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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

in the meantime...

i am halfway done with those projects i proposed a week ago... ok, almost two weeks ago.

BUT

we only just arrived, got jobs, and have been working marathon runs to get through training and start making money! so "halfway done" is pretty good, i think!

the ombre desk:

blending paints with rollers and foam "brushes" is haaaaaard! and i still need to finish the drawer doors!

but i think the kitchen looks awesome, now that we've chalkboard-ized the far (ha.) wall!

those first few rolls are scary when the color is so dark!

can't wait to chalk it up!!

...bathroom tomorrow?

Thursday, August 9, 2012

AND we're BACK!

a lot has happened since the last post, including a bunch of moves:

pittsburgh>mercersburg>argentina/chile>baltimore>boulder, all within 7 months.

WHEW!

while it was all crazy and includes an interesting story or two, we'll save those for another time; this is a design blog, and it's time to get back to design!

we've finally arrived in Boulder, Colorado and plan to settled in for a while, which means: projects time!

here's a sneak peak of what I have in mind

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we've moved into a great apartment with a small windowless kitchen, like in the photo above, and I'm thinking that the blank white end wall could use something... chalkboard paint!

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there's a desk that was left on the balcony, and it's nothing to look at right now... 4 paint samples from Behr are just begging to be painted ombre-style onto the ugly duckling. I'm planning to leave the top natural, but do I paint the lower part in separated chevron style, try to blend it horizontally, separated horizontal stripes, blended chevron... what to do, what to doooo?

well one thing is for sure, besides the chalkboard kitchen wall: the burnt rusty orange-ish bathroom is becoming a serene light grey!

"burnished metal," again by Behr :)

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

childhood, revisited

it's 4:30 am and why (beyond the normal reasons for my night-owlishness) am i not yet abed?

this is why: huxtablehotness

he says it best in the subtitle-line:

"In which I review the sartorial choices of the characters on "The Cosby Show" one episode at a time."

... i could read the screen-shot captions alone and still fall off the couch laughing.

ENJOY

Monday, September 5, 2011

iPadded

I apologize for my absence of late and wish I could blame it on our recent computer problems, heavy work schedules, or lack of indoor/down-time, but in reality, I've just been lazy.

Any free time I've had has been devoted to sleeping, reading, and reading while feeling guilty about not being outside / cleaning / purging junk / or researching our next step in life, thus, no time to think up good post-worthy posts. Terrible.

On the upside, Jake finally caved to his iPad obsession and bought the 2, which is AMAZING. We're definitely smitten. I'm sure this is partly due to the fact that we don't have iPhones or even smart phones, so all this technology and the handy apps are all brand-new to us, but I think I've finally got a handle on it and can get back to sharing my inspirations and ideas, plans and projects with the blogosphere!

HOORAY!

For now, some pics to round up my blog-MIA-summer :)