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8mm Style On My Phone

Katy Elliott — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:42:22 +0000

This is too darn cute, right? With over 500,000 apps on the market I have a hard time sifting through the good and bad. The 8MM app is fun ($1.99) and perfect for the Instagram crowd—an app that applies polaroid style filters to photos. I shot this video on Sunday at Fort Sewall in Marblehead. You can turn the sound on/off and choose different style film from Noir, 60′s to Siena. Download the video to your iphoto library, e-mail or post instantly to youtube.

Discovered via The Little House In The City

Testing Out More Greens & Trim Colors

Katy Elliott — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:32:10 +0000

Round two of picking a green paint for the den. I love Farrow & Ball’s paint colors but all the greens are just too dark for the den. I got a lot of votes for #2 Teresa’s Green (F&B) but to me it’s too blue. I want a sage green.

This morning I picked a few large paint samples from C2. I’ve read/heard C2 has a similar paint structure to Farrow & Ball. I think we have a winner with #4 Cucumber. I like the shade and it’s a nice green! I’ll have to live with it for few days. But I do feel confident if Cucumber doesn’t work I can find something similar in C2′s line.

Now onto trim colors. I tried out a few samples over the weekend. Trim colors from left to right: Off White, Joa’s White, Clunch, and Lime White all by Farrow & Ball. I’m leaning towards Off White, Clunch, or Lime White which are brown/grey/warm whites. I’m not a fan of yellow whites. #2 Joa’s white is pretty but too pink.

Below a video of the paint samples. The colors are so hard to photograph. I was hoping the video would give you a better idea of what the colors look like in real life. View on youtube in HD.

House Renovation: Cleaning Up Living Room Mess

Katy Elliott — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:19:37 +0000

I got an e-mail from a blog friend (who is also going through a big renovation) asking me how I deal with the mess? I don’t. At first it overwhelmed me. Tools, wood, work clothes, extension cords all over our house. I can’t contain it all to one room. And I don’t have it in me to keep it clean everyday. If I move something I hear the proverbially, “Kate where did you put my drill, screwdriver, chisel?” over and over. The problem we have right now is that nothing has a home. If only we had a garage??

My mission the last few months has been to get our first floor cleaned up. We lived in the house a year and half and it’s become a wasteland. Everything I don’t want to deal with on the second and third floors gets thrown down to the first. It’s out of control. If neighbors could peek in they might think scatters have taken over the space.

This week we finally got one room on the first floor cleaned. I can’t say I didn’t do some slinging of crap to other rooms but we did do 4 dump runs. We must of gotten rid of a few things, right? The room was full of wood and scraps. Check out the ugly beam below that was holding up part of the house. We organized everything into three piles. Keep, dump, and recycle.

Now we are thinking about moving our office to the first floor and converting our third floor office into a painting studio for me! The stove is in the room because the first floor was going to be an apartment. I think I finally won the single family battle. Wouldn’t the space make a lovely living room?

Update! I put together a quick little unedited video of the living room and a few more rooms (below). My videos are total amateur hour but I don’t really mind. I write a blog which to me means it should be a little informal. Thinking about getting a Flip so uploading would be even easier? And maybe I would share more? Scroll down to view or check out on youtube.com.

Click here to learn more about the upstairs den.

Video: Paint In Den Stripped

Katy Elliott — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:40:03 +0000

I made my first youtube video over the weekend. I have a lot to learn about shooting, editing, music, intro etc. I can’t wait to share more of the house. It’s so hard to get a real feel for the space with just photos. Click on the video above to learn more about our den.

I’m still unsure what color to paint the molding. Thanks to everyone who left a comment on my post. I read every single one of them. I am leaning towards painting the molding off white. The room is really dark. I’m afraid adding a dark color to the molding will only make the room feel smaller.

Over the weekend we stripped more paint; I painstakingly cleaned each individual fluted molding, all 257 of them. I want the lines to be as crisp as possible. Hopefully, when the paint is applied we won’t loose any of the detail. Greg finished removing the ceiling from the little room off the den. The space is a total mess. Ug, another room to clean. Photos below.

Liane from Enhabiten

Katy Elliott — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:29:39 +0000

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Tara sent this great new handmade portrait etsy video she shot of Liane from Enhabiten. I’ve gotten to know Liane via the blogging world but seeing her in her element completely captivated me. Liane who started as a painter makes beautiful pillows using vintage fabrics and natural materials. Her studio in New Hampshire is filled with gorgeous florals and linens she has collected at local flea markets. I know she was feeling a bit shy about having a video of herself out in the world. Root her on and tell her she’s great on her blog. Below just a few of wares for sale at her etsy shop: enhabiten.etsy.com. My favorite are her cross pillows.

Edna Lawrence Nature Lab @ RISD

Katy Elliott — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:20:00 +0000

Edna Lawrence Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence looks so cool. Full of amazing inspiration. Check out the video Etsy.com did of this treasure filled museum.

(discovered via acquireboutique)

Su Blackwell

Katy Elliott — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +0000

I found a post to fit the bill: muted colors and lacey. Su Blackwell is an UK paper artist. Many of works are deconstructions of books cut and displayed to make new scenes. Her work to me has a quiet tone that almost feels like it’s whispering to its viewers. If you haven’t caught Su’s work she did with Beringer check out the commercial below. So captivating.

Time lapse video: Moon Set

Katy Elliott — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:07:00 +0000

Greg shared this video with me. Time lapse video can be so amazing. This was one of five best time lapse videos of nature according to livefortheoutdoors.com.

p.s. “this looks like a daylight video but is actually shot at night and shows the moon setting. What looks like shooting stars are actually aircraft flying overhead. No music here but the pictures do the talking…”

June Taylor Jams’s Stop Motion Short Film

Katy Elliott — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:57:00 +0000

I just realized I never shared this stop motion video I found on June Taylor’s website. She sells jams and sauces. Very cute. I am totally inspired to make a film.

Western Spaghetti Video

Katy Elliott — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:44:00 +0000

Time magazine just released, “The Top Ten of Everything 2008” list. This fun video was #2 in the viral video category. I love stop motion, so clever. Video by Adam Pesapane, 35, a digital artist in New York City who goes by the nickname PES. See the list: time.com.

Check out more super fun videos from PES here.