11.06.2007

Birch panels and my wall of clocks!










I'm done doing the huge wall panels for the living room. First, I wanted to deal with a texture wall and get rid of that, then, I wanted a more warmer/uniform look than the green wall panels we had before... so 4 feet x 8 feet 3/8" thickness premium grade birch plywood went on the walls, fastened by industrial strength 3" screws.
The pain was to get the panels level and plumb (I had to trim 1.5" on all panels at the bottom due to the wood floors!!) since they weight a ton and they are too big to be manipulate easier. but finally are up. The gap between them is 1/2" that will be covered by an aluminum strip for a clean look. Re-arranging the art gave me the opportunity to hang my precious collection of Nelson clocks that have been ticking under my bed for a while... now, if I can get my "eye" (hint!) on my next clock. I even have the space reserved!

Please enjoy the pics!
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4 comments:

modmom said...

the wall + the clocks are fabulous!

what a beautiful room!

i can't believe you did that yourself + you get to live there! lucky :)

joel+maria pirela said...

thanks! it was a lot of sweat!!!! ; )

Maria said...

saw all the photo's on flickr. It's a cool, very bright house!
Love all the furniture and aspecially the stairs ;) (Whith the baby gate ;-) )

Are you an interior designer or so?

I found you're webpage yesterday, read all the blogs from yesterday till december and put all the photo's i loved in a word document. At the end off the night the document was 76 pages long!
So today i'm doing the same ;) Starting with december and then ging backwards.
Love you're website!

(By the way; i like it that you write almost every day! And you continue it because there aren't much people who comment)

joel+maria pirela said...

Hi Maria! (that's my lovely wife and daughter's name!!)

Thanks for the kind words!

We started the blog as a reference point for our decoration/inspiration needs. Some people find it useful too. I know it because of the comments but also, because I know how many people come to the site everyday. Because of readers like you, I can't stop now. This is a long ride, I'm glad you are enjoying it.
Thanks again!
-joel