Showing posts with label home improvement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home improvement. Show all posts
12 May 2012
Refinished table & chairs are nearly complete!
I posted last week about refinishing my antique table and chairs. The table is almost completed, but I still have to work on the leaves. It's been surprisingly sunny here in Michigan and the glare is been a stinker for my camera!! I probably need to put a nice runner or some sort of "decor" on it as well, but for this week, I'm enjoying the beauty of the new finish!! Hope this inspires you to tackle a refinishing project!! Th results are fantastic!
19 February 2012
Choosing a family room paint color in 45 minutes...
A few weeks ago I mentioned our ongoing home improvement updates in "Here we go AGAIN". In some rare feat, John got the drywall/painter to begin in 2 weeks...only no one really told me until the night prior to arrival. Hmmm.
So Wednesday was super fun choosing a family room color between working at The Market and my evening cooking class. Not to mention all the furniture is under plastic. I'm happy to say I DID IT! 45 minutes, while placing a French cheese pre-order, gathering materials for the cooking class and dealing with Pierre's stranger-in-my-house anxiety.
I brought home 2 books bulging with Benjamin Moore's entire color collection. I was really leaning toward a red paint again, as the previous color was "Merlot", and I have loved it for 3 years. I had a clear red (think tomato-red) in mind. John also suggested a shade of orange, possibly a dark terracotta (what strange alien has taken possession of this man?) that a cousin has in her kitchen area.
Well, we were both wrong. I didn't want to purchase new furniture for this room, so I needed to work with the upholstery which has an olive-green tone to the browns. Most of the oranges were running to corals or brick and the clear reds were a touch too modern for the overall look of the room. So I went with a color called "Glazed Pear 1092".
It's a color similar to a bosc pear with a nice caramel tone. It matched well with the couch and furniture, looked great with pure white trim and melded well with the olive green of the living room, as there is a french door that separates them.
Here are a couple shots I took with and without flash at 5pm and 8pm:
We are all shocked at how much we love the color! Thinking about some roman shades for the windows, even though I like them bare, it might add a little pizazz. Still have a bit of organizing and decorating to do....I'm avoiding the computer cord cluster.
So Wednesday was super fun choosing a family room color between working at The Market and my evening cooking class. Not to mention all the furniture is under plastic. I'm happy to say I DID IT! 45 minutes, while placing a French cheese pre-order, gathering materials for the cooking class and dealing with Pierre's stranger-in-my-house anxiety.
I brought home 2 books bulging with Benjamin Moore's entire color collection. I was really leaning toward a red paint again, as the previous color was "Merlot", and I have loved it for 3 years. I had a clear red (think tomato-red) in mind. John also suggested a shade of orange, possibly a dark terracotta (what strange alien has taken possession of this man?) that a cousin has in her kitchen area.
Well, we were both wrong. I didn't want to purchase new furniture for this room, so I needed to work with the upholstery which has an olive-green tone to the browns. Most of the oranges were running to corals or brick and the clear reds were a touch too modern for the overall look of the room. So I went with a color called "Glazed Pear 1092".
It's a color similar to a bosc pear with a nice caramel tone. It matched well with the couch and furniture, looked great with pure white trim and melded well with the olive green of the living room, as there is a french door that separates them.
Here are a couple shots I took with and without flash at 5pm and 8pm:
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| I think this piece of artwork needs an olive green background? |
We are all shocked at how much we love the color! Thinking about some roman shades for the windows, even though I like them bare, it might add a little pizazz. Still have a bit of organizing and decorating to do....I'm avoiding the computer cord cluster.
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