Posts Tagged ‘benjamin moore’
One Room Challenge – Week 4: Shut the Front Door
Welcome to Week 4! It’s the home stretch. I was at High Point Market for a few days during this week, but work continued on Project Vestibule nevertheless. If you’re new and would like to catch up, please do (and welcome!). While I was away, my painter tackled my front door. It needed a little…
Read MoreSoothing Non-Blue Bedroom Color Schemes
When you ask people how they want their bedroom to make them feel, these are the most common answers: “Restful” “Peaceful” “Quiet” “Soothing” It makes sense, then, that blue is the most popular color for bedrooms, as voted for by both designers and the general public (House Beautiful, August 2012). There are so many other…
Read MoreColor Design in Our Master Bathroom
It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything about our new house. From a construction perspective, it’s about 99% complete, but there are a couple of things (which I won’t bore you with) that are currently standing in our way of being able to close and move in already. Despite the lack of progress in making…
Read MoreThe Elusive Finish Line (Our New House)
Some projects seem as though they might go on forever. It can be difficult to visualize the end state when everything is complete, and as you originally planned it. My new house is such a project. We always knew there was a high probability that construction delays would occur, so we haven’t yet put our…
Read MoreBuilding Blocks of Our New Kitchen
As many of you are already aware, we’re slowly approaching the finish line on a new construction home, which is generally believed to be completed sometime next month (note my full confidence in this assertion 🙂 ). I’ve been dropping by frequently to monitor progress, and I’ve learned a few things. 1.) Everything takes at…
Read MoreA Warm Welcome
A beautiful public entry – more specifically, your front door, is really the first impression your home makes on visitors, passers-by, and of course the nosy Nellies who like to scope out everyone else’s digs (but I wouldn’t know anything about that…). All apologies to apartment dwellers and other renters! Now that I’ve got that…
Read MoreGoing Gray: A Cautionary Tale
Yesterday, I finalized the paint colors for our entire house (the new one under construction), after weeks of agonizing over fan decks, large color chips, fabric swatches, and actual paint on the walls. I won’t bore you with the laundry list of all thirteen colors (fifteen if you count trim and ceiling), all Benjamin Moore, but…
Read More(Color) Scheming In Our New Home
If you’ve read some of my older posts, you know I (with my husband) am knee deep in building a new house. I’ve spent so much time picking all of the fixtures, materials and finishes to ensure that our home will have “good bones.” I’m only now starting to eke out into the world of…
Read More6 Tips For Painting Your Nursery
This post is for all you expectant parents, grandparents, and interested friends and family who are eagerly awaiting the arrival of a precious little one! One of the most exciting parts of anticipating a baby’s birth is creating their special room in your home. Oftentimes, this involves repainting. It’s the easiest, most basic way to…
Read More20 Great Paint Color Names
So…I’m on a bit of a color bender of late. It’s awfully hard not to be when you are eating, sleeping and breathing it, as well as taking a class in it this summer. I’ve begun to hoard things like fan decks and giant-sized paint chips (and no, I didn’t eat them as a kid…
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