#yes i put lights in a jar of paint water to make a dumb photo

[unprofessionalclownery]

go on, drink it

[mingisanshine]

KHJ: Chasing Rainbows Preview

Paring: Painter!Hongjoong x Reader

Warnings: Eventual smut! Lots of crying, angst, a lot of confliction with feelings, these two have a lot of sober and not sober deep talks, alcohol is consumed by people of age. Overall wholesome. ♥︎

(Also Hongjoong is not color blind. I just want to make that clear. It’s okay to be color blind and if you are maybe you can relate. I didn’t want to accidentally offend anyone and that’s why I’m putting this here. It’s supposed to me a mental block.)

Summary: Kim Hongjoong. The artist you inspire to be. The artist that inspired you to be something more than what you were. Everything about his work fascinates you, but when you meet him you see that’s he’s much different then what you expect him to be like. What happens when he tell you that can no longer see color? How do you keep from failing him with the burden he’s laid upon you?

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You stare in awe at the canvas in front of you.

Everything about it seemed to be captivating.

The way the brushstrokes laid nicely on the canvas.

Or how the colors perfectly blended together, as if in harmony.

Then there were the tiny details. The shading, the way each grass strand was different to complete a puzzle.

It was perfect, but everything Kim Hongjoong made was always perfect.

“You’ve been staring at the same picture for the past twenty minutes.” You jump at the sound of Seonghwa’s voice. Rolling your eyes as he interrupted your thoughts whilst scaring you in the process. “Seriously I don’t think you’ve breathed since you saw it.” You sigh, turning to your towards your brother.

“You wouldn’t get it Hwa.” You grab his hand and tug him a little closer to the artwork. “Every single brushstroke laid on this canvas tells a different piece of a much bigger story.” You let go of his hand and smile gently before turning back to face him. “ The only art you consider art is your dumb acting.” Seonghwa dramatically opened his mouth in feigned shock.

“My acting is anything, but dumb. This is just colors on paper.” You gasp in pure disgust at how crude your brother could be to such fine work. Playfully hitting Seonghwa in his chest you roll your eyes. “What? Only art nerds look at a picture and search for a deeper meaning.”

“Well since I’m an Art History Major it’s my job to analyze art from everywhere. So I guess I am a certified art nerd.” Seonghwa scoffs playfully, as he grabbed a flute of champagne from behind him.

“What even is your deal with this guy?”

“I’ve been his biggest fan of his since forever. Back when I had tumblr I use to literally reblog all of his post.” You blush slightly vividly remembering all those times your day was made when you saw that he had posted something new.

“Wait is his name...Kim Hongjoong?” You perk up immediately upon hearing his name.

“Yes! How’d you know?!” You almost squeal.

“One I’m not blind. I can see his name on the plaque next to the photo.” Seonghwa looks down at you, with a mischievous smile on his face and you curse your brother for being blessed with the gift of height. “He also is here.” Seonghwa said casually downing the rest of his flute.

“You’re kidding?!” People look around you in annoyance at your volume, but you’re too excited to care.

“I actually got the invite from him. Well technically the company he’s under, but he is hosting this event.” You smile, but it immediately fades when you look down at your outfit. Your black turtleneck, tucked into black pants and simple boots, were nothing compared to people dressed in Gucci and Dior.

“I bet you’re glad I let you borrow my Chanel belt huh?”

“He’s going to think I’m a waiter.” Seonghwa chuckles at your statement trying to suppress as much laughter as he could. “I’m going to make myself look like a fool in front of one of my biggest inspirers ever.”

“And who might that be?” A new voice asked. You almost laugh, totally not acknowledging the presence of a new person.

“Seonghwa were you not paying attention? This man has been my idol since I was seventeen. He’s like one of my biggest cr-” An obnoxious laugh cuts you off and you turn to meet your brother only to see a new face.

Well not new, but definitely not someone you ever met.

“I’m glad I’ve such a big inspiration to you.” Your mouth flies open for a solid second before snapping back and spitting out gibberish.

“Holy sh- You’re Kim Hongjoong!” He laughs at your, very obnoxious, scream. He scratched the back of his neck slightly before shrugging.

“Yeah. That’s me.”

“Oh my god! I’m such a big fan! I’ve- wait. How much of that conversation did you hear?”

“I’ve been eavesdropping since Seonghwa here said my work was just paint on a canvas. Started listening when you said you were an Art History Major.”

You wanted to crawl up in a ball and die at that very moment.

