OT Red kitchen (for Frood)
Kathy Applebaum
seeing my sewing room colors. *big grin*
Here's what I've been doing this last week instead of quilting.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kathy.a...@sbcglobal.net/my_photos Click
on the "house" album, and check the last picture. Just a little change!
Once DH gets the window coverings back up, I'll add pictures of the great
room. That's the one great thing about a huge room with high ceilings -- you
can get away with using five gallons of red paint without being
overwhelming! LOL
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Julia in MN
area between the upper and lower cabinets. The end walls and soffits are
gold. I have a wide wallpaper border on the soffits that has the red
background and big bunches of flowers with a lot of gold. It was pretty
daring for me, but I love the results. I have light oak cabinets, white
counter tops, and white appliances, too.
Then I got really daring and painted one wall of the bedroom hall the
same red. It's a long wall but has three doors to break it up. I was
pleased with it all.
Julia in MN
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D Curtis
feel very comfortable with the idea of painting our backsplashes to
match the livingroom wall...
We just painted the vaulted wall in our living room red. Its red red
wine by behr... in semi gloss. Then.. well.. rather than me tell you why
not just give you the link?
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lunamom44/my_photos in the remodeling
folder. We will be installing lam flooring in January (I hope).
Red is good. Its the next white. :)
Diana
frood
wood and the ceiling is still white... <wg>
My kitchen's gonna be periwinkle. Or perhaps heliotrope. I like saying that
one.
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> Very nice!! But are we really suppose to believe that's all the fabric
> that lives in your sewing room??? <vbg>
>
Uh, sure, that's all the fabric I own. Honest! *trying desperately to look
innocent, while covering up the 12 boxes of fabric that hadn't been unpacked
when the picture was taken*
~KK in BC~
was a toss up. I wanted either red <as in a red apple red> or a coffee house
kitchen with all coffee related colours but my first choice <and I am glad I
stuck with it> was for a LIME GREEN.
I have red accents all over my kitchen to go with my pale yellow and lime
green. Most people looked at me and said eww when I explained my plan, but
now that most of them have seen it, they LOVE it! Only one negative comment
came to me and that is from my SIL who hates everything I do in my home and
then runs home and does the same thing with a tiny bit different shade... go
figure?
Now that I see a kitchen in red, I think I want more red! LOL
I love it!
~KK in BC~ Loving LIME green!
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D Curtis
I do wish I had remembered you are in the *biz* before I started. I had
wanted to frottage paint but that just didnt work well. Then it took
several trys till I learned how to avoid overlap marks, the
unintentional ones anyway. That, and I probably wouldnt have picked this
particular color to glaze with. When Im ready to repaint I shall try to
remember to ask for help first. :)
Di
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yellow-gold. Cabinets stay as they are until many years from now when I can
afford new ones. I hate painted oak, otherwise they'd be changed. :)
Heliotrope, heliotrope, heliotrope. Yup, fun to say!
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Julia in MN
like on the photo -- more like the gold in Diana's photo. The paint over
the door on the left is not gold; it's off-white to match the living
room walls, because they are next to the door.
http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/Kitchen2004C.JPG
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
What a GORGEOUS house! Can we see more? (giving you my most pathetic
begger's look)
Leslie
Pauline
room & the kitchen is a brick red & the family room is a mustard yellow -
they have one connected wall, so the colors really compliment each other.
Here's for the Red & Yellow (Gold) color combination!!
Pauline
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"Kathy Applebaum" <Kat...@KayneyNOSPAMQuilting.com> wrote:
> I'm posting this mainly so Frood won't think I'm a complete color wimp after
> seeing my sewing room colors. *big grin*
>
> Here's what I've been doing this last week instead of quilting.
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kathy.a...@sbcglobal.net/my_photos Click
> on the "house" album, and check the last picture. Just a little change!
>
> Once DH gets the window coverings back up, I'll add pictures of the great
> room. That's the one great thing about a huge room with high ceilings -- you
> can get away with using five gallons of red paint without being
> overwhelming! LOL
What a cheerful kitchen!
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Probably be faster if you come to visit. I'm right near the airport, and I
love furbabies. :)
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> I am guessing I can be in the not boring colour place too then. My kitchen
> was a toss up. I wanted either red <as in a red apple red> or a coffee house
> kitchen with all coffee related colours but my first choice <and I am glad I
> stuck with it> was for a LIME GREEN.
