Nothing Can Update A Room Like Paint!

Over the last three days Pk of Room Remix has been hosting a series on selecting paint colors. Many of you requested I cover this design dilemma in your comments on this post. And I will. But in meantime, how great to be asked by Pk to contribute to her series covering this topic. {Now I can just send you over there!}

Is there anything that has the power to transform a room quite like paint? If so I have yet to find it! Here are two examples of rooms that were given a makeover, with paint providing the change with the biggest impact.

A kitchen nook in our previous home, before paint...

...and after.

My best example of how paint can transform is our master bathroom.

The befores...

...and the afters.

A paint change set the stage for a dramatic redesign. Other additions include new light fixtures, a Mirror Mate frame installed around the large plate glass mirror, roman shades and a few accessories.

If painting is in your near future, visit Room Remix for tips on how to select paint colors, (Monday's post). It was fun to read everyone's suggestions, I learned a few new tips myself! Also, yesterday and today the participates are sharing their favorite neutral paint colors, favorite statement colors and suggestions of colors that work well with stained trim, with examples of the colors shown in rooms.

And don't forget to enter for a chance to win one of the two $50 gift certificates in the Lisa Leonard Design giveaway, just in time for Valentine's Day!