The main color for painting the cabinets is a mix of two Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® colors, Provence and Pure White. Now, since the use of Chalk Paint has been popular for over a dozen years now, you likely know how to paint with it, but in case you don’t I want to share what I did for those of…
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Painting Cabinets with Chalk Paint
Picking a Color Scheme for the Laundry Room The cabinets in the laundry room are very pretty wood, but I really want color in this room. (Well, to be honest, I want color in the whole house!) My main colors for the whole house are a modified primary color triad – blues that lean a wee bit towards turquoise +…
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Updating a Laundry Room in an Age in Place Home
One Room Challenge Before I even moved into the Color Filled Cottage, I started redoing the laundry room. It’s actually a laundry room / half bath, just off the kitchen and right to the left as you come in from the garage. I got started, but never finished the laundry room. (Please tell me I’m not the only one that…
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Dreaming of Yellow Kitchen Cabinets
So you think I’m going to just put up the tiles and be done with it? Oh, you don’t really know me yet, do you? I’m going “all in” on this French Country inspired kitchen. I’m painting the kitchen cabinets a rustic, textured light yellow to bring out the background color of the tile. Now don’t freak out over YELLOW…
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Inspiration for a French Country Kitchen
Love for a Tile Have you ever fallen in love with a decor item that keeps bubbling up in the back of your mind? About three years ago, I was browsing the internet when I ran across some wall tiles that had an artisan feel to them. It was LOVE at first sight. Be still my heart. Knees buckling, heart…
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