My parents had the primrose yellow suite in the bathroom of their first
owned house (as opposed to rented RAF accommodation). Can we call it a
barff room? Sickly, anyway... Dad took charge and painted the room
LIME GREEN! It looked fantastic, so long as you didn't go in there with
a hang-over! Then it blasted yer eyeballs square, and you looked as
green as you felt!
>
> I have red accents all over my kitchen to go with my pale yellow and lime
> green. Most people looked at me and said eww when I explained my plan, but
> now that most of them have seen it, they LOVE it! Only one negative comment
> came to me and that is from my SIL who hates everything I do in my home and
> then runs home and does the same thing with a tiny bit different shade... go
> figure?
My kitchen/dining room are light lavender blue with bright blue
paintwork.. There's a bottle green carpet in the dining room, and I
want to replace the cream vinyl in the kitchen with laminate like the
new conservatory. The chairs that go with my antique hand carved dining
table are upholstered in rich dark red, and the curtains are VERY BRIGHT
in shades of blue, red, lime, yellow... The cupboards are pale birch
laminate, and the work surface is almost navy blue mottles marble
pattern with a gloss finish. That gloss finish WAS a mistake! Looks
good, but scars easily. We have to be more careful than I'd anticipated
when it went in.
>
> Now that I see a kitchen in red, I think I want more red! LOL
> I love it!
Little Sis has terracotta in her kitchen/dining room, and a rich almost
crimson on the living room walls. Both rooms are HUUUUGE, and have oak
block flooring - verrrrrry nice! She has cream sofas, pale tapestry
curtains, a Persian type carpet in the middle of the floor, and a dog
and two teenage boys!
>
> ~KK in BC~ Loving LIME green!
In the right places, a touch of lime green is the best thing you can
have. I have a fab quilt block from the birthday swap that is lime
green and purple! :)
>
>
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: I'm posting this mainly so Frood won't think I'm a complete color wimp
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Dee in Oz
yahoos albums, both say that thay are not available for public viewing.
So I just have to look at your work page and Ragmops I just have to
imagine.
Dee in Oz
Ellison
Would be happy to send you pics. ;-P
Ragmop/Sandy--who left the red kitchen 10 yrs. ago
and did a different treatment on this house--
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won't take long to download
Thanks so much for the offer
Dee in Oz
D Curtis
place I can paint the walls red today and if I find a color I like more
I can paint again tomorrow!
Why are some people afraid to go for decisive colors on their walls?
If anyone can explain it to me I would be grateful.
Diana
Debi Matlack
have to content myself with less intense colors, but I love color all the
same! Great job!
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> after seeing my sewing room colors. *big grin*
>
> Here's what I've been doing this last week instead of quilting.
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kathy.a...@sbcglobal.net/my_photos
> Click on the "house" album, and check the last picture. Just a little
> change!
>
> Once DH gets the window coverings back up, I'll add pictures of the great
> room. That's the one great thing about a huge room with high ceilings --
> you can get away with using five gallons of red paint without being
> overwhelming! LOL
>
I can't see them.
Kathy Applebaum
> Darn right its just paint. I love the idea that because we own this place
> I can paint the walls red today and if I find a color I like more I can
> paint again tomorrow!
> Why are some people afraid to go for decisive colors on their walls? If
> anyone can explain it to me I would be grateful.
> Diana
I run across a number of customers who are afraid to use color in their
"public" spaces. They are afraid of making a mistake, and that everyone who
comes over will see that mistake. So they opt to stay with pale, neutral
colors, forgetting that is also a potential mistake for everyone to see. :)
Pat in Virginia
that fabric. I think you will probably still be able to use it
... though maybe not in the way you had originally planned.
There seems to be one error in your album, specifically with the
floor plan. You forgot to mark the location of the stash. That's
okay, we'll accept the revised version.
PAT in VA/USA
frood
Pat in Virginia
Cool! I really like the color of your living/family room. YOur
white fire place is similar to mine and I've been thinking of
painting the room a manila envelope color. What color is your
room? About that trunk you are using for a table ... did you
refinish it? Can you advise book or web site with guidelines for
refurbishing an old trunk? TIA.
PAT ... getting more energetic in Virginia!
