I love a good before and after interior post, and I have one to share. My dining room was bland and and lacked character with the same white/gray color as the rest of our house. It is a little scary to paint walls a very dark color, as I am drawn to light and airy spaces, but I wanted some drama in the room. I picked Benjamin Moore's Hale Navy, had a runner made from some fabric I purchased in Bali, added some new artwork, mirror, casing/moulding on the walls, and a completely different room emerged:
