You guys didn’t disappoint when I offered up our Dining Room wall color to your vote, and I can’t thank you enough for your great feedback! After a family vote, and a Pinterest consultation, we went with my original plan, but gave it a kick in the pants!
Oh yes, we did!! We painted the walls pink and the ceiling red! If you’ve read this blog for more than a week, then you know we are not afraid of color (hello, navy bathroom and green door!). And, in this instance, all we had to lose was the cost of two gallons of paint. The Dining Room had come a long way (see before shots here), but it lacked energy, and that little something-something special.
Now there’s no putting this baby in a corner.
The room positively glows, and the ceiling adds the unexpected touch I love in a room, not to mention, a big dose of energy.
I could marry this ceiling, I love it so much. The red (Sherwin-Williams ‘Showstopper’ in flat finish) is the perfect masculine counterpoint to the pink, and keeps the room from being prissy, or too sweet. What I didn’t anticipate, though, is how much pinker and more intense it would make the walls.
But after the red went on the ceiling (only needed two coats…Sherwin-Williams paint gives the best coverage!), I walked in and literally gasped. First at how much I loved the red. Then at how much pinker the walls had become. I think it’s absolutely gorgeous, but it’s not exactly the subtle pink I was going for. I’ll live with it awhile before making any decisions, but right now I’m a little nervous. And funny enough, Mr. Sugarplum and our son LOVE the whole combination…and want the pink to stay as-is!
I love how the red ceiling ties to the Entrance Hall rug, and all the red accents throughout the Dining and Living Rooms.
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| Yikes! Those yellow undertones in the Entrance Hall need painting, fo sho. |
And the pink ties in with the Living Room bookshelves and rug. See, there was sort of a method to my madness!
The blacks and golds look more bold and glamorous now, and the wood tones even richer. The room positively glows…like you’re sitting inside a shell, or a genie lamp.
The wall color intensity changes, depending on the light and time of day. Sometimes I love it more than Fritos. Other times, I’m not so sure.
Ohhhh!! Gorgeous! It looks so fresh and light! I love it!
I LOVE the pink walls and red ceiling. The room looks so different. Even I, as a Designer, would have questioned pink for the walls, but with the red ceiling it looks dynamite. I think the red accents around the room totally completes the look. Definitely sharing this space! xo Jenna
BTW, where did you get that amazing black and gold mirror over the sideboard?
Thanks, Jenna!! It was a true find…and a steal at $70…at KIRKLANDS!!! Crazy, right?!
That ceiling really packs a punch and I think from the pictures that the pink is still very subtle. Love it!
We are moving in a few weeks with an entire house to paint…giftcard please!
Aubrey
So worth waiting for! Live withe pink for awhile–pink always looks like too much at the beginning but then somehow it harmonizes with everything as you live with it. You have such a fun sense of style and it has been fun to see this transformation :). Happy Monday!
Cheery, friendly, warm and energetic (but not frenetic, which is a good thing) … I think that's a perfect combo for a space where people family & friends come together to share a meal. And your room definitely reflects the personality of the hostess, and that's just another level of "sharing" with your guests. I've painted red walls before (7 coats and never achieved the paint chip color) so the SW 2 coat coverage to get that red is amazing! Robin
That red ceiling? GORGEOUS! STUNNING! I love it!
My basement needs a serious makeover! I would have never considered a red ceiling, but I love all the energy it provides!
PS: I also love SW paint – most of the time I only need one coat!!!
I really love the way this came out! I vote with the boys- keep the pink!
I LOVE the red ceiling! What an amazing transformation Cassie!
Holy crap that ceiling *makes* the room. It really is a showstopper!
Perfect…………just Perfect!
Not cute. You'll be repainting it soon. I'll wait to see the post on that.
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Thanks for your opinion, Laura! I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. You didn't leave any contact info though…so if you're chosen as the winner, I won't be able to contact you?!
