Class stuff. SCA stuff. Other stuff.

[pixel39]

I had thought I wanted to be the next Nordskogen MOAS--I could hardly miss more meetings than Adela does. But, the whole point of me doing that would be to do a better job of actually being around, and if I have to take a Wednesday class in the spring, those good intentions go right out the window. Sigh. At least I have no actual SCA projects due this week, although I do need to wash the smock.

[For some reason, PFY2 is overly enamored of White Castle. *shudder*]

I am debating next semester. Registration isn't open until November, so I've got a little time to decide. I am taking the next Java class, and then I need to either take Discrete Mathematics, which is a co-req, or Criminal Justice 101, which is a pre-req for several of the CJ classes I'll be taking. ICS 141 on Tuesdays, and then either Math or CJS on Thursdays. Except that I fall asleep during math lectures, which is ordinarily considered a Bad Thing. so probably CJS, which sounds more interesting anyway.

Today, cleaning fairies. And possibly creation of curtains. I have four sets of two full-length curtains and a valance that need to be sewn together so that I only need one curtain rod for the whole shebang. Actually what I have is six curtains and one window scarf which is the same width and slightly longer than two curtains, which will be cut in half and used as curtains. The valance will be what shows up at the top anyway, so I'm not really worried.

Someday the walls in the living room will be painted. I'm thinking either a nice caramel gold with a sage green faux finish, or something along those lines. Maybe if I can incorporate a wine-red into it as well....

I've looked into techniques for painting paneling. So far they mostly agree with what I already figured I was going to do--wash with TSP, degloss (which isn't really needed, I think), and then stain-blocking primer. And then some very light shade of purple, and then stripes. Well, they don't agree with the stripes, but I wasn't looking for affirmation there. And I've decided that it will definitely be GITD paint rather than stars, if it's going on the ceiling. If I decide that I'm going to paint the walls like a landscape, then I can put GITD stars on it. If I can find them ever again.

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[elliesam.livejournal.com]

Someday the walls in the living room will be painted. I'm thinking either a nice caramel gold with a sage green faux finish,

Ooh! That would look great in there! And I, personally, if it were my room, which it isn't, wouldn't incorporate red into the walls, because you use so much of it as an accent in the room. Adding it to the walls might make things like the wall hanging over the couch fall into the wall more rather than stand out, and it should stand out, because it's cool. I would let red remain the accent, and let the green and gold be your background. :)

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

This is why I think these thoughts out-loud, as it were. WRT the red, I was thinking of doing only a couple of walls in red, but looking at the LR while I'm actually sitting in it, you're right, it would be too much. I could see doing the wall that the closet door is on in red, but nowhere else.

The gold with green is actually Birdkiller's idea. She's even better at decorating than I am, because I have some really odd ideas about what goes with what. Like the GITD star thing, and the dark purple bedroom thing.

My other thought was to do the walls in gold and do that stripey thing that Gretchen did in her LR, and maybe do the cove part of the ceiling in the green. Or would that look too weird?

[elliesam.livejournal.com]

Hm. I like that look, but my concern in that particular room is that with the ratio of actual wall space vs. all the vertical things already happening in the room (many doors, big windows, the 1/2 wall and shelves by front door, fireplace), a vertical pattern might make the room look smaller. Especially if the one color was a lot darker than the other. But I'm not sure. If the green and gold were about the same darkness, it could work, but I think a softer, more diffuse pattern would open up your wall space more. MO.

Now, if you were to do the stripy bits in the dining room (er, what used to be the dining room), I think it would be very cool.

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

This would be stripes of polyurethane on gold so that the stripes alternate shiny and not, rather than two different colors. I have a weird idea that I want green pinstripes on cream in the studio, but at the moment there's very little wall space actually visible so it's not a huge priority.

Or stripes in two colors of gold (we're back in the LR again here), one subtly lighter than the other and both satins.

[elliesam.livejournal.com]

Oh. That would work. :)