Louise, Check out HGTV.com for some ideas on redecorating. Hugs, Ardella At 07:43 PM 3/20/2002 +0000, you wrote: >Hello all > >Today I have achieved something that I thought not possible .... I have >finally got the books up to date and ready for the accountants (Paid Book >Keeping job), I am so pleased it is now out of the way. When I sat down at >my desk this afternoon it seemed an impossible task, but I divided the job >down into small tasks and tackled each one separately. I had a small break >of ten minutes after each one and surprised myself! > >As to the office/computer/craft room, well I can now start boxing up the >stuff related to the book keeping job and move it out of this room, which >should just leave my computer, its bits and pieces and the desk it sits on >(which is held up by the filing cabinets). So I am well on my way. > >Tomorrow I have to work all day at the shop (holiday cover) and don't expect >to be able to complete much in here. Friday I have work in the morning and >then its the 'pick up the paperwork relating to the said book keeping job' >run into town. > >Depending on what DH has planned I am all set to get this room emptied and >the decorating preparations well underway by Saturday lunch time. I can do >this... haven't I done it several times before LOL. > >Luckily both desks in here are just work surfaces supported by either filing >cabinets or book shelves so they won't take up a lot of room once >dismantled. I have one small problem though... where to put the PC and its >bits during the change over. There isn't anywhere that I can set it up so I >can use it whilst the decorating and moving is going on except in here. I >may have to box the lot up and take it to my parents house for safe keeping. >The living room will be full and as this is probably my most valuable >possession I will feel happier with it completely out of the way. > >6 large bags of rubbish went out this morning, one of those was shredded >paper. I have still to get some boxes to put the stuff for donation into; >work at the shop this morning was a little hectic and to be honest I just >couldn't be bothered to walk the 4 minutes home with several boxes. > >Now for a question: this room, where I am sat at the moment, has a curve in >the ceiling where it meets the outside wall, so there isn't a definite line >or edge where the outside wall begins and the ceiling starts and visa versa. >Today I had a light bulb moment (I think LOL), which is where my question >stems from. I would like to paint one of the walls a shade of yellow, not a >bright banana yellow more a mellow, soft yellow, a sort of whiter shade of >yellow and the other walls a whiter shade of blue. > >So my question is ... is there any reason why a ceiling shouldn't be a >whiter shade of yellow or blue? > >At present the whole room is white; walls, ceiling and woodwork. > >I have already decided that the one wall that will a different colour from >the others will be the one containing the window which happens to be the >outside wall, which has a curve at the top and then becomes the ceiling. > >So do I paint this wall a whiter shade of blue and thus the ceiling too or >do I paint it a whiter shade of yellow and do the ceiling too? > >I feel I must tell you at this point that most of the walls in this house >are bright colours and we have decided that the new bedroom should have >colour but done subtlety, hence the whiter shade colour. Its more restful. I >propose to use the other colour in the curtains that we put at the window. >If this wall is yellowish it will have blue curtains, if its blue we shall >have yellow curtains. > >The curtains are to be velvet and lined so as to block out the light (DH >will be sleeping in here in the daytime). As velvet comes in a variety of >colours and shades we are not restricted in our choice of colour. > >I realise that mostly blue will make the room feel cold where as yellow will >feel warmer and fresher to wake up to. Personally I'd like to paint the room >lilac but that would mean changing all the bedding and DH hates lilac LOL. > >Your advice if any would be greatly appreciated. > >Well I better had make a move, I have dinner to prepare and today's load of >laundry to put away. If I feel and energetic as I do now after dinner I >shall make a start in here even if it means cutting away the carpet (if only >to see what is under there). > >Talk to you later > >Louise
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