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A Pinch of Joy

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Painting progress

Progress in painting the new house - dining room

We managed to put quite a few gallons of paint on the past several days!  The dining room went from deep gold to soft Tradewind (Sherwin Williams).  Every wall is so deeply colored that it takes three coats to cover — primer and two coats of color.  Every. wall.  That is why it is taking us so long:-)

The light fixtures also express an Old World Tuscan flavor with oil rubbed bronze and gold globes.  One of the things we noted when looking at the house was the consistency.  There was an obvious master vision and it carried all the way through.   The colors flowed and were consistent with architectural details and accessories like the light fixtures.   Wheels said as we walked out the door on our first visit that this house was a jewel box.  Our vision is different but we are working toward our own jewel box effect.  (Fingers crossed!)

Kitchen - cutting in above cupboards

Bytes is cutting in the primer above the kitchen cabinets.  Walls are 9 feet high which adds to the challenge!  The color here will also be SW Tradewind, which goes well with the tile backsplash and granite.  We’ve all learned to cut in without using masking tape.  Saves a TON of time!   Yeah, that’s a really dark spot on the kitchen ceiling.  It’s from a batch of paint that was  mixed differently.  That 10 foot square has been repainted.  Twice.

Fan removed - celling patch in progress

The ceiling has been painted from the front door to the back door.  Rather than using stark white, I chose Heron Plume (SW) — a soft warm barely there baby brown.  There was a huge fan in the middle of the living room that we removed.  (I can’t tolerate air movement across my shoulders –one of the remnants of an auto accident.)  It makes the room look SO much bigger without it. Still needs to have the patch finished, though.

We’ve also been able to unpack more boxes and get things a little more organized here and there.  Feels like progress!   New Home updates:  Changing colors      Solar tubes    Painting Progress     Home Update Week 7    Home Update Week 11    Week 19 Painter’s Progress   New Home Update Week 22  

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  1. Sue says

    at 6:30 pm

    You are working so hard and I can’t wait to see all the final pix. Good to talk to you the other day.

    • Charlene says

      at 9:32 am

      It was good to talk with you — we’ll need another catch up one of these days soon!
      Charlene recently posted…Busy Monday 188My Profile

  2. PAM says

    at 7:13 pm

    CONGRATS ON ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. I LOVE THE CEILING.
    HOW WAS IT DONE? SEND MORE PICS AS YOU ACCOMPLISH A GREAT
    TASK.
    PAM

    • Charlene says

      at 9:31 am

      Hi Pam! The random pattern on the ceiling is made with a big floppy brush and joint compound. The patch was easy — a self stick square mesh from the home improvement store and a swipe of joint compound to cover. My “problem” is how to duplicate the floppy brush effect — without buying the brush for $12, just for a square foot of ceiling. lol I’m thinking plastic wrap. Or a plastic kitchen scrubby. Not that I’m cheap or anything. 🙂
      Charlene recently posted…Busy Monday 188My Profile

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