the lilac room in the orange house

We never expected to paint a room in our home lilac, but we did, and it is! At first, we were discussing earthy, neutral tones, but as we've become more and more excited about having a little girl, plans changed.

As things go at the Orange House, the preparation was much more involved than we expected it to be....

Robin and I cursed our 52 year-old drywall as chunks of fell out when we removed some shelves from the wall in the old office/new nursery.

Once again, Robin had the opportunity to test his wall-repair skills.

I added texture to all of the walls to help mask the repairs.

Robin primed and painted the room -- lilac on the top half and a very light lilac on the wainscot.

Though I am still trying to get used to having lilac in our house, the project looks great. However, it is nowhere near finished. We had hoped the ceiling and trim would look okay with the lilac, but it is way too warm and looks awful, so Robin will paint them with a cooler white on Sunday. Once everything has cured and aired out, we'll start painting the wall art. We're looking forward to seeing the finished product and hope to be finished by Christmas!