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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
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 Posted - May 01 2008 : 06:02:39 AM
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Let her help you Denise...she has plenty of energy I am sure.
I always pick a room when my husband goes out of town and try to have it painted, new sheers put up, and furniture rearranged before he gets back. This time it is my upstairs hallway. Although I have found that I cannot figure out how to paint the highest part along the wall with the steps....argh! (I'm always up for a challenge, but I dont wanna kill myself.)
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
2436 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 06:28:14 AM
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Nay Your FINE Kiddo!!!!
MAIL Call!!!
Clarabell (k) Mini's Have Arrived!!! Shimmmmeeeerrr!! & Soft & Silky too!
Turquoise! & the SCREAM Spring!! So it needs to stop raining & snowing everywhere! Cuz these little babies are dying to Bloom!!!
& Dragonflies Too!!! So Cute!
Kathie.. Farm Girl Sister #29
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 06:29:16 AM
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oh that is awesome!!!
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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 08:06:30 AM
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Kathie, I just got back from the post office, mini's are on their way to you. No more than 2 are alike - when we moved into this house last summer I found a treasure trove of sewing notions left behind from the previous people, so most of the trims and ribbons are quite old, if not exactly vintage.
Denise, I also have to do it all. Last time hubby came home from the road to a lavender-and-spring green bedroom. I told him if he didn't like it he could repaint it. Being as ambitious as a lizard in July, he never did. |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 08:08:17 AM
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good for you jennifer
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9372 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 08:47:41 AM
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Jess,
About 3 years ago my two youngest who were somewhere around teenagers then decided to paint the upstairs hallway for me while hubby and I were away. They couldn't reach the highest part over the steps either without hitting the ceiling and getting paint all over it so they left it unpainted. As soon as you figure out how to do it without injuring yourself let me know because having that space between the ceiling and clean paint is driving me nuts!
Jennifer,
What is it that women are the only ones with the energy genes or something!?! I mean first is was that it's to cold and now I don't know what. I did manage to get hubby at least starting on digging out the area around the back door so he can pour the cement for the step. It is like a moat there when it rains even though we have rain gutters everywhere, so he is putting a drain in and making about a 2 ft. cement step in front of the door. I told them we aren't getting the new carpet till it was done. Imagine, it really didn't make much difference to them. He did get all the stuff so now MAYBE he'll get it done.
Denise~~
you've heard about not being a nagging wife? Hey if it works I say go ahead and nag 'em.
farmgirl sister #43
Kind hearts are gardens
Kind thoughts are roots
Kind words are blossoms
Kind deeds are Fruits
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9372 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9372 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 08:50:08 AM
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Btw, after all that jabbering I am working on my minis today. Started sewing last night and I'm home alone today so I have no excuse. I'll do them when I'm taking a break from painting.
farmgirl sister #43
Kind hearts are gardens
Kind thoughts are roots
Kind words are blossoms
Kind deeds are Fruits
www.torismimi.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 08:51:34 AM
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ok i will let you know...still working on figuring it out.
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 08:57:59 AM
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I'm not quite ready for your applause...but I do have 4 minis almost done! (only need the strings). The fabric print is big corn ears..I like it.
The rest of them will be red hot peppers in the dark...!
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"NEVER underestimate the power of a woman."
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 08:59:04 AM
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nifty keen-o
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 11:05:49 AM
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Your farther along then i am Linda!!!
jennifer i'll keep my eyes peeled!
& Your Bedroom sounds beautiful!
Right Now Mine is a Sunny Butter Yellow.. & the Curtains are red & white quilted thick upholstery type Fabric.. I made a Dust ruffle with this Gorgeous black back ground & primary colored floral & fruit Amish Print.. I even glued this fabric along the walls from the floor to about three feet up all around the room.. My spread is Red.. But I've since bought a more shabby chic looking spread with matching shams.. so of course NOTHING matches..
wouldn't matter anyway.. Butch still hates it all.. 
But like your husband.. He may not like it.. & he might even complain now & then.. But I'll never.. EVER have to worry that he'll do anything about it!!! (Tee Hee..)  ( Yes.. i Know.. you hav visions of puke running throuh your brains right now.. but with the red spread on.. it's not all that bad..!)
Kathie.. Farm Girl Sister #29
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Edited by - Kathie on May 01 2008 11:06:39 AM |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 11:13:00 AM
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pictures please, clean your room then show us your style!
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 11:36:55 AM
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As a kid, we had the high stairway walls to ceiling in an old house, and I can't remember for the life of me how they safely did the wallpaper there. I DO know that my mother hired someone to do it; she usually wallpapered the rooms herself, but refused to do that dangerous stairway. Seems to me there was some type of scaffolding involved.
Does anyone decorate in the old German way of painting the ceilings blue? I read that somewhere and it's stuck in my mind. Our bedroom is butter yellow with a light blue ceiling that way.
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 11:39:01 AM
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nope, not so far. my celings are a boring crisp white.
But my bedroom is a bright knock your eyes out sunny yellow!
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9372 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9372 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 11:48:40 AM
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The Amish do the blue ceilings. Mine is just the plain old flat white paint and my walls are blue and so is the carpet.
My living room is pale yellow and my one daughter just hates it. But...I love it. It's my living room / sewing area.
farmgirl sister #43
Kind hearts are gardens
Kind thoughts are roots
Kind words are blossoms
Kind deeds are Fruits
www.torismimi.blogspot.com
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 11:50:07 AM
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ha! poor bev is probably at home right now running around catching up on laundry, dropping off the dry cleaning, doing the ironing, making a wonderful meal for dinner, popping together a quilt, and with just enough time to water the garden and stitch up her spring minis. All done and tidied up before Jack comes home from work.
