Louise, Paint the room yellow. I love yellow. :) I have a friend that paints all of her rooms the same color from ceiling to baseboards. Of course it's a shade of white.
Sherry On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:56:28 -0500 Ardella Cottrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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 > > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Journey from clutter List Website > http://journeyfromclutter.com > Members Only Page > http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm > > Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main > list. > > To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the > unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! 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