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Paint Your Old Golden-Oak Cabinets!

Posted in Decor, Kitchens, color, furniture, old home, paint on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Saddled with old golden oak cabinets? Why not paint them. I did and it was very easy (though time consuming). I started by removing the doors from the cabinet base and unscrewing all the hardware. Then I lightly sanded all the surfaces. A good primer like Zinsser’s Bulls Eye 123 covered easily and provided a [...]

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Basement “Man Cave”

Posted in Basement Renovations, Decor, Home, Interior Decorating, Lighting, color, furniture, paint on July 11, 2009 | 21 Comments »

This basement renovation project started with a request for a palette of brown and purple. Coming from a couple with impeccable taste in furnishings upstairs, I knew this would be a fun challenge. We inserted some green into the mix along with a touch of copper and brushed nickel and ended up with more of [...]

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Reviving Old Furniture with Wall Color

Posted in Decor, Green Decorating, Home, Interior Decorating, color, furniture, old home, paint, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2008 | 16 Comments »

Do you have a sofa from the 80s that looked great back then but kind of looks sad at the moment? Of course, you can slipcover it, but how about punching up the color behind it. We took a living room with blah beige striped wallpaper and pastel patterned upholstery (in good condition) and brought [...]

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