Your room was fantastic before, but even better now if that is possible!!! Great idea :0)

AuntJen, I rarely post here but I want to let you know I love the glaze you added to your walls and I cant wait to see your new drapes!! The stained glass panels hanging in your windows are wonderful.
NanaK

Oh, I like that! Still cheerful but nice and mellow. I can imagine the other color was very stimulating which is what they say about yellows, which can be a problem for a child's bedroom. Your room actually looks very nice and complete without curtains too. The floral ones also add a lot I think.

Thanks so much! This was actually a fun project. I love those that provide immediate gratification!

Looks like my flash is making the finish look a little bit shiny, but it's really matte in person.

One of the best things about the changes is that they're a perpetual reminder of the trip you took to England with your mom. The feeling of decor like that can't be beat.

So how did you do this ???? I was just looking at a link on another thread...now I can't find it...grr...anyway this gal removed the wall paper and then did a very simple faux finish by simply using a wide brush and a cross hatch configuration of strokes back and forth all over the wall. It looked great.

What method did you use ?? It looks wonderful...I just love your home ! c

You're right, spring-meadow! The feelings I had while in England are exactly what I longed to resurrect by incorporating some changes into my own home once we returned. The fact that the changes happened so soon on the heels of our trip will indeed keep it in my mind for a long time to come!

Trailrunner, that's pretty much the technique I used. I just kind of guessed at the proportions of glaze to paint - mixed it up until it was "runny pudding" consistency - then using a very dry brush I crosshatched strokes and daubed with a rag, then went back in places and stippled with the brush and daubed some more. (You should see the brush - it looks like it went thru the blender! LOL!)

trailrunner....the cross hatch paint method was linked on my thread re: black dining room. Jillinnj posted a link to a blog that's fantastic and includes the process that I believe you are referring to. Is this is???? The blog was awesome and I've spent the entire day over there....

Auntjen...love the change. I can't believe you completed it in just a few short hours!

Here is a link that might be useful: Design Dump

I loved the bold color before, and love it even more now. Looks terrific!

Great job, auntjen!!!! What drapes did you decide on? I have been following your posts and the last time I looked, you were leaning toward the red and white checked ones at Country Curtains.

Wow, that's beautiful. I am one that does not like faux finishes, but yours looks fantastic!

Thanks so much for the nice words!

Stargirl, I should be receiving these drapes in about a week or so. I'm excited! :-)

Really pretty, what a fun personalized space! Great job.

Your NOT into cookie-cutter decorating! You take chances! I like that! :0)

LOL! Well, I'm sure the chances I often take aren't necessarily the best ideas, but I do enjoy experimenting and thinking outside the box. I really want my home to be a happy, cozy, cheerful little cottage that reflects who I am (ok, who DH is too - to an extent; I'm not going to start tacking up wrestling posters though).
;-)

Looks wonderful -- like aged plaster!

Very charming room -- just LOVE it!

Jan at Rosemary Cottage

Auntjen, your room was lovely before, but that glazing treatment is gorgeous! It really softens the room. What a great job! I love your style.

Really nice, Jen! You have the decorator's touch, that's for sure.

oh beautiful -- loved it before, love it even more now! great job!

I love your style also! Think the room was great before & after, I really like them both ways. I also think you made a good choice on the drapes, can't wait to see them up. Terri

I liked it before, but I LOVE it now! Great job.

It's really pretty both ways- I don't know if I could choose which I like better. I liked the before a lot but definitely get what you meant by bold, although I didn't see the "garish." I really love the after too; more relaxing and mellow. Great job!

Beautiful! i'm so glad you went with the floral drapes. Will be lovely!

tina

AuntJen, the new paint treatment looks kind of organgey compared to the gold the walls were before. Are the new drapes going to match this new wall treatment?

I like it and can't wait to see the new drapes!

Very nice. I agree it looks like old plaster and works well with your native american eclectic style. Have you thought of painting the ceiling?

Sorry, that was suppose to be "orangey."

Love it! It looks very "old world." This is a very timely thread for me. I was wondering when I saw your curtain thread how you liked the paint color. I have one similiar in my kitchen. I have had it for a couple of years now, and just like you, woke up one day and it was screaming at me. I am getting ready to re-paint it Sherwin Willims Rainwashed. I am craving "calm" in my windowless kitchen.

Yep that was the blog...she is amazing. Jen the technique you used turned out great. I have 12 ft ceilings and DH says...well I won't repeat it exactly but in essence he says there is NO WAY we are going to use a brush and go over every inch...sigh...I will just link to your pics and enjoy ! c

Auntjean, you remind me so much of my friend Delores when it comes to decorating. She made the same statement, "I want a happy house." She decorates in bright colors and her rooms make me smile. On her white leather couch, she has lime green throw pillows with zebra print ones thrown in. Sounds funky but it is such a happy look. I wish I were more like you and my friend. Decorating is a little intimidating to me at times, and your way of decorating is an inspiration to me.

Love the glaze, love the draperies you're waiting on, love everything! Count me in as one who also appreciates the depth and warmth of the aged look. Nice job!

I wish I could turn you loose in my house :-) What's next - red woodwork?

The color my DD just painted her hall bathroom, against my advice...And it turned out to be stunning, just as your room did! Will be looking forward to the drapes.

ps. Once I saw the finished product I found her a paisley lush Raymond Waites shower curtain in the same terra hue. The bath may belong to a cookie-cutter subdivision house, but the colorations are all original and beautiful. she goes to the more vivid side of the strip where I stay with more subdued.

Red

I like the change! The gold tones of the new color will look great with your new drapes.

Nice job! Love that look, it seems to take you right in the direction you want to go.

I couldn't resist:

And on prior walls:

Wow, thanks so much, Moon! You rock! :-D

I'm very pleased with the subtle - but noticeable! - difference. Re the comment above about the walls now having an orangey tone - it's just appearing that way onscreen, I think. The walls definitely don't look orange in person. It's just a very deep, "aged" gold look now.

Too funny about the red woodwork! I actually have red trim throughout my kitchen and breakfast room! ;-)

Love it, and the cats seem to like the new look. :)

I love the change. Have you ever considered painting your trim something other than bright white? Or is it not that bright irl?

Thanks! The trim is white throughout the house (except for in the aforementioned kitchen/breakfast room) and it'll remain white.

I love the after!!!

What a difference! Your house would put me in a good mood.

Perfect! Know what I like the most? Is that you allow your kitties to lay on top of the furniture. In fact, when my cat isn't laying there, I love the look of smooshed down sofa tops! lol It reeks of homeyness to me. :)

Oakley, those smooshed sofa tops drive me nuts! Seems I'm forever attempting to fluff them up, to no avail. Saturday morning I woke up and walked into the living room to find five kitties perched up there, all peering out the window at the birds.

both before and after pics look good to me---can't say i like one more than the other!

lol about the kitties...we have trained our big dogs to stay off the furniture, but could never train our kitty!

Oakley, if smooshed down couch pillows appeal to you, this photo should fit the bill! I can't keep my Dundee off his perch on our living room sectional, and these cushions always need to be plumped before company arrives.

Auntjen, your glazed walls look fantastic, but then again, the room looked great even before the glazing. I love your use of bold color, and can't wait to see the new drapes when you get them!

didn't like the before, but i really like the after! huge difference! and those cat shaped pillows are so realistic looking

Absolutely stunning, Jen! This is no cookie-cutter Southwestern room. It *IS* Southwestern, but in the nicest way that's also totally you.
BTW, Moonshadow . . . you're amazing and very talented!
Lynn