In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, I'm still sorry about adding to your dilemma.
Hey, I'm Canadian. What can I say?
Nah... Think nothing of it. Could have just as easily been an idea I hadn't thought of but I ended up going with.
I just like it when I put a question out there and it is pretty unanimous.
I actually got a different answer from everyone on this. You said wood. Sigs said dark gray. My dad originally said light grey to blend it into the wall, but when I later showed him the pic with the primer piece in there and explained why I didn't like light grey or why the white wouldn't look good up against the sink, he said he thought the white would look great (and added "Don't hate me" with a smiley face).
So between 3 different people the three options I originally had and a new option were all picked.
I don't think i could have planned that to happen, and it probably will never happen again.
In the end, I just told him. "Whatever I do, I'm sure it's going to look good. Really, really good.".
I think I am going with the cabinet dark grey for sure now. When I pictured what that would look like in my mind, and even when I was right in the room but looking at it all from way above it, that didn't click in my head.
But when I showed that last picture from a much lower angle and had a new perspective on how that trim is actually going to look with it, it all kind of clicked for me.
It's hard to explain what I mean sometimes until after it's done, but I think that Sigs got exactly what I mean in her reply. What I first saw when thinking about going dark grey with that piece was just a little oddly shaped snake that came from the front of the cabinet and worked it's way along the wall like ivy and up the back of the basin where it ended.
I was still considering it while looking at it this way, and figured it would probably end up tying nicely into the medicince cabinet above in an interesting way... but I wasn't sold still that I wasn't going to regret it after I put it up.
But then when I saw it from that lower angle in that last shot I took after I finished the electric and looked at it after posting it here, it all clicked for me. It's not going to look like an interesting little snake that people wonder why I made that choice. I mean, from one angle I do believe that is exactly what it will look like, but from almost any perspective once it's up there, it should look as if that either was a part of the cabinet itself, or there was a quarter inch thick piece of wood as a backsplash along that entire wall behind the cabinet. That the tie in, and now that I see this in my head I know it's going to look great and nobody will be questioning that color choice.
This is one of the great things about posting this stuff here, I think. Even if you don't think you're helping out, any input that you do give is helpful even if I don't go with it. This whole thing is an exercise in trying to get info from different perspectives, and that's even my own. I've solved a lot of my own problems here over the years simply by having a place to write them out. I wouldn't just sit there in front of my computer and write things out to myself in word, so you just being here helps out even when I ended up answering my own question.
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The crazy thing about those two pieces of trim up there is that they're still up there exactly where I put them yesterday and there's not a single thing holding any of that up other than friction. It's not as tight as it was, but the first time I got it in there I was worried I wasn't going to be able to pull it back out and that was it. I shaved it down a little bit, but I'm going to have to be mindful of the amount of paint I put on it. Need enough to cover everything so I'm not cutting in touchups right up to the basin, but I can't have so much on it that it all peels right off as I put the piece in where it belongs.
As nice as it is having that thing in there tight and not ever in any danger of falling back there where I would literally never be able to get it back, I may have to consider doing a bit more wood removal so I don't have any post-paint problems. This could actually end up being a fairly difficult piece to hang since there is nowhere I could put a nail for support and the fact that it's wide in the back where it could fall and never be retrieved, but it's tight in the front. Everything has got to be level to the surface of the sink or it's going to look terrible.
I'm not going to enjoy doing it, but I might end up drilling a pilot hole in the back toward the top so I can have a screw in there to prevent my trim from ever falling back there. I don't think I could get it high enough to actually support the piece where it needs to ultimately be, but at least with that back there it takes away the stress of the possibility of losing the piece when I only have enough of that trim to make one more piece if I screw it up.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, I'm still sorry about adding to your dilemma.
Hey, I'm Canadian. What can I say?
Nah... Think nothing of it. Could have just as easily been an idea I hadn't thought of but I ended up going with.
I just like it when I put a question out there and it is pretty unanimous.
I actually got a different answer from everyone on this. You said wood. Sigs said dark gray. My dad originally said light grey to blend it into the wall, but when I later showed him the pic with the primer piece in there and explained why I didn't like light grey or why the white wouldn't look good up against the sink, he said he thought the white would look great (and added "Don't hate me" with a smiley face).
So between 3 different people the three options I originally had and a new option were all picked.
I don't think i could have planned that to happen, and it probably will never happen again.
In the end, I just told him. "Whatever I do, I'm sure it's going to look good. Really, really good.".
I think I am going with the cabinet dark grey for sure now. When I pictured what that would look like in my mind, and even when I was right in the room but looking at it all from way above it, that didn't click in my head.
But when I showed that last picture from a much lower angle and had a new perspective on how that trim is actually going to look with it, it all kind of clicked for me.
It's hard to explain what I mean sometimes until after it's done, but I think that Sigs got exactly what I mean in her reply. What I first saw when thinking about going dark grey with that piece was just a little oddly shaped snake that came from the front of the cabinet and worked it's way along the wall like ivy and up the back of the basin where it ended.
