HGKE

I am very excited about our new house. I went to the library on Wednesday to go through decorating books and get some ideas on colors, patterns, etc. for some of the main rooms. Primarily I'm trying to stay focused on the living room and dining room which I think will be my biggest challenges- they’re to the left and right of the entrance immediately when you walk in so therefore they need to coordinate with one another and the foyer. On top of that I have white, silver and navy china that I would ultimately like to display so the wall/window decor needs to go with that as well.

Anyway, the books weren’t much help (mostly because the pictures in them look nothing like our house- they’re always older with lots of windows and heavy crown molding), but one did inspire me to make a color chart of the house, which I did in powerpoint. I outlined each of the rooms and then filled in the boxes with a color I'm considering. It really helped me get an all-over feel of the flow of the rooms and how they coordinate – important because we have such an open floorplan.

I know I should wait until it’s closer until we move in to get paint strips because I'll not only lose them but change my mind about 8X between now and then... but I doubt I’ll be able to! : )