24 April 2013
Last week I was here, beautiful Montego Bay, Jamaica, with my two best buddies.
While I thought that Jeff would enjoy the week alone, relaxing and having guy time, he was actually working away at the attic. I was a VERY happy girl when I came home to this on Sunday.
He says that the flooring should be finished next weekend so I will be painting again before we know it!
17 April 2013
This arrived!
Our very first piece of new furniture!
The model is "Piper" and we bought this bad boy from Urban Barn.
12 April 2013
We visited our local Farrow & Ball distributor a few weeks back to pick up some sample pots. I then painted the five colours on poster boards which I taped to the wall. This makes it easier to imagine the colour on the whole wall and also allows you to look at it throughout the day(s) in different lighting conditions.
Below: Farrow & Ball - Skimming Stone, Cornforth White, Pavilion Gray, Pitch Black and Strong White
No, we aren't going to paint the whole room black. At least not this one.
Another angle of the samples.
One wall prior to priming.
Sigh* how fresh and clean it looked once the primer was on. It almost makes me wish we had painted the room white.
We went with Cornforth White which Farrow & Ball describes as having light and white undertones. It is actually a pale gray, not white. Which is what we wanted.
All of Farrow & Ball's paint names have meanings behind them and this one's was, "In memory of John Cornforth, architectural historian and author of the landmark publication 'English Decoration in the 18th Century'. White & Light Tones Undercoat."
A little bit of history with your paint, I like it.
4 April 2013
I'm sure you remember the below hole in the wall. It didn't take long for it to become too much to look at every day. After all of the wall patching in the living room, I was not looking forward to more putty but it had to be done so we got to it!
The light switch was on the opposite side of the wall from the back door so we quickly decided that it needed to be moved. Since the wiring was long enough to reach the new location, we just had to cut a new hole and secure the electrical box place.
Ta-da!
This 15 minute job has made our lives so much easier.
Next the wall was framed in.
We were sure to leave our own message before closing the wall off again.
Then it was back to puttying.
Only 2 more coats to go! Then paint!
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