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Arctic Gray Kitchen … Olé!

It’s been a LONG time since I posted our house color pallet… a year and a half to be exact.

Here is the pallet if you’d like a refresher:

Hicks House Color Scheme

Hicks House Color Scheme

We’re making slow but steady progress actually getting our color choices onto the walls. In retrospect the color decision was way easier than the actual execution. The kitchen/living room presented the same challenges we encountered in the dining room, hallways, half bath, full bath, guest room and family room with all of the screws popping through the drywall. (Perhaps why we took a year long break between painting the family room and the kitchen?)

On top of that, this combined room takes up half of the first floor making it easily the largest and most daunting room in the house. Here are some before pictures:

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The new sofa

The new sofa

Marble Backsplash | Hicks House

And here we are with the new Arctic Gray paint. It’s a light gray with a blue undertone that definitely appears more blue in the living room area where we have the teal accents than in the kitchen where it’s a lot of black granite, and white marble.

Hicks House | Arctic Gray Olé
Hicks House | Arctic Gray Olé
Hicks House | Arctic Gray Olé
Hicks House | Arctic Gray Olé
Hicks House | Arctic Gray Olé

Next on the interior list… LIGHTING. It’s long overdue that we get rid of the bare bulbs and builder grade boob lights.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on the new color! We’re loving the fact that the entire first floor is now painted. Still outstanding: The Master Bedroom and Bathroom and the Craft Room.

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Christmas at the Hicks

I’ve been MIA for a few weeks.  Ken and I both had two weeks off over the holidays and rather than tackle a bunch of home projects like we did last year, we spent 2 weeks lounging on the couch watching movies.  It.was.AWESOME.  I owe everyone that reads this blog an apology for not posting our Christmas decorations before Christmas, however I’m doing it now which is a step above last year where we never decorated at all.

So here is our little Christmas decoration tour, of our silver and blue tree and mantle.

Hicks House | Christmas 2014

Hicks House | Christmas 2014

Hicks House | Christmas 2014

Along with decorating the tree exclusively in silver and blue ornaments we also purchased some light blue stockings as well as some silvery Christmas mantle decor. Who says Christmas has to be red and green?

Hicks House | Christmas 2014
Hicks House | Christmas 2014
Hicks House | Christmas 2014

The room was topped off with a Frosty painting I did at Paint Night.

Hicks House | Christmas 2014

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

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