As Promised
I was really tired of my office being bright blue, so over the break we did something about it. First we painted the middles of all the walls a sort of nondescript tan. After that there was a beautiful vision in which we would strip and stain all the wood, but basically the stripper was so toxic we gave it up. Even the curtailed version of the plan in which we only stripped the floor molding was pretty exhausting, probably more unctuous than all of the subsequent painting combined.
Then we masked things off, which actually looked pretty cool on its own.
Then there was the painting of the dark portions. I think it turned out pretty well.
And that’s good, because it ended up being pretty crazy. We actually finished on the 31st, just in time to put on more appropriate Champagne-drinking outfits, which is good because boy howdy.
love it. What gave you the inspiration to shadow the trim that way? Really cool. We have some insufficient window sills (windowsills?) in the living room that might benefit from such a treatment. Also: Isn’t that keyboard carpel tunnel inducing to the maxx?
I couldn’t think of a color scheme, so I decided to use the same colors as the living room. To mix it up, I thought I’d reverse it by having the dark around the edges rather than in the middle. The keyboard is actually better for carpal tunnel because you don’t have to rotate your palms down. Also, it’s easier on my shoulders because I can place the segments further apart than a regular keyboard will accommodate.