Author: stega
“New” Desk
Still working through the backlog of images and stories, but this, unlike the last multi-post saga, is a relatively quick…
Sunday Panorama
The view from the studio roof
Related to the Great Room: Kitchen Touch-ups
While painting the great room, one extra thing our painter tackled for us was painting a few of patched areas…
Sunday Panorama
This is what it’s like to lay on the floor of the great room.
Unifying with Circles
Carrying on from the last post and finally finished the super long tale of the redesigning “process” for the look…
Great Room “Note” — Outside Design Service
During our random discussions about what to do paint and furniture-wise in the great room, Agent Smith pointed me to…
Making the Great Room Great — Foot Notes on Molding
Perhaps my favorite detail in the great room is the very subtle change in the molding. Backing up a bit…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Nine: Ambient Lighting
In addition to deleting the sconces in the great room, Agent Smith got creative and ordered some coloring changing strip…
Chacha Mucha
The original deal for the property included an old 40″ riding mower that had seen better days. Underpowered, top-heavy, and…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Eight: Wall Lighting
Back when we had the main electric panel redone, we made the call to decommission the monument outlets in the…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Seven: Plants and Bits
Instead of random knick knacks (although we do have a few interesting items,) I always intended that the main ornaments…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Six: Finding Art
In addition to finding furniture for the great room, over the last two years we’ve managed to find interesting items…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Five: Finding Furniture
During the first few years that we were living here there was much discussion about what sort of furniture we…