Family Room Updates

Before we moved in, this is what the family room looked like.

 

 

 

We were hesitant to paint the ceiling beams for fear of removing character from the room, but we finally broke down and did it, and are liking the results a lot.  We also did the bookcase, which was previously all dark wood and paneling, too.

Here is one of progress before we got started over the Christmas holiday.  You can see we'd already changed the paint color in the room, but had only done one coat and it really needed a second coat. 

And here are some "after" shots: