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Hi Everyone, I finally *sort of* figured out how to upload photos. I'm not sure why that one is sideways though. Here is a view of the work in progress![ATTACH=CONFIG]3075
Bold colors! But I'm particularly drawn to that quilt (blanket? Throw?)...
mschrisgo2
1-5-20, 12:45pm
Love your colors!
Beautiful with the stone base to ground it all! I wasn't expecting the stone effect so really appreciated the strong colours and the need for them.
The last one is my favorite. Good job!
Nice-- I did not expect the stone, very cool.
Teacher Terry
1-5-20, 4:03pm
Very nice!
JaneV2.0: that is a wool blanket I have had for at least 20 years; it sure looks great with this house! The comfy chair is worn *faux* leather I bought off a friend who was moving last summer, and she bought it from Savers, so who knows really how old it is!
That blanket absolutely goes with the house! (And you gotta love Savers/Value Village.)
The main thing that drew us to the house was the awesome variety of textures! There's adobe bricks, regular bricks, wood-beamed ceilings, the stone walls (a haven for bugs though), lots of raw wood, and of course, its share of drywall. I have always lived in suburban box-type houses, so this is such a treat for me to fix up!
iris lilies
1-6-20, 11:20am
The main thing that drew us to the house was the awesome variety of textures! There's adobe bricks, regular bricks, wood-beamed ceilings, the stone walls (a haven for bugs though), lots of raw wood, and of course, its share of drywall. I have always lived in suburban box-type houses, so this is such a treat for me to fix up!
Thank you for sharing. Yes, the textures DO make this an interesting house! Southwestern aesthetics are cool.
Hi Everyone, I finally *sort of* figured out how to upload photos. I'm not sure why that one is sideways though. Here is a view of the work in progress![ATTACH=CONFIG]3075
Color reminds me of our "accent" wall in the kitchen. Ignore the weird shadows from the light fixture. :laff:
Teacher Terry
1-8-20, 12:28pm
I love accent walls. We have one or two in every room.
I love accent walls. We have one or two in every room.
I never got the concept of an accent wall. It's my husband who thought of doing them. We have an accent wall in the kitchen and one in the bedroom downstairs. I would like to do one in my bedroom to go with a painting one of my sons got me but just need to figure out what color to do.
Teacher Terry
1-8-20, 1:24pm
I used the same color in my kitchen, dining room, guest bathroom and living room. Then different color in the master bedroom and bathroom and the guest bedroom.
I used the same color in my kitchen, dining room, guest bathroom and living room. Then different color in the master bedroom and bathroom and the guest bedroom.
No two rooms are painted the same color in my house. We even have yellow paint in the basement to brighten it up so it won't look like a basement! Our living room is a warm brownish color. Kitchen is tan-ish with that accent wall in whatever color it is. Basement bedroom has a salmon colored wall. My bedroom and our boys bedrooms are still white because we can't figure out what color we want.
I used the same color in my kitchen, dining room, guest bathroom and living room. Then different color in the master bedroom and bathroom and the guest bedroom. We did the same (well, I did, before DW moved in/we married). I purposely wanted that continuity of color throughout the house -- except for the master bedroom, painted a much cooler color to signify its purpose and privacy, and the bathroom, which is full of ceramic with that mid-70s olive green that I could not afford to change right away (that room got painted a shade similar to the rest of the house but with more green in it).
I so wish to get back to the painting project! I have to hold back because I overdid things regarding the wrist that had surgery in October - one full day of painting, plus playing an open mic the next day, and rounds of light metalsmithing and knitting in between did me in for the past week. It was obviously too much all at once for my hands and wrists.
It is a gray, snowy morning so that yellow on the walls is especially luscious!
After a week of rest I am planning to start a jewelry today. I must remember I simply cannot fabricate at the pace I was used to. BABY STEPS!!!!!!!!!
Today is most definitely a painting day, as I am stuck here waiting for the plumber to come. We have had no running water for three days because the aging water pump and pressure tank finally bit the dust - I came home from work the other day and as I was walking up the little hill up to the house I heard it churning away! I guess it turned itself on (it has been known for no reason to just turn on and start pumping on its own) and burned out while I was at work. Anyway, I got it shut off and couldn't get it to turn on again. The funny thing is just the day before K. decided he was going to cash in an old 401k in order to replace the bathroom plumbing and pump. I though we would have more lead time in getting it set up though! Side- Note: if you have a kid trying figure out what to do as a career, I strongly recommend the trades - electricians and plumbers make huge bucks out here in New Mexico and they are always booked way out in advance. Today is the first day I can even get someone out here to look at the system and see what needs to be done. I am hoping that we can get it done tomorrow, but it may bleed into Friday, who knows? In the meantime I have been taking our dishes down to the gallery to do and taking showers down there as well. So glad we have that option!
Back to the painting project: today I am going to paint the charming home-made (not by us) wall bookshelf in the "family room" the same rich, bright yellow as the walls opposite. The wall surrounding the bookshelf will remain white.
Okay, off to don my painting clothes!
Side- Note: if you have a kid trying figure out what to do as a career, I strongly recommend the trades - electricians and plumbers make huge bucks out here in New Mexico and they are always booked way out in advance. Today is the first day I can even get someone out here to look at the system and see what needs to be done. I am hoping that we can get it done tomorrow, but it may bleed into Friday, who knows?
It's too bad society has done such a good job of convincing people that everyone "needs" a college degree, because skilled tradespeople like electricians and plumbers are getting harder and harder to come by (more are hanging up their tool belt from age than entering the fields). You can make darned good money in the trades these days and it's going to be quite some time before someone in a lower-cost country can remote-control into a leaky pipe and stop the water.
Hope you find a good plumber soon, SQ.
love the color. I'm thinking about refinishing my furniture, found a good guide (https://furniturecap.com/guides/how-to-refinish-wood-furniture/), but having second thoughts. Have anyone done it? are you happy with results?
Teacher Terry
8-16-20, 11:49am
My ex did it once on a Eastlake bed from 1840. It looked beautiful but took forever. I usually hire it down. When I was young I stripped all the woodwork downstairs in a big old house. It turned out great but was very time consuming.
I am totally into Anne Sloan chalk paint--meaning, I haven't tried it yet, but I plan to. You don't have to strip or prime and the results look awesome.
Terry, regarding Eastlake, one of the things I couldn't bring myself to purge myself of was my Eastlake dresser that came from my aunt's 1914 cottage. They had it painted baby blue--as many of the Eastlake cottage pieces were painted at that time. In the 70s, my mother's husband stripped it, so it has been its natural oak for 50 years. So before we sell our NJ house, I have to decide if I want to keep the really nice and functional second-hand pine dresser we bought when we first moved here, or replace it with the Eastlake dresser. I LOVE that dresser, but to be honest, the pine dresser is so practical, with its combination of large, medium and small drawers.
But I do love the Eastlake style.
Teacher Terry
8-16-20, 2:13pm
Our Eastlake bed was mahogany and I sold it 8 years ago when we downsized. It was appraised at 2k and I got 250 and it took 6 months to sell.
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