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The first time Ken and I met for dinner, he wore a green sweater because, he said, it was his favorite…

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Odell Painting is chairing the Book Wagon for this year’s Tinicum Arts Festival, July 9 and 10 at (where else?) our…

• Written by Ken Odell
• Categorised cold noodles and sesame paste, Edwin Booth, Farrow & Ball, Fillmore East, Gramercy Park, Helen Hayes, John Wilkes Booth, La Tosca, Sarah Bernhardt, Sarah Bernhardt leg, the Players Club

Last month, Odell Painting took a little roadtrip to The City. Apologies to you Philly-folk, but when there’s a capital “T”…

• Written by Ken Odell
• Categorised Burpee estate, Fordhook Farm, historic colors, historic home, Sherwin Williams

Summer ’15: Carla at the Burpee Estate’s Fordhook Farm, enjoying the beautiful vista…while we were working. If the Groundhog is right,…

• Written by Ken Odell
• Categorised Benjamin Moore Gargoyle, Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter, Durham Holtmeier, Durham Woodcrafting, finials

Thanks to December’s balmy temps, we were able to finish an exterior project in Upper Bucks. (We thought we’d have to…

• Written by Ken Odell
• Categorised Better Homes and Gardens kitchen colors, Choosing Kitchen Paint Colors, holiday kitchen colors, Pinterest kitchens, Thanksgiving kitchens

Carla’s mother loved to do needlepoint, and the family home was decorated with samplers, including this one, which now hangs in…

• Written by Ken Odell
• Categorised Front door colors, Houzz's 77 Doors

A few weeks ago we got a call from a woman down county who wanted to paint her new front door….

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You think they’re called the “Dog Days” because you sit around in the heat, practically panting. Well yeah, but the origin…

• Written by Ken Odell
• Categorised Benjamin Moore Vanilla Milkshake Chocolate Strawberry Praline, Food Channel ice cream, OWowCow, Sherwin Williams Butter Pecan Cherry French Vanilla Honey Lavender

In line at OWowCow – and if you haven’t been, this is truly a Bucks County destination – we stood in…

• Written by Ken Odell
• Categorised Bucks County motorcyling, Cabot Pepperwood, Delaware River, fishing cottages

While the weather is often warm well before Memorial Day, it’s this holiday that heralds the summer season and, in Bucks…