When we sold our house in Congress/North Ranch, we sold it furnished–all furniture included except our two comfortable chairs. And while we are strong believers in buying used, it’s a long way to anywhere from our home! I purchased the two twin bed frames used and bought new mattresses for the beds. I had been looking for a queen bed frame on Craigslist not finding what I wanted–no foot board. Our bed in Montana has a foot board and with my arthritic hands, making the bed is painful. So–eBay to the rescue! It’s amazing what you can order online! In a box about 60 inches long and two feet tall was a queen size platform bed! The Cowboy said, “this thing is an engineering marvel!” He was skeptical but once it was assembled he was thinking it just might work!
Platform beds sit lower to the floor, thus my over sized queen quilt was way, way too large. So, when we find bedding which fits, I will take photos of the finished product–notice the finished tiled floor??? When we purchased this property there was a built in platform bed–ugly–made from 2×4’s and particle board–ugly. The bedroom is oddly shaped and small even though we refer to it as the “larger bedroom.” So, the bed will not fit centered under the windows–where it sits is the only place a queen sized bed will fit.
I’ve been trying to paint bathroom and closet pocket doors for the last two days. Who knew you couldn’t use a paint roller for painting semi-gloss paint??? My doors were covered in fuzz! It’s been a process and not a fun one!
We’ve been experiencing some winter weather–not as cold/snowy as Montana but dang cold. Twenty degrees Thursday morning, 23 degrees Friday morning and about the same this morning–BRRRR!
I was going to use Picassa “retouch” to remove that power pole from this photo until I saw what is probably one of our resident owls perched on top! Notice the snow on top the Chiricahua Mountains.
Life is good–Merry Christmas!!
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And Best Wishes to you all for a very Merry Christmas and Happy and Healthy New Year!!
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Merry Christmas to you and family Don!
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I learned about the roller/fuzz thing when I painted my kitchen ceiling. Not something I ever expected to happen.
It was 18-20 degrees (the bank thermometer & the one in my car never quite agree) here this afternoon. Oddly enough it didn’t feel that cold…I was even running around outside without gloves on.
Merry Christmas!
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Oh dear–I have a whole kitchen to paint with semi-gloss paint–don’t tell me I am going to have to paint it with a brush?????
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Looks good, not too sure about snow in Az! Glad it’s all coming together.
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Thanks Geri–Merry Christmas!
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Neat platform bed. Can’t wait to see it all made! Nice floor, Michael! Directions?? You mean they are meant to be read!? Merry Christmas to you, Michael, and Emmi!
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Merry Christmas to you, Pam and John!
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!
We are in Florida with a high predicted today of 80 degrees.
love your new home. Janet & Sheldon
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Merry Christmas to you both, too! Eighty degrees might feel good about now!
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Seems a shamed to cover up so much of that pretty floor – couldn’t you sleep in hammocks??? I’ve painted many bathrooms and kitchens in semi-gloss paint with rollers so not sure what the fuzzy stuff is. I think I used rollers that were made for that paint? Your views are so wonderful and glad you included your owl. Merry Christmas from our home to yours.
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I would break my neck getting into a hammock! 🙂 We are going to look for different paint rollers next Home Depot trip. Merry Christmas to you guys!
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Merry Christmas from a very cold Alberta (-20C)!!!
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Very cold in Montana and we are glad we decided not to return there for the holidays. Merry Christmas!
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Hmm. I just put semi-gloss on our kitchen walls with a generic Lowes’ 3/8 inch roller with no problem. Never had your result.
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I would have thought it was the paint but I tried another paint–not semi-gloss and it did the same exact thing. We are going to look for different rollers!
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