Bathroom in progress...

Bathroom in progress...
Originally uploaded by lynndro

Thanks for all the feedback on the design options. Last night M and I rocked the bathroom wall. It took awhile to get things adjusted, we used a projector to display the tree on the wall and then modified from there. Overall this design resembles option C the most but the curve near the bottom isn't quite as pronounced. We also took out some of the crazy branches to make it look less busy and intimidating.

Tonight I plan to touch it up a bit but the hard part is over and M did all the hard work of removing the pencil marks from the wall. Now we just have to cover up a few unpainted spots and that will be one room finished... with some big ones still left...

Cast your votes, please! :-)

Options... here they are. This is my bathroom wall. If you'd like to see more photos of the bathroom, jump on over to my Flickr page. For sanity's sake, let's call the options A, B, and C, respectively. :-)

A:

B:

C:

Mom's new logo

What do you think of this one?
Originally uploaded by lynndro

I'm designing a logo for my mom's business, Bayside Custom Canvas, specializing in custom boat tops and other canvas needs. This is what I have so far. Still tweaking the idea a bit. For the general feeling, do you feel that the "b/boat" idea is clear or are you lost with the "ayside?"

color is still coming...

Painting a house...

Wow, now there's something I hadn't planned on quite yet. The remodeling is moving quickly and I think it's time to consider what type of paint should go on the walls.. Hopefully the drywall will be completed early this weekend and will be followed by an intense session of mudding, tapeing, and sanding!

I love colors... I think sometimes that I overuse color and forget how great using white can look... especially in my designs. But, having grown up with white walls, I think I want to add lots of color to the walls of our first home.


I stopped at Sherwin Williams on the way home the other day just to view what they have to offer... This is the already-picked color palette that I like the most. I'm not opposed to mixing and matching and I will probably be doing some of that too but I thought this might provide a good base. Thoughts?

I'm currently leaning toward the Tigereye on the East wall and the Basket Beige on the North and South.
So that's my really, really bad 3d interpretation... and the colors aren't quite true. They are both deeper and provide a "richer" feel, or at least I think so. The other palette colors, like the dark brown, will hopefully be the wood furniture color (table, chairs, shelves) and the teal color would be more for accent. Or at least that's how I'm picturing. The real conundrum then is what to do with the bathroom.... any ideas?

Going on the wall.....

Found these images on Etsy today. I think they are going in the new house... too cool...