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It’s my favorite post of the year! Friends, today is the Sherwin-Williams 2023 Color of the Year announcement! Meet Redend Point SW 9081.
Redend Point is like capturing the soul of Southern Utah in a paint color. When I found out what the color was, I was like, this is familiar! It’s so similar to the natural color of the adobe in the Merc! It’s a warm blush beige that feels like it’s been baked by the sun. Depending on the lighting, it will pull more brown or pink. It actually photographs a little more beige than it looks in real life. This room was Dylan’s Small World bedroom, but with Ivie moving out and Dyl moving into her space (and not being a child anymore) we decided to turn this room into a guest room. We took down all of the Small World wall treatment, patched the holes and added simple box molding. It’s the same wall treatment that we did in my old office. My favorite way to use a color like this is all over. Ceiling, walls, molding, baseboards, all of it. It’s such a classic way to make a statement and really celebrate the color! Elevating the design with molding makes it feel intentional and traditional as opposed to basic. I love the way the room turned out! I will say that I had a little bit of a hard time finding a color to pair it with. Sherwin-Williams has some great pairing suggestions here. Mandi White, Tricorn Black SW 6258 (which I used on the doors), and natural linens are all easy answers, but I LOVE color and wanted something else. I found this great rust colored velvet chair on clearance for $130 and it was perfect!! It complements the red undertones of Redend Point in such a great way. Redend Point is a color that can appear more beige or more blush depending on the light, so before you fully commit to the color, I highly recommend getting a sample. Thankfully, Redend Point is one of the colors that Sherwin-Williams offers in peel & stick samples! No mess, no dry time, no sample pots of paint, just peel it off and stick it to your wall! And they’re repositionable, so you can see how it looks and feels in different spots of your house at different times of the day! Peel & stick samples are available in 275 of Sherwin-Williams top selling colors and 50 Emerald® Designer Edition colors! You can get them here and they ship for free! What do you think?! Are you a fan of the 2023 Sherwin-Williams Color of the Year?!
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Do you ever wish you could just live in a greenhouse? When we were renovating the Merc, that was the goal. To let it as much light as humanly possible while preserving the original cedar planked roof. When we started I knew that VELUX skylights were going to be a big part of the renovation (I have a lot of plants to keep happy!) but I didn’t know how significantly they would become one of the key design elements in the entire space.
The skylights transformed what would have been a 25’ dark ceiling abyss into something that not only draws your eyes up and outward but illuminates the character of the original roof, and fills the entire building with life-giving light. Transformative doesn’t even begin to describe the impact that our VELUX skylights have on the Merc. We installed 23 skylights in all (told you the goal was a greenhouse!) One of my favorite moments during the renovation was walking in after they had cut the holes for them. It was so bright!! We have a mix of VELUX No Leak Solar Powered Fresh Air Skylights and VELUX No Leak Fixed Skylights, some with shades, some without! So I feel super qualified to speak on all of them! Skylight PlacementDetermining the placement of our skylights was a little tricky. The biggest design hurdle was figuring out placement in the exposed trusses and rafters. After a lot of back and forth, I ultimately decided that getting the vibe I wanted, we would need to install them a little unconventionally. This is one of the biggest Merc Perks we worked around. Of course the rafters weren’t centered on the main trusses. Or on the windows. Or on the room. Because 100 years ago when they built the Merc, why would they need to be!? Ultimately instead of conventionally installing the skylights vertically inside the rafters, we decided to flip the banks of 3 horizontally and install them over the top of the rafters. This fixed ⅔ of our design dilemmas. They were centered between the large trusses and centered on the windows. And truthfully, I love the added character and dimension that the perpendicular rafters below the skylights bring into the design. Each bank casts a different shadow and has its own quirky little pattern!
