Sunday Panorama
The view from the studio roof.
Author: stega
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Related to the Great Room: Kitchen Touch-ups
Kitchen touch-ups, done while the painters were here for the great room.
Sunday Panorama
This is what it’s like to lie on the floor of the great room.
Unifying with Circles
Pulling the great room together with circles.
Great Room Note–Outside Design Service
An online design service tried its hand at our great room. It was so very beige.
Making the Great Room Great–Footnotes on Molding
Making the great room great: new molding that finally matches.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Making the Great Room Great, Step Nine: Ambient Lighting
Making the great room great: color-changing ambient lighting, controlled from the wall switches.
ChaCha Mucha
A used MTD zero-turn mower replaces the old riding mower that came with the house.
Making the Great Room Great, Step Eight: Wall Lighting
Making the great room great: deleting the sconces and adding simple circular lights.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Making the Great Room Great, Step Seven: Plants and Bits
Making the great room great: plants, and turning the foyer into a little light well.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Making the Great Room Great–Step Six: Finding Art
Making the great room great: finding art for the walls, mostly at auction.
Making the Great Room Great, Step Five: Finding Furniture
Making the great room great: finding mid-century furniture, mostly at auction.
Making the Great Room Great–Before and After Painting
Before and after shots of the foyer and great room, once the painters were done.
Making the Great Room Great, Step Four: Painting
Making the great room great: painting.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
Making the Great Room Great, Step Three: Priming
Making the great room great: priming.
Making the Great Room Great, Step Two: Paint Prep
Making the great room great: prep work, and deleting the sconces, an old thermostat and a phone jack.
Making the Great Room Great, Step One: Deciding on Paint
Making the great room great: deciding on paint, including a metallic finish.
Sunday Panorama
This week’s Sunday panorama from around Purgatory.
A bit of sad news.
Sad news: the Doc who built our house passed away almost two years ago.
Venting the Garage
A new exhaust fan in the roof makes the garage almost pleasant on 100-degree days.
Last Stop: Zurich
Last stop: Zurich, for a friends’ wedding and a trip up Mount Pilatus.
Final Travel Panoramas
The last of the panoramas from our 2019 trip to Europe.
Travel Panoramas
More panoramas from our 2019 trip to Europe.
On to Paris
On to Paris by Eurostar, during Pride week.
Travel Panorama
A travel panorama of the Ollerton Colliery forest.
North from London
North to Nottinghamshire to visit my host family from my year at UEA.
Travel Panorama
A travel panorama of Ollerton Colliery.