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Comments (12)I bought this one several years ago at a consignment shop. I hated the finish on the frame, but knew I could fix that problem easily. Here it is Before. It was done in a weird Shabby Chic attempt with blue in the crevices, but the carved wood frame was a nice one: Like you, I had to first figure out what would compliment the picture and work in the room . . . although complimenting the picture should always come first. I thought that an Old World look would work best with this classic print. I painted the outside 3 borders a deep rich brown. This is just acrylic craft paint, BTW. I then used a Raw Umber wash over the outer two, allowing it to stay in the crevices of the second border's carvings. I knew that I wanted the inner frame edge to be gold, so I painted that and then used gold Run-N-Buff on the border next to it. This was a good segue to the gold inner border, IMO. I can't find the rest of my pics that I took as I painted and then antiqued the frame, but here's one of the last steps in my process. After this, I just antiqued the gold inner border with a brown antiquing wash and it was done. The bottom line is that you can use the small bottles of acrylic craft paint, glaze and antiquing medium to easily get what you want on pretty much any ratty or wrong colored frame. I had enough art already on our walls but, with our high ceilings, I wanted to hang something over the doors in our family room. I found the plates after that to hang on either side of it. They're not that orange IRL, but more of a soft amber color. The camera's flash bounces through the glass, off the cream wall behind them and always makes them look like that in pics! Lynn...See MoreHaving Area Rugs Cleaned--What do YOU do?
Comments (22)I think I will go for the professional cleaning and look into the odaban for follow-up. Our kitchen floor is also wood, so cleaning it in there isn't an option and I am not sure I want to smell it wet in my living room. Olychick, no worries :) We tried pee pads several times, first after six months of "regular" housetraining had little effect--thinking maybe that is what she had been trained on in her original home. No go. She won't use them. She has gone a long way (from NEVER going potty outside under any circumstances to always asking to go out first and being "accident free" all day, every day when we are not at home. So, she clearly CAN hold it, but something about 4am when there is a full moon on a day with a T in it when her moon is in Aquarius (or some combination of events equally impossible for us to figure out) just makes her pee on the southwest corner of the rug....See MoreDo any of you see any red flags with this design?
Comments (12)These are general comments about the layout. I'm not studying any of the plant materials. For my taste, bed lines are a little loopy at the front yard island and around the house at the top of sheet in first picture. I would smooth these out into simpler, unified arcing shapes. I think you're better off without a semi-circular bench seat separating f. pit area from lawn. Movable seating or pedestal seating of some sort would seem better to me. The trampoline is a major focal element of the back yard, again, making bed lines there a bit loopy for my taste. I think I would rather see the tramp incorporated into the play area and the bed line developed into more of a broad arc. At the back face of the house near the two outside corners, shrubs extend beyond the wall face. To me, it's a misfit look. I would eliminate each corner-most shrub and wrap the corners with a lower, perennial mass....See MoreDo any of you have black or very dark painted rooms? Update
Comments (244)Here's a sneak peek of my new sunroom/gameroom. It's a dark, dark blue. It was supposed to be a dark charcoal grey, but the paint chip didn't show how much of a blue undertone it had. I like it though. I'm dying to use the Pergo Blueprint laminate and this might be my chance....See More- 9 years ago
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