"Poor" Ed, just as soon as he is finished with "his" part of the housework, I am chasing right behind with either primer or paint. Because for me, this house stuff is now beginning to be fun!!! Once the mudroom had been painted, I began thinking about the dinning room. I had gone to the house of a client to work with her dog, and "fell in love" with the color she had chosen for her kitchen. After the lesson, I asked her if she could remember the name of the color... she wasn't exactly sure, but I knew I had found the color for our house.
When Ed asked what color I was thinking of.. I told him... BROWN!!! after the color of the mudroom, I don't know if he knows what to think of me right now.. Brown?? was his only comment. I went and looked at all the brown shades.. (there are LOTS of them) and came up with one that I thought would suit the bill. But, I must confess that when I opened that paint can and poured the paint out... putting "brownie batter" on the walls wasn't exactly what I was going for. Still.. it's only paint and if I "hate" it.. I'll just do it again....
Thing is... once I had it up and it began to dry.. I didn't hate... I love it!! There's a room at the Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg that was wallpapered in leather (of all things) and actually this reminds me of that room. Because of the big windows and openness of this room, it carries this dark color quite well.
After the dining room, I was onto priming in the pantry. This room is just going to be a "white" color... it's small and it will end up having a lot of shelves in it.. so, white will be the way to go here.
I'm getting used to painting over my head and standing on a ladder... I can even go up two steps on the ladder without even thinking... (that's huge for me!!!)
And here is it.. all ready for "real paint"...
Ed took a "little break" from mud and tape and went back to electrical work. Now that I have some color on the walls, I want light to show it off. And if we can get the plugs working, we can coil up all the extension cords that we have been working with.
Today, he got most of the downstairs up and running, and so, after we did barn chores this evening and it was getting dark outside, we ran down to the house to see "what it looks like" at night. The dining room looked grand.. I like even better than I did before....
But almost even better... outside lights with a soft inside glow thru the windows...
OH.... HOME!!!!
