Greening Besta

Posted on April 12, 2012 by CP

For quite some time we’ve been tossing around the idea of doing something to make our living room less black and white. We knew we wanted green, since it’s our favorite color and bridges nicely to the backyard. The obvious thing would be to add a pillow or two. Which we did, ordering a needlepoint Jonathan Adler one, but our cat Eva decided she’d sharpen her claws in it. D’oh! Adding a plant would also be a nice touch, but we’re having trouble finding just the right one.

Then it occurred to us, what if we made the top row of our Besta entertainment center cabinets, which are a glossy black, green!

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Let me see your Grill (uh uh your grill)

Posted on November 20, 2011 by CP

Christy and I finally retired our old Charbroil Grill that served us from day one of House.0

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How to paint an interior door: Smooth, Flat, No BS (Brush Strokes)

Posted on October 10, 2011 by CP

So Christy and I placed an order for a couple new interior doors for the studio apartment as part of our minor refresh of the space.

The doors arrived last week, and I knew I didn’t want to just paint them “all regular” with a brush and a bucket of paint. I wanted them to look smooth and flawless with no brush strokes or streaks. My dad would accomplish the effect with his professional sprayer, and they would look like glass when done. But I didn’t want to go get a sprayer for a two door job. So there had to be another option, right?

Yup. There is.

What you’ll need is Floetrol and a foam door roller.

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Kitten Cam

Posted on September 28, 2011 by CP

As you might have gathered from reading this blog, we have a fluffy cat named Eva.

After taking a few trips this past month we began to realize that cat-sitting is quite expensive and perhaps we should invest in some cheaper alternatives while away for short getaways.

Enter Project: Kitten Cam.

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Studio 1.1 (Minor Revisions)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by CP

A friend of ours recently moved out of our upstairs Studio Apartment, so with no one else lined up to take his place we took that chance to fix things up a bit.

The most notable design change is the new-to-this-room HDTV…

Since I upgraded TV’s, this poor old fellow had nowhere to go. I tried to sell him on craigslist, but after a few weeks of lowering and lowering the price with no takers it got to the point where the TV had more value up here in the Studio.

I think it fits in nicely, especially since the TV stand I originally bought for it was already setup in the Studio.

Christy took on the challenge of removing old grout and caulk in the shower (going through about 4 metal grout tools) and filling in with fresh new grout and sealant.

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