A Saw! A Paintbrush! Hoocha Hoocha Hoocha ! LOBSTER.

So, anyway...

You guys remember this pot rack shelfy thing I made for my kitchen? 

Seemed like a good idea at the time.  And it worked - my pots and pans were right there, ready to grab; and for a while, at least, the trash can being somewhat sheltered kept the dog out of it.  Until she figured out how to drag it out and open the lid (without knocking it over, even). 

Once I began living alone (nearly a year ago, now!), I had far more cabinet space, so my pots and pans got new homes out of sight, and the pot rack that I built moved to the back porch, as a beautiful potted plant display random-crap-I-couldn't-be-arsed-to-put-away repository.  

Last night, finally fed up with it looking like hell, not matching the house, and being completely too big and in my way, I took a saw and some black paint to it: 

And because I'm nothing if not consistent, I hereby vow to: 

• fill this with beautiful plants and toys
• put the tools away that are standing in the corner
• finish cleaning up and updating the rest of the porch, and
• post pics when I'm done. 

None of which, as you know, will get done.  But hey, you never know.  

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The Color Post

I finally got around to matching up ALL of my house colors and creating a little collection of sample cards for future matching and/or re-painting purposes!  I'm not sure how I'll organize it all just yet (I'd make a scrapbook type thing, but I know I'd never keep up with it), but for the time being, here are the colors in my home:

Ceilings, throughout the house:  Behr's White Clay




Walls, common areas (kitchen, dining, halls, living/music room):  Glidden's Wood Smoke

Doors in the house:  Behr's Carbon

Sewing Room:  Glidden's Pale Red Dust

Master Bedroom:  Martha Stewart Living's Rainwater

Master Bathroom:   Behr's Urban Raincoat

Exterior trim (behind):  Behr's Farmhouse

Exterior siding (front): Behr's Old Map












Some Notes:

• I did not choose the exterior colors, and I hate them.  I matched the exterior colors because I may need to paint a new garage door  (when I get it replaced) to the house.  Playing with paint samples I think if I had a clearer "white" on the trim, instead of Farmhouse, which is a really gross green-white, I might be happier with the siding.  Really, though, the whole house needs to be repainted.  It's 10y old. 
• Yes, the blues in the master suite are supposed to match.  I have some things planned for the master bathroom and linen closet for the upcoming months; when I start work in that end of the house I'll be repainting the entire suite in a single color.  
• The only spaces missing from this post are the guest bath and adjacent hallway, which are painted from floor to ceiling in White Clay;  and the "art studio" (giant closet), which is just primer-white for now. 

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