Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

lIR, why does the ceiling need to be blue and White? (I'm imagining a painted cloud scene!) wouldn't White make the room lighter and brighter.

Cant imagine what an Italian Jew Atlantis vibe means, but I'm not sure I'd mix blue and green - dump the green, there are so many different shades of blue to choose from.

Hammerite bought from car shops, can be used to paint enamel whatever colour you fancy. Designed for racer -boys, who want their engines fancy colours.

DH really wants a cloud painted ceiling....I'm trying to convince him atm that his study is enough....it will work well in there despite being a bit cliched, because the ceiling is vaulted. Its getting better...he did seem to think he was going to reproduce some Titian or Michaelangelo up there!:rotfl: (now he's looking at the ceiling next door for that!...its not gonna happen...for a start he never gets time.)

edit thanks for the hammerite tip.....that might well be an option, certainly opens up what stoves to consider.

I'm not worried about mixing green and blue at all....in fact our whole downstairs is going to have elements of different greens in it....ranging from that arsenic green through to a sort of goldy browny green (dining room) and chartreuse (we think, in the ''library'') and eua de nil in the drawing room. In fact, something we keep meaning to do is to get tester pots to paint cards so we can see if it will work from the next rooms with doors flung back. Kitchen will only have small elements of green.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Its sad when autumn foliage isn't spectacular but I still find this time of year beautiful. It was a proper grey and misty morning this morning, so much so I decided to hold opening the door for the chooks and geese for an hour. I love walking the dogs in the mist, they play a scary game called.....jump out of the mist at lir and make her squeal.

No dog here, so I just stayed with the chooks for a while, watching the clouds making their way among the hills and trees.

Then, as often happens, the clouds got organised and the views disappeared.:(

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

Its sad when autumn foliage isn't spectacular but I still find this time of year beautiful. It was a proper grey and misty morning this morning, so much so I decided to hold opening the door for the chooks and geese for an hour. I love walking the dogs in the mist, they play a scary game called.....jump out of the mist at lir and make her squeal....I also think its the loveliest season to enjoy food in....just as you feel blue about the lack of good fresh salady things you get (groan nice people) mushroon risotti and paste and pumpkin everything...soup, risotto, dh and I eat a bit of just roast pumpkin as meals...he likes his with a little chilli and honey drizzled on it, I like mine plain. I make hands done THE best pumpkin soup in the world and about this time of year friends start phoning asking me to remind them of my recipe.:D. Nuts, and chestnuts (must get some chestnut for dh to have this weekend!) chestnuts with squash in all those good things above. Baked apples, rich with dates and nuts and cinnamon and honey...or, for naughtier meals...apple dumplings..


This is one of the few times in Britain you see colours like orange and red working well in nature, in fashion etc....I love autumnal colours in autumn.:j:j...colourful scarves and gloves come out, bright warm coats, then fireworks, and bonfires.

Oh I love all that LIR. I remember a few years ago, a friend who was terminally ill. I gave them a lift home from a short stay in hospital, & they were staring out the window. They noticed all the leaves had come off the trees. "I've missed it" they said. It was always their favourite time of year for all the colour. Ever since that episode (they died a month or so after) I have made sure I relish this at this time of year. And other things like the mist on the floor (like when I went golfing a week or so ago).

Regarding bonfires - birmingham council is having its usual bonfire celebration, but in order to cut costs, there won't be a bonfire!

lostinrates wrote: »

DH really wants a cloud painted ceiling....I'm trying to convince him atm that his study is enough....it will work well in there despite being a bit cliched, because the ceiling is vaulted. Its getting better...he did seem to think he was going to reproduce some Titian or Michaelangelo up there!:rotfl: (now he's looking at the ceiling next door for that!...its not gonna happen...for a start he never gets time.)

I knew someone who wanted a cloud effect in their bedroom. Rather than paint it, they got big clumps of cotton wool & tied it to the ceiling, so it was dangling down!

