Saturday, December 27, 2008

shadow forest spirits



Sunflowers Dec 27


Connecticut fog, my back yard
becomes a deep, surreal landscape
yet playful








































































ethereal sunset








soundless











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inside...




the Living room floor is still a mess but the walls are grand

Above the door to kitchen, I installed a mantelpiece-style molding, with crown molding flaring outward.

before molding (door to kitch on left), I took this photo of paint swatches & loose wiring. You can see that the door to kitchen originally had no molding


crown & door moldings, final!















cutting chair rail using compound-miter saw.



Cutaway of new door molding was needed for light switch. It works for me, I think it somehow makes the house look older.



switch plate installed. You can see how I cut the right side to blend into door molding.
light switches & wall repair. The wall repair was because there was only one switch before, & I had to widen hole.
drywall cutout in shape of hole around switch box, for reparing wall cut

cutting door side molding, to fit light switch



wall repair at a location where I split wiring to go to various rows of
recessed lights


angle view showing flared-out crown molding around door to kitchen, a 3-weekend project:


















front door, closet, glimpse of chair rail up stairs




Rosette over front door corner. Georgian molding on left side of front door. Crown-molding corner half-finished.
Crown molding piece installed:
Brittania Blue, runner-up color. It is the warmest blue I could come up with but still not warm nuff.

before trying blue, experimenting with earth tones. Around October.



original room with front-door trim pulled off


Sunday, December 07, 2008

happy pretty snow

looks like we're getting an inch

wilted sunflowers
unreachable apples remain on the tree


sneak preview of living room, showing hepplewhite ivory against white trim. actually the white is peach tinted. still a couple weeks from finished.










Mohawk Trail leaf peepage

  In this post there is much foliage to be seen between Greenfield and North Adams, in northwest Massachusetts. You'll see a series of p...