Making The Case for Painting Wood
Warline Painting Ltd.
10 years ago
Another fantastic kitchen transformation but this time it included the entire house which was stained in bossy red. Over 600 hours were spent on this project. You can see the full idea book here. http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/22945250/list/Making-The-Case-for-Painting-Wood
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Comments (127)Lots of ideas....couldn't resist adding my two cents. i copied your photos and did a little cut and paste- it's messy, but hopefully gets the main idea across. i'd put your sofa in front of the large book case, chair by the fireplace, tv on the stand on the wall opposite the fireplace - so you can either look at the fire or the tv. Someone suggested using frames of one color for your photos - an inexpensive way to do that would be to spray paint them all a dark color-black goes with everything. Since your shelves are a medium tone wood, display things that are dark or light so that they contrast against the wood. Limiting your display items pallette to a few values usually helps to unify things. (I think that's why so many people want to paint the shelves or put inserts in the back to help your nice things read more clearly...some get lost). If you want to "splurge" -you may consider having a carpenter make a few solid tall cabinet doors to provide a visual break in the shelving. I'm showing 3 doors - 1 on the right side of the fireplace and 2 on the left to leave two open vertical shelves for display on each side - with things arranged to frame the fireplace as the focal point. To add some height to your big vases, consider stacking some books beneath them. Enjoy experimenting untill you get something you're happy with - good luck!...See MoreHow to make my kids playroom more stylish?
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10 years agoWe used Benjamin Moore Advance on all the trim. The stair treads were stained by the flooring company. We sanded and stained the rail to match using stain they supplied to us to match the floor. Thanks for all the questions.
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