I absolutely LOVE the color combination, please don't change it! Most of our house is in dire need of a makeover!
Okay… I wasn't a fan of painting the walls pink, mainly because I thought the pink was too washed out looking. But the fact that the red ceiling deepens the pink is a plus, in my opinion. I love it!
I think you need some red accents on the right side of the room, tho. They all seem to be on the left.
Love the red ceiling, too!
yay!! you did it!! This room was a long time coming but oh so worth the wait!!!
Oh my gosh it's gorgeous! My house has low ceilings and I could never get away with painting a ceiling red. With all the natural light you've got going on, it's perfect.
Brave choices that worked out nicely! I love how you pick up the reds and pinks from other rooms.
Now you just need to convince my husband to let me paint our bedroom pink.
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Girl, you knocked this one out of the park! I was wondering how the pink would look and it turned out great. I see you want to change the lampshade on the piano- but I love the red accent! Nobody is putting that baby in the corner for sure!
Love that red! It really looks great! Congrats on a wonderful job!
What a bold and brave move… it really paid off! I've never seen such a wonderful transformation with paint alone!
I love it, and your bold choice!!! It really ties in well with the rest of the house.
It looks so fresh and just great. I've loved the red ceiling in our daughters bath – and never gotten tired of it. It's an 8' ceiling but the room has a lot of natural light, so I think ceiling height doesn't make much difference. Your room is big and so nice and bright – I think that's one of the reasons it's such a huge success!
So pretty and so YOU Cassie!! Love the red ceiling the most too!!!!!! It is just a show-stopper!
Love it! I think I always second-guess my paint color choices once it's up on the wall until I've lived with it for awhile. I am itching to paint my living/dining room…just afraid to commit to a color!
Wowza! I love it! So bold and yet incredibly chic. You are a rockstar woman!
This looks so great! I don't think about the ceiling as a decorating space. And I certainly don't think about pink for a living space! Great job.
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Oh my gosh, Cassie, I LOVE IT!!! It works so well in your house and with everything else you have in the dining room. Love love love!
I don't like pink and I don't think that pink and red go together. However, to each her own! Hope you enjoy it for a long time. P.S. Put that fantastic black and gold mirror in another room.
Um WOWZA! It's bold and amazing and beautiful! You rock lady!
I LOVE it!! The red is perfect!!!
Love it! Pink and red are great together and I'm 'favoriting' this post so I can remember the names of the paint for future projects. Bravo!
Love red on ceiling and how it ties your colors together.
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I love your fearlessness! I would never think to do pink walls and a red ceiling, but it totally works! Love the bold statement it makes as you enter the house. Nice job Cassie!
I was hoping you'd go with this combo. What a risk that worked!!
Something tells me that you were the child with the box of new crayons readily available growing up, LOL You can pull anything off!! My hubby about had a heart attack years ago when I painted the girls bathroom pink.
love how your makeover turned out! i've been dying to paint our living room since it's a sad pale yellow that isn't doing the room any favors. would love to win this giveaway!
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Love the effect these colors had on your dining room. It looks fantastic. Am getting ready to do some painting myself and am now thinking I need to rethink the colors!
I like it. I don't think I would have choosen pink, but this looks really nice.
I prefer the before pics on this one, but I admire your ability to take bold risks.
Wow, the new paint really does do so much for the room – there is so much energy and everything pops!! We need to figure out colors for our office, and I'm completely stumped on the direction we should take.
Very peaceful and lovely! I would love to redo our guest bedroom š
Holy Cow! The room looks fabulous! You did a wonderful job! My piano room needs fresh paint. Trying to find the perfect gray.
Who needs coffee with a GORGEOUS eye-opener of a room like this?! It's like a shot of decor adrenaline in the butt!! It's so refreshing to see a blogger do something so bold with amazing results (says the blogger who can't decide which shade of white to paint her mudroom….)
