Foiled in the Foyer

I finished the painting the front door last night. The door itself turned out pretty good but I must say that overall we are both displeased with the foyer. My intention was to have the foyer be a nice very light beige with the same white trim color that is going in the rest of the house. However the beige I chose doesn't contrast quite right. It's too white-ish and not the right tone and consequently it just looks like mis-matched whites. DH would prefer to extend the brown paint from the living room into the foyer, but I think that would make it too cave-like in that tiny little space and that the living and dining room being that color is enough. What do those of you who have seen it in person think?

I don't really plan on re-painting it soon, but I was planning on using the same paint in the hallway, and now I'm thinking selecting a new color is in order. Darnit, I'm grouchy today!
It's only Wednesday and this week at work has been crappy. I'm going to visit my parents this weekend - it's always nice to see my dad...but I'm bummed about missing the warm weather we are scheduled to have.

I think I'll take next Friday off. I intend to build our raised beds that weekend, and I think it will take more then two days to do everything it entails. We got the clover and chamomile seeds in the mail so I'll be seeding the grass areas, both in front and back as well that weekend. We are both excited about the prospect of the alternative to traditional grass, and I think our neighbors will esepcially appreciate it seeing as we rarely water our grass so it dies in the summer and looks hella ugly. The clover is much more hardy and drought tolerant, and it enriches the soil with nitrogen. AND it has wee little white flowers. The kind that bees like - not so good for bare feet - but otherwise adorable. From what I've read it grows very quicky and can eventually take over what little regular grass there is now. Gypsy Junk...I still need to borrow your tiller and seed spreader if that's okay with you! Oh and I should probably take back my chicken wire, as I need some to line the bottoms of the raised beds. I can hardly wait until next weekend!!

I think we have a mole/gopher! Ugh. I found a small tunnel and the dogs seem to like to paw at it and dig little holes around it. I suppose I need to buy a trap. I think there are sonar ones that just drive them away...but I'm skeptical. Obviously no poison can be used. My friend at work told me that they (they live on a small organic farm in Marin) use these traps you bury that have little claws that come out and grab their necks and kill them. Icky, but poison free. Ooh...maybe I should just release a gopher snake in the yard! Somehow I think that my doggies would kill it.

Well gee - I guess I should work. /Sigh. I'm not feeling the mojo this week. But I have a list of lame stuff to do so off I go to do it. Hasta la vista, baby.

Grrr Monday.

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. Ours was good. I spent a bit of the weekend in the vortex. I painted the entry way. The color I had selected was "soft white", which looked quite beige against our trim color when I was examining the paint chips. Once it was on the walls it didn't look nearly as dark as I'd hoped. I'm not sure there will be quite enough contrast to please me. But I don't really want to spend even more money on paint right now, so I think for the time being...it will have to stay. In fact...I think the hallway will be the same color, as there's almost a gallon left still and I'm hoping that will be enough to paint the whole hallway. I haven't yet painted the trim, so once that's on there maybe it will look better then I'm thinking. It does look nice and clean.

I also painted the fronts of the closet and hall doors - two coats! They turned out lovely and I plan on doing the backs and inside jams tonight and tomorrow. Several small items on the to-do list have been lingering...which made me miss my mark of finishing the living area by the end of this past weekend. But WTF...it was superbowl weekend and we left the vortex long enough to attend a very enjoyable super bowl party yesterday. It felt great to get out and be social!

So this week will be devoted to finishing the doors, the trim in the entry way, steam cleaning the dining room and maybe we'll even shop for the new light fixture. Those are the outstanding items and then it's bathroom time! I did pick up the paint chips and hung them all over the bathroom walls. We shall ponder them.

I almost forgot to mention, while putting off steam cleaning I did some other cleaning instead. I went through all my sewing and yarn supplies and further consolidated them. I also cleaned my notions box so that I can actually find things in it. And I emptied an entire container full of junk - throwing some away, putting some in the goodwill pile, and finding new homes for the rest. I inspired DH, and he added quite a bit of stuff to the goodwill pile we are building. So adding to my list for the next week is to tackle the art supplies and video game junk next!

The sun is shining, the acacia are blooming and I can almost taste spring. It will be time to plant seeds soon. To all the three lovely ladies who read this blog...mabye we should have a seed planting party in a couple of weeks?