“Y/N is an art nerd.” Seonghwa laughed, setting the flute glass down.

“Then I guess I am too. I went to school for Art History as well. I actually really enjoyed it.” You laughed partially at Seonghwa being lowkey roasted and partially out of embarrassment.

“Great two art nerds. You guys can talk about how blue and yellow make green while I go get some more champagne.” Seonghwa walked away, leaving you alone with the most terrifying person ever.

“I really am a big fan of your work.” You mumble, turning back to the painting, trying to avoid eye contact at all costs.

“Why?” He asked more to himself then to to you.

You’re silent for a moment. Shocked at such an obvious question.

“Why?” You repeat sarcastically. “Because the story you tell with your work speaks to me. The tiny details you put into your paintings instill me with hope. Your work shows me something I could never see before. Every single stroke of your brush creates something wonderful. Your art is simply...amazing.” You could feel the emotion and passion building within you.

Then he laughed. He shattered the beautiful illusion you had just created.

“You really see that when you look at paintings?” He asked almost in a beggingly.

“I wouldn’t have said it if I didn’t believe it.” You turned back to him finally building the courage to look at him. Almost astonished to see his face twisted in disappointment.

“That’s one of the kindest things anyone has ever said about my paintings.” He turned looking at you, eyes slightly watered.

“Oh my god, please don’t cry. If you start crying I’ll start crying.” Hongjoong shook his head, laughing.

“How much does art mean to you?” He asked eyes closed. You quirk your eyebrow up in slight confusion.

“It’s everything to me. I couldn’t imagine my life without it.” Hongjoong opened his eyes and grabbed your hands. If you weren’t blushing before, then you most definitely were now.

“Do you think you can come to my studio?” You stare between him and his hands. Not sure whether to be scared or to be flattered.

“Why?”

“I think you can help me with my next project. I have a certain block.” You remove your hands and step back a little. Suspecting where this was leading.

“Look you seem like a nice guy, but I’m not that kind of gi-” Hongjoong cut you off before you could finish your statement.

“You didn’t think I was asking you to sleep with me where you?” You blush and look down at your boots, only for Hongjoong to grab your hand again. “I’m not that kind of guy. I would never ask you to do something like that. I just wanted some fresh eyes, from someone who can see things from a different perspective and has knowledge on art. Please don’t feel pressured to say yes.” You hesitate for a moment. Looking back at his eyes only to be met with pure sincerity. Almost making you combust right there.

“Are you sure?” He nodded looking down at you. “I mean why would why I pass up this offer?” He smiled and pulled you through a crowd of people causing you to yelp in shock. You make eye contact with Seonghwa and see him jaw dropped, mouthing an apology.

“Thank you so much.”

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“Holy shit.” You breathed out as Hongjoong opened the door to his studio. It looked almost unreal. Mason jar lights hung from the ceiling, big wide windows brought in the gentle rays of the sun, casting a small shadow. The back wall was filled with sketches and paintings. Blank and covered canvases filled almost every corner of the room. Other crafts hung from the walls and a couple plants littered the studio. Faded and some new paint splotches cover the easel sitting in the middle of the room. You felt as if you were walking onto a scene for a movie. “Hongjoong this is beautiful.” He shut the door and laughed lightly. “I don’t know how someone can have a block when being in such a lovely setting.”

“Yeah, I know. It’s hard for me to grasp on to as well.” He took his jacket off and hung it on the rack before walking over to the covered easel. “Y/N I want your complete and honest answer. Don’t hold any punches. You have to promise me you won’t.”

“I promise.” He lifted the cover of the easel and you gasp.

“Is it that bad?” He bit his bottom lip, nervously.

“Hongjoong. It’s beautiful.” You hand runs over the canvas gently.

“What do you see?” He asked eyes closed. “Give me every detail.”

“I see a child. Running after a sun set. The tinted glow of the sun setting a shadow on her and the tiny farm house in the back. She’s running like she can reach the horizon before it’s gone. Like she’s running for hope.” He lets out a shaky breath, before breathing in again.

“What colors do you see?”

“Pink, yellow, burnt orange, red, crimson and gold. Typical colors you see during a sunset. Why’d you ask such a silly question?” He dropped the canvas cover and turned towards you with the most pitiful look in his eye.

“I can’t see it.” You freeze and question what he means.

“What do you mean you can’t see it?” He walked away from the canvas and sat down on the couch in the corner, resting his head in the palms of his hands.

“I haven’t been able to see color for almost three years.”