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bedroom is what I call 'animation blue' even if the sample said 'kimono
blue', sofi's room is 'purplicious' (lilac, really), our living room is
orange (half done, the orange really brought up the imperfections in the
wall behind the fireplace and we are trying to figure out what to do) -
the only traditional colour is in the office which we painted light grey
(folkstone). I love before and after pics and it will be fun to post
them! This is going to be one of those houses thta when we try to sell
people will comment 'what were they thinking' as on some HGTV programs!
Kathy Applebaum wrote:
> I'm posting this mainly so Frood won't think I'm a complete color wimp after
> seeing my sewing room colors. *big grin*
>
> Here's what I've been doing this last week instead of quilting.
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kathy.a...@sbcglobal.net/my_photos Click
> on the "house" album, and check the last picture. Just a little change!
>
> Once DH gets the window coverings back up, I'll add pictures of the great
> room. That's the one great thing about a huge room with high ceilings -- you
> can get away with using five gallons of red paint without being
> overwhelming! LOL
>
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think we need to do with the fireplace wall, but we tried and didn't
like the result....
D Curtis wrote:
> We just painted the vaulted wall in our living room red. Its red red
> wine by behr... in semi gloss. Then.. well.. rather than me tell you why
> not just give you the link?
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lunamom44/my_photos
DrQuilter
colours (pink, peach, light green, light blue). When I was a kid, my dad
had one wall of the dining room painted a dark walnut and the other a
forest green. People thought he was crazy (and told him!). Our rooms are
not too large and we were worried they might look smaller. But we did go
for strong colours and freaked our right afterwards - however, after
getting used to the colours, we like them. I wanted to stay away from
bland pastels...
the first two pics of this album show the kimono blue in our bedroom and
the lilac in sofi's
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original orange and the toned down version. BTW, they are all more
intense than what my monitor shows, so the colours will probably look
different for everybody that look.
> http://community.webshots.com/album/123406312HDZeCq
any tips on the faux finish, you experts? Kathy?
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Kathy Applebaum
> any tips on the faux finish, you experts? Kathy?
Hard to give too many tips with just text, but I always recommend that
people practice on a board first. It helps to get the hang of it, and it
helps to check the colors. Also, when you go to do the walls, have a plan
for how you are going to handle the corners (an area most people miss
altogether, ruining the effect), and decide if you need a second pair of
hands to avoid having problems with the product drying up on you.
Sponging has been done to death in my area, and rag rolling is starting to
get that way. Color washing is great for a beginner
(http://www.valspar.com/val/resident/pdf/COLORWASHpage123.pdf -- NAYY,
except that I do sell a lot of this product in my store). Venetian Plaster
is also getting to be popular
(http://www.valspar.com/val/resident/pdf/VENETIANpage1234.pdf ), but is a
bit more labor intensive. Sydney Harbour Paint's Lime Wash (which is a real
lime product, as opposed to McCloskey's Lime Wash, which is just a textured
glaze) is also very cool -- DH wants very much to do this in the entry way.
I'd stay away from marble, faux wood, and strie'. I've taught faux finishing
classes for 15 years now (aack!), and these have not been easy finishes for
beginners to pick up. A few do get it, but most don't. Also, stay away from
the suede, linen, and sand paints if you don't have smooth walls -- the
effect is overwhelmed by any texture on the wall.
Hope that helps!
Marcella Peek
marcella
wanna do my living room?
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Diana
D Curtis
use both words, "frottage painting" and not plain frottage.
I saw it done on tv once and they used newspaper. If you go that way
use OLD newspapers. I stopped frottaging and went to ragging off because
the ink was staying on the walls and it looked like mold growing.
Diana
Jan wrote:
you might check out some
> of the online tutorials that you can find by googling..... I know I did a
> base color, with a different color over it and then sponged in yet a third
> color. There are special glazes made and you can make your own that will
> give you longer working time..... I think it's Ralph Lauren line at Home
> Depot that has a ton of different faux finish things like leather, linen
> etc. and plenty of free how-to's right beside them.....
>
> Jan
D Curtis
you find the best bits. :)
Im selling the material to a friend and then going to hunt for something
a bit calmer, it is lovely fabric, I still love it but when I got it the
room colors hadnt been planned. Its just a bit much with all the
textural look to the walls..
