As we mentioned in the last post, the concrete floors have been ground and polished. So, before we can finish up in the main part of the house, we need to do some painting. With the finished floors and the beautiful wood on the ceiling, painting the entry, hall and living room was NOT an easy job. We decided on Dunn Edwards Berry Mojito for the entry, hall and living room, as it is a mid-century-esque color that worked well with all of the wood in those areas. For some reason, when the previous owners painted everything white, they did not bother to remove the grates for the vents, and many had the screws painted over. It made for some difficult grate removal. Oh, hello there, Sputnik. The hardest part to get was the area above the soffet, but it all turned out okay. We have a beautiful door chime and a fun, mid-century appropriate door that we are waiting on, but we are happy with how this color turned out. It works very well with the two different stains in the house.
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One of the issues that Tucsonans have during this time of the year is the North American Monsoon. From roughly July 4 to mid-September (officially June 15 to September 30), short yet intense thunderstorms provide much of Southern Arizona's rain for the year. One can almost set a clock to the summer storms, as they hit nearly every afternoon in the Tucson area. If you have seen any desert southwest photo of a cactus with lightning, odds are that photo was taken during monsoon season. The problem is, they are extremely dangerous, and folks often get trapped in flash floods or lose power due to errant lightning strikes. Therefore, any outdoor work ends up slowing down. That's just how it is. In our previous post, we showed you the progress that we've done painting parts of the patio and guest suite. Ultimately, we needed to finish the backyard exterior doors before they were installed. With the nearly daily rains, properly priming and painting exterior doors is vital. Several of the exterior doors when we bought the house had not been properly primed or repainted, so the doors had rotted. And yes, some were mahogany. Oh well. We thought, since the pool bath door and kitchen door were both part of the patio that we could get away with painting them a different color than the guest suite and master bedroom doors. Nathan was obsessed with this lime green color. I figured it couldn't hurt, since it is just paint. I like the crazy pop of color. Surprisingly, it works.
...can be endless. Since we are still waiting for a few things to be finished inside, Nathan and I decided to work on the exterior areas of the house. Since we closed one door to the guest suite, and changed a window to a door for the pool bath, we had to prime and repaint the exterior parts of the back of the house. Our contractor did an excellent job of matching the exterior fascia on the side of the house, but honestly, we were not too crazy about the matching color of the exterior anyway. So, we decided to try a new color under the patio area, since the color there was a little lighter anyway, and it was a good place to test a color. We were settled on the gray, but were not too sure on the door colors. We went with Dunn Edwards' Tarnished Silver, and so far we are pretty pleased with the color. With a pop of color on the doors. The darker color makes the adobe really stand out, which is part of why we decided to change the color. We are thinking about changing the roof fascia color as well. Thoughts?
Hello, faithful readers. It's been a while, but we have some fun stuff to show you! We painted the pool bath. I like how the shelving turned out. The pocket door (blue strip) has been installed, too. We also got the rest of the tile from B & W. So, here we are, the pool shower is finished. We are waiting on Terrazzo flooring from Fritztile for the bathrooms. Things are moving quickly, which is nice to say, for once.
...before the cabinets are installed. So, we decided on a few colors for the kitchen and family room area, since they are mostly done at this point. That and, we needed to have the kitchen painted before cabinets were going to be installed anyway. Of course, most of the time was spent prepping the area to be painted - with the brick flooring nearly finished (our flooring guys said that once everything is done, they will do a final polish and seal), we did not want to get paint on the floor. The ceiling is Dunn Edwards Swiss Coffee, and the walls are Dunn Edwards Raindrops. We decided not to go too bold in color here, simply because the cabinets are meant to be the focus.
Sadly, although we had planned on having the cabinets installed this week, our cabinet maker got sick and is a few weeks behind. No problem, there is so much else to do in the house anyway. I can't stop staring at that glorious brick. |
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In October 2016, Nathan & Rachel bought a 1958 Tom Gist custom home in the Mid-Century filled Wilshire Heights neighborhood in Tucson, AZ. This is our blog documenting the restoration! Archives
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