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𝑨𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒛 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔

𝑴𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕

A/N: This isn’t edited yet. So they’re most definitely going to be mistakes, but I just wanted to put this out there. I wrote majority of this in a day and I’m actually loving it so far. Tell me what you think!!

Love you!!♥︎♡♥︎♡

[cessanderson]

Our ugly laundry room https://ift.tt/3cE2xtp Sara @ Russet Street Reno When we moved in here in 2015, there was one room that didn't get touched at all. No paint, maybe even no cleaning beforehand. It was ugly as hell, and we moved all our junk in and never looked at most of it again. The floor was dated linoleum with bumps and missing pieces, the walls were typical 70s paneling, and the visible drywall was stained and full of drywall nailheads sticking out. Also, the ceiling tiles were browning, uneven, and the track for them was BLACK. Whyyyy? I made it my goal to fix up this room during our stay at home order. Here it is now!

But just to give you a visual, here is what it was looking like on a daily basis.  It was bad, real bad.  I hated doing laundry in here, and that is mostly because there was just no room.  We had that massive steel shelving unit that was mostly loaded up with junk, so we went through it all and threw a ton of stuff away.  Mostly old paperwork.  Guys, I had pay stubs saved all the way back to the year 2000!  I took this photo after I'd already removed a lot from that shelving unit.  

I would constantly be tripping over clothes while trying to wash and dry loads, because I didn't have any room in there to store full baskets.  It was so embarrassing!

And to get to the furnace was a shimmy situation, so many things needed to go.  

My goal for this room was to update it without buying any paint.  I thought a fun idea would be to use up some random sample cans of paint to kill two birds with one stone.  I knew I didn't have enough to do the whole room with one, so I looked online for a rug that might tie some colors together.  I stumbled on this one at Wayfair, and was sold when I saw how my available colors would work with it!  I decided to use Wythe blue on one wall, Palladian blue on the other, and some leftover Anew Gray (the color in the boys' rooms) on the biggest wall.  The Fusion Mineral paint 'mustard' color looks nice against the rug, but it just looked like baby poo on the wall.  I will not buy paint sight unseen online again!  

The only bummer is that the sample jars were satin, and I typically hate satin paint on walls.  Since it was 'just a laundry room' (that was my mantra throughout this project haha) I am ok with shiny walls.  I started by priming all of the paneling, trim, and cabinet boxes/doors with BIN.  

** Note the whole two rolls of TP and two rolls of paper towel we had in the house when I was doing this project.  Luckily, we hit the jackpot with a whole 12 pack of TP since this photo! **

I rolled the primer on the paneling and it sanded up so nicely.  I even rolled BIN onto the black track of the ceiling, since I intended to paint the ceiling tiles and track later.  

Next up was the trim paint used throughout our house, Behr Satin Ultra Pure White. 

I noticed something after I painted the trim, our vinyl window looked very yellow and ugly next to the fresh white.  The people we bought this house from put the most basic builder windows possible throughout this house, and they are all yellow and gross.  I decided to try a magic eraser, and it worked surprisingly well!

 I am not sure these windows were ever cleaned.

I also used the magic eraser on the laundry tub, which was brand new and sparkling white when we had it put in a year ago.  Not bad!

Painting the ceiling was the first time I had an 'oh crap' moment.  Obviously, you normally want to remove ceiling tiles before painting them because they aren't attached and just push up when you apply pressure, but I couldn't since they were very brittle and I would 100% break them all trying to remove them.  

Rolling worked ok for the first light coat, then I went in with a brush to really get into the crevices.  The bonus is that the paint acted as a glue to hold the tiles down and make it easier to paint without it pushing up each time.  Dang, those tiles were gross.  

After the ceiling was painted, I turned my attention to the floor.  I had a few beers last month and decided to order flooring for delivery from Lowes for this room.  It is 4x36" long peel and stick tiles that I used in a closet in our downstairs bedroom, and I found it pretty easy to work with.

However, this room had missing tiles, large humps in the flooring, and lots of stuff to cut around.   I improvised for missing tiles by spreading some tile mastic in the space and it worked pretty well.

I started initially at the far wall, then realized how dumb that was and started at the doorway instead.  Luckily, I was able to pull up the few I'd already done and reuse them under the washer and dryer.  It was so annoying to cut around the pipes and water heater, but I did a pretty good job with only a few wasted tiles.   

When I got the first large section done, it was very cool to see the change.

