Should we center the bookcase??
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Should this bookcase be painted or not?
Comments (18)Thank you all so much for your input. My husband had talked about sheetrocking it in but I like your ideas of how to trim it out so much better, I think that would look really wonderful. Lynn, thank you for asking, yes it is attached to the wall. We're not in prime earthquake country in San Diego County but do have the occasional tremor, and it's just best to be safe all the way around. Weird things can and do happen. I'm getting very excited about this, although we do have some other projects to do first. I'll certainly post "after" pictures for anyone who is interested. Thanks again, you wonderful people....See MoreShould I paint the wood bookcases in my library?
Comments (20)I dont think wood need to be a super-expensive species to have nice color/grain worth preeserving - it adds interest and texture to your room. For future reference, If its anything reasonably knot free I would do a wood stain long before I would ever think of painting. Youd have to sand anyway to get a paintable surface and with such nice flat surfaces would be a breeze with a sander attached to a shop vac. Wood stains come in a huge range of colors - and if those werent enough you can get custom mixed - EG another wood tone, a color in your carpet, etc....See MoreShould the buffet match the bookcases or the dining room table?
Comments (11)Hi Patricia, thank you for taking the time to comment! If you saw the space, it would be easier for you to understand why we need the unit to be white and go all the way from the living room to the dining room. I'll post a picture, but right now our huge book collection is in boxes in the space where the bookcases will be, and we aren't bringing in the new table (and installing our chandelier-west elm zigzag capiz)until the bookcases are installed. So the picture won't be 100% representative, but you'll see that the floors are a very dark wood, our table is dark wood, and our couch is dark brown leather...I really don't want the huge bookcase unit to be dark as well. Although the unit will be white, we have many large books that are shades of brown, navy and maroon, so the bright white will be warmed by the books inside the bookcase. In terms of the tablecloth, my home is blessed with many children who do homework, eat snacks, and color at the dining room table. Leaving it uncovered, would mean certain death to the table. The major question is about the buffet,server piece. The person making our bookcases said he could make a buffet to match the bookcases, but I'm not sure whether it will look good to have a white buffet with a dark wood table even though the bookcases will be a part of ther dining room? The buffet would go under the mirror in the dining area....See MoreShould I paint the bookcases white?
Comments (20)Thanks for the additional pictures. You have no lighting turned on in the sitting area with the fireplace. Therefore, the illusion is that the bookcases are very "dark and large" as one person commented. Please add a picture of the fireplace area all lit up. Then we will be able to see from the kitchen what it would look like if you painted. I still think grey borrowed from the kitchen granite/backsplash, and brick fireplace is the way to go, even if you have no light. You want a fireplace area to feel cozy, so my feeling is that white is just not that. Beautiful couches and chairs as well, which your grey would complement....See Moreerinsean
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