Yesterday was an amazing day for me back at the Chatette. Last trip the painters were there, which was grand. But yesterday, I had the place all to myself. I could plug myself right in. Truly BE there, and just feel the US again.
There's so much to share, but I'm going to start today with one of the biggest decisions I've had to make about the house...what to do about our beautiful now crispy critter staircase.
Look above to see how black!
Even though the rest of the staircase was in much better shape, it had to be uniform. This broke my heart. But, as I thought about what would look nice, I decided that using the darker gray so it would stand out from the very pale gray walls would be pretty.
I think I was right.
That black section is probably going to need MANY extra coats to get it to where it needs to be. Even so, you can see how beautiful it's all going to be...
...and we even have our delicate blue under the staircase!
I should add that this is not the first time that the two shades of gray have worked well for me. Before Katrina, my living room and dining room in the house; and, the living room and bedroom in the apartment; were all a pale coupled with a darker gray. The only differences are that I used a pale kiss of pink for my ceilings there, AND I painted it all myself
If you look at the contrast between the doors and the rest of the closet in the other bedroom, you can see the difference clearly. It's subtle but just enough for it to stand out.
So much more to share, but for now...
Happy Friday!
Hey You-it is coming along but I still have my moments of hysteria from time to time. I'm trying to sort out heat and euros, which is no easy task but it will come. The weather sure takes its toll on all of us...I bundled up to go to the house yesterday. I actually have my overall on here today for the first time since my return-this pair was a present from my friends Gaynell-the other pair is a pair I bought in NO and brought along-I have one good pair and one pair for work. I'm going to have to do something about that-it's not enough. I may have a surprise for you and Bodil tomorrow...I'll be back-Lots of love to you both-Laury
Posted by: Laury Bourgeois | March 23, 2018 at 07:35 PM
Sounds and looks like very exciting days, a new start of life at the Chatette, here I'm struggling with a flue combined with a general low level of energy, so not much from here apart from trying to recover, hopefully some more warm weather will come and help :) lol from Niels and Bodil
Posted by: Niels | March 23, 2018 at 02:40 PM