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  • The kitchen has been painted!

    I painted the kitchen this weekend, and yes, I got just as bold and crazy with my color choice as you’d expect: GRAY. Valspar’s Filtered Shade, to be specific, in a matte…

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    The dining room has a black wall.

    I spent the last couple of nights of 2011 painting the long side wall in our dining room black, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. The living room and…

  • What paint colors did you use in your house in Newburgh?

    Other than where noted, all of the paint was from Benjamin Moore. » Moonlight White (matte): all white walls/ceilings » Simply White (satin): white trim/woodwork throughout house » Soot (matte): black walls…

  • What paint colors did you use in your apartments?

    Cobble Hill (all paint from Benjamin Moore): » Moonlight White (matte): all white walls » Deep Space (matte): all dark gray walls Washington Heights (all paint from Benjamin Moore): » Simply White…

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    Should I be belting this?

    This is a pretty hot look, right? Yeah, this is my basement-demolition suit. I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me to buy one of these things five years ago, because…

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    The living room has a black wall.

    Perhaps a more fitting title for this post might have been, “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before”—because yes, I’ve painted another wall black. But really, can you blame…

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    Painting the bedroom.

    I never understand what people are talking about when they ask about my supposed “energy” and ability to complete projects so quickly. It must be an illusion caused by the fact that…

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    Closet office.

    Our little apartment has three closets, all quite generously-sized. Since we don’t have lots of clothes or need excessive amounts of storage space, we decided to turn the largest of them into…

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