The laundry tub isn't screwed down, so I was able to slide the tiles right under the legs.  I did have a hard time with getting flooring under the dryer, since we didn't want to disconnect anything.  With Shaun's help, I was able to slide it forward and back until all the pieces were in.  I was also able to pull up and reposition anything that didn't lay correctly the first time.  But by far the hardest part, was the last row.  Of course each piece had to be cut lengthwise, which is very difficult.  I ended up making a template with pieces of the backing paper and it worked pretty well.

I just had to remember that I wanted the straight edge to be on the bottom, cut edge to the wall, so I had to reverse the template when I put it on the back to mark and cut.

As you can see here, I didn't remove any of the trim because I wasn't sure if it would ruin the paneling.  I wanted to preserve as much as possible without making a big disaster out of this room.  The last row isn't perfect, but it's actually pretty good.  I can always add a small piece of quarter round or caulk to finish it, but *spoiler* I'm definitely not going to.

Notice all the shavings from trimming each board painstakingly to make them fit.  

When the floor was all the way in, I turned my attention to the paint for the walls.  I did that part last because I still wasn't sure what colors would go where, and the floor is very easy to cover with plastic.  

I had JUST enough paint to do the far wall with BM Wythe Blue, the wall with the door BM Palladian Blue, and then I used leftover SW Anew Gray on the wall with the shelving unit.  I also had the unpleasant task of trying to fix this mess around our outlets and light switch:

I used a patch kit from Home Depot, and it was super hard to get the results even.  With an extra big switch plate cover, it's fine now.  After the paint was up, it was time to work on the details for the cabinet doors and get them rehung.  I spray painted the brass hinges and screws, as well as an existing hook rack, with Rustoleum Satin black. Side note:  do you all have 15 random cans of spray paint in your garage or basement too??

 This rack used to be an oil rubbed bronze and I preferred all black.  It is the perfect size for this spot, so I got to hang it right back up in it's existing holes.  

It was so fun to watch the transformation take place!  I wanted to spend as little as possible, but I did want to add a few details to really make it pretty in here.  One of those details was these amazing knobs for the cabinet doors.  They are only $20 for 4 on Amazon!  I was scoping out something similar on CB2 for $13 each, so this was an absolute steal!  They are heavy and seem like real stone.  

I love the brushed brass base and marbled black top.  So chic!

I also found the perfect hooks for some hanging planter holders I already had.  I found these hooks on Amazon, and they are just what I needed.  

The plant hangers are no longer available from Target, I've had them sitting around for a year or two and finally had the perfect spot for them!  I did need a pot for the other one, so I snagged this one on Amazon and it's the exact color I wanted! 

I also bought a couple simple robe hooks for hanging stuff to dry from Home Depot.  Yeah, it's a little crooked, but so is everything in here.  

I wanted to add a little personality, so I reused an old frame and made a little sign in Photoshop.  I smile whenever I see it and didn't have to buy anything.  It's just a framed piece of paper.  

I used an old vase I've had since the Russet street house to hold my dryer balls.  Also, dryer balls are pretty useless in my opinion.  Oh well, they look cute.  I also got a super cute macrame wall hanging to cover the ugly access door to the electrical panel.  I'll give you a guess where I got it.  Yes, Amazon.  I love it!

And here are some full room shots. 

  The floor and rug were worth the splurge!  This flooring is actually very cheap, $1 per piece/sq ft.  I bought 85 pieces and I didn't end up needing that much.  

 So happy with the cuts around the water heater!

The 3x5 rug was $109 on Wayfair and I love it!  It's flatwoven, so I plan to put a pad underneath.  It does shed a lot, but it's worth it for a wool rug.  In this picture below, you can see the hump in our floor where the edge is slightly raised.  I'm ok with the way it looks, but hopeful that it won't crack.  If it does, I have a lot of extra pieces!

The ceiling turned out pretty good, now I need to replace the yellow light cover.  

 My favorite spot is the window.

And my favorite part, the before and after photos!

This collage really cracks me up, because it shows what really had to happen to make this room the way it is...lots of decluttering!

I would love to make a DIY laundry basket dresser like this one by Ana White, but it will have to wait until things are more normal and I feel comfortable going out to buy the materials.  Here is the cost breakdown for this project including tax: Flooring $88 Rug $116 Wall hooks $2 Planter hooks $15 Cabinet knobs $21 Blue pot $23 New plant $5 Macrame wall hanging $21

Total:  $291

Having a pretty laundry room:  Priceless!