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Honesty IS the best policy

Lu — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:08:06 +0000

Any and all attempts at baking are a humbling experience for me. So just in case you thought I was that sort of gal who can do everything well, here you go… Cupcakes for my photo guy. Here’s the pan. I am NOT a baker. I‘m off to...

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A BABY !!!!!!

Lu — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:01:09 +0000

Lots to plan for and to do, and I’m excited to have a reason to get busy designing a full blown nursery. The plans are just underway, and I’ll keep you all informed on a color scheme and design ideas. Send me anything you’ve seen that would be fabulous for baby???? Right now it’s first...

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Big painted floor designs

Lu — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:39:46 +0000

When a painted floor project comes along that promises to be extraordinary, it’s good to have friends in the biz! For this floor project, I called upon my most favorite stencil supplier, Victoria Larsen. The designs Victoria features on her website are so versatile and well conceived it was hard to keep my colorful floor...

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Painting 6 different colored Adirondack Chairs in record time?

Lu — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:13:45 +0000

Loving my six greeny-yellowy-grassy-appley- not white, and no longer red, Adirondack chairs. There’s a reason these iconic chairs of summer are typically painted white-no doubt about it-they are one big fat pain in the neck to paint. 6 white chairs in a row is too much white in my summer scene. This combination, of varied...

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Greenhouse envy, brought to us by Clem.

Lu — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:22:14 +0000

It’s lucky for me that the photo guy spends more time at the kitchen sink than I do. He fixes my coffee, he does the dish washing. This means that every morning, thanks to the photo guy, I can avoid looking longingly out the window above my kitchen sink at my neighbors greenhouse. It’s...

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I’m in the mood for orange. It’s a SPRING thing.

Lu — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:36:07 +0000

For those of us who believe that happiness can be found at the bottom of a paint can, Spring is an especially happy time of the year. What to do, what to do….. The birdhouses are a good place to start. And then there’s those dastardly fences, which always need another coat or two, never...

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Color Stories in the House!

Lu — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:42:27 +0000

Anybody who know me, knows that I am the absolute worst secret keeper. I’m not talking bad-I mean the WORST. I did a pretty good job of keeping this one but now, not only is the cat out of the bag, the Benjamin Moore Color Stories colors ARE IN THE HOUSE! Yes indeedie, Benjamin...

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Reclaiming the “Pig Shack”

Lu — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:30:38 +0000

Today I want to introduce you to the next project on my to do list. Never one to squander a renovating opportunity, the impending project I’ve named simply, “The pig shack”, is sure to bring oohs and ahhs once I have my way with it. The structure was built sometime around 1930 as part of...

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Because color really matters…there’s a new painting studio in town.

Lu — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:11:38 +0000

The annual move of the paint cans is underway-I’m off to a summer painting studio. It’s impossible to live near downtown Saratoga Springs without having some reason to regularly make your way past the Saratoga racecourse. What could be better than having a painting studio to work from that’s right around the corner from the...

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Paint Saves the Day, especially when it’s PURPLE.

Lu — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:41:22 +0000

For those of you who are ready to get some painting projects up and running, I’ll post excerpts from my book “Paint Saves the Day” all this week. Lots of @benjamin_moore twittering going on about the book. A special thanks to Danielle (@dhatfield) for reminding everyone to get a copy and get painting! I’ll...

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