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Written by Mike Barton
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Sunday, 05 July 2009 |
The Johnson County Taupe is Finally Gone
The Fourth of July Weekend was dominated by two events: painting the living room and attending Dan and Hillary's wedding.
At least one of these events was a success. We selected Seaside Villa and Fishnet [blue and green, respectively] for the top and bottom of the walls which we'll separate with chair rails. We then used the Seaside Villa to paint the stairwell and Fishnet in a downstairs hallway that's visible from the Family Room so the colors all tie together nicely.
The door for the room over the garage should be in next week so we can take care of that. Hopefully we can get a couple more doors upstairs taken care of at the same time, replacing the tired flat slab doors with doors that have more character. We had talked about installing a bunch of solid core doors but the pre-hung hollow core doors are so inexpensive that we will likely end up sticking with them. More on that in the next couple of weeks.
We still want to get more art to fill out the house and I'm working with some artistically minded friends to get some pictures done. We still have the kitchen to paint and furnish but the inside of the house is starting to come together.
Thanks Valspar!
[pictures after the break]
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Monday, 25 May 2009 |
The March of Seaside Retreat Continues
Now, I feel like I had to nag Debi into picking colors for the downstairs. Because it's basically one big space in the front of the house with rooms in the back, the choice of colors for the entryway would dictate the choices in the living room and stairwell. Given that the house is SO dark and the furniture is dark to match, we feared a struggle as we went through pairs of colors to find a complementary pair that would brighten things up and not force us to buy new furniture immediately.
[more after the jump]
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 |
Debi's Touching it Up Now.
The next step of the house project is being wrapped up as I type- repainting the upstairs hallway.
It needed the attention.
The hallway was an off-white color but was very, very dark. So we're painting it some shade of yellow to brighten it up.
I'm sure I could look the color up, but know that it is a shade from Valspar's Seaside Retreat palette. It seemed like a natural fit for our 65 year old Cape Cod and it is living up to the challenge.
Of course, the color palette will also dictate other interior design changes such as the choice of wall art which we've never really given much thought to. But since we both come from Navy families, I think there may be a tie to the sea- not the visceral tie that our fathers have but a tie nonetheless. I know there are some pictures that I'd like based on places that I've lived, with some of my earliest and most vivid memories being of waves crashing against the rocks in Newport, Rhode Island.
And a picture of a tetrapod would be neat as well.
[more after the break]
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Monday, 04 May 2009 |
Time to turn our focus outside
Although we still have a lot of work to do on the inside of the house, it's time to turn our immediate attention to the outside of the house. Since this was the first really nice weekend to get a lot of outside work done, we took advantage of it.
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009 |
2009 is the year we turn the house into our home.
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