artificial grass on flat roof? Yay or Nay?
Suzanne C
5 years ago
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Comments (9)Update on this (June 2015): Yup, those ceilings have not changed one bit!!! I finally manned (womanned?) up and broke out some Annie Sloan chalk paint last night and tested a corner of my office (pics to follow). Dear Husband and I have not swatted each other with much of anything related to this roof or the walls. We have however assembled quite a lot of flat pack furniture and hold a MOUNTAIN of moving rubbish to the tip at this point. 1. If going for the flat/professional look, I fail as a painter, caulker, sander, and...yeah. The job would require what my painter quoted me (to the tune of 6,000+ USD). Total sanding, caulking of all joints (note the hundreds of them....), shellacking and individual knot treatment, 2 coats of paint, coat of sealant....let's just say a car would cost less. I tried - knots bled through. So chalk paint is out but important lesson learned with little pain/cost. 2. I am going to try out a few more techniques on a tiny, small corner of my office. Whitewashing with 2 types of paint, trying to locate some milk paint and gel stain. Not keen on the liming wax. Husband is still convinced we can do this ourselves. We fixed some of the wiring in the downstairs - it's still mentioned at all cocktail parties with photos. 3. We found a builder! We found a builder who talks more than I do and takes QUITE A WHILE to arrive at a conclusion. My back-up is to plaster between the beams and stain the exposed bits. But not ideal. My back-up back-up plan is to get pregnant quickly and thus remove one of our 'painters', necessitating hiring of (qualified) replacements! Back-up to THAT back-up is run away from home...(yes, you do feel like you are sleeping in an orange pine coffin if I'm honest) 4. Still no closer to making this place look decent but lots more ideas! Next on list...find someone to make a headboard to mount to wall Swiss German translation - Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof! Happy Summer!! Any comments or thoughts are WELCOME!...See MorePOLL: Yay or nay - open plan kitchens?
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Comments (4)Beautiful house and the garage is not that bad! Don't paint the bricks though! You would have to maintain them and paint them regularly! No need to sandblast! Just try to jet wash them... I bet they come out lovely! Then I would just paint the garage door and side gate with dark grey/ coal. Put oversized plant pots on each side, or even cheap lavender would look nice! To hide the squareness of the garage roof ( although I don't find it offensive!) grow some climbers on roof line or have a mock roof built! ( short roof which from the front, looks like there is a proper roof!) sorry if I am not clear about the mock roof!! ;-) good luck!...See MoreE D
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