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...
Painting
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 — Before and After Painting
Below are some before and after shots of the foyer and great room once the painters were done but before...
Making the Great Room Great — Step Four: Painting
As anyone who has painted a room (myself included) knows, prep work is what takes the most amount of time....
Making the Great Room Great — Step Three: Priming
Once the drop cloths and sheets of plastic were taped into place the painters got busy. The four interior doors...
Making the Great Room Great — Step Two: Paint Prep
In mid-August of 2019 our regular house painter slotted some time to come up and paint the great room. There...
Making the Great Room Great — Step One: Deciding on Paint
Once the floors had been refinished and the chimney column in the center of the great room was stripped of...
Exterior Tidying
The winter rains did not show up in December 2018 and we were able to get our favorite painter in...
Touching up some leaves
Shortly after the floors were done and the boys had been moved back into their pace, I also retouched the...
Guest Room Make Over
Since all the furniture had been moved out of the guest room to allow for the furnace work, before moving...
Exterior Repairs Prior to…Gutters!
Last January (2017) we had to address the issue of the fascia as we knew when we bought the place...
Fast Kitchen Makeovers: Part 2
The last post covered the simple fan controller changes we did in the kitchen, which got me thinking about the...
Painted Hallway and Bath
After just a few days the painters were done and I spent a day putting things back together: books on...
The Bird Space: Finishing Touches
To give the alcove a better sense of space, I set about framing the archway by painting two trees. After...
Interior Walls: Painting
Once the trim was masked and the drop cloths laid, it was time to get rolling with the paint. Since...