I am such a fan of HGTV and was finally determined to take down the walls of mirrors in the living room.  Taking down the wall to wall mirrors was a challenge to say the least.  At one point I put a helmet on because I was afraid I was going to get hurt!

It took us weeks to do and the walls didn’t look TOO bad once the mirrors came off.  With a little bit of elbow grease and lots of sanding, the walls were finally ready for priming and painting.  I’m in love with the taupe color we picked out – it goes well with our teal and purple theme.  We changed all of the window treatments, replaced the light fixture in the dining room and we put in some thick trim.  I love thick trim, it reminds me of houses by the  beach.  I now have a nice new area to do makeup in!

I definitely think that all the hard work paid off and I’m glad we don’t have to clean those darn mirrors anymore or try to explain why we have a living room of mirrors to people!  One of the mirrors had the date of 1983 on it – I thought for sure it would be the 70′s cause they had to be smoking something to think those mirrors were a good idea! 

Next up – gutting the downstairs bathroom!  But we’re taking a little break for now