2. Have you ever been to Rome? If so what do you love about the city? If not, any desire to go?I have not been to Rome, and actually, it is not on my list!
3. What's your favorite place to 'roam'? I love the countryside. I love to drive around on unknown roads just to see where they take us. If I went to England I much prefer the countryside to any major city! I am looking so forward to our Scotland trip this summer. And we are sticking mainly to the lesser known areas.
4. Do you like pizza? I do to some degree..Thick or thin crust? I prefer thin crust.Red sauce-white sauce-other? Red sauce!Your favorite toppings? I love onions, bell pepper, but not green, bacon or ham. I love lots of cheese, but I do not like very hot and spicy toppings!How do you feel about pineapple on a pizza? Not for me!
5. 'Rome wasn't built in a day'...tell us how this expression applies to something in your home-life-job currently (or recently)? Well, our home refresh, definitely. All last fall I dreamed of the new year. We would paint the living room, buy a few new pieces, then move on to the dining room .. the same color. Then we came to the kitchen. This room has been a struggle. Our cabinets were painted in 2005 when we did a sort of remodel. We put in granite, bought new appliances and we put new cabinet doors on our nice but plain solid wood units. a few units had to be restructured to fit the overall look and we had the opposite wall done with a granite desk area for my computer and upper and lower cabinets made to finish the project. The wall color and border stayed the same. Well, I chose colors that Behr paint said went well with Rolling Pebble our cabinets. And we bought a gallon of the wall paint , but it just didn't work. After one coat we could tell it was just too close to the crown moulding white and looked sickly.All wasn't lost because we needed a second coat of paint to cover that deep red. So we went a few shades darker. And one thing about using the computer to check the color, it looked much darker online than it does on the wall but I like it. It looks like a coffee latte color which goes well in a kitchen! And it looks well with the granite! The paint is finished now except Lynn wants to go back and touch up a couple places tomorrow. I am anxious to hang the artwork and some English transfer ware plates.I am especially looking forward to reclaiming my dining room table. But that isn't all!
Next we have to paint the small square hall in the middle of the house. It would be easy, except there are three doors, plus 2 more entrances with moulding so that will take at least two or three weeks, Mainly because I had my biopsy on my nose yesterday and I expect to be going to UVA for corrective surgery following my MOH's in Charlottesville, perhaps next week!
Then, we have the den to paint. That room has a whole wall of bookshelves which re now painted white, but I have picked Winter in Paris as my paint color!
We do have wall paper border in there around the ceiling so I cannot help with that! I had originally thought we could get this all done in about 6 weeks. I think it will probably owe twice that long! Sigh!
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Nothing left to say! Except be blessed and have a great St. Paddy's Day!!
I love roaming a countryside too. Scotland would be great to visit. Home projects can definitely seem like a "rome wasn't built in a day kind of thing".
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