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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Remodeling, here we come!

Finally, the old house is sold and we can focus on the new house. Feels like a huge burden lifted, and I can't wait to start thinking about new ideas for the new house. We have a lot of plans -- back patio, kitchen, bath, floors . . . .

For the 1st floor powder room I'd like to enlarge the window (which looks to the back of the house) and install an electrochromic window which could be transparent until a switch is flicked, and then it instantly darkens. More than half the time we're just washing our hands in there anyway, and the backyard is completely private, so the number of times I want to shade the window will be small. But when I want to shade it I'd like it to happen instantly. And I really dislike the look of anything -- blinds, curtains, anything -- hanging from my windows. So I'm out to explore the world of electrochromic glazing. I'll write back with what I find.

And by the way, the Benjamin Moore Aura paint is still holding up well -- even to markers and crayons!

Monday, March 3, 2008

New home, new paint!

We've now purchased the new home and are on our way to selling the old. While the new home isn't our modern, green dream, we're looking forward to the renovations we'll do to make it so. Our first step is to brighten the home with some new paint -- and our paint of choice is Aura by Benjamin Moore. We've been thrilled with the paint so far, and even more important, our painter loves it. It's been very true to its advertising -- covers quite well, and I can hardly smell the paint even a few hours after painting. We haven't had an occassion to wash it yet, but I'm looking forward to it holding up to the washing claims too! I want to publicly thank the folks at Ace Paints and Unfinished Furniture in Mt. Lebanon for their kind help with the Aura paint.