Post by mrs.jacinthe on Oct 24, 2016 9:28:57 GMT -5
Personally? I'd just paint them with a roller/brush. Take them off and sand to rough up the surface, prime, and paint with the same stuff you have in the can. However, if you want to spray them, I'd get the spray-paint thing and see how it works.
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Oct 24, 2016 9:11:58 GMT -5
If you're short on actual kitchen space, I think I would consider removing the eating nook and using that space for additional cabinets/counter area. You can put in a narrower island (or two, split it in half so you don't have to walk all the way around) down the center of the room and put the "t" where people eat in the blank space you have in front of the fireplace now.
I wouldn't personally spend or charge $12.50 for a pattern. The high end of the Indy pattern pricing I'm willing to pay for is around what Brooklyn Tweed patterns cost - $8.
That being said (and this is coming from someone who has designed yoked pullovers), you're not just paying for ribbing and cables. You're paying for the number and placement of the increases/decreases in the yoke that allow the cables to look the way they do in no -straight fabric. That was probably a giant PITA to do.
Ah! The explanation of *why* helps me a lot. I'm nowhere near talented enough to write a pullover pattern (or, lets be honest, just about anything other than a blanket, lol), so I have no idea what skills/knowledge go into writing patterns like this.
Still not 100% positive I can get over the price - this coming from someone who's having trouble pulling the trigger on the Umaro blanket pattern - but it makes a lot more sense.
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Oct 20, 2016 20:06:54 GMT -5
I'm so sorry. That's incredibly hard. Is there any chance you can ask the vet for the last appointment of the day so that your H can go too? (Our vet's last appointment is at 6, so R only had to leave work 30 minutes early when it was time for Cat and Dot.) If not ... we'll be here. I'll cry with you. We can have a drinking night tomorrow night and virtually toast to the good life he lived.
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Oct 20, 2016 15:51:26 GMT -5
You know, I think, for me, the line is if it actually reflects what the room is designed to do as well as the actual preferences of the person(s) who will be utilizing the room. For example, a dining room with cream upholstery in a family house with multiple small children = too trendy. A dining room with beige walls and traditional furniture in a home with stylish DINK residents = possibly too safe.
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Oct 20, 2016 13:27:11 GMT -5
What are you training for? Date?
24-Hour Relay - February 4/5.
Training plan for the week?
Nothing. I'm sick.
Any issues or vents?
See above. I've got some sort of awful blech virus.
HIghlights or AW's?
I *may* have talked ktzmoh into doing the 24-hour relay with me this year, so that's exciting! Other bay-area people or swimmy peeps looking for a fun adventure, let me know and I'll hook you up with the organizer.
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Oct 19, 2016 19:35:48 GMT -5
I'm in love with the botanical yoke pullover from Purl Soho, but the damn pattern is $12.50, and aside from some large cables with ribbing, it looks fairly straightforward. Do you think it's a $12.50 pattern? Have you ever made a PS pattern and had difficulty with the writing?
I think i'd treat it as a 9x10 space (take the 5 feet out in both directions) and look for an 8x8 or 6x9 rug centered on the sofa? I think...
I've had my doubts about this, because I wanted something more modern, but R has his heart set on a braided wool rug (this one, specifically: www.llbean.com/llb/shop/39827?feat=514001-GN1&page=bean-s-braided-wool-rug-oval), and I'm thinking the oval shape would allow a bigger rug since the corners curve in. Do you think I could pull off an 8x11, in that case?
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Oct 19, 2016 19:02:06 GMT -5
This time about rug sizing.
Our soon-to-be family room (the one I've been droning on about lately) is 14'x15', ish. It has four doors and a window. It has a corner built in and a corner gas stove/fireplace. The fireplace positioning/hearth takes approximately a 5'x5' square out of the corner. The corner built-in is about 2' each direction. So it looks like this (not to scale, obvs):
(ETA: Anything in RED can be moved or is subject to change)
Until we tear out the stove that's there, we have to work with the hearthstones. How would you do the rug, both size- and positioning-wise?
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Oct 19, 2016 10:52:52 GMT -5
So ... here we are with 2.5 months left in the year (ok, less than that, but I can't face thinking about it). What are you still wanting to get done?
Mine - my mom is coming for 6 weeks again this year, so I've officially got a month left until her arrival: Get carpet cleaned Get tile cleaned Get piano tuned (technically maybe not H&G, but still) Rip out carpet in new family room Paint new family room (probably will rip out carpet after this - yay free dropcloth) Put down new floor in family room. Barring having time for that, buy/put down giant near-wall-to-wall rug. Find a good storage method for my crafty/sewing stuff Clean up the mess the house has somehow descended into Buy new comforters for the beds Start making curtains for the downstairs.
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Oct 13, 2016 9:49:45 GMT -5
The whole thing is deplorable, but the part that gets me is the "bus ticket out of town". Because you know what? We don't want them, so let's make them someone else's problem!
That means they're just going to end up in smaller, more rural towns with fewer resources and less general tolerance. It's a ticket for disaster. I live in one of those towns - 90% of our homeless are from elsewhere and people are ... Not happy. Someone's going to take things into their own hands at some point and we're going to have trouble.
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Oct 12, 2016 8:55:23 GMT -5
California sends out these awesome voter's guides to registered voters - the full text of all propositions and measures with a summary, pros/cons, etc, as well as candidate information and statements. It's great information and super helpful, usually. But I got mine yesterday, and it is 223 pages. TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THREE. How many registered voters do you think are going to read all that? Let alone the number of trees our "green" state killed to send one to every damn voter in the state (meaning most households will get at least two of the same thing.) I have no idea why they can't make an opt-out for a website with the information instead. Welcome to 1990, yo.
I just made my knitting gifts list and OMG, I need to get busy. I have like ... two projects started, both of which need to be finished by early November, then another 4 projects by Christmas, two in January, and one in February. Ack.
I got rear-ended last month and now there's like ... a hundred forms I have to fill out for the state, even though a) it wasn't my fault and b) the dude paid for my repairs personally.
Oh, and H&G-related ... anyone have a good source for random-width paint-grade pine flooring? R wants to buy locally, but I'm not sure where to even start with this one. Halp?