Look at these greens, they all looked so similar in the swatches - but look how different! There are 5 different colors - can you find them all? THIS is why it's so darn hard to pick a color!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Camo?
The exterior of the house is looking a bit camoflauge - perhaps that's the look we'll stick with...
Look at these greens, they all looked so similar in the swatches - but look how different! There are 5 different colors - can you find them all? THIS is why it's so darn hard to pick a color!
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Look at these greens, they all looked so similar in the swatches - but look how different! There are 5 different colors - can you find them all? THIS is why it's so darn hard to pick a color!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Color Crisis
It feels like things have slowed down a bit lately. But, they are picking up again and we should be in the semi-final stretch. Tiling the bathrooms has started. Here is the hall bath - basic subway tile and travertine floors (still needs to be grouted and the shelves put up). It's a bit hard to take a picture since there is no electricity/lights in the house, but you get the idea
The main thing we've been dealing with lately is a color crisis. We had about 8 color swatches put on the house and the whole family agreed on one (Tom's parents and Hank were even with us). Well, we paint the whole house that color and....it's way too light. It's not a bad color, but much lighter than we wanted, especially since we want the tan accents around the windows and on the brackets to stand out. Right now the colors would be too close. It actually looks a bit darker in this picture than it does in person since it was cloudy:
So, we did the logical thing and chose one shade darker and tried that out...too dark! Argh! You can see the darker shade patch here, on the left side of the window:
So around town I drive collecting paint samples from various stores. I selected 4 new colors that are somewhere in between these two and I guess we'll see how that goes. We almost just settled on the original color, but decided that the outside color is kinda a big deal. We don't want to drive up to our sparkling new house and regret the color every day. ...And we haven't even started on all the inside colors yet!
Besides that mess, the trim has been put up around doors. You can see it on all the doors at the top of the stairs here (not yet painted) - along with Lilah's little dungeon door where we'll put her when she's bad (actually it was a utility closet for the water heater, although that got moved elsewhere) :)
Also, I don't think I mentioned, but the original slate tile put on the back porch had to be removed. The guy laid down 3/4 of the tile and then realized he didn't have enough in that color, and a new palate would be a different color and look weird. So they had to drill it all up and start over. We are almost done with the new tile, and I think it looks great (still needs to be cleaned up, so it wont look swirly when it's done). Just ignore the contractors butt in the right side of the picture...not the most flattering shot for sure.
I'm REALLY hoping we get a move on from here. Kitchen needs to be built from scratch so that's a big project. I shouldn't complain because we're still ahead of schedule...but....let's get a move on!
The main thing we've been dealing with lately is a color crisis. We had about 8 color swatches put on the house and the whole family agreed on one (Tom's parents and Hank were even with us). Well, we paint the whole house that color and....it's way too light. It's not a bad color, but much lighter than we wanted, especially since we want the tan accents around the windows and on the brackets to stand out. Right now the colors would be too close. It actually looks a bit darker in this picture than it does in person since it was cloudy:
So, we did the logical thing and chose one shade darker and tried that out...too dark! Argh! You can see the darker shade patch here, on the left side of the window:
So around town I drive collecting paint samples from various stores. I selected 4 new colors that are somewhere in between these two and I guess we'll see how that goes. We almost just settled on the original color, but decided that the outside color is kinda a big deal. We don't want to drive up to our sparkling new house and regret the color every day. ...And we haven't even started on all the inside colors yet!
Besides that mess, the trim has been put up around doors. You can see it on all the doors at the top of the stairs here (not yet painted) - along with Lilah's little dungeon door where we'll put her when she's bad (actually it was a utility closet for the water heater, although that got moved elsewhere) :)
Also, I don't think I mentioned, but the original slate tile put on the back porch had to be removed. The guy laid down 3/4 of the tile and then realized he didn't have enough in that color, and a new palate would be a different color and look weird. So they had to drill it all up and start over. We are almost done with the new tile, and I think it looks great (still needs to be cleaned up, so it wont look swirly when it's done). Just ignore the contractors butt in the right side of the picture...not the most flattering shot for sure.
I'm REALLY hoping we get a move on from here. Kitchen needs to be built from scratch so that's a big project. I shouldn't complain because we're still ahead of schedule...but....let's get a move on!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Floors, Floors Everwhere
We got walls, and now we gots floors! They just need to be finished now. Soon to come: Tile, Tile Everywhere!
The patching in the living room and the kitchen area:
The landing area upstairs, into the master bedroom (left door) and hall bath (right door):
Lilah's room, with another guest appearance by a constantly running Lilah;
Tomorrow we will be looking at some colors for the outside. Fun fun!
The patching in the living room and the kitchen area:
The landing area upstairs, into the master bedroom (left door) and hall bath (right door):
Lilah's room, with another guest appearance by a constantly running Lilah;
Tomorrow we will be looking at some colors for the outside. Fun fun!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Walls, walls, everywhere
It's very strange to go upstairs in the house and see walls! It seemed so closed in, since I was used to it being wide open. But the second day I went, the shock had subsided and I got excited that we actually have real walled-in rooms - which means we are one step closer to done!
From the front door (obviously there will eventually be a railing up the stairs and on the landing):
As I've mentioned several times now, LOVE Lilah's room. Here it is with walls (from the doorway). There will be a built-in window seat under the window you see here:
And a shot to the right of the one above (the window w/ window seat would be on the left side of this pic). Lilah's crib/bed will go on the right side of this picture:
Our master bedroom:
The other bedroom upstairs:
The downstairs area got walls too - even though it still looks like a giant mess. You can get an idea of how much the ceilings were raised also. Oh, and Lilah and I are posing in our pool-wear:
And the back (eventually screened-in) porch is getting slate floors put in:
We're moooovin' along!
From the front door (obviously there will eventually be a railing up the stairs and on the landing):
As I've mentioned several times now, LOVE Lilah's room. Here it is with walls (from the doorway). There will be a built-in window seat under the window you see here:
And a shot to the right of the one above (the window w/ window seat would be on the left side of this pic). Lilah's crib/bed will go on the right side of this picture:
Our master bedroom:
The other bedroom upstairs:
The downstairs area got walls too - even though it still looks like a giant mess. You can get an idea of how much the ceilings were raised also. Oh, and Lilah and I are posing in our pool-wear:
And the back (eventually screened-in) porch is getting slate floors put in:
We're moooovin' along!
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