Painting
Think You Know Benjamin Moore?
How much sexier is Popping Poppy than FC-141? Sure manufacturers have to assign numbers to their hues, but it's so much more fun to play with colors when they have cool titles attached to them. So take this quiz and see if you can guess the names of these Benjamin Moore paint colors.
How-To: Paint Your Exterior Trim
Hello painters! So far, I've told you how to prep your home's exterior for painting and how to paint your home's exterior. When it comes to painting the exterior trim, you'll need to devote a little extra attention, using more delicate brush strokes with less paint on your brush.
How-To: Prep Your Home's Exterior For Painting
I'm sure many of you have painted a room in your home at least once. I've done it countless times. But painting our home's exterior somehow seems more daunting.
Casa Quickie: Tips For Spray Painting
Spray painting is a seriously easy way to update everything from furniture to shelves to candlesticks. Lacquered finishes, a nod to Hollywood Regency style, are all the rage these days, so updating an old furnishing with glossy spray paint is an easy way to get the look on a small budget. But there are a few tips you should keep in mind.
Found It! The Office's Hospital Room Painting
Catching up on The Office's delivery episodes last night, I couldn't help but notice the painting hanging in Pam's hospital room. Not only is the floral artwork feminine and fun, but I've definitely seen it before. In fact, you can have your own!
Cool Idea: Chalk Up Your Piano Skills
I scored my childhood piano from my parents, only to realize a key point: I don't have space for it. So, it collects dust in storage, while I contemplate how to make room for it in hopes that my children will become accomplished pianists — or at least learn to play "Chopsticks." The old player took a beating from my siblings and me, so it needs a lot of TLC.
Inspired: John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo Painting
In our new Assisted Living group, CasaSugar Community member BrendaStar asked for ideas about how she can decorate her living room using John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo oil painting as inspiration.
Since the flamenco dancer's full, light blue skirt in the foreground is the focal point, I think BrendaStar would be crazy not to integrate some blue silk dupioni drapes to capture that same texture and movement. The dancer's orangey-red dress to the right is also such a great color; I'd bring that hue in with a Louis XV side chair.
How-To: Paint Your Home's Exterior
I recently showed you how to prep your home's exterior for painting. Now it's time to bring out the brushes and the paint! Don't be daunted; it doesn't take much more skill than that required to paint a room in your home, just more time.
Before and After: A Warm and Toasty Living Room
CasaSugar Community member mrb929 asked us for some paint suggestions for her living room a while back. Well she's back with an update in the Su Casa group and I'm loving what she did with the place. She wrote:
Although linens, tans and grays were all I could think about, I found inspiration in a magazine to test out chocolate brown in my living room.
Cool Idea: Fabric-Painted Curtain Panels
For an accent that's often merely decorative, curtain panels are expensive. You can buy affordable ones from shops like IKEA, but that means you only get the pick of the rather generic litter — and the same ones as every other penny-pinched decorator in the world.
So I was excited to see how High-Heeled Foot in the Door personalized a set of solid white IKEA panels using fabric spray paint.
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