I took this photo the other night while I was in the study… after a week of having flu like symptoms (had a flu shot, so not sure what it was), I am still trying to come back to the land of the living. This day I couldn’t make it off the sofa, and food still doesn’t have any appeal whatsoever… whaaaat??!! Yeah, I know. One heck of a diet, ha ha… Anyway, thankful for my phone camera, I saw Fred sitting down to eat, Charlie underneath his feet, the light in the window, the wine glass… this looks perfectly staged, like in a magazine. I’m not here to say it always looks like this, ha ha… it doesn’t. I love this photo!

That’s my post for today… keeping it short the next few days…  Catch you back here tomorrow!

F L A S H B A C K !

O n e  Y e a r  A g o:                Featured Artist… Craig Mitchell!

T w o  Y e a r s  A g o:           Gas lantern: A great way to dress up a house!

T h r e e  Y e a r s  A g o:      2011 Time Change…

And the winner is… Knight’s Armour by Olympic!

Oooh, what a few weeks we’ve had! This paint color thing is starting to make me crazy. The room started out “Kuba” a Ralph Lauren paint color from the Safari Collection which was fabulous. But… like all things fabulous, it was then discontinued. We had it color matched at Benjamin Moore, but it didn’t come out quite right, so we tweaked, and tweaked and tweaked (great guy who helped us)… and it ended up being BETTER than Kuba! So that is what most of the walls in the house are painted. With the exception of our guest room, bathroom and kitchen. It was time for the study to get a fresh coat of paint. I wrote a post about this and there were several great suggestions… one being a coral/tomato red color… Hmmm, that intrigued me, and I couldn’t get it off my mind. So instead of just going with the dark gray “we” (ha ha, I bet you can decide which of us wanted to try this color, ha ha) well… I found a color in the rug that was a pinky coral, I didn’t want another dark room (or so I thought…) the color on the card (AMARYLLIS by Sherwin Williams).. looked good, the guy mixed it exactly right… Now… let me just say this… a coral/tomato color could have been awesome HAD I PICKED THE RIGHT ONE! Sigh… but instead… I picked this corally pink that was in the rug… why? I have no idea. This is what it looks like on the wall (one coat) – S U N G L A S S  A L E R T !:

**G A S P **!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hmmmm, I knew when I opened the sample can…

That this probably wasn’t going to work, but he did say it dried darker… I don’t think it could possibly dry that much darker, but lets give it a whirl… ahhh, N.O.!

I painted a section (and was horrified the entire time… so why did I keep going??) – I thought this would be a nice happy color. Ha… no, this color is irritating and causes anxiety, make my gums feel like they’re swelling and makes me feel like I need some Pepto ;) So back to the grey it is! With one caveat… Fred wanted to paint trim, ceiling and walls all the same color… if we go this dark, I need some white… So we will paint the crown molding and ceiling white… then it will be nice and sharp. Art will look fabulous on this color… (the grey NOT the pink… I couldn’t find a piece of art that looked good on that… not at all). Ok… who has thought on this?? Paint the crown molding, walls and ceiling (leaving the trim around windows and white? Or leave molding and ceiling white and paint ceiling KNIGHTS ARMOR? Or…????

Luckily we still had some paint in those sample cans! Got that pink (notice I didn’t say coral/tomato) covered up… and now… all is well ;) So in the end, it will look like this… but with white molding…  (that brown molding color was a previous color that we tried… ) – actually if you look closely, this is two different colors… from the window sill down is a different (but very close color). We’re going with the top color.

So thank you to all who sent suggestions. You never know until you try a color. I LOVE how you can buy sample cans of paint!

Anyway, thanks so much for your suggestions! Let me know what you think about painting the crown molding… the ceiling… thoughts??

F L A S H B A C K !

O n e  Y e a r  A g o:                Elizabeth Pollie paints Charlie! Stunning!!!

T w o  Y e a r s  A g o:           View from Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde, Maine

T h r e e  Y e a r s  A g o:      Rubbermaid Modular Canisters = perfection!

Catch you back here tomorrow!

One more scenic walk in our neighborhood… what a treat! It’s especially nice to catch this view at high tide. I’ll take another photo of this area in a month or two and you’ll see how it changes with the seasons.

Speaking of change… Pipes dripping and ice one week, open windows the next! Charleston has some wildly varying temps, but I have to say I’m happy to see the sun and open windows to warm up the house! Have a great Sunday!

F L A S H B A C K !

O n e  Y e a r  A g o:                (Charlie) You again? UGH!

T w o  Y e a r s  A g o:           Black Bean Company – Great food in Charleston, SC!

T h r e e  Y e a r s  A g o:      Big and bold wine without breaking the bank…

Catch you back here tomorrow!

We headed out on a long walk… tide was fairly low, the weather was pretty nice, just right for a long walk. Had to stop and snap this… the marsh is just so beautiful!

Enjoy what’s left of your weekend!! For some, tomorrow is a holiday (President’s Day) – if you’re off, enjoy!

Catch you back here tomorrow!!

F L A S H B A C K

O n e  Y e a r  A g o:             Fred moving the pavers!

T w o  Y e a r s  A g o:         Chana Masala recipe!

T h r e e  Y e a r s  A g o:  Swans Island Blankets – stunning!

Tulips can bring sunshine even when there isn’t any! Locally, Trader Joe’s and Harris Teeter both have some beautiful ones!

Enjoy your weekend!

F L A S H B A C K

O n e  Y e a r  A g o:             Featured Artist: Morgan Samuel Price!

T w o  Y e a r s  A g o:         Featured Artist: Jose de Juan!

T h r e e  Y e a r s  A g o:  Featured Artist: Charles Movalli!