The dining room is painted with a fresh coat of Valspar paint in a warm white called “Sailcloth”. This is the same color that is primarily used in the new rooms out back. I’ve been enamored with the fresh ocean look of Edisto Beach homes and interiors in the place we rented for vacations. So […]
D-I-Yourselfers
Faux-effect Painting
I’ve done some different types of painting over the years, I generally like the variation that faux painting can provide to the eye. I used a number of techniques for the kitchen walls. First, a sage green underpaint was applied to the wall, then an offwhite glaze rag-rolled on. A graygreen color glaze was used […]
“Sorry, HandyMan” OR What I (actually) Did Today
Last time I posted I said I was supposed to paint this weekend. I meant to paint, honestly, but instead I gardened. See the post on my gardening efforts. So the dining room is still wrecked and awaiting my attention. You can’t garden and attend to do-it-yourself jobs on the same day- at least I […]
Project For Now: painting
In the last post (the Handyman’s), it was reiterating the history of the renovations around here. The reason for that I imagine is the nice way of revising and correcting my rendition. Saying your wife is wrong with her facts can be like saying she looks fat in that dress- an uncomfortable situation for men […]
Kitchen Preliminaries
We lived with our old and inefficient kitchen for quite awhile before we remodeled it. Too long, we both think. There were fits and starts of taking care of some of the more offensive features: like the bathroom sink located at the far end of the kitchen…what was up with that? The window was nailed […]
Types of D-I-Y People
Especially as I have been reading different houseblogs, it has occurred to me that there are types of people who are interested in remodeling. They can kind of be divided up according to magazine titles. That is magazines that are aimed towards certain types of interest. Think of the ‘Fine Gardening’ or ‘Colonial Home’ type. […]
