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@carlottasiboni, I found the blackboard on the curb of a church that was renovating! I love it too.

Jeanine

Hi Nora, JonB- you're absolutely right-- I'm so sorry about that. Somerville is its own city and not part of Boston. I used to live there and know this-- I think in my head I meant to write something about its being a neighbor to Boston, but my fingers had a mind of their own.

Here's a cool site with an inventory of Older Octagon, Hexagon, and Round Houses around the country:
http://www.octagon.bobanna.com/main_page.html

It looks like New York and Michigan have the most!

Jeanine

Hi revelry,

Its Wickham Gray by Benjamin Moore-- a really really lovely pale gray, one of my favorites!

Jeanine

Kyle, you always find the coolest things on Etsy-- I love these!

Congratulations and Good Luck Beth!

ooh, I love this, so inspiring! I also love their house-- thanks for posting Kyle, just what I needed on this dreary day!

These can be so much fun to decorate with big hats. I used to have a Mozart bust that lived in Birthday party hats, Easter bonnets, cowboy hat, Santa hat, Fez... it broke a while ago but I miss its personality in the room.

omg ablevin5, you are right. I think I had the Tampa Bay Rays on the brain. My father (big John Madden fan) would have laughed at me for that one.

Jeanine

Rubbermaid's Paint Buddy is another paint-storage idea that makes for easy touch-ups

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/boston/by-subject/rubbermaid-paint-buddyboston-058146

Thanks everyone! Paint is really amazing, isn't it? Its hard to leave a happy home but we needed a particular school situation that didn't exist in this town. Our new home is really great too. And the buyers for this one seem really nice.

JeffC, Its hard to tell in a photo without something white next to it, but its a very warm cream looks totally different than the white house across the street. Whites (as I discovered) are incredibly hard to pick. Especially for outside. My original choice had pink undertones which would have looked horrible.

kelleygreeny, we used Santos painting- I got them because I stopped at a nearby house that they had painted which looked amazing afterward. They took TONS of time on prep- almost a whole month, and were very careful to clean up every day. I couldn't recommend them higher. Joao's cell (I think!) is 508-561-7450.