Comments for Starboard Port

Comment on Meanwhile outside of Bogotá by Tele

Tele — Sat, 26 May 2012 01:36:22 +0000

No shit… Bogota! Sounds great – I’m looking out SPC’s window at a socked-in day of steady mist. I’ve been wondering where life took you; thanks for bringing us into the scene so beautifully. Enjoy the soup and relaxing!

Comment on Taxes and mortgage – I’m a grown ass bastard now. by Tele

Tele — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:22:04 +0000

Dude, congratulations! It looks fantastic (I’m a big fan of all those built-in cubbies and drawers.) I’ll be interested to hear how home-ownership influences (or not) your feelings about your seasonal migrations… Cap’n J and I got our first house 3 years ago, and my feelings about leaving/returning are definitely more complex than they were, pre-house. Anyway, big cheers on having your own space, and hope you have a fantastic last weekend before being northbound.

Comment on Paint is hard by Jessie

Jessie — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:40:12 +0000

My favorite thing about getting familiar with paint is that if it looks gross, you can repaint it. Depending on your time, money and patience, there are unlimited do-overs! I feel like that is going to help me in this process more than anything.

Comment on Paint is hard by Jessie

Jessie — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:36:57 +0000

Noted and appreciated…and taken with a grain of rope and terra-cotta salt. (That attic was something.)

I wonder if charcoaly grey/black would make the built-in dressers look hip and modern?

Comment on Paint is hard by Robin Jones

Robin Jones — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:32:37 +0000

garrett makes good points about going a shade or two darker, but definetley don’t go white

Comment on Paint is hard by Garrett Nichols

Garrett Nichols — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:11:39 +0000

I agree with Robin about making the color slightly different — otherwise you end up with a weird optical illusion because the drawers are the same color as the background but look different because there’s a shadow around them. And I like the idea of making them a darker gray (on the same scale as the lighter gray you choose to put on the walls) for two reasons: 1) That shit’s hip, yo! and 2) Drawers get dinged up more than non-drawers, and having a darker color on them won’t reveal scuffs and stuff as much and if they get dented, it won’t show as much when you paint over them as it would if you had white or lighter colored drawers.

That said, I also once decorated an attic with “terra-cotta” colored paint and trimmed it with thick rope to make it look like I had resurrected the wild west. What do I know?

(That attic was beautiful.)

Comment on Paint is hard by Robin Jones

Robin Jones — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:38:15 +0000

seriously, I would do cabinets and doors etc either a shade or two darker than walls or a shade 1/2 way between the trim and walls for contrast and interest, all white would be too much white and would make the gray walls look dingy rather than gray

Comment on Paint is hard by Jessie

Jessie — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:03:56 +0000

Let you?!! I would probably pay you like an aulde English pauper child (a sixpence, a beer and a scrap of bread each day!). I like looking at all the pretty things on Pinterest, but no matter how many hours I do that (even while drunk), the house doesn’t decorate itself.

Comment on Paint is hard by Hillary

Hillary — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:50:06 +0000

You should let me come over while you’re away, and I’ll fix it up right like. There shall be a grand reveal!
But really, I can’t wait until I have a house and I can do this shit fer realz. You be the decorator and drink. Drunk decorating is best.

Comment on Taxes and mortgage – I’m a grown ass bastard now. by Jessie

Jessie — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:51:01 +0000

Thank you. I plan to pay a full payment (onto principal) for February even though the first one isn’t due until the first of March and continue overpaying monthly when possible. Since interest rates for savings and CDs are so craptastic right now, this house is my savings account. I can’t wait to pay it off early!