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window wizards

Posted on October 7th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on window wizards

Well, the window guys finally arrived. Pulling in a bit late, dressed in old hats, T-shirts and jeans, they hopped out of an unmarked truck pulling a trailer loaded with a jumble of tools and windows. David and I gulped and glanced at each other as they tramped in, pushed and pried at the windows, and muttered about […]

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waiting for windows

Posted on October 6th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Patiently waiting for the window guys! Kitchen windows – ugh, can you believe we lived like this??? Looks like good old Kansas City mold…yikes!   Mm-hmm. No words necessary.   The art room…how many colors has this window sash been painted, anyway?   Mamma and Dadda’s room. Lots of chipped paint. (And dirt.) Window update […]



And the winner is…

Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

Well, we don’t exactly have a winner. After much deliberation, I finally concluded…I don’t know what color blue I want to paint my living room. In fact, I may not want blue at all. I may want a nice warm golden yellow (as if I needed more options). The thing with golden yellow (or buttercream or […]



blue quandary

Posted on September 14th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  11 Comments »

  Do you ever have a hard time picking out a new paint color for a room? There’s so much to think about…so much more than just do I like this color?  You know, what’s the atmosphere I’m trying to convey, what “color temperature” do I need this room to be (i.e. cool, warm, neutral), […]



a fresh coat of paint

Posted on September 11th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

    We painted our house! We hired a really awesome father/daughter painting team. They did a great job- at first we thought the girl was a little small, but it turned out she did just fine. We just had to make sure she didn’t fall in the buckets.         This was the house […]