Ok, ok, I know I owe you a big post. (Absence makes the heart grow fonder?) Well, feast your eyes on this before and after: Basement BEFORE: knotty pine, shabby (not chic) carpet, dingy paint, peeling wallpaper. Basement AFTER: new paint, new carpet, new baseboards make for a br...
I painted one coat ofAnnie Sloan’s Florence Chalk Paintand decided it was too vivid and shocking a color for my more muted dining room colors. I had thought I’d put a dark wax over it to dull it, but I didn’t want a rustic finish on this. It just didn’t seem right for a ...
so if you follow the simple steps outlined below it’ll be pretty hard to screw things up. And although you’ve all seenour newly renovated kitchen, we actually painted our previous 50-year-old knotty pine cabinets
You can always find someone out there who will prime knotty pine for you and let you use it at your own risk. However, we would not quote that option as we know it is a recipe for disaster. Painted wood options for exterior siding will be limited if quality that equates to durability...
Knotty Pine These types of projects have the highest probability of being troublemakers, so we suggest applying a quality oil or water based primer first, or a few layers of shellac. You can get your primers tinted to a gray as well, which will help your coverage!
so if you follow the simple steps outlined below it’ll be pretty hard to screw things up. And although you’ve all seenour newly renovated kitchen, we actually painted our previous 50-year-old knotty pine cabinets right after we moved in (to tide us over until we had the funds to rep...