Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts

Monday, August 22, 2011

living room curtains

part of our "home renovation" planning has been based on two things; trying to temper my love of all things color, and trying to keep the cost down.  truth be told, i really like making stuff, so keeping things somewhat inexpensive isn't too hard.  the yellow wall cost us $15, and guess what? my husband loved it.

one of the things about D that is so frustrating, is that if you ask him hypothetical questions, like, "how would you feel about the color yellow in the kitchen?" he will not give you an answer.  he will simply insist, over and over, that he doesn't know, that he would have to see it to give you an opinion.  if you ask, "would yellow walls make you want to kill your wife?" he still won't cop to a yes or no.  he claims he simply cannot "see" something before he can actually SEE it.  he will sometimes say, "i might like that," but that's as close to an answer as you can get with him.

i had what i thought was an awesome idea for curtains for our living room the other day.  i did a few drawings, showed him where things would go, and showed him some photos i was using for inspiration.  what did he say? you guessed it, he said he thought it sounded like my idea would work, but he would have to see it before giving deciding if he liked it or not.  i feel like we've been together long enough that him saying that is my green light.  in any case, that's how i use it! so today i started making our living room curtains.  (more after the jump)

Sunday, June 01, 2008

aw, shoot

sometimes a painting just doesn't turn out the way you want. i just did a lovely watercolor, that i ruined in the final strokes. i was working on wallpaper; the color was too heavy and the pattern retarded. dammit. that's okay, because honestly i was just finishing something i had started, but i had an idea i liked better.

what a cryptic post. i don't mean it to be! honest. i'll show you what i'm working one when it's done. promise!