Paint Test

Or palette, dear Kurt. Your version is correct if we're talking about moving around a large quantity of paint cans with a forklift...

;-)

If she paints as well as she spells, Pea to the Pod will make a great painter. I think there are enough volunteers for painting, so I don't mind sitting back in the pool and making margaritas if anyone wants to take my brush.

If she paints as well as she spells, Pea to the Pod will make a great painter. I think there are enough volunteers for painting, so I don't mind sitting back in the pool and making margaritas if anyone wants to take my brush.

Hey, I am with you on that SJ. I have no sense when it come's to paint. Colors confuse me. I will help with the bar, that is my forte'. ;-)

If she paints as well as she spells, Pea to the Pod will make a great painter. I think there are enough volunteers for painting, so I don't mind sitting back in the pool and making margaritas if anyone wants to take my brush.

Only slightly off the subject, but I was talking to jdarg about beach vacations, and when she and her group come down to Grayton in June, they have in their midst the world's most fantastic Margarita-making professional!! Jdarg said their friend makes fantastic drinks.

Strictly FYI, Smiling JOe, in case you're mosying around Grayton when that Louisville gang is there...

If she paints as well as she spells, Pea to the Pod will make a great painter. I think there are enough volunteers for painting, so I don't mind sitting back in the pool and making margaritas if anyone wants to take my brush.

SJ, I must admit that I have done my fair share of painting; so much so that now I'd like to consider myself retired. I would be happy to sit with you and watch the painters while we did crossword puzzles, perhaps?

Only slightly off the subject, but I was talking to jdarg about beach vacations, and when she and her group come down to Grayton in June, they have in their midst the world's most fantastic Margarita-making professional!! Jdarg said their friend makes fantastic drinks.

Strictly FYI, Smiling JOe, in case you're mosying around Grayton when that Louisville gang is there...

...they'll be the ones hanging with the peas!

I too am afraid of heights - but have jumped out of planes. A psychologist explained it to me that 20 feet up - you can see where you are going to land - jumping out of the plane is so high - it seems surreal.

I jumped off cliffs in Jamaica, and that was between 30-40 feet up; definitely enough to feel very real and very scary. But the promise of landing in that beautiful water below was just too tempting!
Splash!

Bob, good question. I have stacks and stacks, but they're not empty...full of wines from both Far Niente and Nickel & Nickel, the sister winery. They are the best client I have ever had and I worked on the master plans for both wineries. The late Gil Nickel was a wonderful friend and the finest person I have ever worked with during a 30+ year career. We miss him a lot. Every year, the winery's London taxi pulls up on our road, and two velvet-clad holiday "elves" deliver one of those laser-etched cases of Far Niente wines for the holidays. But yes, they do make marvelous storage boxes and they are also good kindling for the fireplace.

If you have not tried the Nickel & Nickel wines, you are in for a real treat. They specialize in single vineyard varietals and are fabulous. Favorites are the N&N Sullenger Vineyards Cabernet and the N&N Dragonfly Vineyards Cabernet. The N&N Winery is directly across the road from Robert Mondavi Winery. We did a complete histroric restoration of the old farmstead and grounds, its re-use as the winery. Even the landscaping is representative of what a turn-of-the-century kitchen garden and color garden would have been. Their wines are great and the family even greater. Thanks for asking.

Haven't tried the others, but Cakebread makes excellent wines.
Have you ever done any work for V Sattui--love their place.

...watch out pea and jdarg. This gull means business!!!!!

Oh- Mermaid is way ahead of me. Hope she has some coattails to ride on!!!

Kurt, if we posted South Walton stickers on all the French doors and windows of Conch Out, would it be as effective as putting up plywood before the storm? And did you know that the SoWal sticker has competition? Yes, it can be found at Seagrove Market and sells for $1.95 and there is no contest there.

I have a feeling that whoever wins the prize for the Paint Test will be honored to have both you and Tootsie, as well as Smilin' Joe as guests for the dinner. I am having a great time making out sample menus and thinking about all these suggestions. We've received them via the Board and also in PMs. Some great ideas, with a lot of diversity.

When the job is done, Tootsie and I will have to shop for a unique door knocker made from leather and pearls!

Donna, I'm crazy about the colors on this house! Not what I would have thought of but I think it's lovely. It's bright and cheery on the inside too. Reminds me of a fairy tale. Just wanted to share. ;-)

http://www.emeraldcoasttours.com/71allenloop/

i painted in cape may, nj for a couple of summers for a lifelong local. if you've been there recently, you've seen all the wacky color schemes going on. i'm not a color snob by any means, but can no longer tolerate sea-foam(having lived in miami during it's heyday) and what i enjoy seeing is a beach house painted classically, body: white, trim: forrest green, deck: poly grey. obvoiusly, having never seen your house, that may not fit. i saw no link to your house in the thread, and went to VT area and saw no listing for conchout in grayton. i'd love to see the house if i knew the addy.


jr

i painted in cape may, nj for a couple of summers for a lifelong local. if you've been there recently, you've seen all the wacky color schemes going on. i'm not a color snob by any means, but can no longer tolerate sea-foam(having lived in miami during it's heyday) and what i enjoy seeing is a beach house painted classically, body: white, trim: forrest green, deck: poly grey. obvoiusly, having never seen your house, that may not fit. i saw no link to your house in the thread, and went to VT area and saw no listing for conchout in grayton. i'd love to see the house if i knew the addy.


jr

Here you go, John. Join in the painting fun!

http://www.emeraldcoasttours.com/17hotzavenue/

John - Donna is on all our pages, one of which is on SoWal.com - http://www.sowal.com/rentals.html

Her tour is http://www.emeraldcoasttours.com/17hotzavenue

And did you know that the SoWal sticker has competition? Yes, it can be found at Seagrove Market and sells for $1.95 and there is no contest there.

