Friday, February 12, 2010
How to light a fire
We didn't have much success with starting a fire until Rick said "just try to build a campfire!" Phil got it going like gangbusters once he wrapped his head around that concept.
And Billie Jean loves it. She'll curl up on this chair next to the fireplace all day long.
The best seat in the house for studying, reading or just mellowing out.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Boxes everywhere
I'd like to post more on improvements...but this is going on right now.
Used to look a lot more empty. 
Used to look a lot more empty. 
Wood-ish blinds
Apparently IKEA has the best deal around on real wood blinds. They simulate a plantation blind (right? I'm telling myself this anyway) but plantation blinds are ruinously expensive so these are the go-to.
Phil put them up and they really help out the living room. Here's the white vinyl before, so you can see why it was needed.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Lennon white paint job
So the whole time we were selecting paint colors the paint guy and I were talking about Linen White...and Phil is standing there hearing "Lennon White" which makes sense in his head because he's thinking of this: 
By the way, the paint center at Ace in East Atlanta Village is amazing--the guy there was a phenomenal help in getting us going on this project. Also a phenomenal help--Phil's mom and sister who drove down from Charlotte to lend a hand. There was some cute mother-son painting going on.
And some sister-brother painting.
And a really good 5-year-old who only needed a pile of stuffed animals, one beading kit, a drawing pad and some Mary Poppins to keep her busy for about 48 hours of boring grownups painting.
And I would be remiss if I failed to mention the spackle ghost. At first I thought Phil was seeing a vision of Jesus on the walls and I figured the new place was going to get overrun by pilgrimages, but it turned out just to be a (presumably) nondenominational ghost.
Small dogs were NOT helpful...this one managed to get a few extra spots on her while trying to sneak into the freshly painted sections of the house. She's now a brindle/Lennon white dog.
By the way, the paint center at Ace in East Atlanta Village is amazing--the guy there was a phenomenal help in getting us going on this project. Also a phenomenal help--Phil's mom and sister who drove down from Charlotte to lend a hand. There was some cute mother-son painting going on.
And some sister-brother painting.
And a really good 5-year-old who only needed a pile of stuffed animals, one beading kit, a drawing pad and some Mary Poppins to keep her busy for about 48 hours of boring grownups painting.
And I would be remiss if I failed to mention the spackle ghost. At first I thought Phil was seeing a vision of Jesus on the walls and I figured the new place was going to get overrun by pilgrimages, but it turned out just to be a (presumably) nondenominational ghost.
Small dogs were NOT helpful...this one managed to get a few extra spots on her while trying to sneak into the freshly painted sections of the house. She's now a brindle/Lennon white dog.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Paint it...linen white?
Ugh, this is going to be really hard for me because (unlike Phil) I lack a useful amount of OCD. I'm taping up everything in preparation for a paint job this weekend. 
Going to use the Benjamin Moore Aura line of paint in Linen White for just about every room.
Yeah, that's a chin up bar.
I don't think I'll be keeping it.
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