New Windows and a 'New' Desk

Hello All!  I hope you're having a wonderful week!

I also hope you're not getting tired of seeing our living room.  I've been trying to finish some things up in this area and then will actually be moving on!  lol

I had turned an old desk into a secretary last year by adding an inexpensive book shelf and first painted it white. See how I did it here. But as the room evolved, I decided it would look like it belonged better if it weren't quite so white.  I used the same two colors on it that I used on our china cabinet, Painting a China Cabinet but on this piece I used more of the darker color.  

We also finally got our new window put in and my sweet husband added wide moulding around the new patio door and window.

I got up the other morning and the sun was streaming in the new windows and I was struck by how much I liked this room a) without the shutters? or b) without the blue of the shutters?

My husband came downstairs and I made the same comment to him and he looked appreciatively at the room too.

He used nice quality 6" wide boards around each window.  We decided not to miter the corners and to add some trim later if the seams were too obvious.    These pictures were taken before I primed them or painted them.

I filled my 'new' desk again with my blue and white.  One of the things that caused me to incorporate my blue and white in my decor again was this beige color.  I like it so much better with the beige than I did with the pure white furniture and slip covers.

I primed the window trim yesterday and am planning on painting it today.  Then I'm considering not adding the shutters back or painting them the same color as the desk.

What do you think?

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

love and blessings~

 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me." John 15:4

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