Lillywood Cottage from the inside

We are hosting Thanksgiving this year and Richard has offered to paint the whole downstairs. I am so excited, because the only painting done in this house is all upstairs.

The kids bathroom was the first room I painted. I really do love these hooks. The orange washcloth is missing today, but you get the idea.

I drilled these frames and pulled the ribbon through. This is the second room I painted, chocolate brown . . . .

and red. This is the TV room, and Richards pride and joy, the 60 inch baby. I think I need to tone down the white built in, maybe with a wash, or paint it altogether. The trim and crown moulding in this room are white as well. Any suggestions?

I snatched up these tins from "Graples" and lucky for me because a few ladies I know have been looking for them for the past few months and sadly, no floral tins.

This is downstairs in the kitchen. I'm almost decided on a gold paint pulled from the stripe in the valance. I fell love with this wooden m from "The Red Dresser." I think I may have started a collection.

Then I found my new favorite M. It was in a set of four that spelled "HOME." For a month or so I begged the store owners to break up the set and sell me the M. You can imagine their reluctance as this would leave someone with "HOE." Finally they conceded, and smartly so, because my mom bought the O, leaving a much more polite "HE" or "EH." More to come after the big painting frenzy. . .