Painting the living room walls & window trim

So yeah, ok its cold outside and winter still, I am anxious to get outside but for now, remember that dark paint I put on that one living room wall, reddish mauve or something back in December 2010? (post link)

Well I have lived with it for over a year, had to get my moneys worth but I just can't stand it any longer

So today we are painting the wood trim around the windows because I am just not impressed with the dark old wood and of course, this IS happening while hubby is at work or I would get scolded

 I had one wall painted that dark reddish color, the 2 end walls mushroom like taupe and the front window wall was still off white, but all that is soon to change, I started with painting the window trim and baseboard trim, it took several coats of primer and paint

 you can see the different colors

piling everything on the couches away from my messy paint, see the dark old window trim?

 here we go, got some of the walls painted, dry and putting up some of my wall decorations, that misery whip was my great grandfathers!

 I am liking the room in this color, I need to do touchup trim work yet

 and look, the ladder I put on the wall has family photos in it now!

front window wall is not yet painted, I am working on the window trim here today, just look at that view

 this end is done, and trim all touched up

 front window wall in progress

the paint is from Lowe's, some historic preservation paint line "Mark Twain House Olive"

 Backfire thinks she is hiding over by the front door, gonna have to move her to clean and finish painting that wall

will update later when the paint is all done

Root cellar in basement instead of outside

We had planned on a root cellar outside on the back bank, but I got to thinking . . . who wants to trek outside through the snow to get to the goods right? So we researched and decided we would just build it into the back corner of our basement, makes sense to me, why go out if we don't have to!

 I was at work when he started and had just the framework up so missed getting those shots

but ere he is putting in the insulation

 insulation panels for the ceiling

taking photo from inside the room, yes he's proud of his work

 installing the light and electrical outlets

 got some paint and painted it dark in there instead of the white drylok that we had already painted on

need to finish wiring and then put up the ceiling insulation

 after he was done I went in and added another coat of paint

just waiting for it to dry, he doesn't think it needs painted, but I do, I will leave the floor alone though

will update as we progress with this project :)

New Ceiling Fans!

FINALLY!! We have new ceiling fans in the living room, when we moved into this house, I remarked about all the rooms having ceiling lights except the living room, I still don't understand this concept but anyway we finally bought 2 ceiling fans for the living room, and they are up and I love being able to flip a light switch and have ceiling lighting instead of tripping over things to get to the lamps!

 how cool is that?! I know you think I am nuts, but hey, if you always had to root around in the dark to turn on a lamp, then you would understand my excitement AND the fans help circulate the air

couple wall decals, hmm not sure I like them there, just playing around trying to figure out a way to rearrange the living room, it's hard with all the windows and door openings and there on the wall is another of those gorgeous paintings by Mom 2 and my goodies on the barn ladder are getting a washing LOL