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February 07, 2007
Progress
Well, we finally got a little paint on our whitey white walls. For some reason which we can't explain, we are drawn to red in this space. Not too much red, but just enough to be warm and inviting. I will say that it was a challenge to cut in along the crown molding, despite having a 10-foot step ladder, I felt like I was going to fall off. It's a long way up there. And from the top of the ladder, looking down into the cemetery below, it seems like a VERY long way to fall.
We have not painted red since our dining room on Leuty Ave. in the Toronto nabe "The Beaches" (or "The Beach" to the snobbies in the nabe). We did a burnt orange textured wall in Uxbridge, but when we bought Platina, our tastes had numbed to beige and dark wood. Apparently life in New York has brought out our more brazen side, with a slightly more contemporary bent to our decorating.
It has been fun settling in, opening boxes of stuff that survived the massive purge two years ago when we sold the Schoolhouse. We had decided to keep only those things that were really precious to us. These were difficult decisions, but the process was very liberating.
Apparently not liberating enough, with 12 boxes that went off to our self-store locker over by the Hudson River. To put this in perspective, this is the total number of boxes we moved off the boat.
We are pretty much settled now, with all of the boxes gone (but one), and some of the art making its way onto the walls. Our 14-foot ceilings have provided a new inspiration for hanging our art, as you can see in the photo.
Posted by dave at February 7, 2007 01:43 PM