Decisions, decisions, decisions. In four weeks we will begin a significant renovation of our home. In preparation there are many decisions to be made. There are the basics of which walls to remove and which to add. Then there are the non-functional aesthetic decisions involving color and texture. Last week I shared how I had been brought up short by choosing a paint color for the living area. That decision has been made.
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| This will be the color of our accent wall in the open living area. |
We met with our contractor, yesterday. He asked us to select the carpets from a different firm than he first recommended. So, off we went to pick out the carpets for the two bedrooms. I try to avoid rethinking decisions. However, there are times when revisiting a decision is a wise course of action. The original plan was for a green carpet in the guest room, but three months of living in our home and obsessing over the home's given palette, I started to think blue made more sense. What I wasn't expecting was to select a midnight blue.
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| What you can't see is the sparkle which gives this series of carpets its name, Starry Night. There are slim slivers of silver interspersed in the deep blue pile. |
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| When I wasn't prepping for the renovation I made the next three blocks for Cohasset Sunrise. This is one of those times where experience gives me the confidence to move forward. |
Great decisions!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Vera.
ReplyDeleteRenovation - never fun. Will it ever get done? Living without the normal routines but so worth it in the end. I hope you found a good contractor. They are few and far between at left around me. I waited months and months just to find someone to commit to doing my kitchen. It is fun to pick out stuff though. You have a good color sense so the decisions will come easy on that front.
ReplyDeleteWe are fortunate on the contractor. He is the one who built the home 10 years ago. He is a well respected contractor in the area. His father started the business approximately 50 years ago. His son joined him, perhaps 35 years ago. I am also blessed to be married to someone who paid for his college by doing carpentry during the summer. In fact our contractor is so impressed with the prep work my husband has done on things such as how various recessed lights, outlets and switches should be moved, he has offered my husband a job doing something similar. My husband's father did something similar after he retired. Personally, I think it is a perfect match, at least worth considering.
DeleteThis renovation will require less picking out than the three others we have put ourselves through. We aren't redoing bathrooms or kitchens, nor will there be an addition. We are simply (right as though anything of this nature is simple) reconfiguring a couple of walls.
Nothing like making fiber art for 30 years to teach you about color. :) Must admit I was surprised when the midnight blue starry night carpet grabbed me. That was instinctual. I held the painted swatches from the house I brought with me - and bam! it was the just the punch needed to add contrast and bring the rest of the main floor alive.
Being an artist always make decorating easier. I have had people comment on my house and gardens by saying that they know an artist lives here. Good luck with the reno. It's never fun to have your house torn apart, but the results are usually so worth it.
ReplyDeleteHope the reno is painless! Love that carpet-wish I could see it in person.
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