Hard to believe that it's been almost a year since I last posted anything on this blog. It's not that we haven't been tending to...

Finally, 10 years after we moved in, thirteen years after the last coat of Navajo white, we summoned up the courage to have the space...

Various people have been asking what color we have chosen for the kitchen and while I'm tempted to leave up the mix of spackle, old pain...

In anticipation of the arrival of new shades for two bedrooms I stained and sealed the triangular window frame , touched up one bedroom wal...

Before I left for Palm Springs we had a few house issues - tree in pool, missing tile and snow up to my armpits but as of today we have re...

...with a glint of metal... After all the selecting, culling and final editing and the twenty 12" x 12" squares in 7 different col...

I've been having some difficulty pinpointing the exact shade, tint and hue of paint I need to decorate The Cool House but come June ...

Dutch Boy paints introduce Refresh , the first premium quality paint with Arm & Hammer Odor Eliminating Technology and zero VOC. It...

One lone daffodil to be precise. I don't know the variety but the combination of pale sunshine yellow and hot orange makes me want to si...

via pointclickhome Four or five years ago when we were buying The Cool House someone asked what we were going to do with all the huge w...

I got really excited when I read the headline for self-repairing paint . Turns out it's for cars, but car today, house tomorrow, right?...

If you think moving flagstones is hard work, just imagine the hours that went into getting the masking tape straight so you could achieve t...

red & black After I mentioned I had asked the internet readership to help us choose a new vessel sink , the Guy announced he has a defin...

Or things I've been meaning to get around to for the past few weeks months... 1)Remove paint from cabinets in the kitchen . Pretty good...

This is where we started in June 2004, flowery wallpaper and vinyl blinds, dingy ceiling and brown indoor/outdoor carpet. Practical, but not...

It seems a shame to paint over these swatches, doesn't it? The first square on its own didn't look right, the next couple were bette...