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Comments (15)Thanks BDW, we enjoy the porch, too. I always call it the 'porch' and DH corrects me. "It's not a porch... it's a deck!" Funny man.... but he built it so I 'let' him name it, lol. We spend a lot of our time sitting on the porch swing watching the cardinal and hummingbirds. I've attached a pic of our birdie having his breakfast this morning. I found the little chicks at the dollar store, only it's not a true dollar store. These cost me $1.29 for a mama chicken and four baby chicks. This post was edited by sunnysa on Thu, Jul 3, 14 at 9:03...See MorePhotos please of Mision, Shaker or Arts & Crafts
Comments (8)I saw a similar request last week but didn't have a chance to reply. Our kitchen in our new lake house will be somewhat of the style you are looking for, but it is far from complete so that is no help to you now. As mentioned in responses to the earlier post, there are a few kitchens in that style in the Finished Kitchens Blog. Also, there is Crown Point cabinetry's web site. Other than that, the best resource that I have found are magazines, particularly Arts & Crafts ones: American Bungalow, Style 1900, Old House Journal, and Old House Interiors. I know I collected several years worth of each of these while planning our new lake house. There are also a couple of books specifically written on Arts & Crafts kitchens --- one by Jane Powell is perhaps the best known. For this and other resources, look at the "Bunglalow Bookstore" listings at the back of any American Bungalow magazine. Hope this helps....See MoreAffordable Arts & Crafts Tile
Comments (6)I went through the same exercise several months ago. I looked at all the sites mentioned above (plus lots more) but nothing was fitting in my budget. The problem with "un-handpainted" tiles (if there is such a word), is the color was too consistent for my arts and crafts kitchen. I finally found an artist to make the tiles for me. She was very patient with my as I planned the project and very reasonable. I don't have installed pictures yet because I'm waiting for our cabinet maker to finish our cabinets (which is a whole new form of torture), but I do have pictures taken the day the tile arrived. It was really hard to get a good picture because of the flat, almost metallic, color of the green field tile, but here are some pictures with and without flash. Here it is the basic pattern and tile for over the range (sans flash) And with flash Here are the 3"x3" accent tiles which will be scattered in the field tile (sans flash) and with flash The link for the tile supplier is Art Tile Direct. All the tiles were made to my specification (in fact, I sent her a line drawing for the art tiles) and I choose all the colors. Christine, the owner, was very good about sending me samples and working with me on the design. Good luck with you project! Jaymie...See MoreCraftArt Butcher Block Island Tops
Comments (3)I went with Black Walnut Homeowner DIY pieces from Craft Art. I got samples of Black Walnut, White Oak, and American Cherry. The American cherry was a yellow/red, white oak was medium brown with honey blonde graining, and the black walnut sample was a definite medium to dark brown and I could see part of a dark filled knot. And definitely do the homeowner version. It has any knots filled and comes with one coat of oil already on it. After I bit the bullet and bought it, I was really pleased with the look and color of the Black Walnut that I finally settled on. It was a true walnut and was a warm to dark brown. I didn't need to (or even want to) stain it to get a really nice deep color we were going for. I did go ahead and get the "waterlox sealer/finish" and the "waterlox satin finish" that they recommended in their instructions - and you do need both if you want to make it waterproof and fully sealed. Seriously, their instructions were really helpful - even to someone like me who sort of knows what I'm doing (aka over confident when I shouldn't be, haha I am man enough to admit it). They were written like a... recipe? Had a breakdown of items you need, time frame it takes to actually do and time frame including dry time, then detailed instructions including hints and tips and stuff. Way better than the instructions I found on the crazy Ikea finish that I tried to use on a different project. Things we considered: - What color are your cabinets? Ours are medium to light brown, but I think we may have them repainted to an off white to make the black walnut stand out more in the future. -What color is the paint in that room? I personally think our grey/green makes the walnut look more "cool" in tone - but if the room was the yellow color we almost went with, the walnut would reflect that and pick up those yellow tones and be even warmer looking. -Do you want to match or contrast? Or both?! We have "mullican solid wood - oak" from loews. It is a medium brown but has dark almost black grains. We decided that would work well to compliment the Black Walnut and that the White Oak would make it too consistently yellowish of a tone in the room. This is our floor: I hope that gives ya something to work with. I am certainly not a designer, but now that its all installed and done, we get lots of compliments so that has to stand for something! Ps. My finishing products (the waterlox ones I mentioned) came a couple days before the top did, actually. I had a chance to practice which was really nice. Highly recommend a quick practice run, even if its on plywood or a 2x4, the technique matters on the last coat. Oh and last thing, I was able to find how much product I needed to finish it so I'm including that so you won't have to look through their site: "For a 2 oz. pouch, coverage is approximately 7.5 square feet for one coat. For a pint the coverage is 60 square feet for one coat. For a quart the coverage is 120 square feet for one coat." This is a LOT like what mine turned out like (minus the edge profile): Here is a link that might be useful: craft art DIY stuff - and if you have a contractor doing the install, tell him to watch the install video on there, too. Helped us a lot....See Moreaprilneverends
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