I hope they are not using, "SoWal" which Kurt has trademarked. :shock:

Also, the more I think about John R's seafoam comment, I do not thing the white with green trim and porch grey will work on Donna's house. You see, Donna is so close to the Gulf that the water occasionally sprays some seafoam on her house. The problem is that it is not the green color that she is thinking about. It is more of a pale brown yucky color, and that would make the white paint look really dirty. Though after further thought, that would give Donna an excuse to visit her house more often. "Sorry, I have to fly to Florida to clean my house. Bye-bye!":funn:

I always have called "seafoam"...fish spit. No fish spit for Donna's home!!

One thing to keep in mind for trim is that if there's a hurricane and you board up your windows/doors you'll want a color that blends in easily when you patch up the holes from the nails on the window/door frames. Does this get me dinner, Donna?

thanks all for the links. kurt, speced going out of forumland to sowal world HQ, i i just went down the forum page and dodn't know the street addy. having seen the pics from the VT, i know exactly where it is.

i'm not up to speed on paint names, but if you want to see what works in cape may, check these pages, i just googled cape may rentals. many pics.

http://www.capemaytimes.com/rentals/default.htm

http://vacationhomes.com/city_search.cfm?l=737

http://www.vamoose.com/cape-may-vacation-rentals.html


jr

SJ, I am after reading your Donna will travel for housekeeping joke. A high school buddy visited us at The Conch Out one day and asked how long it took us to clean the house. The embarrassing answer is that it would take me a month and it wouldn't be as right as it is with our excellent housekeeper. Plus, I would be one grumpy beachcomber as a result. Yours truly is sadly lacking the gene for fastidious housekeeping, ironing, sewing, or stuffing mushrooms. All these things hold value for me, however, so the mitigating factor is that we are good at writing checks.

I am loving these color suggestions and keeping a file with everything. So far, looks like the solution may be a hybrid of suggestions from several parties. Maybe this is stacking up as a dinner party for far more than eight souls!?! Stay tuned for the next sample menu with wine pairings after this weekend. I am thinking oysters, wild mushrooms, tenderloin, and very hearty wines. Also thinking about summer berries and Proust.

Today's paint thoughts: White trim (Paula, you're right about plywood fills and paint matching.) and white wooden rafters (many of these) in the porch ceilings; tin undersiding of the porch roofs, natch; a bottle green on the walls (not dark green, but the color of the old Coca Cola bottles with light shining through them, also the color of the Gulf just before the wave breaks at shoreline); and that deep blue-green or greenish teal for the French doors (the color of the water at the Destin Overpass Bridge). And some kind of eye-catching weather vane, possibly a vertigred copper.....MERMAID!!! :clap_1:

No fish spit for The Conch Out. Like Madonna, it is getting good at reinventing itself. From squat Butler cottage to big house to _______???

Sounds very pretty. This is exactly what I had envisioned. Unfortunately, I wasn't quite as creative in my description. But the coke bottle green (beach glass, maybe?) sounds exquisite. The color of the water rolling in on the sand, right before dusk is the prettiest green there is ~

Hooray, Johnrudy! You are exactly right about beach glass. I am going to order one of those pot pourie handfulls of the stuff to look at color variations. You are on my list now for top ideas! Thanks. :clap_1:

Hooray, Johnrudy! You are exactly right about beach glass. I am going to order one of those pot pourie handfulls of the stuff to look at color variations. You are on my list now for top ideas! Thanks. :clap_1:

John would love to meet Butter! ;-)

Butter will be visiting Grayton Beach again the last week in April and for two weeks in early October. He will be one year old on Saturday. My husband is giving him a birthday party; none of the neighborhood cats will come but for one big black customer named Winchester (who chases Butter). He would love to meet John, as they appear separated at birth!

To keep on thread, we are painting the house trim the color of our Butter, that's the only sure thing at this point. Butter is snow white, but has caramel markings on his ears. Butter is short for "butterscotch," the color of his markings. He started getting so white, however, that we thought his name would have to be changed to "Crisco." No, we are not painting a house butterscotch!

The neighbors have a Havanese puppy the same colors as your Rudy, black and white. His name is Louigi del Oreo (for obvious reasons), but he's Louie to Butter.

Donna:

I think it's sweet that you're painting part of the house the color of your Butter. And it should be pretty easy to patch, too, after hurricanes! I think you should pick the color of the main house for sentimental, as well as aesthetic and practical reasons, too, so that each time you look at it, the house evokes special feelings. Your guests will feel it even though they don't know the reason.

Happy birthday to Butter, early!! Have a funn day tomorrow!!