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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 6:23 pm
Thanks! It is taking forever. I can see how a gray primer would have worked much better! It literally is taking about 4 or 5 coats. No exaggerating. I am already into the 2nd gallon of red! (And there is not that much square footage of wallspace!) I started Saturday and it is still not done!!! Then we still have to do the wainscoting!!! UGGH. I will be so happy when it is finally done!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 7:02 am
Yoo hoo, Julie. I want to see the finished product...please!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 7:15 am
Here, OG! Thanks for asking!
I still cannot decide on the light fixture. In the day, I totally love the red ones. But at night it glows a goudy red color. Uggh. Any suggestions for that would be appreciated!

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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 9:39 am
julie, did you try different wattage bulbs and/or colored bulbs? your kitchen really is breathtaking! the next fabric you introduce into the room (and it even could be something as simple as kitchen towels, i would be sure to have the blue and red in them.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 9:57 am
That is what I was wondering, have you tried a different kind of bulb in the fixture, Julie? Maybe a coil incandescent bulb would be better? I still like the red and white globes you have, but if the orange-red bothers you, maybe switch the red out for blue?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 9:59 am
Thanks Annie!! I am actually in the middle of experimenting with different shades and wattage. But I need night to come to make final decisions. The thing is, I think the red shades look great, but at night, they give out a garrish red light. White looks best at night, but man, too much white is already in the kitchen. One of the front runners now, is a reddish one, that is wider, more of a bell shape, that i am hoping will let more "white" light out of, than the cone shapes do... Stay tuned!!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:56 pm
Thanks, Julie, it is all just georgous!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 7:54 am
Getting ready [today] to paint the bedroom. I have never painted before and I was wondering can I leave the window open while I am painting or should I keep it closed? Also how long do you let it dry between coats if it needs a 2nd coat? The paint says one coat, the guy at the paint store said one coat, hubby says one coat, but I'm skeptic. Hubby primed the bedroom [oh how I wish he had done the whole house!] before the movers brought our furniture. It was a very bright lilac/lavender and having the primed walls was a whole lot better for us. We've had to wait this long until it got warm because just the one room of primer and I couldn't breathe, even tho it was "no odor" primer. Another question sorry. If I have to go 2 coats can I paint 3 walls both coats, then move the bed and paint the 4th wall 2 coats or do I have to do all 4 walls 1 coat, then the 2nd coat? [wish we had decided on paint color before we got our new furniture. Movers busted our headboard so all that was in the room was the bed w/o headboard (on rollers!) and 2 makeshift night stands. Oh well.]
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 8:01 am
Unless it is super windy, open windows are fine. What color are you doing? Can we see a before and after picture? There is a good chance that one coat will do (but not if it's red!!!) I think you are supposed wait 4 hours between coats, it should say on your paint can. Good luck. THe most important (and time consuming thing) is taping.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 8:06 am
Oh, why not move the bad to the center of the room and do all walls at same time...?
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 8:33 am
Thanks Julie. It's called Ysplanti Skies. Pale Waters in the cheaper brand but we're using Dutch Boy. It's a blue gray. Got it for the kitchen & dining room and it looks bright baby blue there and also tested it in the hallway and bedroom. Looks a tad darker than we wanted but when you hold the paint chip next to it it matches exactly. Exactly the color we wanted in the kitchen but oh well. I'm not going to be able to paint today. I tried moving the chesser and I scratched the footboard. As much as I was harping to my hubby to be careful I scratch the furniture. The most we've ever spent on furniture, had it 2 weeks, and I scratch it, in a conspicuous place. I didn't realize the handle was up on one of the drawers. But dummy me I knew better I should have taken the drawers out of the chesser first. I thought I had more room. OH well. I can post pictures if you really want but I'm not much of a decorator. Or maybe I am it's just my own style. Kind of the "lived in" style. Nothing fancy smancy or froo froo. If I put anything on the walls in the bedroom besides our wedding pics it will be other family pictures. My pics before and after would probably be boring to ya'll.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 8:40 am