Lighting Up the Entire SpaceLight balance is something that was really important to me when designing the placement. This part of the Merc is so expansive, I really wanted everything to feel balanced and symmetrical. Because the majority of the space is open without defined walls, even illumination was the goal to make it feel united. The glass walls on the loft make the space feel like it’s part of the larger room. So having VELUX skylights there was important to visually balance the natural light. Plant HeavenWith all of my plants, you can imagine just how important natural light is. Installing skylights means that I can spread my plants throughout the space. The most critcal bank of skylights in the main living area is the one directly above the living wall. Without it I would need to have a very intense artificial light system to give the plants adequate light to grow. Another huge bonus is that the plants grow upward. You might be thinking, uhhh of course they do? But plants don’t necessarily grow upward, they grow toward light. Without the bank of skylights shining down directly on the entirety of the wall, all of the plants would be reaching toward the window and the wall wouldn’t be visually balanced. So cool right!? Skylights in the Primary BedroomOur primary bedroom has the same exposed roof that the main living area of the Merc has, but because it’s the bedroom, I wanted less sunlight to make it more comfortable for sleeping. We installed two No Leak Solar Powered Fresh Air Skylights with room darkening shades in this space and love them! The room darkening shades work so well, they make the room nice and dark for sleeping. Perfect for afternoon naps! Skylights in the Office LoftThe design of the office, with its glass walls and white paint makes this space feel like such a fun modern juxtaposition from the original adobe walls. This space is my sanctuary. I love working out of it everyday and the natural light that fills it makes my heart so happy. Because of the light that comes in from the skylights, I have plants spread throughout the entire room. Its where all of my most demanding guys hang out and can get the most love. Unlike the room darkening shades that we installed in the bedroom, I used VELUX light filtering shades. They are remote controlled and when they are closed they have the best filtered light, and soften hard shadows. It’s a dream for when I am shooting product shots! How are the Temperatures!?Hands down the most common question we get about our skylights is how they perform in the heat of Southern Utah. In the summer our temps regularly are over 100 degrees. After living with them for a full year, I have so much information to share! First, let me put any and all concerns to rest. All of the VELUX skylights we installed have dual paned, lowE3 glass that is extremely energy efficient. These are not just pieces of glass in the roof, they are designed to protect interior temperatures. Adding shades helps boost the skylights’ energy performance by controlling the amount of sunlight that comes through. In the main living area where we don’t have shades the spot of direct light is a little warmer than the rest of the room. The puppies love it and follow it along the floor all day long. Even with the wild outside heat, we have never had an issue cooling the space. Want proof? Buckle in because I’m about to blow your mind. From May 2020-May 2021 our utility bill average was $217.62 for the 2000 sq ft of Phase 1. From May 2021-May 2022 the average was $268.15 for the entire 4200 sq ft space after the completed renovation. The bill only went up $50 (!!??!) FIFTY DOLLARS. If that’s not a testament to the efficiency of our skylights and windows, I don’t know what is! In short, we have LOVED our VELUX skylights. The quality, smart technology, beauty, efficiency and style have surpassed even my wildest dreams. If you are considering them, do it, 1000x over!! It transforms a home into a light filled sanctuary in ways you couldn’t get any other way, unless you move into an actual greenhouse!
The post Living with Skylights in the Merc appeared first on Vintage Revivals. Via https://vintagerevivals.com/living-with-skylights-in-the-merc/ Do you ever get itchy to do a project? Like you’re just living your merry life and an idea pops into your head and just sits there stirring things up until you finally do it?! For the last little while I’ve wanted to repaint our front doors (all 3 of them!) with a new fun color. I love the original color Jasper, but life is too short to not try new fun things! And it felt like the perfect time with the wrapping up of Phase 2 of the renovation. The straw that broke the camel’s back was when during a heavy rainstorm water was pouring through one of the horizontal panels on the door! After a little bit of a paint color fiasco (the color I was originally wanted looked very different outside than what I was expecting) I narrowed it down and was ready to paint!
If I can make a project even a little more approachable, that is always my goal, so for this door painting project I decided to use the most simple effective tools to get the job done. A paint brush and my Handy Paint Pail. One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they are using a brush is they don’t know how to control the amount of paint that is actually on it. There are 2 key issues that people don’t realize make all the difference in the world.
Handy Paint Pails so easily fix both of those issues! The outer edge of a Handy Paint Pail has a hard 90 degree angle on it to easily scrape off your brush. When I’m painting, I always dip my brush in the paint and then scrape off one side. I’ve found that is the perfect amount to get started! The magnetic cup holds your paint brush out of the paint, and helps ensure that the ferrule (the metal part that connects the handle to the bristles) stays clean. In turn that means less dripping, cleaner hands, and a better finish. All of Handy’s products have disposable liners that make clean up a breeze! (Because let’s be honest, who after a whole painting project wants to spend time cleaning up!? I never do (Court always does that part! lol) Everything is designed to make your painting project easier, from the disposable liners, to the way the handles can be adjusted for your grip, they are an absolute necessity!! I super love the mossy green paint color that they ended up (Sherwin-Williams Palm Leaf) You can find Handy Products at most paint retailers (like Sherwin-Williams or Home Depot) or on Amazon!
The post Repainting the Front Doors at the Merc appeared first on Vintage Revivals. Via https://vintagerevivals.com/repainting-the-front-doors-at-the-merc/ One of my go to places for plants is Home Depot. They can have KILLER varieties at great prices! It’s all about knowing what to look for. Here’s my essential checklist to buying plants from Home Depot!
