Can I make these colors work together?
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Comments (1)sorry to hear your mom still needs your help... but better that you can indeed help her! hope to see you, "next time" or maybe at the October Ft Worth Swap! take care!...See MoreMaking cabinets in adjacent rooms work together
Comments (8)Thank you, all, for your comments. I do have a follow-up question: in the design a couple companies have given me, they have units of shelves of different heights situated side by side. For example, one set of shelves are spaced 12" apart whereas the shelves right next to it are spaced 16" apart. Since I tend to be very symmetrical, the asymmetry bothers me. Shouldn't shelves in side by side "units" be spaced the same? Beverly -- I've looked at the EasyTrack site before. I can't figure out how to use the site very effectively. Have you successfully done a design on it or did you contact a rep to have them do it?...See MoreHow do I make these woods work together
Comments (5)I wouldn't leave any oak cabinets the current color if you paint some silver sage. I don't think the silver sage color goes with the yellow oak. Maybe the right shade of creamy white would look OK with the existing oak finish. For a wood finish to go with silver sage paint, I'd experiment with espresso. Or, you could also strip off the current finish, which I'm pretty sure is a yellow lacquer, quite easily, brush on a solution of baking soda for a driftwood-like color that would look great with the silver sage. I have very similar oak cabinets and have played around with different finishes on them. At first I thought it would be easier to paint than to strip and refinish -- but it's not. Not if you are picky about the paint finish anyway....See MoreMaking old patio and new pool deck work together
Comments (4)True ... it can be tricky working with rounded patterns such as the corners of your existing patio. But the answer is not to ignore them and go radically different because of fear and a present dislike. It is to be more careful in coordinating the new with the old. But the only way this is possible is by working in plan view, which would give an ACCURATE picture of what exists. Presently, we have no idea. I would add that it's high risk to incorporate a radically different style immediately next to an existing style. It's not impossible as Pei's pyramid in front of the Louvre demonstrates. But are we looking for something that different and willing to take the chance? For every attempt at doing that, I'm sure there are many failures or less than stellar results. It would be more reasonable to presume that we're not all world class architects and shoot for something compatible and in the same family. And then, in regards to your statement, "Maybe it's [the patio appearance] partially because the yard has no landscaping yet." Let me add some punctuation ... !!!!! Absolutely! It's impossible to be thrilled with a patio that is surrounded on all sides by veritable barren wasteland....See MoreLee Ann
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