Still a lot of boxes in some rooms but I did get paint on the walls I wanted to paint (I'll live with the other walls for a bit and see if I decide to paint any). Here's some of what we've gotten done so far and where we're at in the living/kitchen/dining spaces. I think it's coming along for being here just about a month.

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they look great!

so much nicer than the "hand me down chic" style we seem to favor at our home.

Beautiful!

So what does MY room look like?

Johnart, it looks lovely.

Is Betina still in a box?

JerseyKRS said:

they look great!

so much nicer than the "hand me down chic" style we seem to favor at our home.

Some of this stuff has been with us for years and years. Those leather chairs I need to try and do something with because they were given to us by my aunt but were kept in her garage and their cat scratched the shit out of them. We're gonna most likely replace them, but I'm wondering if there's a way to distress the leather so that the scratches blend in more in the meantime.

chocolate1 said:

Beautiful!

So what does MY room look like?

I have to clean up the guest room (it's also Ron's "dressing room" in the morning) before I take any pics.

Hershe said:

Johnart, it looks lovely.

Is Betina still in a box?

...maybe?

johnart said:

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Chikkun!

Genesia said:

johnart said:

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Chikkun!

He's in the "Cock Corner"

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...with this lil' guy:

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johnart said:

Genesia said:

Chikkun!

He's in the "Cock Corner"

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...with this lil' guy:

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I'm gonna do some little shillouette paintings of the dog's profiles for the dining room. White squares with the shillouettes in leftover wall paint (dark teal)

johnart said:

chocolate1 said:

Beautiful!

So what does MY room look like?

I have to clean up the guest room (it's also Ron's "dressing room" in the morning) before I take any pics.

a-hem.

I LOVE!!

I think the leather chairs look great! But you see them close up so....

And i love that blue color with the white accents!

Did you bake that cake?

PositivityNYC said:

johnart said:

I have to clean up the guest room (it's also Ron's "dressing room" in the morning) before I take any pics.

a-hem.

I'm sorry. We shall call the guest room the Positivity Suite.

tinaz said:

I LOVE!!

I think the leather chairs look great! But you see them close up so....

And i love that blue color with the white accents!

Love the chairs but up close you see the scratches and it makes me INSANE.

I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth, but I can't keep them like that. Either I have to blend those in (and then will weathered/distress leather fit the decor? ) or we have to switch them out down the road.

tinaz said:

Did you bake that cake?

Ron did! Used the Kitchen Aid I got him for his b'day.

Positivity made the glaze. If you looked at it from above (bundt cake) it looked like Anal Cumshot cake.

johnart said:

tinaz said:

I LOVE!!

I think the leather chairs look great! But you see them close up so....

And i love that blue color with the white accents!

Love the chairs but up close you see the scratches and it makes me INSANE.

I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth, but I can't keep them like that. Either I have to blend those in (and then will weathered/distress leather fit the decor? ) or we have to switch them out down the road.

have you tried rubbing the leather with oil?

tinaz said:

johnart said:

Love the chairs but up close you see the scratches and it makes me INSANE.

I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth, but I can't keep them like that. Either I have to blend those in (and then will weathered/distress leather fit the decor? ) or we have to switch them out down the road.

have you tried rubbing the leather with oil?

tinaz said:

johnart said:

Love the chairs but up close you see the scratches and it makes me INSANE.

I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth, but I can't keep them like that. Either I have to blend those in (and then will weathered/distress leather fit the decor? ) or we have to switch them out down the road.

have you tried rubbing the leather with oil?

Yes. Again and again and again.
And profanities don't help the oil work any better.

johnart said:

tinaz said:

Did you bake that cake?

Ron did! Used the Kitchen Aid I got him for his b'day.

Positivity made the glaze. If you looked at it from above (bundt cake) it looked like Anal Cumshot cake.

johnart said:

tinaz said:

have you tried rubbing the leather with oil?

Yes. Again and again and again.
And profanities don't help the oil work any better.

Well, I guess if you distressed them and didnt like it, you were gonna get rid of them anyway..

I think the distressed look would look ok as long as it isnt to much...

You could always recover them...

Genesia said:

tinaz said:

have you tried rubbing the leather with oil?

tinaz said:

johnart said:

Yes. Again and again and again.
And profanities don't help the oil work any better.

Well, I guess if you distressed them and didnt like it, you were gonna get rid of them anyway..

I think the distressed look would look ok as long as it isnt to much...

You could always recover them...

Yeah, I wouldn't distress them to the point of chabby-chicness.

Just a little wear here and there maybe.

If I'm gonna recover, I might as well buy new. They're not antiques and IKEA has cute ones (not wingback, which is fine) for $199.

johnart said:

tinaz said:

Well, I guess if you distressed them and didnt like it, you were gonna get rid of them anyway..

I think the distressed look would look ok as long as it isnt to much...

You could always recover them...

Yeah, I wouldn't distress them to the point of chabby-chicness.

Just a little wear here and there maybe.

If I'm gonna recover, I might as well buy new. They're not antiques and IKEA has cute ones (not wingback, which is fine) for $199.

id try it!

Very nice. I think I liked the kitchen more at the last place (it was the red ), but I LOVE the photos of the living room area. Is it upstairs, though? Finished basement?

johnart said:

PositivityNYC said:

a-hem.

I'm sorry. We shall call the guest room the Positivity Suite.

that'll do.. I guess

can I write my name on the walls?

tinaz said:

johnart said:

Ron did! Used the Kitchen Aid I got him for his b'day.

Positivity made the glaze. If you looked at it from above (bundt cake) it looked like Anal Cumshot cake.

john!!!

nobody's anus is that... open

it ain't supposed to be...

gah!

Cerebus said:

Very nice. I think I liked the kitchen more at the last place (it was the red ), but I LOVE the photos of the living room area. Is it upstairs, though? Finished basement?

The layout of this kitchen is much better. Even though the other had more cabinets, it was all in a straight line. I like this layout for working in it and being able to interact with folk in the dining room.

I loved the red, but it just wasn't for this kitchen.

PositivityNYC said:

tinaz said:

john!!!

nobody's anus is that... open

it ain't supposed to be...

gah!

Do you need a link?