studio redux

The studio redux project was finally completed last week with the addition of our new iMac. We actually started last Thanksgiving with the shelving and white paint in January. Three different accent colors later, we landed on the final shade which I fondly refer to as, "less cheeseburger, more orange peel."

Of note: The chair is one of my Eames rescues. It had one of the old vinyl covers epoxied to it. I peeled it back to discover flawless orange fiberglass underneath. It took some work (and brain cells) but I was able to remove the adhesive and restore it back to its full glory.

Lastly, his + hers artwork: 

color shift

Love. Love. Love. Totally digging the new paint job. We took some inspiration from the classic Eichler palette and ended up with a few good selects from Benjamin Moore.  Apparently the red we picked out was the same color used on the door in American Beauty. We worked with Built Square on the job. 

halloween

shades of gray

Scraping, sanding, tejano on a boom box….that’s the sound of home beautification. Painting kicked off this week, but not before extensive color tests and multiple trips to see our friends Sherwin and Benjamin. We have settled on “Gunmetal” and find it a fitting color and paint name for the Thiel household.

surprise inside

I have a rocky relationship with our dishwasher. I feel like all I do is empty the damn thing. Repeat. The other night while bitterly unloading it, I was admiring the fun color that used to be the exterior. Its 70s aura provides a smart little punch of color when you open them.

yard demo

We took out the prehistoric juniper bushes in the front yard. We coined the phrase "the Magnolia mangroves." It was a big job but we were thankfully able to do it all ourselves with sheer muscle power. I had envisioned the stone wall coming down and needing to rent a backhoe. We are letting the soil repair itself while we figure out what we want to do from a landscape design perspective.   

back from the top of the world

We've been in Iceland! Post and photos here. We just have to get over this cold from the dark ages we brought back as a souvenir.