Color coordination

Trying to decide if blue works with green here.

Before and after stripping of polyurethane and cherry stain.

Maple cabinets by Hartwood Custom Cabinets in Monticello, GA. Benny Hart, owner of Hartwood Cabinets, took off with a few hundred dollars of my money. I was foolish enough to pay in full after he promised to come back and finish the job. I tried calling him for weeks. Finally I tried from a different phone; he was very surprised it was me. He told me BS about going bankrupt and that he would come by on that Monday to finish up. Never heard from him again.

Paint color and lighting

Two pictures taken at the same time that show how lighting changes paint color. The first is without flash, the second with flash.



This color was changing to pea green at night, it took me days to realize it was because of the energy efficient compact flourescent bulbs which give off a blue-green hue. With halgoen or incandescent,where the hue is warmer, the color is totally different--a color true to the acutal color.

Stripping front windows

Stripping windows with a heat gun. Takes about eight hours to do the window and the frame. I was surprised that this 1935 house had only two layers of paint. The original paint layer was bright yellow!

new floor in laundry room

Ripped off vinyl floor, covered existing with hardi cement board. Important to use the special screws with the square heads otherwise, because of the hardness of the board, screws will strip.


A layer of highest quality thin set mortar on the underside prevents pops and air bubbles, giving the floor a solid base on which to lay your tile.