One Coat of Paint to Go and Cottage Ceiling Will Be Finished!


Hubs has done a great job with the ceiling. I've worked on a little, too, but not nearly as much as he has. If there is anything that I've learned from this ceiling project, it's this: Before you move a ladder from one place to another, make sure you remove the caulking gun from the top of it first. Yes, I have quite a bump on the old noggin today! But that aside, here are a few photos. I haven't yet re-installed my photo-editing program and have been using an online editor, so the photos are a little funky. Plus, most of the pictures came out dark although I took them during a very sunny part of the day. The kitchen was so bright with sunlight, but I think having the recessed lighting on affected the photos and made them dark. I brightened them, but they still aren't quite right.

The walls have been primed and the french doors are ready to be painted. After we get the last coat on the ceiling, we can paint the walls...Yay!

I edited these photos in no particular order and then realized that some were the "primed ceiling" photos and some where the "first coat of paint" photos...so in no particular order (I think the last couple of photos are the "primed ceiling" photos), here they are:)







First coat!

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Cottage Tongue and Groove Ceiling Nearing Completion - and Opinions Needed



I've done the happy dance many times this week because we are finally getting to projects I've been wanting to get to for ages! We've finally completed all the trim work for the ceiling. The crown moulding and the finishing trim is installed which means we can now putty and caulk and paint. The pine knots are showing through the boards, so we're going to go over those with a shellac based primer to keep them from bleeding through again.

See that hole in the ceiling? That was the first hole cut for our lighting! Yes, I said lighting! We've lived with just one lonely sink light for over a year now and I can't tell you how great it feels to have dining room lights again! After this photo was taken, hubs also installed some recessed lighting for the dining area. They are fabulous! We won't install the oil-rubbed lighting bronze fixtures until after the painting is done - but even without them the recessed lighting provides plenty of light. This week, hubs will finish the lighting in the rest of the kitchen which includes four more recessed lights, then later we'll install the island light and new sink light.

Another grand milestone was reached when hubs replaced the old outlets and switches in the backsplash. I finally have outlet and switch covers!!! (See photo above) Literally, I did a happy dance when these were installed. The old covers were removed long ago - maybe even before the brick paver backsplash was installed. It's a tiny little thing - but it's one thing that's finished!

The primer you see on the walls in the photos (tinted green primer) is no more. I went through yesterday and primed it all out in white primer.Yes, I've changed my cottage color palette after being inspired by many European bloggers. More and more, I'm loving white on white on white look and feel - different shades and textures. A year ago, I was ready to paint my kitchen a pretty shade of green to contrast with the red cabinets. Instead of a colorful cottage, the "new" whole house color scheme calls for white painted beadboard 54 inches high (this was always part of my plan), and then above the beadboard, a shade of warm off-white (Malted-Milk from Lowes) that I may later tea stain or glaze for a slightly aged look. I will be accessorizing with various shades of white ironstone pieces and a few other white accessories. In contrast, I'm collecting a few antique or old kitchen items like a worn wooden rolling pin, a couple of wooden bowls, natural looking woven baskets, antique white linens, and so on. My kitchen table is farmstyle with a wooden maple top and primitive looking legs that can be painted any color - will probably be an off white. To keep things fresh looking, I'll want some live greenery - perhaps a wispy sweet topiary on the island or something in the window sill, along with maybe a dried bunch of lavendar resting in one my baskets. Basically, I would want anyone who stepped in from an early 1800's European countryside to feel quite at home. Not fussy, very practical and simple and time worn, romantically rustic, humble, and beautiful. Whites, off-whites, some live greenery or simple flowers here and there, natural wood tones, dark metal accents...and of course, the red cabinets will always be red!

Here is a good representation of where my design is headed. These photo links are from Jenny's Home and Harmony (I don't know if I got that translated right). Her blog is gorgeous! Check out this foyer / hall area, these yummy photos, oh! and her bathroom. From another blog, I really love how these kitchen photos make me feel, too.

Here are a few more inspiration photos...








So this is where your opinion is wanted...I'm wondering what color I should paint the french doors in the kitchen? My ceiling, trim, and beadboard will be a nice pure white and the wall above the beadboard will be off white. How would the french doors look painted the shade of the hutch pictured below? It's not black but a deep brown which reminds me of all the oil rubbed bronze hardware we're using. Our french door handles themselves are (or will be when installed) oil-rubbed bronze.

Would you paint the french doors:
(a) dark brown and distress them as pictured below
(b) off white (the same color as walls) and distress them
(c) pure white to match the trim and beadboard



I know my updates are not as frequent as they once were, but life has made it hard for me be online as much. But I do check my mail and site everyday and there will *always* be another update:) Thanks so much for continuing to stop by!

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Has It Been a Month? Upcoming Plans


I have truly been out of the blogging loop for a whole month:( I just haven't had anything house related to share and honestly, I haven't felt up to being on the computer much at all. Our hard drive crashing recently hasn't helped, hehe.

Hopefully I'll have more to post about soon, though! I'm so excited that at the end of December, hubs and I are hosting at our home a huge two day gathering with some of our dear friends.

But, imagine hosting such an event in our poor little tumble down cottage-in-the-making...needless to say, our place is *not* very company friendly right now, what, with our ugly exposed subflooring, incompleted kitchen ceiling (and practically no kitchen lighting to speak of!), and half a million other little things that really should be taken care of before guests arrive. So long story short, we have just six or seven weeks to turn this place into a cottage cozy "feast and friend" friendly environment. Is this even possible for a variable construction site?

I don't know, but we're going to try. A have a notebook page long "to do" list, but here are a few of the major things that must be accomplished:

Kitchen ceiling completed - That means adding the rest of the crown and trim moulding, caulking, puttying, and painting. Then it's done. For good. We started on this well over a year ago and have been working on it as we've had the time and money. It's well past time to wrap this project up, don't you think?

Kitchen lighting installed - For the last year, we've been relying on a couple of lamps and one light over the sink. We have about four can lights, a dining area light, an island light, and a replacement light for over the sink to install. I have a mini oil rubbed bronze chandelier that I bought for the bathroom that I'm *thinking* about using for over the sink, but I'm not sure yet.

Paint the kitchen - We have some drywall sanding to do and a few areas to prime before we paint. I'll be so happy to get rid of our splotchy patched walls! Our walls currently look like they have some type of awful rash!

Do *something* about the flooring - *sigh*...the floors. I hate them. They look so dirty and awful. Installing our wood flooring now is not an option as we still have some floor issues to fix plus some other major projects to get out of the way first. But what to do!?! I think I've come up with a temporary solution that probably no sane person would even consider doing, but it will make floors look 100% better. More on that later.

Like I said, there are tons of other little things to do besides cleaning and decluttering - then menu planning, shopping, and so on.

So, another home-improvement-for-a-cause marathon for hubs and me. This should be interesting:)

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