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Color my world (or, the power of paint part 2)

Posted in Designing, tagged , , , , on January 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

As I noted in the power of paint, I’m a big fan of white ceilings and white trim, but I like color on the walls. And not just color, colors, plural. I try to like flat color – it’s clean and modern – but really what I like is texture and layers. For example, here’s [...]

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The power of paint

Posted in Before & After, Designing, tagged , , , , on January 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Paint is an amazing substance. Looking back over my many projects, I realize I’ve spent an awful lot of time taking it OFF things that shouldn’t have been painted in the first place (or were painted badly) and putting it ON things that needed it. Last week was all about putting it ON. I choose [...]

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First things first

Posted in Building, tagged , , , , , , , on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

As I mentioned in my last post, we’ve got a mind-boggling list of things we need to accomplish to pass inspection. So what did I do first this weekend? Painted the insides of closets, and the doors. Now, we need everything from trim to cabinets, so this probably seems crazy, but sometimes you just have [...]

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