A Touch of Color

For a long time, we, well, actually "I" have wanted color in the living room area. I hate white walls - it says "cheap, rented apartment", not "home". Anyway...I had originally planned on painting the angled wall behind the TV as an accent wall, but out here in the southwest, all walls have what they call "orange peel" on it. It's a texturing spray under the paint to supposedly hide defects in the wall. Actually, it hides nothing, and makes repainting a nightmare. Like painting on stucco.

I had a leftover can of brown paint I never used after repainting our upstairs bathroom and thought, maybe if I just painted our stair railing, that would add a touch of color. It'd be easier than the wall, in the same general area, would break up the white on white walls, and the railing needed repainting anyway.

Tim started with a wire brush, Logan & Jordan hand-scraped (mostly Logan) the railing, then I primed and painted it. Where was Adam? He slept through the process. Anyway, the first coat made the rail look like it was made of wood. Logan & I wanted to keep it that way, but realized it would just look unpainted to those uncreative people around us. I added the second coat and touch ups.

Now we have a touch of color in the living room area. Glad we did it.

Radishes

A few months ago, I decided Logan could use a hands-on science project - and if it taught patience, too, that's even better. I decided on purchasing a Root View Farm kit. You plant seeds in dirt they give you, and using rope wicks, water gets absorbed through the bottom, up to the roots, and grows your root-type vegetables.

Typical Logan, he didn't follow directions. He planted all of 1 kind of veggie instead of the 3 different ones they supplied. We had to put in some carrot seeds after the fact. He also didn't plant them next to the glass for viewing, so we have no idea if our 2 carrot plants are all greens or are actually growing.

Either way, we did end up with a few radishes after about 60 days. The largest one was sort of dull-tasting. Maybe it stayed in the dirt too long. The others were spicy and good. We had them in our salad that night.

As for the 2 carrot plants, only time will tell if they'll turn out okay. Either way, I think we're going to do all carrots next time around.