u/GatsbyThePoodle

▲ 1 r/paint

Is $16k too much to repaint a small semi-detached house?

I’m trying to sanity-check an exterior painting quote I received because the numbers aren’t making sense to me.

My house is a small semi-detached frame house in Brooklyn/NYC. Based on the survey, the building itself appears to be approximately 13.8 ft wide by 49.5 ft deep. Since it is semi-detached, one long side is shared/attached, so only three exterior sides should need painting. Also, the front portion is one story, while the side/rear are two stories.

The exterior was already refinished/painted in October, so I don’t think this should be a full restoration job. I’m planning to repaint it in Sherwin-Williams Caribbean Coral, and I understand that coral/red tones may need two coats. I’m also expecting normal prep.

But I was quoted $16,000, and the contractor said my house is3,000 sq. ft, it’s not I don’t even, think it’s 3000 ft.² if you accidentally added the party walls

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u/GatsbyThePoodle — 7 hours ago
▲ 12 r/Roses

New Dawn Rose?

After some reverse image search and chat chatGPT I believe this is a New Dawn and from the description of how big it can get. These are previous years blooms, she had significant die back this year, but in the first photo those blooms are on

a 17ish foot cane, the winter die back was needed.

u/GatsbyThePoodle — 24 hours ago
▲ 4 r/Roses

Rose ID?

7b Brooklyn NYC. Softly fragrant, dark glossy foliage, single rose bloom, prone to black spot ( my fault she’s pretty dense). Container grown…. Never changed it but it seems happy there. I so want to put it in a stone or clay pot but I’m scared I’ll ruin it or that maybe it’s long since broken through the bottom and is actually rooted under the pavers 😅.

u/GatsbyThePoodle — 1 day ago
▲ 26 r/Roses

Help identifying some of my roses.

I only know the name of one of my roses and that’s because I bought it last year. All of the roses that I have were either purchased when I was a child or grown from cuttings from my neighbor when I was a child or I rescued from newbuild/reno sites when the owners didn’t want to keep them. I wanted to start with my favorites 😆.

1-3 rose 1, fragrant, picked up from a recently dug up garden 15 years ago

4-5 rose 2, a pandy purchase half dead no tag Home Depot let me have it for a dollar.

6-7 rose 3, super fragrant, smells like sugar and super fussy even when all basic needs are met.

8 rose 4, grown from a cutting from my neighbors yard 28 years ago not really fragrant blooms late May to early June gives one good showing a year, current has 15 foot canes draped over the garage, she’s a little wild hasn’t had a good prune in years.

u/GatsbyThePoodle — 1 day ago

My first rust bag! Always wanted a School Bsg happy that’s it’s in color I didn’t already have🥰.

She’s actually speckled with mold scars but I used 1500 grit sandpaper and Leather therapy to even it out. Saw this strap on Poshmark and thought it would be perfect, didn’t realize how perfect! I can’t wait until fall 🍁!

u/GatsbyThePoodle — 21 days ago
▲ 183 r/euphoria

Maddy! Girl! This could have never been you.

All jokes aside, this is honestly one of my favorite scenes in Euphoria across all 3 seasons. It is comedic and cinematic gold! I loved the blocking, acting and the cinematography.

We have Cassie Jacobs front and center, after all it is her wedding day, while the chaos unfolds behind her. She does not look back at all! She is so self absorbed even when her husband is being worked over.

Classic Cassie! She's completely locked into her own world, crying and spiraling, but not actually taking in what's happening around her.

Then Cassie, the absolute legend that she is, agreeing… seeking validation possibly with the Mob Boss who is oh so causally eating something he had to have made in their kitchen. I can’t wait for Juana to come and clean that up, the singular plate and fork and all the blood.

There was something so cinematically delicious about the scene. I can’t put my finger on all of it, but it just felt like I was watching a movie and only a scene like this could be shot in a room as tacky as that and make complete sense.

What was your favorite scene from tonight’s ep?

u/GatsbyThePoodle — 23 days ago