My DIY Weekend Continued: The Painted Built-Ins

When I said I had a weekend of DIY, I was not kidding.  After finishing up the headboard I posted about yesterday, I decided to tackle painting the back of my living room built-ins with leftover teal paint from the dining area.

If you've been around a while, you know that my living room makes me want to throw myself off a cliff with all the beige.  The previous owner painted every wall the color of sand, and with carpet of the same shade, it's waaaaay too much of one non-color.  In the past 7 months, I've painted all but the main living area various shade of gray (my favorite neutral).  Eventually, we'll paint the living room too but it's a huge open space that goes into the dining and kitchen areas so it will be a multi-day event and we're just not up for it yet.  However, I thought the built ins would benefit from some color and it's a small enough area to do by myself over a weekend.

 Before - sorry for the dark phone pic

And two coats of Plumage by Martha Stewart later, I think my little corner looks a while lot fancier:

I still have half a gallon of paint left, so don't be surprised if you see it somewhere else soon.  I think it's my most favorite shade of all time.  And yes, I totally copied Sherry and John over at YHL.  :)