I've always wanted to do graded painting of a sunset on my walls, so at the bottom it is a yellowy colour, & as the wall rises goes into oranges & reds, with the top being bluey purpley & a dark ceiling, perhaps even with broken bits of mirror stuck on the ceiling as stars.

But I'm just wierd...:o

lostinrates

lemonjelly wrote: »

I've always wanted to do graded painting of a sunset on my walls, so at the bottom it is a yellowy colour, & as the wall rises goes into oranges & reds, with the top being bluey purpley & a dark ceiling, perhaps even with broken bits of mirror stuck on the ceiling as stars.

But I'm just wierd...:o

funnily enough dh did suggest similar and I said I didn't want a night time ceiling downsiars....but might consider it for our bathroom...but with LED ''stars''.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

the walls are going to be mainly covered by white (well mainly white, white with a hint of the italianate jew showing)

So many hints about you that get dropped from time to time, LIR. Someone should really collate them. But not me, as I'm hopeless at that sort of thing.

I'm still trying to work out how an italianate jew differs in colour from an ordinary Italian? Dark hair, dark eyes, 'tanned' complexion. That would apply to both, I would have thought? Differences in religious outlook don't seem to translate into a paint colour chart as far as I can work out.

GDB2222

Davesnave wrote: »

I replied immediately and rather tersely, "No, that was the other one. You didn't know me. If you did, you'd know I'd never be injured on any rugby field!"

There are two explanations that spring to mind. The one I prefer is that you were three times the size of any of the other players, like William Perry "The Fridge".

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

So many hints about you that get dropped from time to time, LIR. Someone should really collate them. But not me, as I'm hopeless at that sort of thing.

I'm still trying to work out how an italianate jew differs in colour from an ordinary Italian? Dark hair, dark eyes, 'tanned' complexion. That would apply to both, I would have thought? Differences in religious outlook don't seem to translate into a paint colour chart as far as I can work out.

True, it would be offensive if it wasn't dh saying it. BTW, dh isn't a religious Jew, just a genetic/culturally influenced one. He has been as influenced IMO, by Christianity, but in a different way. I'd say dh has a funny look, very...transiant. He can look ''Italian'' or ''Jewish'' or ''Arab-influenced'' (I wonder if thats why he wants a part bred arabian horse?) sometimes even sort of Indian...which isn't there at all! He always gets a VERY through check in American custums and gets taken into a little room. A couple we are very friendly with...sort of best couple friends in Milan, are very Italian, but both very tall, blue eyed and blonde.


Anyway....he's in Milan today, for hearing umpteen in our case against our landlord....today was the second chance for the witnesses for the landlord to appear and give evidence, and their second no show. Next time (in Feb) they get a fine and an escort to court by the police if they don't show. I do want to go next time if I can....


HE'S COMING HOME tonight :j:j:j:j:j and he's just poppoing to the supermarket to bring me home some of the twinings tea I like that we can't buy in England...nuts, huh?

GDB2222

LIR, as far as I can see, roughly 30-50% of the people on the nice people thread are either Jewish or married to someone Jewish. I'll come out of the closet on that one - both apply to me.

Chag sameach, by the way.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

LIR, as far as I can see, roughly 30-50% of the people on the nice people thread are either Jewish or married to someone Jewish. I'll come out of the closet on that one - both apply to me.

Chag sameach, by the way.

Same to you.:) (I had to google it to check though:o)
It reminds me of my favourite Jewish joke....

Man in bar to his friend ''Hey, you're a Jew aren't you?''

friend ''We-ell......Jew-ish''.

I love that joke -its silly but it cracks me up. (some one in my family wrote a jewish joke book...at least I think it was a jewish joke book....oh, and I should make that clear, DH's family not mine...therefore not offensive.)

Now we have to work out percentages for other things that I think we are different from national average in on the thread......edit: 30-50% really?

Wheezy_2

I'm a good Catholic boy :A