Feature: Favorite feature in the house

When we were house-hunting, the previous owners of the house we ended up buying were still living in it, furniture and all. I fell in love with the house. It was lived in, but it was full of life with all the colors on the walls. Every room was a different color. I grew up in a home with primarily white walls, so I'm not accustomed to bright colors. After we made our offer and flew back to the state we were living in at the time, I got really excited about moving in. The more I looked at the photos of the dining room, the more I decided it would be the first room painted. My husband convinced me to wait at least six months before making any major changes. I'm so glad he did, because the dark red dining room is now my favorite feature in the house. I get so many compliments when people come over, and I just love the room now.

About the photo: Taken at night, lit only with incandescent bulbs in the room. I used flash, but cropped the photo so that the glare was out of it. I used a "warmify" feature to add even more to the red.