House Remodeling - Part 2

So the red on the fireplace was cool and all but the white stones were killing me with their Christmas cheer, so I repainted.

I spent more time in the paint department with this decision than with any color decision prior, but I settled on a "bitter chocolate" color. A dark brown with a touch of purple. I was going to do a faux finish with the brown rubbed on the red but it just looked like soot from the fireplace, so i did a full paint. I did leave red streaks showing through and it may work.

I like it.
With the old red...


The new "Bitter Chocolate" color








It does bring down the brightness a bit but with the stuff I am going to paint and hang I think it will be ok.