Lorax has decided that her favorite new spot is one of my dresser drawers. If I leave this drawer open too long in the morning, presto, it sprouts a cat.
Here’s a tail….
And with a bit of trick photography, we find the rest of the beast!
April 2009 Archives
We have done so much “invisible” work on the house, it’s nice to finally have something to show off! We used the Behr online color tool and despite a miscommunication with the contractor (our fault) we love the result. The scariest part was wondering if the main house color (we chose “Spanish Galleon,” partly because of the name ;-) would be anything close to what we saw on the computer screen. Happily, it is just the color we wanted.
The Behr tool is really neat—you can upload a picture of your house (or room, if you’re painting an interior) and then apply the colors to various areas. We had this awesome Don Springer watercolor of our happy abode so I scanned it in to see if it would work. Here’s the original:
And here’s what we came up with after some online fiddling:
This really gave us a great idea of what to expect! We tried lots of different colors and settled on these (except for the red—we ended up with something darker, but this is close).
The miscommunication was that we intended all the major trim to be the lightest color, but the printout that we gave the contractor was … unclear. So they did the columns in Vanilla Custard, as intended, and the rest of the trim in River Bank. Oops! After we got over the initial shock, we decided that the mistake might have been for the best. The columns really pop, and the lower contrast between the two greens on the rest of the house is sort of calming. They also did a fantastic job of picking out some extra details—the red around the attic windows and the tips of the chimneys, matching the window sashes and the trim on the columns, was a nice finishing touch.
We’re not quite decided what will be next, but we have plenty of time as we have to rebuild the war chest before we embark on the next Renovation Adventure.
Now I may buy two copies, just because.
I got a form email from Amazon explaining that Patrick Rothfuss’ second book would not be shipping when predicted. Ensaddened, (I stole that word from the link I’m about to post—what a great word!) I did a quick google on “patrick rothfuss book 2” and very quickly came across his explanation.
I’ll be adding a new blog into my RSS feed, obv. And whenever the book does appear, I’ll finish it all too quickly, as usual, but I think I’ll actually appreciate it even more….
