dark blue 2 it is!

Seeing as you were nice enough to give me your opinions on paint colours, I thought I'd run you through a brief before and after of the book alcove.

As you may recall, it started with this

{a truer representation of all colours involved}

Then I moved the swatches onto the actual wall the dark blue paint was destined for

{BEFORE: bleagh!}

Then the decorator showed up and got to work

{at this stage, I was in full-on panic mode and
finally understood why people stick with magnolia!}

Thankfully, it turned out alright on the night.

My thanks to everyone who picked a dark blue (whether 1 or 2), your contribution is very much appreciated.

All that's left to do in the living room is hang curtains (awaiting curtain poles), make a Roman blind (early next year) and select and hang more pictures (tomorrow and Friday). Then the house will be done. In the spirit of full disclosure: there's still the skirting board in the guest bedroom to gloss. Ah yes, that'd be the room that required 4 coats of paint on the walls AND ceiling! This obviously broke my will. Anyway, I plan to rectify this oversight in a week or two.  

Then once the house is truly done and dusted, maybe we'll get on with the garden. 

But there again, maybe not. 

(I'm not a gardener)