Monday, June 13th, 2005

Pink is My Favorite Color

posted by K | filed under Uncategorized | 4 Comments

I hope this incongruous color scheme shows up on your monitor: We decided on a whim Saturday to begin painting the living room. We tested out and loved Benjamin Moore’s Georgian Brick (from its Historical Collection) a while back, so we used the rest of the sample to tint the primer. Our living room is [...]

Friday, June 10th, 2005

Subway Countertops?

posted by K | filed under Kitchen | 12 Comments

We are finally getting some motivation to work on the kitchen again. We pretty much halted work on it back in March when we ran out of trim – again. I couldn’t face the prospect of more priming, and besides, every time we went to Lowe’s we forgot to buy more trim. (Of course, Freud [...]

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

I Don’t Want to Grow Up

posted by K | filed under Influences | 18 Comments

Last night, D got out his trusty smoking chainsaw and cut some limbs off the way overgrown redtips to make room for a little tomato garden with the tomato plants our neighbor gave us. One of the plants already has a tiny green tomato on it. While he did that, I curled up on the [...]

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

Tina Tingles

posted by K | filed under Stripping | 8 Comments

I’m beginning to feel that the heat gun and I were unwise to start a relationship in the workplace. Now that lovin’ feeling has faded, and here we are having to continue working together. It’s the little things about him that are starting to bug me, the fried-paint smell that hangs in the air around [...]

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

House Work in Miniature

posted by K | filed under Crafty | 3 Comments

Last night the Historical Society hosted a dinner with a presentation from a famous (at least around here) photographer who specializes in Southern houses and towns. He showed us a slide show of his work, and now I’m on the prowl for interesting photo opportunities around the house. Our walls need some art. It’s not [...]

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

FYI

posted by K | filed under Uncategorized | 7 Comments

D’s hearing for his reckless endangerment charge was this morning. The hearing went OK, though the judge yelled at him. But since he had no prior record – not even so much as a ticket – the DA made a deal with him to get two years probation. If he gets pulled over again by [...]

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