Diana
Julia in MN
for small spaces. I'm not sure that that would always work, but it's
something to think about. I have generally had light neutral colors on
my walls, but recently have been trying for more color. One problem is
that I like to change the quilts that I use or display and they are lots
of different colors, so I want something that will go with just about
anything. When I painted our bedroom last summer, I wanted more color
but it was hard to come up with something fairly neutral. We have a lot
of natural colored wood in the room, so it seemed that the tans and
browns would be just too much of the same. We don't have a lot of
natural light in the room, so didn't want something too dark. We ended
up with what I thought would be an ivory, but really is more of a pale,
creamy yellow, but I like it.
Julia in MN
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paint for the sponged part. In our previous house, I painted the walls a
small bathroom a rather light blue. Then I sponged the bottom part of
the walls, up to about chair rail height, with darker blue, and the top
part with white; then I put a wallpaper border between the two. Turned
out quite nice.
D Curtis
into a gallon of glaze and mix well. Roll on a small area (a test board
will help you figure out how big an area you can work on happily) and
the next thing I would do was to use my damp rag (cloth diapers work
wonderfully, not prefolded tho) to gently rub away some of the paint at
the edge where the next paint would be rolled on. Then.. you dab at the
wet paint with the damp rag until you are happy with the design. It
helps to rinse the rag out occasionally to keep the patterning
relatively similar. Its really ok to make mistakes.. roll into the wet
paint if the patterning isnt pleasing to you and try again. I didnt
eliminate all the overlapping edges but I did not like hard straight lines.
The first time I tried this I had an eggshell base coat of paint on.
It was a rather harsh contrast. The second time I tried it I used a base
coat of the same color as the glaze color, but with lots of white in it.
The base coat really effects the glaze colors appearence.
If you have more questions dont hesitate to ask, my addy isnt munged,
and even tho I am not an expert I am very enthusiastic. :)
Diana
Bonnie Patterson
I've lived in this house for 12 years, beige walls beige carpet, white
lace curtains on all the windows, white sheers.
We pulled up the carpet, put down red oak. Painted the living room
light (not pale) avocado green w/ pale (almost white) green trim, book
shelves on 2 walls the same color.
The kitchen and dining room are sunshine yellow as is the master bath,
it brightened all things up.
The hall is peach (Jim picked it).
The bedroom is a strong blue, not electric blue, not baby blue.
My studio is eggshell, don't want colors to interfere with my quilt
colors and white white is to stark. Have Ott lights.
Jim's study is a manly "tan" with cherry book shelves and desk.
The white lace curtains and sheers are gone.
Color is much better, it's alive.
Does anyone else watch reruns of "As Time Goes By" with Judi Dench and
Geoffery Palmer? They have color in their house. Do they live in
Holland Park or Highland Park, London? I'm not sure about the accent.
Your red kitchen is great, but my mother's flamingo living room with
the green couch and chair (in the mid 50s) was a little to much, she
went whole house beige in the 70s.
Bonnie, in Middletown, VA
Ellison
I was.
Ragmop/Sandy
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aaahhh--
~swoon~
I just love it when she talks paint. ;-D
Ragmop/Sandy--grew up going to the "lumber yard"
w/ my carpenter dad (he did everything, painter, builder, contractor)
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Taria
How often do you smell a piece of freshly cut lumber and think of your
dad? I always do. I have fond memories of the lumber yard and the
hardware store too. Remember those round bins that held all the nails?
The chalk line was always so fun to make a mess of and all the curlicues
of wood from the plane.
Carpenters here in those days didn't do everything like they did in other
parts of the country. Dad did all the wood stuff but not the rest.
In later years he was a framing contractor and the brothers still carry
that on. At 81 he does little woodworking anymore. When mom passed
he lost interest. I have many pieces around here he made and I treasure
each and every one.
Taria, maybe someone needs to come over and demo some of these neat
painting techniques?
Ellison
Wow! Thanks, Pat.
I took a medium tone of yellow paint and put it on the wall;
it was okay but not what I wanted in that north-facing room;
needs to feel warmer in there. So I got the leftover white paint,
some small bottles of brown (it's all latex paint) that were
close to hand, and started playing w/ the color.
Now it's a Custom Color. <g> Around the edges of the room
(that wood trim is too nice to paint over, a barely cream shade of
white) I painted a darker shade of the custom yellow,
looks like shadows. Over it all I applied a coat of Behr clear glaze.
It sets the color, makes it a bit more durable.