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9372 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 11:52:10 AM
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Hah, we will be lucky if dinner is out of the freezer when they get home! Maybe pizza tonight. I think these painting fumes are getting to me.
farmgirl sister #43
Kind hearts are gardens
Kind thoughts are roots
Kind words are blossoms
Kind deeds are Fruits
www.torismimi.blogspot.com
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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 11:56:01 AM
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The bedroom ceiling was already blue when we moved in, so it ended up looking like an Easter Egg what with the lavender & green. I did like the blue though, made the white ceiling fan and crown molding pop out. Unfortunately I did not get to enjoy it that long, we moved less than a year after I painted it. Maybe the renters are enjoying it, could not sell the house in the horrible FL market. Anyhow, I did once hear too that porches should have blue ceilings, cannot remember why though.
So, is there another mini swap in the works?
and BTW I have been cruising craigs list for sewing machines.... |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9372 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 12:00:45 PM
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I have heard that about the porches to Jennifer. I don't think the market for selling is very good anywhere. We have lots of places up for sale here now and no one is buying.
farmgirl sister #43
Kind hearts are gardens
Kind thoughts are roots
Kind words are blossoms
Kind deeds are Fruits
www.torismimi.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 12:00:56 PM
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yes i think after this one is done we have the summer/4th of july ones Jennifer, then the birthday themed ones are due by august 1st so bonne can have em by her birthday!
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 12:25:31 PM
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Yep! The Patriotic themed ones.. THEN the Birthday ones..I'm SOOooo Excited about the Birthday Mini's!!!!!!!
Hhhhhhhmmm .. All of my ceilings are all white..
I DID do a cloud sky & theme once when my kids were little..
Most of my room are pretty boring.. My bathroom is a sage green.. the butter in my bedroom.. my living room & dining room are both a dul greenish beige.. USED to be a brighter Pistachio green.. the Laundrey Room.. the 2nd bath & the back bedroom are all a darker greenish beige..
Sewing room is Pistachio & so is the hall way..
The Kitch has a couple wall an odd pukey pink color.. & another a puke mixed with lumpy mustard look.. Not Quite sure what i was going for.. but i know i was wanting some texture.. so i kept throwing things in the bucket of paint.. & intentionally NOT thuroughly mixing it very well..
ABSOLUTELY drove Butch Crazy!
He ALWAYS says things to me like..
"You CAN'T Do that!!! It Doesn't Work that way!"
Well for God's sakes.. Doesn't he know after all this time that to say something as assinine as THAT to me.. He may as well of said.."I Dare Ya!"
Because.. Oh YES!! I WILL Do THAT!! & I WILL find a way SOME HOW to make this crap stick on my dang wall!
(No matter HOW Hideious it REALLY may be later! I WILL Do IT!)
You've SEEN This wall!! It's behind my Mini Apron Tree!!!
I'll Find it again....
Pink & Mustard Lumpy Puke.THIS is what it must look like!
But Talk about Color!! Now Jess does Some Grand Coloring in HER House!!
I want Orange somewhere big.. I'm just not quite sure where.. But SHE has some GREAT big colors going on..! Purple.. AND Orange!! Grand Colors!
Kathie.. Farm Girl Sister #29
"In a World Where you Can Be Anything, Be Yourself".. |
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
2436 Posts
Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 12:32:32 PM
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ok.. here.. THIS is the Puke wall NOT just the PINK Puke wall.. but the one mixed with the Baby Crap Mustard color & the lumps of stuff that Butch said wouldn't stick.. (Yes.. they did too by the way..)
This wall Used to be ALL red ..
But as you can see.. i got bored doing it.. or.. fell off the chair.. can't remember which..
You Can't really see the texture.. but you almost get a hint of it.. how it's raised a bit..
I really am not sure what i was thinking i wanted from it.. Mexican wall.. shoot.. i don't know.. but.. It IS different!!!
Ta Da!!
Kathie.. Farm Girl Sister #29
"In a World Where you Can Be Anything, Be Yourself".. |
Edited by - Kathie on May 01 2008 12:34:58 PM |
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smoothiejuice
True Blue Farmgirl
6309 Posts
Jessica
Bloomington
Indiana
USA
6309 Posts |
Posted - May 01 2008 : 12:34:32 PM
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okay I am very colorful..hush! I have a red room, a green bathroom, an orange sitting room...kind of like mac n chz, a bright green hallway in the works, a light green pistachio in the boys room, 2 tone blue in the girls room. chance card orange bathroom, a lilac and lava bathroom, my sunny yellow bedroom.
then i have an electric blue dining room that my husband absolutely will not eat in...says it makes his food vibrate, so hopefully by the end of the summer that one will change. and this ugly seafoam green living room...i want that to go away too. then i have a boring mushroom brown hallway and a barf me out disgusting dark green and white and fruit wallpaper kitchen ...needs serious help. did i miss anything?
oh yeah the girls closet is an awesome lavendar and light green with flowers painted all over the walls and ceiling. and my alcoves are both way too dark of a green.
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 1:05:42 PM
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Ok, looked up blue ceilinged porchess: it's to do with spirits.
From a forum on
traditional architecture:
" Lancaster County Amish paint their porch
ceilings blue too....no doubt it must have something to do with
spirits....evil or not. The oldest German houses here had one foot by
one foot flaps in exterior walls to release the spirits of the dearly
departed."
Now that's interesting and steeped in old world beliefs. I love it.
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