I'm so stoked you do bold color combos in your home because I can just live vicariously thru you.
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I totally love that the men folk at your house are on board with the pink room, too perfect (c: And speaking of perfect, a pink and red room = key to my heart. L-O-V-E. I can definitely see how it was slightly different than the original plan with the red, but it's still such a soft and subtle color, it looks fantastic!
Looks wonderful! I need to paint a couple rooms in our home soon!
I love the pink! The red ceiling is great too although I'm not bold enough to pull something like that off. I'm off to get a sample of the pink color for my living room / dining room redo. But first I have to finish up the master bedroom. Well its barely started actually. It will be a pretty gray/violet color (which I haven't picked yet. Time for more samples).
I personally think it doesn't look good at all. The red ceiling is good but the pink walls killed it.
Sweet and daring! Only you could pull this off, Cassie!! I love how it ties in with some of your other accessories!
I think it looks fantastic! I like that you are not afraid of color and have fun with it. I love the pink and red together Cassie. Your home is beautiful.
It really pumped up the cohesion and impact of the room. I have to paint so much but top of my list are my kitchen cabinets.
I voted for this combination and it looks great! I desperately need to paint my living room and entrance foyer.
I would love to make over our living room…it is so dark and drab
I prefer the before pictures. With everything inthe room the paint colors don't make any sense to me.
The pink and red combo totally work in your room, Cassie! Love it!
I hope this where to leave a comment for the gift card. I would really like to make over my bathroom and hallway!
Hi Cassie!! I love the dining room color combo….but know for certain I am not brave enough to try anything like that. The room I would like to make over is our kid's bath….it needs a a new tub and I would love to try a really dark gray/charcoal color in there!!
I like the makeover. It really works!
I would like to makeover our computer room, it needs some color and organization.
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I love that you weren't scared to go bold and how amazing that your hubby loves the pink! I don't think I would ever be that risky with paint color, but your choice definitely paid off!!
I love it! It's so fun and bold and just gorgeous! Way to think outside the box!
I am seriously, seriously in love with that room! OMG it is the best room I have seen in quite a while! Absolutely the best! You totally rock!
Shut up!!! It looks really awesome, Cassie. I love how the red ceiling pulls together all the other red pieces in the space. It ties all your rooms together in there! Love it.
That ceiling is amazeballs! And I love that you are such a colorful risk taker, that is why I adore you! It really seems to tie in with the surrounding spaces, and is so fun and unexpected!
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Love the dining room! I would never have the guts to paint the ceiling that color! Are there any tips you can give us? Like the room should be so big and things like that? Right now I'm trying to convince my husband to let me paint our bedroom, I just need to make my mind up on the color!
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This looks straight out of a magazine, Cassie! So gorgeous! I'd love to redo my kitchen – and one of these days I will!!
I adore the pink! It is the perfect shade and just brightens up the room! Gorgeous!!
Omg!! Aweseome dining room, I would love to win the gift card, maybe it will give me the courage to pick some colors out of my box!
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Due to an undetected leak and the subsequent mildew, my daughter's bathroom had to be gutted. She has learned how to hang drywall, tape and mud and the room is about ready for paint. I'd love to win and gift her the paint and supplies to finish the room. Thanks so much Cassie and SW for the opportunity! I'm off to see where I might put some pink and red paint!
Yeah, Cassie! I LOVE it! I still want to try it, now I can show my hubby your gorgeous pictures.
Wow that's neat! Love the black against the pink.
One of my Pinspiration photos was an image of your dining room before pink walls…and I decided a few months ago I wanted our formal living/dining room to be pink. But Mr. Traylor wasn't so sure…so I patiently waited…and the other day he randomly said, "I think it's okay if you paint the walls pink. I know whatever you pick will be beautiful." Yay!!! So imagine my surprise when I saw that you painted your DR pink!!! I love, love, love it! Thank you for confirming my outside the box decision š
Super fun! I love how the ceiling matches the piano bench. Bold move, but it looks so great!
