A L I T T L E N U T S

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this is chris's thing....making sure the screws and bolts match the color of what they're attaching. thorough!

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I S I T B E T T E R ?

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that's the question we kept asking ourselves as C put the first coat of this benjamin moore chili red paint on...at first it was pink and horrible but it got better with every coat. more awesome progress photos to come!

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I T ' S . . .

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beginning to look alot like christmas! hey is that my tree in there?

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G R A T E P A I N S

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with the whole hallway front vestibule paint project comes a 'little' project stripping and painting the wrought iron window grate that's on the door. as you've seen in the paint swatches, there's a bit of red coming. to add some fun and a pop of color to our front hall, we're going bright chili red on the door and so it goes with the grate as well. if you know my husband you'd know that nothing is done halfway...it's full on  all the time. so a few weekends ago he spent probably 30+ hours stripping the paint from this ornate grate. dedicated? industrious? committed? yes. and it's going to look amazing!

the big reveal to come!

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P R O G R E S S 2

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in the home stretch.

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P R O G R E S S

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the painter's been plugging along on the hallway transformation....it's looking better and better as more and more of the teal is covered up!

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T O O C U T E T U E S D A Y

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T O O C U T E T U E S D A Y

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Q U I T E A M E S S

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T R Y I N G I T O U T 2

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big debate about whether only the railing+newel post on the staircase should be black ot if all of the spindles as well. another one of those cases where the magic of photoshop can really help!

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T O O C U T E T U E S D A Y

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H U R R I C A N E O F A C T I V I T Y

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we were spared the horrible hurricane sandy damage that others unfortunately faced here in brooklyn and the tri-sate area. while the hurricane was raging and our offices were closed without power, C kept busy by stripping the newell post in the hallway using a device called the silent paint remover. sounds like a superhero! what it does is use infrared heat to remove the paint from the wood surface. worked pretty good, huh?

after

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