I was still considering it while looking at it this way, and figured it would probably end up tying nicely into the medicince cabinet above in an interesting way... but I wasn't sold still that I wasn't going to regret it after I put it up.
But then when I saw it from that lower angle in that last shot I took after I finished the electric and looked at it after posting it here, it all clicked for me. It's not going to look like an interesting little snake that people wonder why I made that choice. I mean, from one angle I do believe that is exactly what it will look like, but from almost any perspective once it's up there, it should look as if that either was a part of the cabinet itself, or there was a quarter inch thick piece of wood as a backsplash along that entire wall behind the cabinet. That the tie in, and now that I see this in my head I know it's going to look great and nobody will be questioning that color choice.
This is one of the great things about posting this stuff here, I think. Even if you don't think you're helping out, any input that you do give is helpful even if I don't go with it. This whole thing is an exercise in trying to get info from different perspectives, and that's even my own. I've solved a lot of my own problems here over the years simply by having a place to write them out. I wouldn't just sit there in front of my computer and write things out to myself in word, so you just being here helps out even when I ended up answering my own question.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Different opinions are good. Never hurts to get 2 or 3 ideas on something then pick the best one or work them against your own.
I'm glad that I can help.
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Not a fun couple of days. It started yesterday with a bad, bad reaction I had to onions my boss was cutting up. Usually I don't react at all but yesterday it must have been the amount of them and the heat in the kitchen that I had a hard time breathing. Finally at one point I told her that I had to get out of the kitchen. I took what I was doing into the dining room and it was like I can breath again.
Again I haven't had a reaction like that to onions and their oils for years. Not fun.
And then this morning the power went out at around 9:30 give or take and came back on around noon. One side of the street with local mall and Walmart was dark while the other side had power. The library was open and other places. At least I could get a coffee at the Tim Horton's. Closest to what I was doing. Have to look up and see what happened.
Walking down 9 flights of stairs in the dark also not fun.
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Wow... Glad your power is back up, Brenda.
I've never had a severe allergic recreation before. I know I've developed minor irritating ones over the years since my nose gets all itchy when mowing and sometimes I even get watery eyes on some days, but nothing more than minor annoyances.
I guess the only thing I could try to compare that to would be having an 8cm growth in my lung a few months ago.
That certainly wasn't fun.
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Wow... Glad your power is back up, Brenda.
I've never had a severe allergic recreation before. I know I've developed minor irritating ones over the years since my nose gets all itchy when mowing and sometimes I even get watery eyes on some days, but nothing more than minor annoyances.
I guess the only thing I could try to compare that to would be having an 8cm growth in my lung a few months ago.
That certainly wasn't fun.
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More issues with the site, huh?
Looks like maybe it's working again now?
I finally got the 3rd coat on the towel rack and shelf painted.
I also sanded down the back of the toilet cab that I needed to repair when I put the damn drill right through it. Unfourtunately, because it's made of shit somewhere in between cardboard and pressed wood, it's not going to be a perfect fix. I would have to take the whole thing down and rip the whole back off and redo it with better wood stock, but I'm not doing that. I'm not going to beat myself up about it too much. It should be fine.
Got the two pieces of trim painted up and ready to go once they dry.
I'll probably at least attempt installing this stuff tonight, but I don't want to force the paint drying. It's really cool in my house right now for once and I haven't had the air on for 2 or 3 days so it's probably a little more humid in here right now that I realize too. No reason to force anything. That's how you put holes in stuff you don't want holes in.
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Nice...
If I didn't miss any touch-ups, and I don't believe I did, painting in the bathroom should be all done except for the baseboard whenever I get around to redoing the floor.
If things dry well and I don't have too many problems, Everything should be installed tonight as well. The only time I should have to bust that color paint out again is to touch up any brad nails I put in that last bit of trim.
I already found the 3 seashells I'm going to put on the shelf too. Had about 5 or 6 really good ones to choose from. I had to put a smooth one in there because the other two look like they'd be painful and the other one I really wanted to put up there would make three very painful looking seashells.
I wish they were all a little bit larger though. I'll probably have to put more stuff up on that thing after the joke wore off.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Wow... Glad your power is back up, Brenda.
I've never had a severe allergic recreation before. I know I've developed minor irritating ones over the years since my nose gets all itchy when mowing and sometimes I even get watery eyes on some days, but nothing more than minor annoyances.
I guess the only thing I could try to compare that to would be having an 8cm growth in my lung a few months ago.
That certainly wasn't fun.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
So am I. All I could do this morning before I walked down the stairs was take my meds.
Trust me. You don't want to know what an almost sever allergic reaction can do. I discovered my allergy to onions a few years ago. I was renting a room and the lady who owned the house was cutting up and cooking a bunch of onions one day. I got back and the oils were still in the air. Got to my room and then ran for my allergy eye drops which helped.
Yesterday, I had put in my eye drops before I left but not fun at all.
Anything to do with lungs isn't good. And I'm glad your lung problem cleared up without surgery.
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