Tuesday, February 24, 2009

This is my house.

Yesterday, the larger bedroom was returned to me. I spent the evening painting the ceiling, including the 'painted molding'. It's a perfectly good way to get a straight line when painting against a ceiling that is unlevel or textured. That bedroom is already a bright spring yellow.

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The smaller bedroom is my office. I have a desk and one chair in there. The rug on the floor is a wheat color. I like the crisp green during the day.

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And then there is the dining room. Yes, I probably went a little overboard with the staging, but I wanted to present it in all it's tiny glory. The table is only temporary. The dishes are not.

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We've come a long way. I still want new furniture for the living room and bedroom. And of course I need houseplants. But I can honestly say, I love my house. Time to get to work so I can pay for it.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very clever with the crown trim. What is the height of your baseboards?
You are very similar to Thomas Jefferson with your interests.

Frogview Cottage

Tom - 7th Street Cottage said...

The baseboards are 6" from the floor with a 3/4' solid cap. I got rid of the basemold on top that was the original design. I think it looks a little more modern, and it was cheaper. :)

Kris said...

Thanks for the nice tour of the rooms. A lovely job of staging the dining room! The colors flow well from room to room and I really like the crisp white woodwork. You done good! :-D

Heather said...

I love the hardwood floors and that you kept things period true. Beautiful home.

Tom - 7th Street Cottage said...

I've been thinking of replacing all the doors with new slabs and hardware. But after finishing the dining room, I realized that I liked it a lot more than the newer doors I installed in the bathroom. So the idea now is to remove the doors and strip them completely. It takes about 12 hours per door based on the one I have done already. That's why I had chosen to buy new doors. But I still need to get new hardware and some filling will have to be done around the doorknobs. The old doors originally had a skeleton key lock and knob.