Getting Old
You know you're getting old when you start buying things like area rugs.
I generally loathe carpet, but it feels so nice under my bare feet.
Any Color You Like
I finally got around to painting the kitchen. When I put the new cabinets in, there were spots on the wall that were unpainted - from where the 0ld cabinets were. They provided a nice 1970's style yellow contrast to the "Antique White" that I had painted back in 2001.
I started off with a trip to Lowes, and picked up a quart of "Black Spruce" which was this pretty dark green. I painted about half of the kitchen (but thankfully not above the cabinets) before I realized, hey, this is really fucking dark green. It looked black. So, away with dark green.
I decided to repaint the kitchen the same color it was, since I wanted to get this done, and I loathe painting. Off I go into my laundry/tool room to grab the old paint. Grabbed it, started painting and... oh shit, this isn't tan, it's pink. It was the left over paint from Dana's room.
Went back into the laundry/tool/cat room and found the can of paint marked "TAN" and went to work. Got all of the pink and green covered up nicely. For those who care, the progression of colors in the kitchen of my house has been thus (since the house was built)
- Cyan or Teal
- Yellow
- Some off-white color
- Antique White
- Black Spruce
- Pink Rosewood
- Antique White
I also redid the trim around the door from the kitchen to the living room, and put new 1x4's in the door frame. I love my compound mitre saw.
I am absolutely dreading work this week, but I'm happy that most of my painting seems to be done. I'm going to make another post with my to-do list for the house.
Painting finished, trip to Tuckerton
Yesterday I finished up repainting my walls, the wainscoting, and trim. There are a few small areas here and there that need to be touched up, but for the most part it's all done. I also need to clean up and organize the house, it's not normally this messy. The dining room table, however, gets used as a catch all basin and not as a table all that often.
I ended up painting the walls a lighter grey, and painted the opposite walls which had been white before. I painted the walls in the hallway the same glossy white as the trim so that it makes the dining room stand by itself more. I also wanted to get rid of more of the white paint. I have gallons and gallons of paint left over - I may put an ad on Craigslist to get rid of it. I can't be bothered to take it to the recycling center.
I decided to take a ride down to the Tuckerton Seaport. I've never been there and was just looking for something to do. I drove there, and saw that it was pretty small and didn't look like anything was going on, so I elected to not pay the $8 that they want for admission. I figured I'd at least see a ship or two there. No dice. Instead I took a walk around the parking lot area, took some pics, and then headed down Radio Road nearby to take some more shots. The parkway was a mess coming back home, too.
^ My TL on Radio Road.