Blue, Part I

Before:

During:

Paper and glue are finally gone, but the ugliness remains:

Faux wainscoting is up (Lowes) and the walls are primed:

Adventures in color matching:

 Sidenote: We learned that while Lowes can match Benjamin Moore colors, they look different in different brands of paint.  The Olympic VOC-free unfortunately looked awful.  Valspar was a winner.  The color is " Mount Saint Anne ," and I found it by googling "the perfect blue-gray-green paint."  Apparently a lot of people are looking for the same thing, because I found lots of ideas.

Part way there:

And, done.

The "After":

What do you think?