Snow is now falling within my house. Directly from the ceiling to the floors. When I walk through the halls, a puff of dried joint compound rises from each step.
This might sound ominous, but it is actually a sign of great progress. The patchy ceiling has been taped, plastered, and sanded. The first coats of primer made it up. And, now there is just some minor corrections (more sanding and touch ups) left to do. Tomorrow, R is going to start painting the ceilings; they will be pure white. The ceiling is very smooth, like glass. Troy Scott Interiors did a very nice job of fixing all the messiness caused by the abestos removal. I recommend them, if you need someone to fix drywall in the Seattle area. They do other stuff, too.
At the Tukwila Costco, they have some VERY nice paint. They will make any color, and it only runs about $15 per gallon. Of course, you do have to buy at least 2 gallons at a time; it is CostCo. The primer is nice and thick; it runs about $12 a gallon. (I'm buying the most expensive stuff; anything to decrease the number of coats.)
MLK weekend, my big plan is to clean, clean, clean. Then, I'll paint the walls, probably just my temporary office. I cleaned the drywall dust out of 2 rooms today; wipe the walls, vacumn, pull up plastic, etc. Took about 2 hours. Afterward, I ended up using the vacumn on myself to clean the caked-on drywall dust off my jeans.
My temporary office (until the master bedroom is subdivided) will end up being my everything room, when the house is finished. It will also serve as the second guest room, as I'm going to put the daybed in there. My dilemma of the moment - what color should I paint it?
I like the color in J's special room. but she is very vague about its name - perfect taupe is not an official paint color (as far as I can tell). Alternatively, I'm leaning towards light lilac, grey, or a soft yellow. I don't want to do a dark color because the carpet is (eventually) going to be a mid-dark brown, so I'd like to have more contrast. At the same time, I'm not really a pastel person. What about teal? That would be interesting, and I can always repaint if it becomes annoying.
posted by Eliza @ 7:48 PM
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Heya, long time reader, first time comment-er. I liked the snowing in the house...good hook. You know, the hook brings them back... As for color, lilac is no good: you're too young for it. Yellow is too cheery for a meanie like you, but otherwise a great color. I really can't see you in a yellow room, can you? Maybe if you move towards a yellow-orange or gold? You know, to go with the 60's retro look? I know--avocado will take you back to your CA roots! You should get a bunch of those swatches and lay them all out (nonpastels, please God) and then toss the duck and see what he picks! Go with the duck. The duck knows: he's been watching you for months now...
email me with the duck's choice! laters
Heya, long time reader, first time comment-er. I liked the snowing in the house...good hook. You know, the hook brings them back... As for color, lilac is no good: you're too young for it. Yellow is too cheery for a meanie like you, but otherwise a great color. I really can't see you in a yellow room, can you? Maybe if you move towards a yellow-orange or gold? You know, to go with the 60's retro look? I know--avocado will take you back to your CA roots! You should get a bunch of those swatches and lay them all out (nonpastels, please God) and then toss the duck and see what he picks! Go with the duck. The duck knows: he's been watching you for months now...
email me with the duck's choice! laters
10:33 PM
Well, my couches are already avocado, so the odds are pretty good that my living room will end up a homage to the 60s, especially since I have a nifty white mica type stone fireplace in that room.
I tried a yellow-gold in the master bedroom closet. Unfortunately, it reminds me of the years of camp councilor. While my charges were not generally young enough for diapers, I also ended up being roped into helping out with the little ones on and off over summer. The visuals and scents linger (maybe it's post-traumatic stress.)
Good idea on the duck, 'cept it might break. With the stress that Team K is going to experience in their re-mod, I was thinking it might be a sensitive "better than new" housewarming gift, once they are all done.
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