Happy Halloween folks....

song and pretty pictures

Good song! Kinda mellow.....

Anyhow. Heres some pretty spaces....

www.the-brick-house.com

www.houseofearnest.com

How cool would a 'greenhouse' kitchen be!! itd be amazing- all. the. time.

www.desiretoinspire.net

I may have already posted this... i love the high ceiling with the low and simple picture.

www.desiretoinspire.net

www.sfgirlbybay.com

 

These are all pretty.... white/light.... Im usually more of a depressing moody dark color person... But I like these.... maybe because our constant winter cloudiness has started here now.... who knows.

 

Anyhow.... I was at home depot looking at paint colors the other day... (cuz thats just what I do...) I decided I want to change my career. again. I want to pick the names for paint colors.

This is a true story....

I picked out this dark brown color... looked at it and thought... 'Thats kinda blah, nope don't like it...'

AND THEN.... I read the name.... 'french roast' and then I was all like...

'Ooooo I DO like it afterall....'

Imagine having that kind of power over people. Its actually kinda false advertising tho... They get it home and paint thinking their house is gonna smell and emit 'coffee' vibes... but it wont. it'll just look kinda brown.

 

Of course, I would not be doing it for the false advertising but just cuz itd been super fun.

'beluga... zen.... puddle... cottage white... swiss coffee... quiet veranda...'

Now who doesn't want some zen and belugas in their house! and to enjoy swiss coffee on their quiet veranda.

fyi. these are actual paint colors by behr(my favorite paint btw.....  and yes this is something I feel strongly about.)

 

 

sidenote* is blogging outdated now? I kinda feel like the blogging world is slowing down... puttering out or something?

another sidenote* I was at chapters the other day... and Domino magazine is back! Its an awesome awesome home magazine. Pretty excited about it.

 

 

 

 

dog shame

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--25-.htm

kitchens!

I'm gonna post some kitchen pictures but I have a feeling I may have already posted some of them. sorryyyyyyy:)
still love them tho so at least thats consistent.

 

www.desiretoinspire.net for the top 2 pics, www.sfgirlbybay.com for bottom 2.

 

 

 

I think if I were ever to paint kitchen cupboards again.... (Please no!!)... I would choose the above colors. Get a new shiny black countertop and paint the cupboards that color. It is by far my favorite color right now. Love it. I would also special request brick in my next kitchen.

 

Now the next picture is one I found last night. On desiretoinspire.net. It was a post about using big vintage letters in your house. I LOVE this kitchen. I completely want it. When I see this I forget about any other kitchen dreams i have and just want this. (see above dream)

Sometimes I feel fickle about my design wants. I change so easily. just willy-nilly... 

Speaking of fickle. I am looking after a VERY fickle elderly lady right now. and I have to say... its not a quality I appreciate. at all. I can't even describe this woman... I can imitate her.... but...

She is also part-time deaf. That means she  only hears when its convenient.
Do i sound like i love my job or what!?! Nurses are so caring and loving and compassionate.............

...So i'm going to work on not being fickle in my life.

Now I feel bad. I actually tolerate really like 99% of the people I look after. This lady just gets to me.

fick·le/ˈfikəl/

Adjective:

Changing frequently, esp. as regards one's loyalties, interests, or affection.

 

 

 

raylene

Amazing singers. So sad to hear about Raylene.

 

Ever tried to sing that last high part? I fail at it. Every. Time.

dog video

maybe this isn't funny.
but it sure made me laugh. :-)

Really long post.

So I figured that it was about time I followup with my before/after with my lamp pics. (thank you for your comments CS).... I didn't take any befores. But I'll walk you through what i did. Super super complicated.
1. Bought the cheapest matching lamps I could find at thrift store ($6/pr)
2. Bought the cheapest matching lampshades I could find at the thrift store ($4/pr)
3. Ripped off the fabric on the shades- harder than it looks actually. They used some kinda of retarded adhesive, it stunk, was sticky, and Googone barely took it off!
4. Shook my half-empty spray paint cans to find the fullest one(grey... i think it was actually a grey primer)
5. taped off the little light bulb part.
6. taped off the electrical cord.
7. Spraypainted everything like crazy with my spraypainter nozzle attached(posted about it before)
8. Phoned fifty billion stores and sounded like an idiot trying to explain the type of lightbulb i was looking for.... 'well its antique and it has filament in it....' ....'um lady... they all have filament in them'....yup
9. Drove to the other side of city and spent $20 on 2 light bulbs.... brought them home, one was burnt out already. I went back to exchange it. felt cheap.... is it cheap to exchange light bulbs? i felt like it was.
10. plugged the lights in. the husband says... 'i still don't know if i like them, but they are a bit better when they are turned on'.... i'll take it.

 

 

 

 

Also thought I'd throw in a pic of the 'music room'... our old front closet....

 

 

Jers comment to this was.... 'it would look better if i could get a new black electric guitar, then they would both match.'

 

As a side note. I have a rant. so that dresser redo thing is still suppose to eventually end up in our room... but do you think i can find a decent closet organizer (cheap one of course...)? I have NEVER seen a closet organize that has made me think... 'wow that would solve all my problems....'

I'll stop there cuz i know i've gone off about that before....

 

I also have a funny dog video. but thats for another day. just to keep you coming back.