First, let's get a nonpinky pix of the bathtub:
Yes, it feels just that high when you're in it, too. When testing it out, I felt like a kitten who fell into it and couldn't claw my way out (thank God there's no pix of THAT). There is a 4-inch space underneath tub floor, so it's not as deep as it looks, but it was truly a challenge to get my arms UP on the edge. Definitely a soaker tub.
Now, I took maybe 10 pix of the painting we did today; natural light, natural with the overhead, flash, no flash. So far, I can't seem to really capture the color. It is NOT this yellow, but when I try to color correct, it only looks worse. The 2nd pix is probably the truest for color.
I'm always surprised when we take the lid off the paint. In the can, it seemed a lot lighter than I expected, nearly yellow instead of a warm goldish tan. As I worked on it, it began to go sour on me - started looking like "Harvest Gold". Told L all we need now is an avocado green bedspread, and we'd be back in the 70's, way before we even met. I got the walls done (general dimensions are 12 long x 18 wide by 8 tall) in a couple hours and just crashed. L finished cutting in at the ceiling (we have vaulted ceilings that top out at 12 feet - I'm 5'4" - he's 6 feet tall.) After getting away from it, and looking at it from a distance, with the ceiling for comparison, it's growing on me, it's looking more tan than gold. I know we can either play this color up or down with bedding, accessories, etc. At any rate, I don't dislike it enough to DO IT OVER. It's not the money ($50), but the time and the agony of my feet, etc.
Yes, it feels just that high when you're in it, too. When testing it out, I felt like a kitten who fell into it and couldn't claw my way out (thank God there's no pix of THAT). There is a 4-inch space underneath tub floor, so it's not as deep as it looks, but it was truly a challenge to get my arms UP on the edge. Definitely a soaker tub.
Now, I took maybe 10 pix of the painting we did today; natural light, natural with the overhead, flash, no flash. So far, I can't seem to really capture the color. It is NOT this yellow, but when I try to color correct, it only looks worse. The 2nd pix is probably the truest for color.
I'm always surprised when we take the lid off the paint. In the can, it seemed a lot lighter than I expected, nearly yellow instead of a warm goldish tan. As I worked on it, it began to go sour on me - started looking like "Harvest Gold". Told L all we need now is an avocado green bedspread, and we'd be back in the 70's, way before we even met. I got the walls done (general dimensions are 12 long x 18 wide by 8 tall) in a couple hours and just crashed. L finished cutting in at the ceiling (we have vaulted ceilings that top out at 12 feet - I'm 5'4" - he's 6 feet tall.) After getting away from it, and looking at it from a distance, with the ceiling for comparison, it's growing on me, it's looking more tan than gold. I know we can either play this color up or down with bedding, accessories, etc. At any rate, I don't dislike it enough to DO IT OVER. It's not the money ($50), but the time and the agony of my feet, etc.
Guest bedroom is almost the same size, about 10x18, less the closet and cut-ins on either side of bay window. The color for that is a pale green. We'll probably do that sometime during the week, or at the latest next weekend. He wants us to move in ASAP, so work can begin on existing house interior.
Mom and I are leaving on our annual knitting retreat on Wed Feb 11 and back on Mon Feb 16. L says they could be cutting in for interior staircase by then. They need to cut into existing house foundation to do the stairs, so I'm a little concerned. Walls will be braced while they do this work, but doesn't it sound ominous?
Is there a patron saint for "please don't let the house fall on my husband like the house did on the witch in the Wizard of Oz?" Please, Good Witch Glenda, don't let the house fall down.
Is there a patron saint for "please don't let the house fall on my husband like the house did on the witch in the Wizard of Oz?" Please, Good Witch Glenda, don't let the house fall down.
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