I was asked about what colours we used in the house.

Well, we used colour chips from Rona – their Sico colour line. Our painter took those colour chips and had them matched over at ICI Paints. He has an account there and even though the paint was a little bit more expensive the quality is excellent. He used an eggshell base paint and if you do a spot paint in the middle of the wall it dries perfectly blended in. There is no evidence to your spot painting. It is wonderful stuff.

In the kitchen we used natural white on the cabinets and trim. The walls are painted “Ballroom Blue”. We used the same colour in the powder room and put left over tile on the sink counter top. Looks amazing.

The red that is used throughout the living room and hallways is “Flamenco Red”. I love this red. Then the trim is all Natural White.

In our bedroom we used a lovely “Greyish Sage”. This colour goes so beautiful with natural woods and white trim. We have a honey oak bedroom set and the trim is all natural white. We made the blinds a birch colour.

ToddlerJi’s room (and here, and here) is not totally decorated the way I would love it to be yet. I envision it with a bench couch high enough to store her toy boxes and a little desk along the one wall. We painted it “Lightening Star”. It is bright, cheery and inviting.

The basement is not done yet. We already have the new carpet in place. It is a foresty green Berber with little specks of yellow in it. We are thinking of painting the walls a deep yellow with a natural white ceiling to go for a very earth feeling. Bright and cheery: adding a bit of dimension. I am thinking of something along the lines of the Green plum but brighter. Li wants a little mini water fall things, that you can get at the garden stores, at the bottom of the stairs. It will bring good fung shui he says.

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