Living Room and Dining Room {before and after}

Changing light fixtures has been one of my favorite things to do. It makes the house so much more "me". Here's the living room before:

The dark woodwork was throughout the entire house.....but I wanted it to change. So, as you'll notice a lot, paint saved the day!

We put new carpet down, I made curtains, and here's what we have now:
 

And from standing in that doorway:

I don't have a "before" for the dining room, but here's one in progress:

Check out that light! It was something lovely from the 50s (maybe). I'm sure someone may find it fabulous, but it needed to go. :)
 

Can you tell that I need color!!! :)~