Yay,

[dancerjodi]

Now I can obsess about the fun details.

Moving, paint colors and stuff for sale:


First off - pencil us in! We'll need help loading boxes into a truck on the eve of Tuesday June 29 (my birthday, btw). We'll need help unloading boxes from the truck at the new house on Wed June 30. Furniture - we're hoping to leave to the pros . . . so it should be an easy move.

The last time we moved it was stupid hot and humid out (it was June 28, 2002). Afterwards we caravaned to my parents house to go swimming, and my Dad bought everyone Chinese Food. This time if we want we could WALK to my parent's house to take a dip. :)

I know its the middle of the week and all - but it doesn't hurt to ask for help :)

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We decided that though it would be nice to just move in - white walls are boring. Painting though shouldn't take long. Originally we wanted to paint the same colors as the place in Framingham, but the rooms are so small that I'm not sure how dark colors will work. Ideas? For reference, our living room was a garnet/burgandy color (with forest green living room set) and the dining room had deep royal blue walls. We'd either do these colors or lighter ones that complement them.

As to room arrangement, we still haven't figured out what we want to do. We're trying to decide what bedroom to use for a bedroom :). I've decided I want to get a Lane Hope chest and even picked out the type I want from their website . . . it would store a lot of stuff and would let me stop using a small bureau I have. I have no clue what they cost though.

For sale:

-Antique Dining room set (not a fancy antique, but still antique - a bit beat up but fits a lot - cherry veneer finish but is pine underneath), $250
Table w/ 4 chairs: http://www.diabolis.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=128&pos=168
China cabinet (never mind the silly pic of me, it was from a party):
http://www.diabolis.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=36&pos=13
Buffet (another silly party related pic):
http://www.diabolis.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=38&pos=65

-Weight Machine, $200
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?vertical=FIT&pid=00615983000&bidsite=&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes

-White refrigerator, $200
Like this one, only it doesn't have an ice machine
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?vertical=APPL&pid=04673832000&bidsite=&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes

Let me know if you're interested in any of this (contribute to the moving back to Waltham fund!) ;)

Comments

[avon.livejournal.com]

I may be able to help, depending on how high maintence Sprout will be at that point!

As for the colors, we painted our living room/dining room with two dark walls (the facing walls) and then a shade of white (swiss coffee, Behr, for reference) and it came out really nice. I highly reccoemend it as a method of bringing color into a room without overwhelming it.

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[dancer.livejournal.com]

"I may be able to help, depending on how high maintence Sprout will be at that point! "

Thanks! Also, I'd love to come help you guys out with Sprout or just around the house - whatever you need. I'll be out of school so I'll have a lot more free time then.

"As for the colors, we painted our living room/dining room with two dark walls (the facing walls) and then a shade of white (swiss coffee, Behr, for reference) and it came out really nice. I highly reccoemend it as a method of bringing color into a room without overwhelming it."

Cool, thanks! A friend of mine did something similar in her house in Rockport (I helped her with a couple of weekends ago) - the nook near the window facing the East was painted a couple of shades ligher than the rest of the room. It looked very nice. I'm not a pink fan at all, but I wonder if a burgandy with a pale, pale, almost white complementary pink would work well. The dining room - a blue with a pale, compelentary almost white blue?

Hrm.

Our bedroom will be the same as it is now - I love that damn color! :)

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[mizdarkgirl.livejournal.com]

My living room is a super pale pink. Some notice, some do not. It helps that I have red velvet curtains...

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[avon.livejournal.com]

"I'd love to come help you guys out with Sprout or just around the house - whatever you need. I'll be out of school so I'll have a lot more free time then."

Wow! Cool! I am sure we will be willing to take help/food/company that does not cry or need its diaper changed, etc. :)


"colors...."

I recomend that you not only consider colors a few shades lighter, but also that you consider neutral whites for the off color. We painted our living room a burgundy color (red currant) and we made the other walls a warm white that was not pink at all (swiss coffee) and it works pretty well. We both hate pink and so knocked that right out of contention.

It might actually be a pretty neat thing to keep the white color the same across the living room/dining room/etc and change the saturated color. It might tie the rooms together a bit.