tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post1225438500383049007..comments2024-01-27T18:57:44.721+00:00Comments on Resistant But Persistent: A new coatSharon Longworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120227975152565893noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-44755747253001270852012-05-07T15:35:25.335+01:002012-05-07T15:35:25.335+01:00I remember when I was a kid, loving writing my nam...I remember when I was a kid, loving writing my name on the wall behind the wall paper when my dad was decorating. A couple of years ago when he redid the hall he found 'Dicky! Stop running down the stairs and bring your cup down!' written on the plaster behind the wallpaper. He must have done that in the 70s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-40133914307344729732012-05-06T09:17:21.766+01:002012-05-06T09:17:21.766+01:00Loved this Sharon. There's definitely somethin...Loved this Sharon. There's definitely something about painting a door for the first time and you've captured it beautifully here. As ever, you manage to turn the potentially mundane into something of great significance.<br />DavidND Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510971525209549921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-85237927073258647092012-05-03T08:26:52.133+01:002012-05-03T08:26:52.133+01:00Oh, my! I've fallen in girl love this morning....Oh, my! I've fallen in girl love this morning.<br /><br />I didn't realise I had the capacity to feel so much about paint and painting. My father was a painter by trade, so many colourful memories (some grey) came back to me today. Who knew this would be the piece to take me there?<br /><br />And lots of memories of my first house and just starting out in The Land Of The Grown-ups.<br /><br />Superb piece. I loved it.<br /><br />(Send this to all the paint companies. Get them to make adverts based on this piece of simple, yet evocative writing.) I'd buy paint and let the kids go hungry.<br /><br />Already thinking about what I can do with my Garden Study.<br /><br />Wistful start to my morning. Thank you.HerMelness Speakshttp://hermelness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-27269288725020706212012-05-01T14:50:56.180+01:002012-05-01T14:50:56.180+01:00And then some teenage kid will want to paint it bl...And then some teenage kid will want to paint it black to represent their inner pathos and originality.The Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10051844634899994750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-90075394108958944622012-04-30T20:38:02.921+01:002012-04-30T20:38:02.921+01:00Young at heart - aah, a woman after my own heart!
...Young at heart - aah, a woman after my own heart!<br /><br />Cle - it's so hard to define the difference between a house and a home - but I think you've described it just right. Thank you. <br /><br />Raymond - that really is such a smashing thing to say - thank you so much.Sharon Longworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120227975152565893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-21457559037090805452012-04-30T20:35:54.513+01:002012-04-30T20:35:54.513+01:00Jill - Oh my, I read this and thought "nooooo...Jill - Oh my, I read this and thought "nooooo" that I'm painting our doors while you're telling me you regret having done just the same. But to be honest, ours aren't beautiful doors - they look better for the shiny whiteness. I hope I still thank that in a few years.<br /><br />The Elephant's child - I'm not sure we have anything as concrete as a plan for the old doors - just a feeling that, apart from being completely wrong for our house, they're too good to simply throw away. Perhaps I'll do an update here when we finally get round to it.<br /><br />Pat - I was hoping you could join me here in applying a bit of pressure in the door-moving issue...<br />I'm glad that you decided to keep the old attic doors - proper links to the past.<br /><br />Susan - I think you've capture that really well - it is a form of gaining control isn't it.<br />And I'm very impressed at your kitchen deep-clean - I'm positively slovenly in that direction!Sharon Longworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120227975152565893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-72039148813128058032012-04-30T20:29:39.327+01:002012-04-30T20:29:39.327+01:00Thank you to everyone who's stopped by to read...Thank you to everyone who's stopped by to read, but especially to those who've stayed to leave a comment. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your messages.<br /><br />mybabyjohn/Delores - I agree - there's nothing quite like it!<br /><br />ljrdn - I'm sorry it turned out to be a pain in the neck - hope you get to enjoy decorating a bit more one day.<br /><br />Barkymag - now there's a coincidence - I hope you're pleased with the results.