1: Go frequently!My first tip is to go frequently! Ask one of the Home Depot garden staff what day of the week restocks happen. It usually is the same day every week! Thursdays are the special day in my store!! And honestly, every time we go to Home Depot, I take a quick peek in the houseplant section. While I may not be consistent with anything else in my life, I will check the garden center like clockwork! 2. Picking the best plantSome of my favorite plants are from Home Depot! The GIANT Monstera with leaves the size of UFO’s? Home Depot! In fact, my oldest plant is a Staghorn Fern that I found at HD! True story! You can order them online and they’ll ship right to your house! With so much variety, and often a lot of the same ones (especially on shipment day) how do you find the best plant? I always look for 2 things. Healthy mature leaves, and new leaves unfurling. Healthy mature leaves show the plant has a good established root system. New unfurling leaves mean that the plant isn’t stressed. If it’s putting out new growth, it’s got a happy outlook on the world! Some leaves can have damage from being shipped, that’s normal, if you have the opportunity, just weed through the ones available and pick the one that speaks to your heart! These green Maranta Prayer plants are so beautiful, and when they are super happy they get tiny white flowers! 3. Shopping the right sectionDo you know why a Fiddle Leaf Fig can live outside it’s entire life, but one that has lived inside that is moved outside can sunburn like a fleshy human? It’s because it’s leaves are adjusted differently to the conditions! Sometimes you’ll see plants that are in the outdoor section that could easily be houseplants as well. Think Birds of Paradise, Cacti, Succulents, etc. It seems like you should just be able to grab one of those and put it in your house, right?! Wrong. Plants that have leaves that are hardened off and adjusted to outdoor conditions will be super mad in your house where they are getting significantly less light. If you’re on the hunt for houseplants, stick to the houseplant section! 4. Checking the rootsI always check the roots of a plant before I buy it, but I only check the roots on a plant that I am committed to. Meaning, I will pick my fave, and then check the roots on it. To do this GENTLY hold the plant at it’s base and turn it upside down to pull it out of the planter. Healthy roots are light-colored and firm. 5. Appearance: What’s a big deal, and what’s not a big dealSometimes you’ll see plants that have large water spots or white haze on the leaves. While it may not be the most attractive thing right out of the gate, water spots can be easily cleaned off with Neem oil. And often the white haze on larger leaves is a pest deterrent that will just wipe right off! Did you know that you can also buy online and pick up in store!? Even plants!! Homedepot.com has loads of plants that are both in store and ready to ship!! And you can shop on the Home Depot app using image search! Its so fun to find a picture of a plant online and upload it to see if the plant is available at Home Depot! Moral of the story? Head to your local Home Depot and score some new plant babies!! The post The Essential Checklist to Buying Plants from Home Depot appeared first on Vintage Revivals. Via https://vintagerevivals.com/the-essential-checklist-to-buying-plants-from-home-depot/ It’s my favorite project of the year!! Sherwin-Williams 2022 Color of the Year!! If you’ve been following along on Instagram Stories, you know I tried to keep it simple this year with minimal(ish) wall treatments, and really let the color be the star with monotone ceiling, walls, baseboard, molding, and doors. In trying to keep things relatively simple, we ended up with a HUGE statement that I LOVE!!
