Harry went out to the woods to find some materials for a three
D effect. He came home with a car full of vines which he at-
tached to the top of the wall just below the ceiling to give it all a
real “outdoor” feeling. Next he added “rocks” to the rest of the
wood floor, both painted and real. You could walk into my house
and feel like you were outside on a patio at the beach. I loved
it. We even had some sand but our household kitties decided
they liked the sand as well so the sand was removed and larger
rocks were put in its place.
We decided to have an open house, show everyone how Harry
can transform rooms. No one would probably want as much
as he had done to this house but it made a perfect show room.
The living room just didn’t fit with the beach so he painted a
We sent out over 100 invitations to designers and builders in
forest. The forest was cool and dark and made you feel like
the area, the local newspaper did an article inviting the public to
you could walk right in. Harry didn’t care much for it because
come take a look. The public came, curiosity for the most part
it represented his dark mood due to no real work, but I loved
but only two of the invited showed, again, no interest, again,
it so it stayed for a while. He added Monterey Bay down the
disappointment. It didn’t stop Harry though; he continued on,
hall, turned the coat closet into an elevator right our of the art
the target this time was the kitchen. There was little counter
deco period and painted the bathroom with an open air feeling
space and not enough cupboards so the first thing he did was
of the California foothills. Harry painted everything in the bath-
to build cabinets and a counter. The materials cost about $30
room except the insides of the toilet and sink. He painted all
using what we had and buying a set of defective cabinets with
the doors in the house to look like they were made of old wood
no doors. Harry made the doors and painted it all to match the
planks with big metal hinges. My house had been transformed
rest of the doors in the house. He also painted the appliances
by Hairydidit!
to match and the floor to look like stones.
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