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This has the before, during, and after shots together. The project was a complete pain in the ass because the incredibly dark wood paneling required two coats of primer and two coats of paint. Plus, all the little grooves BETWEEN the panels had to be hand-painted. The walls are Bittersweet Stem and the insets are Cavern Clay, both Sherwin Williams.
The lighting is mostly from our light fixtures but there’s one I took with the flash – you can tell. The light above the pool table gives off a orangish light, which changes how the paint looks. We replaced the original fan and light in the basement and I like the new one a lot more.
The last two pictures are of the basement bedroom, our primary guest room. All the walls were the same dark paneling so I painted just the back wall in Bittersweet Stem. Directly across from the back wall is a closet with large mirrored sliding doors, so it’s a little lighter when you’re inside the room. The last picture is a close up of the mirror which is INSET INTO CORKBOARD. Who in their right mind puts a 10 foot by 3 foot stretch of corkboard in a bedroom? And CUTS OUT PANELING TO DO IT? Exactly. THAT’S why I only painted the BACK wall.
I took some pictures a while back of the bar project. I wasn’t really thrilled with the shots, so I’m not complaining that the new layout ate them. Here’s what we started with (all pics can be clicked for larger view):
Bar, before. Note the lovely wood paneling.
A similar shot, after.
The bar wasn't complete without an 'every hour is happy hour' sign.
This shot does a better job of showing most of the bar.
Standing behind the bar, looking out toward the basement.
I would say the second to last shot does the best job of showing what the paint colors in the bar look like. Sherwin Williams Bittersweet Stem is on the side walls, Sherwin Williams Lemon Verbena on the back bar.
1. Fall in the shower and break my neck. Or anything else.
2. Drop my phone in the paint.
3. Fall off of the counter/toilet and break my neck. Or anything else.
4. Step in any paint.
5. Burn myself on in EXTREMELY hot lights at the top of the vanity.
All in all, I’m pretty impressed with that list.
The bathroom paint (REALLY white) coupled with the very large and bright vanity lights always kind of hurt my eyes. I took the leftover Sherwin Williams Bittersweet Stem and painted 3 of 4 walls with it. The end result is much warmer and less shocking on the eyeballs. Of course, I didn’t remember to take before pictures but there you go. I’ll have to touch it up a bit tomorrow but then the project is done! It’s also interesting to see how much different the paint color looks upstairs compared to in the basement. All about the lighting, yo.
Now I’m sacked out in bed, watching Thursday prime time (Bones followed by Grey’s) and waiting for my delicious High Mountain Pie to arrive. Piper is curled up next to me in the Husband’s spot.
This evening, I was in one of the largest shopping areas I’ve ever seen – and yes, I’ve been to the Mall of America. This place was like if the Mall of America threw up outside and scattered nothing but shops and restaurants for like five square miles. Alas, there wasn’t anything that I really needed to buy and since I’ve got a super short holiday gift list it was nearly a wasted trip.
On the plus side, there was an Ulta location RIGHT near where I had to drop the Husband so I was able to replenish my Pur Minerals foundation/powder and finally restock my supply of Lincoln Park After Dark and Lincoln Park After Midnight. Then I got a sandwich and camped out in the Barnes and Noble with my kindle.
Mercy was back on tonight! I really really heart this show such that, like Castle, I can totally ignore when they do some preposterous shit because the show is written well and the casts have such good chemistry that I just. don’t. care. I love Mercy.
In book news, I’ve slightly abandoned The Woman in White for Death’s Daughter by Amber Benson. Possibly winter is a better time for Wilkie Collins and 19th century gothic fiction and based on the near 60 degree temps today, it is NOT winter – at least not yet. Technically I’m well-enough stocked on my kindle that I don’t need books for at least a couple of months, at the rate I’m going.
Because I can’t leave well enough alone, I’ve also got a plan to paint the upstairs bathroom tomorrow. I know.
I’m tagging along to Denver for a Husband event. While he’s working, I’ll probably troll a local Target for bargain deals on Halloween decor. Yesterday I found a whole mess of stuff at Walmart for $20. Unbeknownst to me, it was all marked down by something like 80 percent. Never shall I be without a pumpkin cookie cutter again! Or cats, gravestones, and maple leafs.
When I broke the blog with my new layout, it also changed my rss feed location. The result is that all my old stuff is still alive at the original feed location. I’m not finding any way that I can export it from googleReader such that I can maybe restore the blog, without having to copy and paste each entry.
The good news is that I now have a backup of the old blog. I also managed to consolidate the feeds to the same address (I think?) so that everything should read at http://yoga-grrl.com/feed. Let me know if I bungled that as well.
Especially when she’s waiting for someone to throw a stick.
Throw the stick!
No. Really. Throw the stick.
We were in Rifle today and instead of reading a book, Piper thought we should play fetch in the pond at the rest stop. She still smells a little fishy.
Watched the first episode of V tonight and I’m not sure what I think. I like the premise but after rewatching the original on SyFy this weekend, I was left a little meh. It was startling to notice that in the first series, all of the biggest/most complex roles were played by women: leader of the aliens, boss of the boss of the alien leader, leader of the resistance, media spokesmouthpiece, biggest collaborator, the young person to get involved with an alien. Clearly they’re changing things up in the new series, I’m just not convinced it’s for the better.
