May 8, 2006

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  Head For The Hills, Mama Has A Paintbrush!

  
  

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  Trevor has gone to look for snakes once more.  He loves to go; when he is out in the fields and woods and deserts looking for creatures, he is in his element. 

  
  

  However, when he leaves for more than a day or two I am often possessed to paint and do major house changes. 

  
  

  (Last summer I had a chimney torn down while he was gone, among other things)

  
  

  I don’t know why I do it,

  
  

  but that never stops me.

  
  

  the living room when he left:

  
  

   

  
  

  Now:

  
  

  (you can see where I have not yet finished on the left of the stove)

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  oh blessed mother of all things orange-y

  
  

  and persimmon-filled-goodness

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  
  

  
  

  And the bathroom before:

  
  

  
  

   

  
  

  And now:

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  (texture, I’m a sucker for it!)

  
  

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  And in the “very-small-but-still-making-me-happy” category,

  
  

  I painted the kitchen chairs with a burgundy stain

  
  

  (they were plain old oak before)

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  The only problem with improving one part of a room is that the other, more flawed parts begin to call attention to themselves.

  
  

  Next time he leaves, I’m re-finishing the living floor!

  
  

  (shhhh, don’t tell him though…)

  
  

   

  
  

  

  
  

   

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