Irish Mist by Behr

So long Illini orange and seaweed green, and hello Irish Mist from Behr! We’re nearly finished painting the two extra bedrooms and wow! What a transformation 🙂  I wanted to find a color that was nearly white, but with a complex undertone that made you unsure whether or not it was white.  Does that make sense??

At the same time I knew I didn’t want a cream or anything that read beige.  I think this bedroom kind of inspired the color choice.  Do you see what I’m trying to describe?

Well, at any rate, I ended up picking Irish Mist by Behr, and I think it turned out fabulous!  My mom made a special trip to come and help us paint several weekends ago which was super fun and helpful.  We had to prime both rooms completely because one was such a bright orange and the other was basically covered in spackle. As you can see below, they both needed some work….

See all that paneling?  They attached it with adhesive.  PLEASE!!! Never glue your paneling!  Removing it caused many large tears in the drywall that took significant effort to patch…

We finished up the last coat in the former paneled room and just need to do one more in the former Illini room.  I’m toying with the idea of crown molding and I think that will help tie the ceiling and wall color together.  Overall, I’m excited about how it turned out!  It’s the perfect blank slate (since I’m no where near ready to make decorating decisions for those rooms yet) without being cold or sterile.

Jake says it looks tan to him, but I prefer to say it has taupe undertones. 😉  The ‘taupe’ is key since it refers to a gray-beige color, and I’d like the think the undertone tends on the gray side.

And… we now have lights in both bedrooms!  This is another huge accomplishment, considering we still only have one lamp in the house…  We went with the IKEA Melodi pendant light for the guest bedroom, I may swap out the shade with a diy later on.  And, we got the Alang flush mount for the office bedroom, it’s such a pretty and understated fixture.

Also, floor laying has begun!  If you follow me on instagram (yes, I recently joined the world of social media, and now have a twitter account too, believe it or not! 😉 ), you may have glimpsed the beginning of the process.  We finished up one room last weekend (this stuff takes some major time commitment, folks!) with the help and guidance of Jake’s parents, and hope to keep chipping away at the first floor for a while.  Stay tuned for the reveal soon!!! 🙂