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July 20, 2008
Top Floor Apartment: Painting Jam
. . . and we're back. Though it may seem like we've taken a break, the opposite is actually true. We have been hard at work on the house, and as such, the reno blog has suffered. We had a serious push on the top floor, what will be the apartment, when G's mom came for a visit from Brussels. Since she would be staying with us, we needed to make a nice and homey space for her. It gave us a good reason to really crank on the top floor.
We emailed everyone we could think of and arranged for two back-to-back painting party weekends. The turnout was solid. We got a lot done, painting the hallway leading up the stairs to the apartment, the hallway at the top of the stairs, the two large front and back rooms, and all their respective mouldings and base boards. As I had mentioned in an earlier post, we had had our ceilings cleaned up by having them laminated with thin sheetrock, thus saving what plaster details remained, and covering up a lot of cracks, holes and imperfections. On the top floor, the ceilings had been "stuccoed," and it was nice to see that go.
For our choice of paint, we went with a simple satin white - the most basic 5-gallon jug you can find at Home Depot from Behr. For the mouldings and baseboards inside the rooms, G selected a light khaki-ish tone from Benjamin Moore, AC-1.
Comments
Looks great. I like the light paint on the arch. Traditionalists might disagree, but it brings out a nice delicacy and keeps the whole place light.
What's with the bike helmet? New DOB or OSHA rules for working on a ladder?
Posted by: slopefarm at July 21, 2008 10:56 AM
The place is looking airy and clean - lovely choice when you have a lot of detail.
PS: You have really nice friends!
Posted by: Mrs. Limestone at July 21, 2008 11:30 AM
wow! looks super nice.
wahahaha i love jaime's helmet!
Posted by: minisong at July 21, 2008 12:28 PM
Yeah, the helmet is priceless! We have really nice and weird friends, it's true.
Thanks for the kind words. We're really happy with how the whole top floor is looking.
Posted by: P at August 4, 2008 9:04 PM
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