Sherwin-Williams 2022 Color of the Year is Evergreen Fog SW 9130. It’s a dusty gray green that is kind of the perfect mid-tone green. It’s not dark (like the 2021 color) or light (like the 2018 color), it’s just enough that walking into a room completely covered in it feels cozy. The magic of this color though is that it it’s a chameleon color of green meets gray with a hint of blue. This room used to be my office, but with the completion of the second half of our reno, my office moved to the loft and this room was just sitting empty, full of supplies for Happy Happy Houseplant. Because it’s just off my entryway, it just made the whole space seem cluttery and I was excited to get things cleaned up! This is what it looked like before everything was moved out. This is what it looked like when I started the makeover. LOL, big difference! The walls previously were painted my favorite custom white and while they were bright and fresh, I am digging how sophisticated this monotone room is! I used a matte finish to create this look. I swear by this finish and use it everywhere! Did you know that using a lower sheen like matte makes your walls seem less textured? It’s true! The way the molding makes shadow details in the blanket of color is a dream, my favorite spot is looking at the door. Like, just look at that detail!! This was a really simple project that you can see the tutorial for here! If you’ve been here for a while, you might remember this leather couch that I bought off Craigslist and had reupholstered. When we pulled it out of the storage unit Court said, “I didn’t know this couch was so cool!” Haha made me feel glad that I saved it for so many years! After I started decorating it, I needed some plant life in the far-right corner. It unfortunately doesn’t get great lighting, and anything I put there wouldn’t thrive, so a wall of propagations is perfect because they don’t need/want intense lighting. We just ripped down some 2×4’s and use a hole saw to drill holes into it for the test tubes. Previously I’ve always mixed my propagation cuttings in the same tubes, but this color + monotone style gives off a different vibe, like it needed to be organized (maybe if I painted everything in my life Evergreen Fog I would be more on top of stuff!?) so I took cuttings from almost every one of my plants and each plant has its own tube. That way when people come over, I can give them cuttings specific to their favorite plant! If you are itching to try Evergreen Fog, it’s one of the colors that Sherwin-Williams offers as a Peel and Stick sample! No mess, no dry time, no sample pots of paint, just peel it off and stick it to your wall! And they’re reposition-able, so you can see how it looks and feels in different spots of your house at different times of the day! Peel and Stick samples are available in 75 top selling colors and 50 Emerald Designer Edition colors! You can get them here and they ship for free! The light was a quick DIY. I had ordered supplies to make a light for this room years ago, and just hadn’t gotten around to it. When I pulled them out, I had no idea what the original design was, and made up a new configuration! It turned out so great!
So tell me, do you love it!? I think they nailed it!
The post Sherwin-Williams 2022 Color of the Year is…… appeared first on Vintage Revivals. Via https://vintagerevivals.com/2022-color-of-the-year/ Having a healthy home means a million different things to a million different people. One one side you find sanitized and sterile, for us, welllllllllll we lean a little heavier on the liveable chaos side of the spectrum (which is why having dirt walls doesn’t seem like the worst thing ever). Cleaning up needs to be quick and easy and Samsung has mastered the tools to do just that, coupled with the amazing customer service at The Home Depot? Heaven!
When we started the renovation on the Merc in 2018 we did a quick plumbing layout for the primary suite bathroom that wouldn’t happen until years later when we started phase 2 of the reno. By that time, I’d changed my mind about the layout completely and the plumbing had to be dug up and reworked. One bonus of that was that we nixed the tub, and that left us with a waterline that could be used for something else. We decided to put a stacked washer and dryer in the closet. We’ve had a Samsung washer and dryer from The Home Depot since we moved into the Merc 4 years ago, and have loved it. When it was time to pick out a new set, we were team Samsung all the way! It’s crazy that in just 4 short years the technology can get even better, especially if you use the Smart Things app. It’s been a long time since we’ve had a stacked washer and dryer (remember our laundry room reno on our first house?) and one of the things I remember being annoyed with was the height of the control panel. It made it impossible for the kids to start their own loads in the dryer. Samsung’s new multi-control panel means that when your washer and dryer are stacked you can control the dryer from the washer panel. No step stool needed!
The new Samsung Smart Dial learns and suggests your favorite laundry cycles based on our day-to-day use and the washer has an extra-large 5.0 CU. FT. capacity and features CleanGuard antimicrobial technology to prevent odors inside the drum and for added protection on high touch surfaces. And there is a Speed Cycle that means I can wash and dry a load completely in under an hour. I also love how easy the Smart Things app is to use. I can start and stop my washer and dryer from my phone, and create a custom laundry recipe based on what I’m washing that is send directly to the appliances! My favorite new duo is their Jet 70 cordless stick vaccum and Cleaning Station (look at Gilly in that pic!) We have adobe dirt galore + hair from the pups + normal life mess and most of the floor surfaces in the Merc are hard. Finding a stick vac has been an ongoing adventure that I finally feel like I’ve conquered. The suction on the Jet 70 is awesome and it works really well picking up small leaves, pet hair, dirt, and crumbs. I use it on our hard surface floors and low pile rugs (it’s a little too light weight to get stuff out of the thick shaggy rugs) When it’s time to clean out the bin, the Cleaning Station is where the magic happens. You just place the bin in the Cleaning Station and it opens and removes all of the treasures that your vacuum picked up. It then stores it until it’s time to change bags (similar to changing a vacuum bag). All of the dust, debris, and allergens that are picked up stay in the Cleaning Station and arent released into the air! You can find all of these innovative Samsung appliances at The Home Depot! Samsung Jet 70 cordless stick vaccum The post Healthy Home Updates at the Merc!! appeared first on Vintage Revivals. Via https://vintagerevivals.com/healthy-home-updates-at-the-merc/ |
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February 2019
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