July 2010
I abruptly left the last blog post about the dining room because I felt it was getting long and probably not overly interesting. Also, I wanted to convey the length of time it takes us to finish these projects. It feels a bit criminal to sum up 2-3 weeks of work in one blog entry... although I am sure to blog world it makes it look like Josh and I are rock stars.
Since I broke this blog up into two I can also talk a little about our trim/ceiling color. As many of you may know from this blog, life, or any other interaction with me I do not like white. Apparently, this is one of the reasons I can never be a true architect. I feel quite simply, white is for pussies... wow I said it, gulp. I love color, I think in colors, I want to express my moods in colors. To the white lovers, I apologize, I try not to make it personal- I just feel deeply about this and wish I could go into every white house/apartment and paint it when their on vacation (so far this has not happened, so friends and family you are safe). I realize that artwork and furniture can 'pop' against a white wall but so to can a sky blue vase on a chocolate brown wall. Okay wow, that was a huge aside. I didn't know you could ramble in writing but proof is here.
So yeah, trim, I didn't want white trim in the house. Trying to pick out non-white white is kinda similar to a slow death by fire. So I was lucky that we were using an 'attractive' cream white at our buildings. It seems crazy to use a color that is used in health care clinics... how is that not cold?? But it is the perfect shade because it doesn't seem to fight any colors and doesn't change much with the lighting. So, I had Josh buy a huge 5 gallon bucket for the trim and another for the ceilings. We applied our Bone White and let me tell you, it was a leap of faith, against the stark white of the primer it kinda looked the color of flesh, urgh. And Josh was looking at me in that... 'we just spent $200 bucks on the ugliest thing ever look.' However, as soon as the white was banished with color it looked AMAZING. It was antique without looking dirty, cream without looking pastel, and it looked fabulous with our oil rub bronze hardware, yay!
After we finished with the trim we pulled up the paper on the floors, cleaned the room and rolled out my favorite rug I got in Morocco, which fit perfectly! Josh's boss was amazing and gave us an 80 year old Oak dining table and chairs that had been in his basement for years. It is adorable and totally something I might have bought at an antique store if we had to go. We slowly unpacked the room and ate our first dinner at a table in our own dining room. Bliss.
Also can we all love this Gus photobomb?
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