It's not at bad as I thought it was going to be

[warrior1]

Behold.

Before


After


New paint on fireplace mantel, walls and new carpet.

closer look at carpet



I textured inside of the shelves.

[NMDemDist2]

1. very nice! I love that wall color! it's very close to what I want to do our

living room in.

and the carpet looks very nice also

[Stinky The Clown]

2. That looks great .......

.... one tiny suggestion ......

Paint the wall color as an accent to the inset area above the fireplace. Not the whole inset flat surface, but the angled strip that conncts the high level with the low level ...... sort of a frame of color ..... the fireplace seems to have lost some pop to the bold wall color and this would help tie it all together.

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. Or, add an applique in the same white as the inset

As a designer, I think that painting it the same as the wall color will make it look choppy across the wall expanse. But, applique(s) added to the inset and in the smae color as the fireplace framing, will give visual texture.

Lowe's carries quite a few appliques.

Here are some examples (not from Lowe's..just examples)

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. Your color choice is lovely!

:thumbsup:

[eleny]

5. Love the color!

Your living room looks so sunny and cozy. It's lit with sunlight from within.

[warrior1]

6. The idea is to have them

the shelves seem to be floating. Although I understand what your saying, my idea wasn't to have them pop out. Just bring the wall into focus. The room isn't that big so I don't think the shelves get loss in this room.

Thanks for your comments.

Mary

[likesmountains 52]

7. I love the wall color too..thanks for sharing.