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Paint Run!

December 19, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Check out this paint color selection scene from one of our favorite movies, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House: Anyone else out there love this movie?

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Paint Remover Semi Pro

February 16, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

I’m not much of a custom ductwork creator, but I can make paint disappear… 1) spray! 2) Gooey crackle step (~15 min waiting): 3) scrape scrape pick scrape wipe etc […]

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Paint In My Hair But I Don’t Care

December 12, 2011by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Rob worked his spackle /sanding mojo magic and left an amazingly smooth room. Today I cleaned the bedroom from top to bottom, including a microfiber wipe-down, grabbed my painting supplies […]

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Paint Fun

January 25, 2012by madisonsquare Leave a comment

This is from one of Rob’s favorite childhood books. Reminds me of working on our house… especially the clawfoot tub! But forget the tub, because right now I feel like […]

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Paint For The First Floor, Part I

February 27, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

We picked some paint colors from the trusty BenjMoore deck and had them color matched in Behr sample jars from Home Depot. Some gray for the living room, some blue […]

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Pain(t)

January 9, 2012by madisonsquare Leave a comment

The hall got another layer of paint too. Since one area’s always drying it’s nice to have another space to work on so you can just paint paint paint all […]

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