Big day tomorrow!

Dining room before, a photo by KimWJenkins on Flickr.

This is our dining room before ... walnut laminate! I'll share the "after" pics tomorrow. I will be so glad to have our heirloom dining room set - that belonged to my grandparents - be the first thing you see when you come into the house ... instead of that dingy carpet. Wahoo! Oh, by the way, our wall color is Behr
Harvest Brown - painted more than five years ago - I've got the date on the paint cans to prove it! Phew. It will be nice to feel closer to "finished" - at least in this room.

I guess my favorite color is "sunset" ...

Sunset Delights , a photo by SusanNajarianArt on Flickr.

I am attracted to Susan Najarian's piece because of its liberal use of grades of orange - rust, tangerine, almost red ... It's said that Frank Sinatra opined that "Orange is the happiest color." OK, I'll buy that!

And this must really be my year because Tangerine Tango was chosen the Pantone color of the year for 2012. Read more here.

Now to find a place for a color like Tangerine Tango in our home ... hm ... Maybe a Behr color like Fiery Red will do ...

Oh, and see more Susan Najarian art in her etsy shop, Red Truck Designs.

May your day be full of orange!