I painted my Living Room Cobalt Blue

I painted my living room blue last weekend and the results are in!  I snapped photos yesterday morning while fixing oatmeal for my 5-year-old and intermittently picking up a crying 2-year-old. So while they're not top notch photos, you'll get an idea of what I've done!  Presenting my very blue living room:

And just for fun, here's a before shot:

I painted with Benjamin Moore's

Symphony Blue

, which took four coats.  It was crazy but worth it.  Most of the room is comprised of furniture I already had on hand. However, there are a few new things in place.  The primary purchase was a set of red ikat curtain panels from

Castle Creek Designs

on Etsy.  They are beautiful and I'm in love with these curtains.  The other new piece is the

red tripod table

pictured above from West Elm - an early Christmas gift from my husband.  It was on sale!

Where did everything else come from?  Here's the breakdown:

Everything below came from Craigslist:

pair of yellow Midcentury chairs

pair of blue barrel back chairs

brown sofa

both sofa side tables

coffee table

circular table between blue chairs

Thrift Store

all four table lamps, each lamp was 5 dollars or less

(I spray painted two of them in turquoise)

Etsy

red ikat curtains from

Castle Creek Designs

grey chevron pouf by

Aleta Fae

- I won from a blog giveaway at

Head Over Heels

Joss & Main

blue Ikat pillows on sofa

lumbar ikat pillow I won from a blog giveaway at

Deliciously Organized

Pottery Barn

red paisley throw pillow and blanket

area rug

Stuff I made:

yellow suzani pillows on sofa

red art above hearth

And just for fun... here are photos of our eat-in kitchen and dining room, both of which share space with our new living room... 

P.S.  All of the art in the photos below were painted by my son, Walker. 

Our dining room is like his little gallery.

Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to go bold and paint my living room dark indigo blue.  I love the look of it, as does my family.  It's warm, dramatic, energizing and just plain fun.  Have a GREAT weekend!