Our room is way to small Julie. The "wonderful" people we bought this house from turned the master bedroom into the dining room. We think - by the color on the walls of the 2 remaining bedrooms - they put the kids upstairs and they slept in the basement. I was going to try and move the bed to the center, but since I found that there is no way to get the chesser out of the bedroom with the bed up we'll have to take the bed apart - something I can't do myself and I'm sure my hubby won't want to do. He's of the philosophy to do the least amount of work possible - not taking the bed apart - even if it means in the long run there will be more work to do.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 11:15 am
Yes, post pictures! We love to see pictures in this thread and you don't have to have a magazine style room to post... WHo knows, maybe we can throw in an idea or two you'd like... Plus you can show us your new furniture. (Oh, for the scratch, I bet posters here have some ideas for you. All I know about is those wood pens...)
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 11:20 am
pics too large trying again.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 11:25 am
Third time's a charm?
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 11:33 am
These are when we walked through the house before deciding this was the one we wanted to put an offer on. It looks blue, which we would have lived with. In reality it was bright lilac. The second pic looks as if the walls were painted different colors. It's just the lighting and the camera.
These are what it's like now. The second pic has the test spot we painted.
We've got lots of work to do. Every room in the house, upstairs and down, needs painted because of the shoddy painting done. Kitchen and dining room were going to be first but the paint sample looked terrible in there and we liked what it looks like in the bedroom.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 11:43 am
Wow, Serate, your house looks great! I love the wood floors and I also really like the white trim. What room do we see in the picture looking out the bedroom door? Does it have brown or red walls? Also, what is that creature sitting on your dresser? (Which is a really pretty piece.)
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 11:54 am
Thanks Julie. Even with the small bedroom the only thing I'd really change would be the bath being a tad bit bigger. It's apartment size. Take that back, it's smaller than the apartments I've lived in. I'm not partial to the floors. But that's just a cleaning thing vs if I really like them or not. You see a bit of the very small hallway/area in front of the bath and bedrooms, then the living room. It's a dark red. We hated it at first, but the more we see the couch and love seat next to the walls the more we like it. So I think we might try to find as close as a shade as possible and keep it red. But I want eggshell not flat. That creature is Henry. He's what is called an Eggpunt. I've had him since I was 12. The ONLY thing I've ever cried for and begged for in my life. The only time I ever threw a tantrum and I was flipping 12. Mom got him for my baby cousin and I just had to have him. She came home with one that was purple but had orange, green, yellow, and white arms and my dad said I had to have him. NO I WANT HENRY. I mean what difference does it make to a 1 month old anyway? So I kept Henry and Eric kept Hank. And I still have Henry and Eric amazingly still has Hank.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:03 pm
Living room pics. Like I said, lots of painting to be done in the house.

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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:13 pm
Serate, I really like your house a lot. Small or not it looks great. I love the red color!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:24 pm
OK so I'm in a picture posting mood. *L* Here's the kitchen and dining room. 2nd pic is where the fridge is - you can see what they painted over. You can still see/feel the wallpaper even after all the coats of paint but hubby says no go to putting up paintable wallpaper before we paint so hopefully a few more coats will help hide it.

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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:25 pm
Thanks Julie we absolutely HATED it when we moved in but like I said above we're kinda liking it now.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:54 pm
It looks great!!! What color will the kitchen be? Really, your house looks so nice and bright and clean! So uncluttered without furniture~~so now let's see some shots with furniture!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:59 pm
Hmmm, I wonder if I like your house so much because your kitchen is so white (like mine) and you have the red walls (like mine)!!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 1:13 pm
Love your house!!! obviously I am partial to red walls too! LOL I like the color you painted your kitchen. You could bring in other colors via accessories and curtains. I would take out those dowells in the opening between the kitchen and den. I would kill to have my kitchen open like that! It used to be, but the people we bought it from closed it up when they put in french doors to the back yard cause they felt they needed more wall space.
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