Too traditional for me. To paint or not to paint?
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Comments (8)After one of my dealers finished a window remodel, I was out taking pictures and his customer asked me about the possibility of painting the wall surrounding the windows. I'm a sucker for painting, so I said yes! She had already purchased the Signature paint in Bubble Tea so that made the job easier. I used it yesterday! My first time with it and was very impressed and very satisfied. Thick means nothing to a painter. Two coats are always recommended for a durable, long lasting finish. Use two coats. My prep included a good scrubbing and a light sanding followed by primer and two coats of the Signature. The wall paint was 12 years old and I wasn't going to risk a bad result. The Valspar Paint Co. has been in business for a long time. You can trust all of their products to be formulated for quality performance. Michael...See MorePainted slab doors in a transitional/traditional kitchen?
Comments (11)Viola Park is a line a cabinets that is owned by Henrybuilt. It is made in the same factory using same processes but cheaper: they use fiberboard (not sure the exact name) instead of plywood and MDF slab doors. These are great quality cabinets also. Viola Park uses slab painted cabinets extremely well for stylish look. I think you should go for a fashionable color; grey with punch of accent. Viola park does these amazingly wonderful colorful accent pieces! I have been looking at many many old houses recently to buy. Most older homes from 1920 to 1950s that still have orignal cabinets intact (which are many in Seattle!) have slab painted cabinet doors that are mounted over framed site built boxes. The almost all have vent holes in the sink cabinets. (why? they thought garbage needed airing!) I have yet to see an older home with original shaker style cabinets in the kitchen. They are however, in the original built ins... Perhaps, they thought they were saving money by not putting in the nice stuff in the kitchen. who knows. I think you can't go wrong either way. I happened to really like the simplicity of slab doors. My 1960s rental house has slab cabinets with framelss boxes, euro exposed hinges of that era and the cabinets are still being used. The are still straight and extremely functional and stylish looking and they work well in the house. They are currently painted white. I may paint them soft grey next time to make them look "modernized". My dentist's office has turquoise/teal colored painted slab cabinets from 1960s with flat tongue and groove cedar paneling accent walls. The design is an amazing example of MCM! The dentist who has really good eye kept the design when he expanded. I know that you do not want MCM but I just wanted to let you know that the slab doors extremely versatile. Here is a link that might be useful: Viola Park...See MoreDecorating with antique sofa without looking too traditional?
Comments (26)So the sofa is in storage right now. I went to go look at it again and it is not even close to how dirty the one in my link was. It is completely white just kind of grayish (probably nothing a little cleaning couldnt fix) so I don't THINK the white trim will be a problem. Also, I am not going to do the full on wainscoting and instead just the chair rail and picture framing. Newdawn, that is actually the exact color I wanted. I found that same picture online! However, we decided to just go for a shabby chic look so the color will probably be a light gray (similar to the color in the link below). I will post pictures (when I learn how) when we have the room all together. So far all we have done is take out the old carpeting and popcorn ceiling so it will be a while.. Now I have another problem. We were planning on redoing the kitchen in a contemporary dark brown with stainless steel appliances. We already bought the appliances and i don't think a shabby chic look will go well with that.. will it be really awkward to have a vintage shabby chic living room leading into a contemporary kitchen?? what to do? Thanks for everyones imput!! THis has been incredibly helpful :) Here is a link that might be useful:...See Moretraditional blue paint color found in Southern formal rooms?
Comments (8)Ah, yes. I know that color, and the best ones I've ever seen are custom colors. Not the answer you were looking for! Look at Sherwin Wiilliams' Mount Vernon series. "Sweet Water" and "Silver Spoon" are possible contenders. Pratt & Lambert's "Bracken Architrave Blue Verditer Light" from the Williamsburg collection is a contender. If those are a bit too saturated for you, look at Martin Senour's "Alps" (1086-D), and the Sherwin Williams strip that has SW 7128 through 7134, particularly "Water Squirt." SW 6477 "Tidewater" and 6763 "Retiring Blue" might also be in the running. Donald Kaufman #37 might fit, and #57 is paler but without much of the robin's egg tone. Blue is challenging, and very dependent on your light, which I am sure you know. You might like to go on line, look up things like "Historic Charleston Interiors" or "Virginia Plantation Houses" or some such thing, look at the interiors, and if there is a color that is what you are wanting, call them up. Whoever runs the houses will likely be happy to tell you what the color is....See MoreUser
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