Too Busy To Blog!

I took a week off from blogging last week, as we were working on the house every day.  Things are happening!  We have had numerous family and friends stop by and offer their support and creative ideas to the process and have thoroughly enjoyed the visits.  ESPECIALLY when they bring cold drinks!  :)

Here are a few photos from last week!  The parlor is painted the same color as the master bedroom, Lyndhurst Jade (Valspar), and goes well with the Pure Gold trim.  The master painters--my mom Brenda and my brother Rick--are painting the dining room baseboards and gilding the parlor picture rail.  We had a great time working together and the work looks fantastic!

The dining room is finished in another Historic Preservation color, La Fonda Antique Red by Valspar.  I love the luxurious look of this color!  Red is often chosen for dining rooms because it is believed to psychologically increase the appetite. Personally, we like how the color picks up the details in our collection of paintings, and it is an appropriate color of the Empire/Gothic design.

Matt is pictured putting the first layer of gold paint on the moulding.  I will post a finished photo of the dining room in the next few days.

We have several main projects going on right now.  Matt is concentrating on finishing the guest bathroom and plastering the entry room, and I am putting the finishing details on the dining room door and window trim and gilding the ceiling moulding.  The gilding is put on with an artist brush and is tedious, but rewarding, work.  The band of gold brings the entire room together!

I stepped down from the ladder to take a photo of the DR bay of windows and trim.  It is coming along!