So one of the things that Melissa and I decided to do with the house thing Spring is to paint the living room. As you may recall, it had nasty mint green paint contrasting with bland wood paneling on either side of brick fireplace. Here's what it looked like:
We considered tearing down the paneling and replacing it with drywall, but ultimately decided to try painting it to see how it looked. Melissa, with help from the clerk at the Benjamin Moore store, selected one of their new Aura paints, which is both self-priming and self-leveling. This saved a lot of time with sanding and priming the paneling, not to mention that it looks fantastic! Kudos to Melissa on her choice of color--deep purple--and her hard work on painting the paneling.
This last photo shows Alpaca, the sand-like color we picked for the adjoining walls. Unlike the wall with the paneling, we had to prime these walls with two coats.
