We are now free of brown paint on walls and trim in the house. It has been an amazing transformation and like many small projects (“let’s pain the brown wall white”) it evolved into a much bigger project. All that is left is a second coat of white paint on the brown trim on the second floor (which is visible from the first floor).
The brown wall is white, the trim is all white, some trim boards along stairs and between living room ceiling and atrium (that were the same wood as the rails and different widths) are now the same width and white. The look is much cleaner. The front wall is now “aristocratic” blue. Craig and I disagreed on the color selection for this wall. I thought a shade of green framing the trees outside would look awesome but green is not a tolerable color for Craig (something to do with his years in the army). So we got rid of all of the brown for me and he has his blue wall. After we had the blue wall, he decided the door needed to be blue as well. I was less clear about how that would look but I like it. It is very nice to have our living space mostly cleaned up.
The 2 pictures above are what the space looked like for the past 3 weeks.
We have been discussing how to make better use of the space that is currently the kitchen, laundry room and unnecessary space wasting hallway and this morning, I finally visualized it and my visualization was pretty close to Craig’s thoughts after our multiple discussions over the past year. We will gain an entry (at numeral 1 – upper left) into a “mudroom” so when we are dirty we do not have to enter into the living room and a walk in pantry for kitchen and storage in the mudroom/laundry room for all of our outdoor coats and shoes. . I am so EXCITED Below is a rough drawing that will get more specific over next few weeks.
The best part of today is that Craig now has his practice area set up again so he can start preparing to play at a songwriters round in the very near future. We have been preparing for this for past 6 months and I am thrilled that he is gradually getting over his reluctance. From what I have seen he is far better than many of those that routinely play at the songwriters rounds. I might be a little biased but not that much.
Stay tuned.
Tamara Unleashed 