Here we are in our new home! Note the camp chairs we’re sitting on. Those and the Murphy bed which came with the house are our only furniture. Note also the mid-century modern details: floor-to-ceiling glass, clerestory windows, and expose beams. Finally, note also our dog Molly and our cat Elroy. Our other cat, Gertrude, was hiding under the covers on the Murphy bed.

We love our new home! We are especially enamored with the big, spacious living room and its nice view across the Grande Ronde Valley during the day and of the lights of La Grande at night.

Fortunately, the living room doesn’t need much work. The floor, which looks similar to 50’s asbestos tile, was put in by the previous owner. We will be painting the walls and fireplace.

We plan on using YOLO Colorhouse no-VOC paints. Using their family cards (paint chips), we have chosen several colors from the Air and Stone series. Next we’ll be getting the poster size color swatches to narrow our choices. We like that their color palette is fairly limited; too many choices can be overwhelming.

See our Lotta Living post with a question about the paneling which is on the fireplace wall and also on the dining room wall. We wonder if both the paneling and the bricks of the fireplace were originally unpainted. It’s too late now. We stripped a lot of paint in our home in Portland and just aren’t ready to tackle anything like that again.

We’re very excited about working on our new home and look forward to sharing ideas and information with the rest of you mid-century modern house enthusiasts out there.

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