<br /><br />Zahir - I'm so sorry to hear of what happened to your house. I guess we never know what's around the corner, perhaps that's a lesson to all of us to appreciate a bit more what we've got while we've still got it. I am at least glad that you have such strong and evocative memories of your home.Sharon Longworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120227975152565893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-55573823402751782652012-04-30T18:51:42.032+01:002012-04-30T18:51:42.032+01:00What a beautiful and reflective piece, Sharon. I d...What a beautiful and reflective piece, Sharon. I don't know what it is, but you help everyone inspect the world from a peaceful, insightful and reflective point of view. Amazing. I really enjoy your writing--it is special.raymond alexander kukkeehttp://www.incomingbytes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-69423721586162682342012-04-30T17:44:41.589+01:002012-04-30T17:44:41.589+01:00That's incredible, if we think that other'...That's incredible, if we think that other's home may easily become our house! To become our home it's a bit harder. New doors with their smell of wood, colours we have chosen for them and the walls,our new coat of paint all together made with love, so magically clean up all the previous signs of the old family lived before, and becomes the place where to live with our dearest: HOME!Cle Reverieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13685963459535919073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-19511835514851515712012-04-30T16:28:04.559+01:002012-04-30T16:28:04.559+01:00I tend to paint rather than clean....when things g...I tend to paint rather than clean....when things get too bad a coat of paint over everything is one way to get rid of the cobwebs....and it's very relaxing I find!!Young at Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585882466695145340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-72290091319723208752012-04-30T12:39:59.159+01:002012-04-30T12:39:59.159+01:00When the world seems out of your control, painting...When the world seems out of your control, painting is a small way that you can control your universe. I recently repainted our kitchen and yesterday deep-cleaned it, including a lemon polish treatment on the exposed wood floor. This post really resonated with me. Beautifully written!Susanhttp://www.poultryandprose.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-851402512562257232012-04-30T11:56:58.602+01:002012-04-30T11:56:58.602+01:00Now I just need to get Philip to move those old do...Now I just need to get Philip to move those old doors...<br /><br />Good luck with that:)<br /><br />Recently we had the core of the house from attic to bottom redecorated but the attic doors still had the old blackish varnish, patina from the twenties and something made me tell the chaps to leave them so that something of that family remains.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-30936288983617950792012-04-30T11:53:21.936+01:002012-04-30T11:53:21.936+01:00What are you planning for the old doors? Any idea...What are you planning for the old doors? Any ideas?Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-26392186821744908642012-04-30T10:53:45.901+01:002012-04-30T10:53:45.901+01:00Decorating will take on a whole new meaning now, I...Decorating will take on a whole new meaning now, I am currently stripping back layers of paint from our doors, they are beautiful wood doors and I stupidly painted them in white gloss a few years ago, I will not do that again.<br />I love the write upjillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324165579168285042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-15114660302972674012012-04-30T08:30:38.916+01:002012-04-30T08:30:38.916+01:00Correction: It is Gojal, not GjalCorrection: It is Gojal, not GjalZahir Shahhttp://zahirwakhi.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-45757478217370781372012-04-30T08:27:09.495+01:002012-04-30T08:27:09.495+01:00The same goes for another scenario, a reverse inci...The same goes for another scenario, a reverse incident... My younger brother (Sabir) at the age of 15 painted the new section added to our traditional house in Hunza Pakistan, the doors the wall and the windows. But, an incident on Jan 04, 2010 blocked the Hunza river which ultimately submerged upstream areas of Gjal (uper Hunza). 100s of houses got submerged, new ones and old ones (100-150 year old traditional houses). When I visited my village, Gumit, after the incident (the water still holding large area) I sat by the ruins of our traditional home and reflected back on who built it first, how much labor was put in (during the unmechanized time), with what zeal Sabir had painted the new section recently and our childhood activities in each section of the house. At such moments one takes a deep breath and thinks of how unimaginable things could surprise and shock us.<br /><br />Beautiful write up as usual :)Zahir Shahhttp://zahirwakhi.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-65991868612822485102012-04-30T01:01:31.931+01:002012-04-30T01:01:31.931+01:00I was painting today too. I don't think I enjo...I was painting today too. I don't think I enjoyed it as much as you though. I liked that you thought about the previous inhabitants and made it an enjoyable task. Next time I'll try it your way!BarkyMaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620728689246503935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-63878307083370432752012-04-29T23:40:59.083+01:002012-04-29T23:40:59.083+01:00The only thing I can remember about painting my ro...The only thing I can remember about painting my room was the pain in my neck and complaining about it. I guess I should stop seeing the bad side of the cube and start enjoying whatever bits life throws at me.IJrdnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835602910733964632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856509975336351108.post-7538010193675581852012-04-29T22:56:13.764+01:002012-04-29T22:56:13.764+01:00Nothing like a fresh coat of paint.Nothing like a fresh coat of paint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com