Let's play with my Snazzy Garottage project
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Comments (11)Mentha, You just have to get creative. My husband (bless his pea-pickin'-heart) is a slug at home. We've lived in the same house for 21 years and to get ANYthing done takes forEVER because he feels HE has to do it (he IS in the construction industry, after all), but will he get out of the recliner and work on a project? Heck, no! So, for example, we talked and talked and talked about remodling the basement (for YEARS, mind you!!) Saved our money, HAD the money, but he never had the gumption to get it started. I finally started bringing contractors in to give me bids, which scared him into getting started. It still took a few months to get it done, but it got him off his butt!! As for my GH - and a lot of you have heard this one - I just waited until he wanted a "big ticket" item and negotiated that I would go along with HIS Harley if I could have a GH of equal value. Result: he was a little smarter about how much he spent on his Harley (because it did, in essence cost him twice as much!) and I got my GH. You just gotta know how to manipulate them - just do it with a big kiss-kiss and love-darts in your eyes! Here's another... I got a little inheritence when my Dad passed away - it's been sitting in savings for nearly 3 years now, earmarked for a complete remodel of the bathroom in our 88 year old house. My plan: as soon as I have a couple days off, take a sledge hammer to the walls while love-muffin is at work, then proudly show him how "helpful" I was to get started on our project when he comes home from work. He'll do a bad job of hiding his irritation (after all, he CAN'T be mad 'cuz I was being helpful!!), but then he'll kick into gear and get going on it, OR he'll concede to let me hire a contractor to get it started. It's all about the "win-win"!! Denise in Omaha...See MoreMy Afternoon Project for the Boys
Comments (11)rjinga - funny - I like that last pic too and yet I kept thinking 'Ooooyyyy! I have to add repainting the back door to my list of things to do'. But secretly I like it chippy. It's well used from kids and dogs running in and out and being banged around and kicked. It has also served as the target for a 9:30AM mud battle. Apparently it was the enemy ship. Hmmmm. dlm - the grass was a fleeting thought as I began spraying! I sort of wondered if DH would say anything but I knew that he wouldn't because he loves to see me get so excited about a project and just go for it. I apologized about the grass and he said 'It'll grow back green' and hugged me....See MoreStop Playing Star Wars Off-Key and Send Me My @&$*& Samples!!!
Comments (38)A little bit of beige may not be bad. Yellow reflects on itself and gets more intense. Whatever you think your final choice is, be sure to paint ALL of your old cabinets with it before you order. I love the fact that it's so hard to pick colors but the world conspires to make it even harder. The Aura fan deck is impossible to use if you want to see two colors next to each other, and you can't hang it vertically on a wall (all colors are darker that way). The paint store will always present you with an "issue" or "problem" that prevents you from getting the samples you need, and they make it too expensive anyway. Chips will either fall of the wall because you used painters tape, or rip off the paint because you didn't. It is making me insane and I would happily hire someone to do this just to avoid the insanity. My neighbors' kids and their friends have been setting off little snapper firecrackers all day. I keep hoping....See MoreLooking for suggestions for my play/school room....
Comments (23)Tibbrix, You are not afraid of color, are you? I am homeschooling my younger two boys, ages 11 and 14 (plus I have a 16 year old son who uses the space) so I'd like it to be a sort of masculine looking but fun space. I thought more about the green posted above but what I like about this room is that it has a good amount of light, unlike the rest of my house. I'm afraid a darker color would suck the light out of the room. We have a small room downstairs that is a dark mossy green, and the room is just so dark. This room is much bigger so though so maybe it would be ok? I'm thinking about Behr crisp celery. I'm not sure how to post the picture I found but I posted the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: crisp celery...See Morerredpenn
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