Brown Mold

Now that the walls were painted Mr. & Mrs. Remodel could move onto painting the molding on the living room.

This is an old picture but it’s good for showing the molding in the living room.
We talked a lot about taking it all out or keeping part of it, or keeping it all. In the end we decided to keep the molding along the top but not along the bottom because too much patching was needed. We also decided not to use it around the new opening to the master bedroom and to take it down from the art studio opening but to retain it around the openings to the kitchen and dinning area. By the way, did I ever tell you that the molding, which looked like wood from afar, was actually made from polystyrene?
This photo also shows the fan, which was in the living room when we bought the house. We liked the look of it but, once the light was turned on, it would turn itself off and on of it’s own accord to no particular schedule. Well one can only take so much excitement of that kind so we decided on a new one. I’ve already spoken previously about my dissatisfaction with fan styles so it was really difficult to find something suitable.


This is what we settled on. The whirry around things (mind’s a blank) is tropical looking while the light fits the Tuscan look. If someone is looking for a tropical fan look (and they aren’t hard to find so must be fairly popular) you might think that the designers could come up with a light that complements this look.
The fan came from Home Depot because it was the most acceptable to us among all the others we saw. There were several fans at Lowes that I liked better but they did not come with a light. We really wanted the fan to have one, as it was the best place in the room for the main light.



The red on the molding was the strongest colour we were covering up but because the topcoat was going to be quite dark, we didn’t put too heavy an undercoat on.


The colour we chose was a brown called Oregon Trail which came from the Olympic range at Lowes. The molding was a bit awkward to paint because it has a rope design running along it, which is tricky to do with a regular brush so Mr. Remodel used a stencil brush for that part.


We thought the colour was strong enough to frame all the white in the room without being too dominant.




At some time in the future (a future that is getting further away due to rising remodel bills), Mr. Remodel would like a TV on the wall above the fireplace. Although it will be in a prominent place we wanted to minimise its impact by not having it sit against a bright white wall.
We considered black but that was a bit too stark for Mrs. R so she suggested a dark charcoal grey. But, as usual, Mr. & Mrs. R couldn’t quite find the shade they wanted. In the Olympic range at Lowes, we saw a shade called Black Magic, which was too dark, and one called Knight’s Armor, which was too light. So Mr. R asked Mr. Paint Mixer to mix a colour in the middle and so was born Black Knight’s Magic Armor.