Mindfulness is not just a state of mind, its a paint color. Sherwin William’s Mindful Gray to be more specific. And since we’re such mindful people (ha!), that’s what we chose for the basement color. Along with urbane bronze for below the chair rail. I even used SW’s Paint Color Visualizer to come up with this scheme.…
Deck – During
Warning: This is a boring post. Sorry.Just some pictures of wood, footings, cement, joists and boards.Wood delivery day! I transplanted a bunch of hostas that were previously living here. They would have been right in line of the new stairs. No bueno. Make sure you call your local peeps before you dig. Even though there were…
Basement – Before
When we first moved in we lived with nol-dogs parents for awhile before they found a new home. During that time the basement was our home and this is what the living room looked like. We set up our couch, dining table and a couple of bookcases, everything else was shoved in “the hot tub…
Paint Sampling
Try paint samples before actually painting a room. Other people can probably pick out colors fine without problem but not me (even in our current 2nd bedroom I thought I nailed it and nope!). I’ve read blogs that give tips on picking out paint colors, there is some great advice out there but my stand-by way of…
Master Bedroom – During
Now for some *during* photos of the master bedroom. Look outside! Sun and green grass, compared to the high of 5 degrees today. Back to the trim, this is after a coat or two of paint. I feel like we spent all summer sand-paint-sand-paint’ing. Here is a shot of the closet/bathroom. We thought about removing…