There’s a coating that your glass fabricator can get. It’s not expensive.
Also consider getting low-iron glass, this greatly reduced the greenish tinge of regular glass. Particularly if you have white tile, having it look green through the glass is not a good look IMO. This isn’t expensive either.
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A trip to the Benjamin Moore paint store helped immensely with picking colorS and paint type for our home. We will likely go with Regal Select paint.
We plan to have them match the SW Repose Gray color for much of the house. Bedrooms will likely be Mt Rainer Gray or silver gray. Both are blue grays. I might have gone a shade lighter in bedrooms, but husband likes those colors, and I’m fine with them. We are still debating bathroom colors, but will be either white or a light gray color.
What a gem. 
Bet @coralbrook could run it into a dream house. Can’t wait to see for how much it actually sold. Kind of tells you how crazy our local RE prices are.
OMG. The neighbors said it apparently sold for $427k!!! It is about an hour north of Seattle downtown in case you were wondering about commute times.
Some good tips about customization of IKEA kitchen cabinets!
https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/nwhomes/no-budget-for-a-custom-kitchen-no-problem/
@coralbrook knows this secret… IKEA does make a great box with premium hardware (Blum).
Today we painted splotches on multiple walls. We first did SW repose gray. It looked a dark, so I went and got pale oak from the BM store. We like both of them for the main rooms of our house. Anyone know whether the trend is still to go a little “darker” or if it’s moved to very light? The repose gray is definitely “there”/has more contrast to our light kitchen cabinets and looks more updated than our current color (an off-white yellowish color I’ve never cared for). But the pale oak is just a shade of off-white, but is fresher/more up to date than what we have now. Right now we are leaning towards repose gray, but it’s hard to choose. The bedrooms and bathrooms on the second level will be shades of gray/blue, and we are confident in our choices for those rooms.
I would ignore trends and go with what you like.
I would also be hesitant to pick based on a small splotch, especially with darker colors. I need to do half a wall, or even a whole wall, to see what it’s like, I’ve been burned with trusting small swatches before.
I think the trend is towards lighter colors, and Greige is still popular. Can’t go wrong with either of these colors!
If you’re painting swatches over a color, it may not be an accurate color read. I’m looking at grays for S2’s room, but the underlying color right now is green.
The last thing I want is green undertones. Think we’ll have to Kilz first and pull out the light green rug before putting swatches on the walls.
I always get scared and paint rooms too light. I actually find I do best to see other people’s rooms I like and find out what color they used. I did my kitchen from a magazine shoot - not a fashionable color at all - it’s a shade of green called “celery” and I still love it. My favorite gray is one that an interior designer I worked with in the 1990s used. It’s Benjamin Moore’s “Winter orchard”. I’m definitely of the school that you should paint want you like. I knew I didn’t want a white and gray kitchen, even if every single one of my clients wants one.
My husband (who didn’t like the repose gray when I first put it up) is liking it more than the pale oak now, and doesn’t want to look at any other colors. Because he’s agreed to pay for half, even though he’s not that “into “ this project, I’m deferring to him (I really like both just fine).
We still have to decide whether we’re going to paint our big brick wall white when we paint the house, but I think we’re leaning towards no for that. Once it’s painted, updating it will be a pain, and it seems like a lot of white. But, if it looks outdated once the room is painted, I can make the call then.
Help, I have to make my last painting decision! The painters just left, and they will be back Monday to finish.
We have to decide whether or not to paint the brick wall. It goes the length of the room, and is currently “light” as far as a brick color. The grout (I know that’s not what it’s called but can’t think of the right word) is kind of a yellowish gray. The room is now BM Edgecomb Gray, with white dove (or dove white) trim. We like it, but we do think it will look better with the brick painted. But do we paint it all “normally” or do we have them dilute the paint and have some of the brick show through. I like that idea, but I have no idea if that’s a “thing” or not these days. Advice? @coralbrook, others who know about this stuff, any opinions?
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IMO, I would try whitewash first. If you hate it, it can always be painted solid. Don’t think it would be easy to do the reverse.
Not a fan of whitewashed brick, to me it always looks half finished.
@1214mom We are just painting ceilings Dove White this week, maybe we will later do the walls to match, they are a cafe au lait color now and I want to brighten up the place.
My latest home improvement project was to build a couple Adirondack chairs and a table to go with them.
The table is simple but very unique, with a single center post supporting the table top. The unique thing about it is that the supporting post is a coiled steel spring. It looks a heavy duty slinky, but it’s actually a section of a broken garage door spring.
I’m very happy with my handiwork.
I am beginning to research deck companies… our all wood deck is going to croak sooner than I thought. This is going to be one very expensive project!!
@sherpa -that is so cool!
@BunsenBurner - If I remember correctly, I believe you’ve had some experience with ipe wood. The downsides are the expense and the difficulty to work with it, but IMO the benefits outweigh those factors.
An ipe deck would last forever and require zero maintenance. Insider tip: there’s a company in Portland that sells “B” grade ipe boards at a discount, but many people actually find the irregular pieces more attractive.