Stairway

Painting the stairway was by far the hardest part of the house. It took me probably 6 hours just to paint the stairway and several hours longer for a few of us to paint the rest of the living room. I left the shadow boxes white. By the way, I have absolutely no idea what to put in them. I know I need a family photo to go in the arched one. Any ideas?

Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us borrow the Little Giant ladder. I don't know how we could've gotten up there without it. In fact, there's one spot we had to leave white because just couldn't reach. I don't think anyone but us will notice, though.

Living Room Color Theme

I've been trying to learn more about decorating and have figured out that people who use the colorwheel seem to make better decisions. I'm still not sure what I want to do with my living room once I get a new couch, but I've been trying to brainstorm some ideas.

I really like the paprika color of my curtains. I have a lot of pillows with the same reddish-orange color as well, but I think they are a little much--red is such a dominant color.

I also have these blue/blue-green pieces that I think would look good with the paprika color. What if I add some cool accent pillows in this color? How much of it would I need? I'm not sure this color combination fits the colorwheel exactly, but I am hoping it is close enough since the red seems to be an in-between red and orange color and the blue seems to be in-between blue and green. That makes them complimentary, right??

If I'm way off, let me know before I get invested in it!!