Used leftover fabric (I bought yards extra for this purpose)
from a quilt or two to make the very simple curtains.
Color-blind son Eli says, "I like it! It's looks like October in here." .
I love October.
The old trunk belonged to my great-grandma who raised my dad;
it was her mother's, too. U.S. Civil War era.
Before my mom gave it to me, she painted a think coat
of high gloss black on it; then she painted a metallic gold
on the fittings; I didn't like the gold so I rubbed
it down w/ steel wool, re-painted it w/ a lower shine brassy gold.
Steel wool-ed the wood strips, too, back to their aged appearance.
I had my dad as a resource for years; most of his advice
was "don't mix oil paint w/ latex paint" and "if you mess it up,
do it over again." Well, can't argue with that.
I check out all the decorating & painting & home project ideas
at the library (isn't that book rack at the home supply store
just like a library? wish they'd supply chairs forus)
when I find something that speaks to me,
I read all the details, get all the info I can, then start working.
When I have questions about paint, I ask an expert,
even if she is a machine quilter. LOL
Good luck!
Merry Christmas!
Ragmop/Sandy --Dad was color blind;
he left most color decisions to the homeowners. <VBG>
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Might just do the one wall with fireplace for starters. PAT
Ellison wrote:
> Howdy!
> Wow! Thanks, Pat.
>
> I took a medium tone of yellow paint and put it on the wall;
> it was okay but not what I wanted in that north-facing room;
> needs to feel warmer in there. So I got the leftover white paint,
> some small bottles of brown (it's all latex paint) that were
> close to hand, and started playing w/ the color.
> Now it's a Custom Color. <g> Around the edges of the room
> (that wood trim is too nice to paint over, a barely cream shade of
> white) I painted a darker shade of the custom yellow,
> looks like shadows. Over it all I applied a coat of Behr clear glaze.
> It sets the color, makes it a bit more durable.
> ....
cut
off kilter quilter
> I run across a number of customers who are afraid to use color in their
> "public" spaces. They are afraid of making a mistake, and that everyone who
> comes over will see that mistake. So they opt to stay with pale, neutral
> colors, forgetting that is also a potential mistake for everyone to see. :)
>
Okay, here's a question for you...why is it that people have given me
odd looks when I tell them that I have painted the walls 2 different
colors in my living room?? The east and west walls are chai latte (home
depot) and the north and south walls are honey butter (home depot).
These are the colors that I used for the living room in the NY house as
well....used the warmer tone for where the sun hit and the cooler tone
for the walls that were mostly in shadow (does that make sense?).
People...okay, let's get specific, my Mother, thinks this is the oddest
thing in the world. The house we have now was originally a ranch, it
now has a 2nd story. The original part of the house had paneling
*everywhere* which the previous owners just covered in paint. I can
work with that in most rooms.....the 2 colors just seemed to work and it
brings a bit of personality into the house, where there was previously none.
Thinking about that red now, though <grin>. Can't do the kitchen/dining
room in it as cabinets, flooring, etc. have already been decided on, but
it may work in one of the other rooms....laundry area...not sure about
family room (long and skinny, not a lot of light....)...maybe as accent
KJ
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D Curtis
usually, but since painting the red wall have been feeling like I need
to finish the deep toned Christmas quilt I started last year, just to
hang on the red wall. So, Im approaching it from the opposite end of the
equation.
I found that a light gold color made other colors near it kind of
POP. Thats a melted butter or cookie dough color.
Di
Bonnie Patterson
walls of the previously "flamingo" living room, it was supposed to
make the short walls longer and the long walls shorter. It was a great
improvement over the flamingo considering the fact that we still had
the green couch and chairs!
Bonnie, in Middletown, VA
DrQuilter
years and I am still surprised we seem to have the same idea inside our
heads sometimes... for example, the colour choosing was so easy!
Marcella Peek wrote:
> Or because our husbands freak out at anything darker than ivory.
>
> marcella
>
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DrQuilter
between the base (eggshell) and the glaze was too strong so we painted
over (it is the wall behind the xmas tree. I read that some faux
finishes actually make the defects stand out more (we liked stippling
the best but the books said it was a no no. dh is filling in the 4"
recesses where the drywall panels are joined, and then sanding. but it
will be smooth, and the rest of the wall has a texture. do we use that
orange peel spray before repainting?
BTW, we also painted two walls one darker terracota and the rest lighter
orange.