What to DO with the piano? I look forward to finding out what you decide. Mine is a full-time workhorse (I'm an opera singer) but I can never figure out where to put it so that it's away from drafts and sunny windows. Not to mention that it's always piled high with on-the-go music projects and can become a bit of an eyesore.
I love the pink…it makes me love the gold and black mirror even more than I did! We always use SW paint, goes on like butter!
I LOVE what you have done to this room! I saw the first picture and immediately looked up at our ceiling! What a fantastic difference it makes. It's so rich and warm, inviting and soothing. I truly love the combination and NEVER would have thought it!
WOW! You're right – no fear of color in your house! Way to take a chance :). I'd love to win some paint!
I was a doubter but, it looks awesome! I really love the red ceiling!
Great room! I can't believe how good pink and red look in a dining room! When we moved in to our first house 6 months ago we painted 3 bedrooms a bathroom and our laundry room with SW paint. We love it! We still have a lot to do, so I'd love to win the sweepstakes! š
Now you know I'm biased and generally love all things pink so I might not be the most objective person to comment but seriously…it looks SO good. I can't get over the transformation and the red ceiling…so bold and PERFECT! I've been really considering going from pink to white lately but seeing your room has put the breaks on my plans…you've single handedly re-vitalized my love for sweet pink!!!!
Wow! I can't believe how a little paint can transform that whole room! It really looks delicious! I am so glad you went for the bold ceiling! Fabulous my friend!
Absolutely beautiful! As you show the rooms connecting, the red pulls everything together. Love the blacks and golds. I might have to paint a room pink now.
best.makeover.ever. I am obsessed with this pink!!!
Great choices on the colors. They really make the space special!
i like your make over. it looks great
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The room looks great. Pink and red are a great combination. Our entry way and stairs desperately needs painting!
I wasn't completely sold on the pink, and even less when I saw just the two testers of red on the ceiling, but then you painted the whole ceiling, it just came together and I LUUUURVE it! It looks like something out of a magazine, beautiful!
Be still my color lovin heart!!! Pink and red is one of my fav color combos in fashion and it absolutely amazing in your home!! I love love love it. There's not a room in my house that's safe from the paint can and our hall is the next area on my list to de-neutralize! We have a great bank of cabinets that id love to see get a burst of happy color. Maybe mint or teal or something in the chartreuse family….
I love it! The pink and red really elevate everything else in the room. Great job!
Cassie, I'm in awe that you went for it- so bold! Red on the ceiling is awesome!!!
Wow! I can't believe how the painted walls and ceiling took this room to a designer level. We're moving to a new home in June and I can't wait to paint, but I was planning on just going white. Not anymore. I am amazed. Well done!
It looks fantastic, and seems to represent your personality! I love that your boys love the pink. My boys have been teased for wearing pink shirts every so often, but they know what they like and they go for it, just like you. I'm currently painting my daughter's bedroom a coral-y pink. It may be too much, but it's just paint, right?!
Not every girl can wear pink, but your DR can pull it off! I think pairing it with the red ceiling AND the drapes ended up being perfect. I love it! I have used many brands of paint over the years, but SW is a clear favorite.
I love the pink with the red! I would never have thought to do that but it looks amazing!
What color are your hardwood floors in your dining room? Are they white oak?
What color are your hardwood floors? Are they white oak?
Oh wow Cassie, the new colors look SO good! What a great color combo, and I love that it ties into some of your other rooms. The pink and red really take the room to a whole new level! I'd love to feature this on Involving Color. Let me know if you're interested! BTW, I saw you're going to be at Haven. Looking forward to meeting you!
It turned out awesome!! I just painted the ceiling in my sons room red and i LOVE it!!! I never would have considered doing the pink walls with the red ceiling, but you rocked it girl!! I am planning on painting my kitchen this summer and could use that gift card!! Hooray for Sherwin Williams!
