The evolution of a living room

It started in the summer when my brother built our new mantle.  And now I have the bug to change everything in that room.  I started with the paint first.

Here's a reminder of what we started with.

Then it looked like this:

And now it looks like this:

I carried the paint into the kitchen which I think looks really nice.  It is the perfect blue/gray color that I actually mixed myself out of two mistints.  I am loving it!