We’ve moved…
No…not out of our house, but over to Blogger. Please come by for a visit anytime. We look forward to seeing you!
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Out Back
Before we were married in March, we had seen a patio set at Ikea that we liked and hoped to buy later that Spring. However, given the fact that the closest Ikea is 2 hours away, the rising cost of gas and busy schedules, we weren’t able to make the return trip until mid-June. Much to our surprise (and my wife’s extreme dismay), they had sold out of our set and wouldn’t be getting any others in until next Spring. We did pick up two of the lounge chairs we wanted at amazing savings of $50 each!! So the trip wasn’t a total loss.
I was content to wait it out until next year, but Angie was really excited to get outside and make use of the back porch. So…the search began for a unique, modern-looking and moderately-priced patio set. She scanned the far reaches of the Internet and came up with a bunch of ideas. We were looking for a mix of teak (or other hardwood) and aluminium. However, most of everything we found and liked was considerably out of our price range. We talked about settling on something we didn’t totally like, and we almost caved…
But we held out…and a day later she found the Stack Chair Depot. They had a chair that we liked better than any we had previously seen. And although the tables were small and all wood, they matched nicely and were priced right. So we picked up two of the tables and six chairs. Upon delivery we found that the table legs were actually painted with a faux wood grain effect — so before we put them together a quick trip to ACE Hardware to pick up some aluminum-colored spray paint. We sprayed them later that evening and had them together the next morning. We are extremely pleased with the finished result.
My mum — using her mad sewing skills — hooked us up with these custom-made covers for the boring black-and-white striped coushions we bought at Ikea to add a bit of comfort to the lounge chairs. We also picked up a Lack side table — I mean seriously, for $12 you can’t go wrong!
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Tags: Back Porch, Modest Modern
Gallons + Gallons
Behr paint has come highly recommended (from others besides Home Depot), so when I stumbled upon a huge July 4th sale at HD, we had to jump on it!
We had been discussing colors since we moved in (March 08), but hadn’t done so much as snagged a color strip from a single store. Angie managed to grab some early in the week that were in our desired color ranges. Then we spent a good 2 hours at the store fine-tuning those colors. We decided on most of what we wanted for the living room, dining room and the bedrooms and took the sample strips home to “see them in action” there. This turned out to be a super-important step b/c we decided that the wall color we loved for our living room and dining room (Porpoise), was a bit too dark for our space. After some more fine tuning, we headed back to the store and placed our order — the results of which you can see in the pic above.
We’ll be doing all of the ceilings in the aforementioned rooms this weekend. We’re holding off on the walls and trim until after the wood floors are refinished in two weeks. More info on colors and pics after we get it on the walls!
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Tags: floors, Paint
For Starters…
Kingswood is the street where we live.
Redux (from the Latin, meaning brought back) is what we’re doing to our 1958 split-level house. In a sense, it’s our new interpretation of the design elements in both the interior and exterior of the house in a style that we call modest modern. Modern in the sense of strong, sophiscated, clean and simple lines that draw inspiration from mid-century modern design, but yet appreciating where we’ve come in the 50 years since. Modest in the sense that we both believe our money is not our own and thus, we consciously choose to make econimically sound and practical decisions concerning the use of those resources.
Kingswood Redux is the blog where we share that process with you. It is our intention to share pics (before and after), stories, links, resources, methods, what we learned, frustrations, etc., when we’re not otherwise working on the house, at our jobs, serving others, or enjoying time with family and friends! And just for the record, this blog is not about keeping up with the Jones’ or even other remodeling bloggers who we draw inspiration from. It’s simply an expression of the creative passions that have been seeded deep within us by our Creator.
We are Troy & Angie. And we are blessed to have you along for the journey!
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Tags: General, Modest Modern
