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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 8:42 pm
kind of hard for them to do that from the TV set! LOL i much prefer them to do it too. i find myself watching these shows and thinking cause they make it look so easy, 'why am i not doing that?' and then i realize, oh yeah..i am lazy! LOL
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 8:56 pm
LOL, I am with Mocha!!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Friday, January 02, 2009 - 9:07 pm
Okay, I have to disagree with Mocha, Tex and Dipo. There is NO one here that is lazier than I am. And yes, I would love to have David from Color Splash come do my house, instead of me having to do it. I also think David's talent is off the charts whereas Jen's is not. I also know that I could not do what David does. But my point was anyone can paint a concrete patio, which is what Jen did.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 8:51 am
I was confused between Jen and Genevieve. So Jen (from Design Star) is pregnant...and Genevieve is apparently a new mom, right? I didn't catch Jen's show but I thought Genevieve's was pretty good with the first two episodes I watched. She's just enjoyable to watch in the first place, IMO.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 9:47 am
Ita Lexie bout David's talent. Yep Roxi Gen's already had a baby. Not sure when though or if he/she's a he/she lol. But when I said I don't want to do the painting I was referring to on Jen's show how she has the h/o's helping. Lol I don't want to help. Ok maybe I'll pass out some drinks an snacks. But that's it. An I say this while having a bedroom that I still need to paint. eta - Oh an Gen's show had the h/o's helping too.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 12:49 pm
ITA Mocha, I want them to come in and do the work. I also have a multitude of projects to do and I would love to have someone just take care of them for me, LOL.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 9:39 pm
Is the new show on already? Did I miss it? Ack!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 9:56 pm
Costa, you didn't miss much. Jen painted a concrete patio and the patio walls. True story.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 6:27 am
No, Costa, the new Design Star hasn't started yet.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 9:03 am
Lol Lexiegirl, "True story." 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 10:48 am
Whew! Thanks Twinks!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 10:20 pm
I am going to paint my living room this week...as soon as I figure out a color. I can't buy a new flat screen tv unless I get the yucky colored (and huge holes from the previous homeowner's heavy mirrors) walls redone. The new tv is going to be my reward to myself.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 7:07 am
Roxi, doing any pant effects? Stripes? Venetian plaster?
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 7:48 am
No, just plain old neutral paint. I don't think that enhancements like that would benefit my room. I did a bathroom a couple of years ago where I had to retexture it and that turned out okay. Amazing what you will try after marathon sessions of HGTV, isn't it?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:34 am
Lol yep
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 10:16 am
I wish somebody would come in and redo my rooms for me. The prior owners had a penchant for mixing colors...they would buy leftover paint at Home Depot and mix together to achieve whatever color they were hoping for, sometimes with varying results. The yellow in my living room looks dirty, the green in my bedroom looks muddy, and we're not even going to talk about the pink border in the upstairs bedroom that I wasn't able to get off the wall.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 10:31 am
Rofl!!!! I still have 70's icky wallpaper in 2 of my bathrooms I need to do something about.
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 11:07 am
It took me 18 years to remove all the wallpaper in this house. One wall had small pieces that were stuck on. Applied Kilz primer to cover the pattern & then sponged 3 shades of beige over the wall so the lack of smoothness on the wall would not be noticed. After the work of stripping wallpaper you never put it back on.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 11:30 am
I love wallpaper and would have loved to put some up in our new house. Too many years of white walled apartments!!!! Lowes was discontinueing their wallpaper before Christmas and I did see a pattern I would have liked for one of the upstairs bedrooms. The paper was cheap but I think we would have to hire (or get sister-in-law down here to do it), and can't afford to hire anyone right now. We did paint several rooms. The previous owners either already had or fell into the "paint to sell" blah/blech uglies. The living/dining, foyer, upstairs halls, bath and one bedroom a neutral (ugly) beige-ish color. I think it is hideous. The family room was originally a terrible light purple/lilac that is now a beautiful blue. The kitchen was painted a pretty light green but I wanted something in the yellow family. The kitchen area is a pretty yellow gold and the eat in area is more orange-ish which is a grand improvement over the cheeto color one of the paints turned and we immediately changed. I want to change it to the same as the cooking area as the new light fixture we bought changes the color. The living/dining are now green. A deep green on the wall with the big picture window that extends to the front door (white)and hall. The rest of the room is a lighter green. I have decided that the green has a bit more yellow in it than I like, especially as once again new light fixtures have made a difference. I am with many of the rest of you, I want someone else to come in and do the work. We discovered I am not really good at painting (see new yellow in upstairs bath) and right now my knees & ankles are too bad for me to stand for any period of time. Aforementioned sister-in-law did help me put up a Tuscan mural in the office. It is a large room and I was surprised how the mural made it look smaller.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 2:35 pm
I used to have a deep green in my living room and upstairs but changed it last year to a warm buttery color. Just had to throw that out there lol.
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 2:36 pm
Hi Mocha!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 5:24 pm
Hey Sis!!!!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 7:27 am
My kitchen is hunter green. My cabinets are hunter green. My walls and ceiling are beadboard. It is kind of like being in a cabin. I know that it is dated, and I know that someday I will be ready for a change, but I like it now...if only I could afford granite countertops! (The kitchen came that way, I had nothing to do with it.)
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