Summer Pear

Earlier this year I painted the dining room a color that I had painted a big swatch of on 2 walls in that room and had liked. I primed several times and painted that color of paint twice. As I was removing the tape I noticed the color, actually took in the color and I hated it. It didn't look like the paint card at all. I repainted the room green. I liked that color. My mother loved it. Then I moved to the living room and painted it a gold. I liked it. I realized once all the tape had been removed, furniture returned to its original places that the living room was a green gold and the dining room a blue green and they clashed. I am not good with color. I left it be thinking I'd get used to it. I didn't. I didn't want to paint the living room. There is too much wood trim in that room to tape and furniture to move, so dining room it was. 

I primed and painted it Tapestry Thread khaki color (upper right). You guessed it, I didn't like it. It was too washed out, lacked color. So, I opted to paint it the same color as the living room; Summer Pear (lower left). 

 

I like that color in both living and dining rooms, most of the time. People that have seen both rooms don't believe they're the same color. This house does weird things with paint color. These two pictures are a perfect example. 

 

It's hard to get a good picture of the paint color and the color changes several times a day. 

 

There's a long window above the buffet that doesn't have a covering on it, so the washed out area is from the bright sun streaming in. That is my new IKEA bookshelf. I'm very happy with it. It's very solid and sturdy.  

 

The enamel pan on the top shelf right holds small cookbooks. 

 

 

You might wonder why the one shelf is mostly empty. Here is why;

 

He insists on laying there and is happy to rearrange some cookbooks to do so! Yes, he's spoiled and so for the time being the shelf will remain empty.