""My home was built in 1941, and the previous owner had owned the house since the early '90s," she says. "However, it felt isolated and outdated. No one had lived in it for many years, and when they did, care had not been put into things like refreshing the paint or cleaning the floors.""
""The walls were a dirty off-white color, and the trim was peeling," Guerin adds. "The room had great bones, though, and I'm a sucker for an older home.""
""I discovered after painting it gray that I actually strongly dislike gray. It's just... well, gray," Guerin says. "I felt that the living room should showcase my personality and my love of eclectic things.""
Guerin Piercy bought a 1941 North Carolina house that felt isolated and outdated after long-term prior ownership. The front door opened directly into a living room with a dusty ceiling fan as the only light source and a rusted, soot-filled fireplace; walls were a dirty off-white and trim was peeling. The room retained strong structural bones, and Piercy, with help from her dad and fiancé, led the updates. An initial gray paint proved uninspiring, so she pursued an English cottage look, planning a blue-green fireplace to coordinate with floral wallpaper and selecting Benjamin Moore's Intrigue after testing options.
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