You may find the grade of pine used will not look very attractive without paint. The paint can be sanded off, but you need to check for lead containing paint first.

Thanks, kimkitchy. Hopefully our grounds will be a little bit more attractive next year; our house was a rental for 10+ years and then a poorly done flip, and was completely overgrown with neglected shrubbery that we tried to neaten up and eventually just had to tear out especially once the honeysuckle invasion began and it started eating the porch! All along the right side of the porch were lilacs (eastern NH is practically Lilac Central and I adore them) which we do want to replace but with dwarf varieties so they don't take over the porch like we removed. Wow, Lauren, that bathroom's really sharp. Well done! Have you forgiven me yet for bullying you into stripping the trim in the dining room? LOL Karma is paying me back by giving me acres of leprous-looking trim that needs to be stripped - PO painted right over about a zillion coats of chipping, peeling paint with FLAT paint (urgh, it's filthy already and completely uncleanable) without scraping or sanding anything, plus he dripped and slopped and painted right over the original porcelain interior knobs and *wail* Eastlake exterior knob and twist doorbell. It's awful. We know the trim in the living and dining rooms and front hallway were originally something stained dark from a couple of spots that chipped all the way through, but even if we were to repaint it rather than restoring the dark finish it still needs to be completely stripped down. The baseboards in the LR and DR have a beautiful fluted detail that's completely gunked up with paint, which I think is going to mean a lot of time with dental picks. :-/ Upstairs we have spots chipped down to original paint that was mint green! *shudder* I don't really have much for interior pics because we're still in "complete dump" mode inside due to cashflow and lack of DIY-ability (time, energy and skills).

First, emails: Here's a post I copied from the "read me if you're new to GW Kitchens" thread on the kitchen forum. It's very helpful in many ways. "Here's how to get GW emails when someone posts to your thread: "Getting Emails Sent To You...3-step Process There are three things you have to do to get emails sent to you when someone posts to a thread you started: "Be sure you have a valid/current email address in your profile "Again in your profile, be sure you have the "Allow other users to send you email via forms at our site." box checked (at the bottom of the profile page) "Be sure to check the box labeled "Check here if you would like copies of follow-ups to your message emailed to you" when you submit your post. (Below the "Message" box) Hmmm...maybe a 4th step...don't forget to "Save Your Member Profile" when you make changes! (button at bottom of profile page) "If you do all 3 (or 4!) things, you should get an email when someone posts to your message. "Note: Some members have said they still have problems getting emails. I seem to always get emails, but I have noticed that occassionally there will be a several hour delay and once there was a several day delay...I don't know why. "Also, check your Junk Mail, sometimes the emails end up there. Add "gardenweb_user@gardenweb.com" to your "safe senders" list as well. "If you still don't get emails, check with your internet service provider and be sure emails from GW are not being filtered out as junk." --- Those black shutters really give your house a crisp look, don't they? How about spicing it up with something in the red family, like SW Sequoia, Cheyenne Red, or even Cape Cod Red! I like your diagonal trim and don't think it detracts from anything; it adds interest. Don't forget to post finished photos! Wish I knew how to photoshop!

I guess the two floor colors. We can't really judge the colors with the unfinished floor other than which ones we like better in and of themselves. So I vote for the warm ones! They seem to go well with your warm tile samples too. I'm not sure what backdrop means in the above photo. I think the cooler colors do look nice with the cooler dark brown but I prefer the warm ones with the chestnut colored floor. This post was edited by snookums2 on Thu, Dec 6, 12 at 21:54