I would spend hours staring at that floor, trying to find all the words.
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Jun 08, 2010 6:11:49 pm PDT #5352 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Strix - Jun 08, 2010 6:14:24 pm PDT #5353 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I think I am going to paint the hallway that leads to upstairs. It doesn't need to be scraped or anything, and it's a fairly small space and it's just...dull.
It'll allow me to practice my painting techniques, I'll be able to do it in a couple of days, and it's a small, connecting space, so I can paint it a fairly dramatic color.
I'm thinking a nice clear, bright turquoise. I have picture frames and some small, round mirrors in my registry, and I would like to hang those up there.
My biggest debate now is should I paint the risers, also turquoise, or just repaint them in a clean white? The steps themselves are a golden hardwood, and I won't paint those, but the...backsplash? what would you call that? to the steps are painted a dingy, scuffed white.
sarameg - Jun 08, 2010 6:18:34 pm PDT #5354 of 30001
As an owner of an older house, please seal/varnish/clearcoat before painting. Signed, wants to return my banisters to their original wood someday, but likely badly paintstained.
Strix - Jun 08, 2010 6:21:51 pm PDT #5355 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That's a good idea. ALL of our wood floors need resealed, but that won't happen this year.
The steps, that can.
msbelle - Jun 08, 2010 6:22:36 pm PDT #5356 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
P.M. Marc - Jun 08, 2010 6:28:11 pm PDT #5357 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Erin, my vote is for gilding the risers and stencilling them.
Because that's what I did. [link]
(I'd actually vote for a crisp white on the risers with an accent stencil in color of the hall.)
msbelle - Jun 08, 2010 6:30:30 pm PDT #5358 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh pretty!
The only stairs I have are two, I think in the garage up to the now mud-room to the house. I may put polka dots on them.
Strix - Jun 08, 2010 6:33:02 pm PDT #5359 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ooh, those are really pretty wallpapers, msbelle.
We have some FUGLY wallpaper in the upstairs hallway left over from the former owners. It's some seriously ralph-inducing 80's pink stuff. What's tragic is that under it, is a gorgeous blue paisley paper that I love.
I like the stencils a lot, Plei. I think I may paint the risers white, and do a stencil in a silver. If I could fine paisley, that would be awesome. D. loves paisley, and so do I.
P.M. Marc - Jun 08, 2010 6:34:46 pm PDT #5360 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
People really like the stairs when they see them. They're a real crowd-pleaser. The best part is, the actual stencil part didn't take long at all. (The gilding took forever.)
sarameg - Jun 08, 2010 6:45:41 pm PDT #5361 of 30001
Dear Loki, fuck you and the outdoor cry.
Went to water the plants, so very careful. He slipped.
Frantic wandering down and up the street, Loki at least responds to name, the shithead. Three doors down, waltzing like nothing. So need to chip him. Now SHUT UP, you've had an adventure!