Kathy Applebaum wrote:
>
>>any tips on the faux finish, you experts? Kathy?
>
>
> Hard to give too many tips with just text, but I always recommend that
> people practice on a board first. It helps to get the hang of it, and it
> helps to check the colors. Also, when you go to do the walls, have a plan
> for how you are going to handle the corners (an area most people miss
> altogether, ruining the effect), and decide if you need a second pair of
> hands to avoid having problems with the product drying up on you.
>
> Sponging has been done to death in my area, and rag rolling is starting to
> get that way. Color washing is great for a beginner
> (http://www.valspar.com/val/resident/pdf/COLORWASHpage123.pdf -- NAYY,
> except that I do sell a lot of this product in my store). Venetian Plaster
> is also getting to be popular
> (http://www.valspar.com/val/resident/pdf/VENETIANpage1234.pdf ), but is a
> bit more labor intensive. Sydney Harbour Paint's Lime Wash (which is a real
> lime product, as opposed to McCloskey's Lime Wash, which is just a textured
> glaze) is also very cool -- DH wants very much to do this in the entry way.
>
> I'd stay away from marble, faux wood, and strie'. I've taught faux finishing
> classes for 15 years now (aack!), and these have not been easy finishes for
> beginners to pick up. A few do get it, but most don't. Also, stay away from
> the suede, linen, and sand paints if you don't have smooth walls -- the
> effect is overwhelmed by any texture on the wall.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
--
Ellison
Every time.
I go thru' the lumber section of the fix-it supply stores
on purpose, just to smell the wood. ;-(
I remember loving the door hardware; locks and knobs and hinges,
so shiny and pretty. And the paint sample cards.
The older lady at the lumberyard ('cause that's mainly what it was)
had known my great-grandparents, had a soft spot in her heart
for my dad. There was a great big piece of redwood, a slice off the
end of a log about 15' across, that stood in the driveway of that
lumberyard for decades/generations; we all carved our initials on it.
Wonder what they did with it... .
When I became a roofer (age 12), I made almost daily trips
to that lumberyard. Mid-afternoon when it was too hot to "go up",
we'd head out for supplies.
A good quilt shop reminds me of a good lumberyard,
inspiring and interesting and fun and a little mysterious.
And sometimes they give you a snack. ;-D
Cheers!
Merry Christmas!
Ragmop/Sandy
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Kathy Applebaum
"Julia in MN" <jaccola-AT-cha...@aaaaa.aaa> wrote in message
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>I have read someplace recently that dark colors recede, so they are good
>for small spaces.
Dark colors advance, as do warm colors. But the effect is *very* small --
you can do ten times as much with lighting by just changing bulbs.
Kathy Applebaum
"D Curtis" <mdcu...@baldwin-telecom.net> wrote in message
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> One tip about googling, if you want to google for frottage painting do use
> both words, "frottage painting" and not plain frottage.
Yup, that's one term I refuse to use in faux finishing. ;-)
Kathy Applebaum
> do we use that orange peel spray before repainting?
Texture, prime, then paint. :)
Kathy Applebaum
"off kilter quilter" <spam...@somewherequiet.net> wrote in message
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> Kathy Applebaum wrote:
> > I run across a number of customers who are afraid to use color in their
>> "public" spaces. They are afraid of making a mistake, and that everyone
>> who comes over will see that mistake. So they opt to stay with pale,
>> neutral colors, forgetting that is also a potential mistake for everyone
>> to see. :)
>>
>
> Okay, here's a question for you...why is it that people have given me odd
> looks when I tell them that I have painted the walls 2 different colors in
> my living room??
Have you checked to see if your hair was sticking up funny when you it? It's
very common out this way. :)
off kilter quilter
> Have you checked to see if your hair was sticking up funny when you
it? It's
> very common out this way. :)
>
Hair sticking up funny??? Having nautrally curly/wavy hair, and being
in the season of static electricity, that is a common occurance right
now <grin>. I'm asusming it is a reference to local hair trends??
Personally, it was just done on a whim, and i liked it so much that I
redid it in the new house <grin>. Thanks, you made me feel better...no
I know it's everybody else who is odd...lol
D Curtis
Search engines are very wonderful things but unless one knows how to
address them and ones search correctly all sorts of interesting things
can be learned.
Diana, remembering a search once upon a time for 'lace'