So after two weeks off working on my own house (that will be its own post) I'm back to work in vancover painting a rental house! The former renters painted all sorts of wacky colors, so the homeowners and I are toning it down a bit. Todays project is changing the forest green basement hallway to a light grey. The ceiling is even green! Its not that its a bad color, its just badly painted and in the wrong room!
And sorry, the picture seems to be sideways again. Silly phone picture!
Maggie
Think this picture is sideways, sorry. Blogger has a hard time with cameraphones sometimes! Anyway, a couple weeks ago I painted an office room. White with white trim! It was phase two of the many phase townhouse project I am working on. The living room I finally got to see all decorated, it looks fantastic, all white with little dots of color where my client's bright, whisical, art is arranged. So bright and cheery and the total opposite of my own dark, richly colored abode.
Anyway, this week seems to be a down week for me. The projects I have lined up are all nice weather work, and its a rainy spring week here in portland. But I do have a fun home depot related project for tomorrow: I am painting a sign for my department! Its a representation of the paint desk, and we are (or I am) making paint stick figures to stand in for the associates who work there! Fun times for me, I get to work out in my art caravan!
As always, if you have a project email me!
Maggie
Got started on the gold stripe! Almost done, to bad I have to go stain a fence today, its perfect trailer painting weather!
So I've had a few people try to get a hold of me through my papaverstudio@gmail.com email. It seems to not be working, because I am not getting their emails! So instead, email me at papaverjewelry@gmail.com. that one I know works!
Over the lovely weekend we just had we did a little chicken run relandscaping. We wanted to reclaim some of our yard from the girls, so we made their enclosure smaller. They didn't seem to mind, and had a great time gobbling up the worms we dug up! These are some of the pictures from the remodel.
I'm booked up for next week, got some painting to do! Yay!
Maggie
Spent last week updating some paint in a mid ninties townhouse! Goodbye beige and ivory, hello bright, clean white! Now, usually I'm not much of a fan of white, but I love it here. Freshens everything up, and the folks I'm painting for have such bright pretty things to decorate with that I don't think it will be at all sterile!
We've got plans to brighten up the kitchen cupboards too, and replace shag carpet with hardwood floors this summer! I think its gonna be fab.
Last week I worked for two people: Laurie and Kate. Laurie and I have been working on her pink house for going on 17 tyears! She was my neighbor growing up, I've helped her garden, paint (and repaint, and repaint!), organize, get rid of junk, rip up carpets... you name it we've probably done it to her house! We just started a big spring cleaning project that we are stretching out for a month or so. There may be a dumpster involved...
I also started working for a new client! I met her through my friend charlie, who is a carpenter. He needed someone to finish painting and clean up the basement remodel he just finished up for her. It is a beautiful space. It's a basement, but somehow comes across as light and airy with only two windows! I painted trim and the steps, replaced old caulk in the shower, and wiped down everything! Remodeling is dusty business. Thinking of offering a new service: end of construction cleanup!
The picture is of the stairs before I painted them. I would have
Taken a picture of the finished stairs, but well, I painted myself out of the basement!
This week: painting a living room, stairs, and kitchen in a townhouse!
