Well we did it! After a lot of eye lash batting on my end and huffs and puffs on Jon’s end we finally came to terms that the living room was going PINK!
Originally our living room had a brown/white/cream/orange with pops of blue color combo. Slowly I started to tweak things and we are now working with a white/cream/orange/pink/yellow/green combo. I wanted to inject a bit of black into the space so the brown needed to go.
We were going to paint it ourselves, but we’ve been working till really late every day and most weekends so we needed a rest. Craigslist to my rescue. My normal paint guy would have charged me a lot ($400-$600). I went on Craiglist and placed an ad under their gigs section and able to find many people willing to do it for $150. I had my pick of people to choose from.
I picked Martha Stewart Magnolia Grandiflora:
I loved the shade, but haven’t loved the actual MS paint line (Sorry Martha! Still your biggest fan) so I had it made in Behr Paint and Primer in 1. My dark brown walls only took 2 coats to disappear.
*Normally I have no problems getting a paint color from one brand made using another brand as the base, but this time we were told that employees are getting in trouble for doing this so in order to still get it done the employee helping us simply ripped a piece of our paper swatch so that it didn’t say MS and color matched it.
So on Saturday we went from this:
To this:
Please excuse the messy room. I just wanted to get pictures with some sunlight so I started snapping away.
The color really is barely there, but with all of the white accents in the room you can really see the pink tone to it. I’m happy and Jon’s happy.
Oh course one change leads to another and I totally want to forgo my striped chair and white sofa and get two smaller sofa’s to flank the fireplace. We shall see. I think I’m going to live with it for awhile before I make any purchases.
Can’t wait to finish putting everything back in the room. See, we are almost finished..ah who am I kidding I’m never finished when it comes to my house.
Isn’t it so fun to switch things up? The change is drastic and very calming. I think the new wall colors gives a new life to your furniture. I’m with you living with it all for a while and then deciding what you want to tweak some more.
Glad the shades still work!
Amazing how bright and light the space is now, the color is so pretty and soft, looking forward to seeing the whole room put together! And how you ever got this color past the guy of the house…impressive! Janell
I love, love, love your striped chair! The wall color looks great, so crisp and clean and bright, thanks for sharing.
Eliza
Don’t you just LOVE it? Your pink is very similar to mine and I love how it can look white but when you see write against it, you get the little hint of pink. I think your living room looks gorgeous and that little hit of Misia- love love!
pretty! i, too, am going to be injecting some black into our living room. i think it must be spring in the air…i want to change up everything in my house as well! so annoying!
your pink looks great, though.
that looks amazing! it looks so fresh and inviting…now i need to reconsider going darker in my living room
Love the pale pink, but love even more you convinced your hubby!!
The room looks so fresh and airy now. Even better is a man who will go for pink. Very nice.
I just love it! And I love it even more that John loves it!:) Do you feel pretty in the room? Wearing pink is like natural blush for your cheeks.. should work in a room too!
I LOVE it!! The pink is so subtle but pops with the right light. Excellent choice and love that your got your husband on board for a pink room!
I actually love the striped chair with it!!
Ah, how lovely and fresh and ready for Spring.
Love the red-striped chair against the pink.
pve
Jealous! That soft pink is perfection!!! Thanks for color-sharing!
What a beautiful shade of pink and what a drastic change from the previous brown
Inspired to lighten up my humble abode.
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Love that Pink, and I can see why Jon would be okay with it! It’s not so in your face… it’s subtle and beautiful. Great choice (but that’s no surprise!)
Oh honey…that made the biggest difference! The room looks amazing; so much lighter.
Love it!
You CANT get rid of the striped chair!!! I LOVE it… if you do, ship it to me, haha! Seriously, I scrolled down and saw that first photo with the brown walls and the chair jumped out as so beautiful.
The walls look great, too. :p
Beautiful!!!
Looks lovely. Pink shades on the wall are tough to get right and you really got it RIGHT.
Mary Ann
I LOVE it, Camila….you nailed it, can’t wait to see it all!!!
ahh. I love it!! It is so so pretty! I cant wait to see it in person either
One of these days I’ll get up there!
Looks great!
It’s gorgeous! The room looks so much bigger and brighter! Love it
Wow it looks beautiful! I am impressed you got your husband on board! It really brightens up the room. It is subtle but still makes a statement. I LOVE your tiered white shelf in the corner, can you tell me where it is from.
I LOVE that you talked Jon into this … it looks so completely amazing!
I love it! I’m so jealous I’ve always wanted a soft pink living room!
Oh my gosh, I am obsessed! It looks SOOOOOO good. I want a pink living room! Jon is the best!
That is a really lovely shade of pink – can’t wait to see the finished room
It looks amazing!! Kudos to you for convincing your guy! Mine wouldn’t budge
Looks so pretty and airy. Great color choice!!
Absolutely lovely!!!!! I can’t wait to see it all complete…and gotta love pink! Also that red/white striped chair is divine…great job! And so glad your hubby’s happy! I have been wanting to paint my bedroom light pink for quite sometime, luckily my man is on board…he comes from a father whose favorite color is lavender and orange. Great job!
LOVE IT! I painted my guest bedroom pinky-ish last year as well!
Wow it looks beautiful! I am impressed you got your husband on board! It really brightens up the room. It is subtle but still makes a statement. I LOVE your tiered white shelf in the corner, can you tell me where it is from.
I love the pink, it’s perfection! I like the airiness of it. Can’t wait to see more of this room.
I am dying to paint our guest room pink but still looking for the perfect fit.
Refreshing! I love how open your space feels with the lighter wall color. Are you still getting used to it? Thanks for sharing… ♡
OMG! I just finished painting our master closet/dressing room this exact shade! I had it color matched to the same Behr paint and 2 coats completely covered the dark tan we had before. I am LOVING the shade and how much brighter it looks in there. I’m planning to create a stencil of China Seas Aga and do it in a white pearlescent paint over the pink on 2 of the walls. Also debating bright yellow drapery in there and have been fretting that it might be too much with all the open storage but I love the color combo. Can’t wait to see how you finish the room!
This is so gorgeous. It’s subtle and not overly girly.
Did you say you would get rid of the white & red striped chair? I love it with those walls…..pink is just a lighter version of red and I think it looks so fresh and pretty together! Beautiful walls, by the way. My bedroom is the same colour — my husband is a bit colour blind and thinks it’s white!
Such a drastic, but refreshing change. I’m not usually a pink girl, but I love how these walls look! I’m leaning towards lighter, more neutral walls myself and using decor for bright accents. I’m good friends with your SIL and was at your house over a year ago. I must say it’s even more gorgeous in person.
Hi Jess,
So funny to see you here. I believe you are friends with JoAnn, right? She was recently in your wedding I think. Green bridesmaid dresses?
C
Yes. That’s the one
Don’t mean to be a stalker. She told me about your website after I visited because I loved your house so much.
Oh my — that is delicious!!! I’ve been dying to paint my dining room ceiling the perfect blush…and you found it for me!!!! xoxoxo
and props for Behr paint+primer!