Bar area complete!

Home improvements to the max.
Serious.

We have this little nook that the previous owner had set up as a breakfast nook.  Who in their right mind would eat breakfast in a nook that isn't wired for TV, is away from pretty much everything, and can only house a very very small table with 2 chairs?
No one.
Low and behold, bar area!  We have more time to drink than to eat breakfast at the house anyways.

I didn't take a picture prior to moving furniture in ( i didn't think i would be blogging about it!) so please excuse the mess.  The buffet in the back we received from "his" parents and although I liked the wood, I hated the color, it was green.  More on that later.

BEFORE PHOTO

Look how tiny this room is.. serious.

I perused alot of images trying to find something I wanted to replicate, color wise, for the room that would not be too distracting from the colors in the rest of the house.  We both like that old time-y bar feel so this is what we came up with;

I printed out a color palate from Sherwin Williams to kind of guess what would look good together. The base coat was a ridiculous yellow color (purpose) and I couldn't wait to get the orange on over it!
I used the "color wash" technique but in more of a broad pattern.  Literally towards the end I was using my full arm range to "wax on, wax off" with the orange.
NOTE: its much easier to ADD more orange, than to remove orange... big note there. BIG ONE

You can see the yellow underneath.. it was like a nursery color.  Boo.

After the orange decision was made (with a little convincing from me to the boyfriend) obviously the white boarders/framing HAD TO GO.  I also tried to replicate old time grimy bar (residue) that usually builds up in the corners - so we did some brown.

NOTE: AGAIN LESS IS MORE. Learned the hard way for the second time.  The very back wall i went a little toooo heavy with the brown.. cant really fix it once its up!

I was so ridiculously pleased with the way this was turning out.  We thickened up some of the lines and then carried it up around the ceiling.

Whats a bar - without a bartop.
Commence "floating shelf" bar from Pinterest ideas! (made with 2x4's like a picnic table)

Sanding away

Moooorrrr sanding.  Getting the corners at the right angle was a pain in the ass - we have 0 carpentry skills. 0. Like -50 if you want to be technical.

We moved the chandelier from the dining room (it didnt match in there) to here.. because i hate boob lights. H.A.T.E them.

and jumping waaayyyy forward - thats the buffet, I stained it a darker color to match the area a bit better. The block thing on top is actually a wine holder.. man do i love that thing - purchased from Amazon.

After digging around through a bunch of random crap we happened to have lying around...

BOOM FINISHED PRODUCT

All i need is bar stools now.

One more time before and after!

Glad its done and its currently filled with bottles!

From Brown to Faux Finish Green

Initially the rooms in the house were all painted some sort of brown / neutral color.  I understand the concept as it looks great on our first visit before the purchase.

However..
its... its brown.

SO

I went through Pinterest (probably hours of it) until I found something I liked.  While I discussed my options with a friend who happens to be a professional painter, the recommendations he was giving me were not something I was prepared for (Venetian plaster!) and while spending hours upon hours inside of Home Depot, mild exaggeration, i happened to come across a pamphlet with the exact colors I needed!

I love Gray - it goes with everything.  SO we decided that maybe the other walls should be Gray?!  Winter Haze to be exact.  I only purchased one can - which was a huge mistake since I went back to get another can... and it was a different shade.  So.. don't do that!

This is the green - look how bright it is!  We were terrified...

It dried darker but still very bright.  I honestly cannot remember the name of the green - its on a paint can somewhere if someone needs to know though.

I'm going to be skipping big steps because I ended up messing it up the first time - then we had to repaint it green . This happened on a snow day though so it wasn't as dramatic ... we had the time to spare.

I ended up using a roller that had already been used and was kind of... matted, I suppose.  It was dry and there wasn't any paint on it.. but it was still a little matted from previous uses.  We lightly dabbed it in the brown, then ran it along the wall and used some old shirts to dab it around.  I did some marble hand work which isn't very noticeable from this distance BUT it turned out so perfect.  

Add in some brown furniture and its not to dang shabby for our first stab at faux painting!

Ta-Da!

We have yet, a year later, to hang anything on this wall.  There is a specific piece that we want but at the moment its out of our price range.. soon, soon it will happen!

Introductions

Hello fellow bloggers and or anyone else who happens to stumble upon this here blog-thing.  I have never written one of these before, SO you'll just have to sit down and buckle up for some bad grammar and sub-par spelling!
So. Much. Fun. Right?

We (the boyfriend included) recently purchased a house and have been going a little overboard with redecorating.  It was/is a flip house so literally everything within the house is brand spankin new, however they chose to go with a neutral palate - and I am far from that. Luckily he has allowed my imagination to run wild and for the most part let me make the decisions.  I have the imagination, he is more of a "must see" participant.

We are practically done with the current updates (housewarming party right around the corner) so i'll be posting some things that were already done.

Yay Projects!