitchen a few weeks ago but decided not to use the color we painted the studio. What did I go with? Anthem White. The same color as our trim work. Can you tell the difference in the wall colors between the above and bottom photos? I just love the contrast now between the walls and the dark doors and red cabinets...so crisp and light feeling! It's hard to tell in the photo below because of the sun streaming in, but that little chair is painted "Tranquility" like the door use to be. Who knew dark brown, red, and blue could actually work together in peace, love, and harmony?!

Two major remodeling decisions have been made - and I'm sticking to them this time...I promise! 1)Twice Remembered's walls will be white and 2)The doors will be dark expresso brown.

For what it's worth, hubs did not want white walls. He LOVES the dark doors now, though. And he hasn't even noticed I repainted the kitchen. ;)

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{Participating in Metamorphosis Monday!}