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I love the color combo of red and pink! It's not one I would usually consider but it works really well, especially with all the blue accents. You definitely have a lot of guts to paint the ceiling red! I LOVE how it turned out.
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I'd like to makeover my bathroom.
Love the bright pop of red on the ceiling!
I'd make over my bonus room which is the last of my home projects for a complete renovation. This would be a nice start!
Need to do my bedroom.
I would love to makeover our livingroom into something more stylish. Thanks so much.
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This looks beautiful! I would like to make over our kitchen. It looks dated and could use some attention!
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I need to something with the family room. It needs some updating.
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I would makeover the living room.
I want to make over my daughters' room!
The home office/playroom would be a good room to make over.
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We just finished week 7 of a 5 room renovation. I'd love for any ONE of them to be done!
I'd love to makeover my daughters room. She's not a little baby anymore, so I'd like something a little bit more kiddish looking. Something that would look good as she grows older.
Love this makeover! The colors are great š I'd love to re-do my bathroom! It's the room that gets the least attention around here š
love! I love pink rooms!
I think it looks fantastic! The ceiling in my daughter's room is painted hot pink, and it definitely casts a pinkish glow over the room that I wasn't prepared for. (Still love it anyways.)
you've inspired me to think about pairing pink and red in my powder room.
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Bedrooms needs a doing
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Pink ceiling! I like it. I'd paint our hall bathroom…and add in a bathtub.
go bold or go home! absolutely love it Cassie! Back in the '70s my mom was so into pink and red.. when everyone else was doing green and gold – so it's like coming home to me! love it fo sho š
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I would like to makeover my son's room
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I'd love to makeover our master bedroom!
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OMG!!! I love this!! Love pink and red. Fabulous job!
My master bedroom needs a major update!
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The bathroom needs a makeover! It is old fashioned and looks messy because of it.
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The room is wonderful. I love a pink and red room. Years ago I used to babysit for a couple that had a red/pink formal living room. I was great – especially when decorated for Christmas.
I love the colors. I never would have thought to use the ceiling as the accent wall but it is fabulous!
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I love this make-over! I have heard of an accent wall, but never thought of an accent ceiling! Beautiful!
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I would makeover my bedroom. It is very outdated and can definitely use a fresh coat of paint.
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i am about to have twins so i would love to make over their future room
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My kitchen needs a makeover!
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I would like to give my kitchen a makeover.
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That ceiling is a showstopper! I would love to make over our little reading room.
I'd love to makeover my bedroom!
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I would like to makeover my bedroom.
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I would love to make over my bathroom!
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i would like to makeover our master bedroom!
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i would love to make over our guest bathroom – it looks rather drab!
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I'd like to swap out my laundry room and 2nd bathroom =)
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I want to redo my boys room
I'd like to makeover our dining room…needs some color!
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Your makeover is great but I don't have the nerve to make such a big change. I want to redo my bedroom but it will probably be painted a neutral color, maybe a soft gray.
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Looks great and happy to see the version I voted for in the last post prevailed! LOL I would love to makeover my kitchen with all new counter tops, flooring, wall paint, and paint my cabinets as they are in good shape but their color makes them look old and outdated even though they are pretty classically styled.
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I love the colors! I would really like to update our living room. lexbaylor17 (at) gmail (dot) com
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I love it! The colors brighten up the room!
The pink and red look fabulous together– I never would have thought of doing that, but it really works!
I would redo our downstairs powder room with the gift card!
I would never choose pink but it really did help out the room from the before picture. The ceiling is awesome! I always want to paint ceilings but my hubby says they have to be white.
We are more rustic traditional in our house. But I love the inspiration to think outside the box.
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Okay. So I love this. I would never be brave enough to do this in my house {and it wouldn't look right in my house anyway,} but I LOVE it! It looks stunning. š