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We're trying to finish some things in the basement and so we're adding some cabinets to the little kitchenette area and on either side of the fireplace.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/--WDVwaPMQ1s\/Xr2NpbM1hoI\/AAAAAAABTdo\/qEBdOxx0WfoO0MCkrP7pDtM9yA61wjTMACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/1589480867188312-0.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E    \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/--WDVwaPMQ1s\/Xr2NpbM1hoI\/AAAAAAABTdo\/qEBdOxx0WfoO0MCkrP7pDtM9yA61wjTMACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/1589480867188312-0.png\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E  \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EI loved\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2018\/07\/parade-of-homes-2018-good-ideas.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;^^ this photo I took at the 2018 Parade of Homes\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and used it as a starting point. I wanted to go lighter and brighter in the basement because it doesn't have the most light down there and the carpet is darker.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI had remembered \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lowes.com\/pd\/47-75-in-x-7-98-ft-Embossed-Red-Brick-Wall-Panel\/1015475?\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eseeing these brick panels at Lowe's\u003C\/a\u003E and thought they might be good to use behind the floating shelves we're having installed next to the fireplace. I've also seen them at Home Depot.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is a close up of the faux brick detail on the panel:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xqhiczz7DZg\/Xr2RAfDnKPI\/AAAAAAABTdw\/A0v530OQbt0RPohj6-nHG1xwyctZrGFcQCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200428_104934.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xqhiczz7DZg\/Xr2RAfDnKPI\/AAAAAAABTdw\/A0v530OQbt0RPohj6-nHG1xwyctZrGFcQCPcBGAsYHg\/s400\/20200428_104934.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Eand what one 4X8 foot panel looks like --they are only around $30!! I could fit the panels in my Toyota Sienna minivan with the seats folded down but the panel came right to my head -- it was pretty tight.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-w6G0VPrk1Xo\/Xr2RAY86JDI\/AAAAAAABTdw\/LTvMXo1SGhofQh4MROpQd3baySgcwYVugCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200428_104925.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-w6G0VPrk1Xo\/Xr2RAY86JDI\/AAAAAAABTdw\/LTvMXo1SGhofQh4MROpQd3baySgcwYVugCPcBGAsYHg\/s400\/20200428_104925.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESomething you need to keep in mind is that they can only be installed this way (4ft side on top on bottom, 8ft on the sides) if you want the brick to go in the normal horizontal stacked pattern. We have almost 9 ft ceilings in the basement so we placed them on top of the baseboard and decided to add a moulding at the top so we didn't have to try to fill in a small section at the top. We just attached them with a nail gun in the \"mortar\" parts that lined up with the studs in the wall.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe TRICKY thing is lining the panels up. You need to make sure that if the half brick row is on the bottom then to put the half brick row on the bottom on the panel next to it.\u0026nbsp; The problem is that they are not exactly even on the bottom -- see the difference of the thickness of the black mortar at the bottom of both of these.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FzkpStICvYk\/Xr2SSUFfrsI\/AAAAAAABTd4\/NcWxx64vUhcGY8aj64iagRoqVQRhvHr1wCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200507_204804.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FzkpStICvYk\/Xr2SSUFfrsI\/AAAAAAABTd4\/NcWxx64vUhcGY8aj64iagRoqVQRhvHr1wCPcBGAsYHg\/s400\/20200507_204804.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RDF9Ixzs6Vc\/Xr2SSVUy1hI\/AAAAAAABTd4\/EyId_BFmvC8-pQrKur4EK4C-6Z0n97O4wCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200507_204757.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RDF9Ixzs6Vc\/Xr2SSVUy1hI\/AAAAAAABTd4\/EyId_BFmvC8-pQrKur4EK4C-6Z0n97O4wCPcBGAsYHg\/s400\/20200507_204757.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo I used my trusty palm sander and went to town with a coarse grit sandpaper on the bottom of the panel until it was more even and the brick lined up when I put it next to the other panel on the wall:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3oaFOK5FX5E\/Xr2SSSQvsyI\/AAAAAAABTd4\/ymrPQpDDJVYxqfXbaEFcV6el31TIZFcsgCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200509_114540.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3oaFOK5FX5E\/Xr2SSSQvsyI\/AAAAAAABTd4\/ymrPQpDDJVYxqfXbaEFcV6el31TIZFcsgCPcBGAsYHg\/s320\/20200509_114540.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nvRoNovuaBE\/Xr2SScxIMQI\/AAAAAAABTd4\/hv1HUYvZXM0TgkrCgVEfMOyT5XSk5SyYwCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200509_114529.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-nvRoNovuaBE\/Xr2SScxIMQI\/AAAAAAABTd4\/hv1HUYvZXM0TgkrCgVEfMOyT5XSk5SyYwCPcBGAsYHg\/s320\/20200509_114529.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThen, we caulked the seam and then made some other spotches around with caulk to make it seem more like it was intended to not be perfect.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-K5qwkyffYO4\/Xr2SSWGqvbI\/AAAAAAABTd4\/f7KbdH6csCo4DZvYqUMUMaHQ8Kkwu-6NwCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200509_124428.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-K5qwkyffYO4\/Xr2SSWGqvbI\/AAAAAAABTd4\/f7KbdH6csCo4DZvYqUMUMaHQ8Kkwu-6NwCPcBGAsYHg\/s320\/20200509_124428.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI didn't have a fancy saw to cut out the outlet and light switches so I improvised and just measured and drew the outline of the outlet with chalk on the panel and drilled a bunch of holes around the outline with the drill. Not ideal, but it worked!! Just remember when you measure to take in account of the baseboard if you are going on top of it. I measured from the ground up and ruined one whole panel!!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uo9l3lu2-NU\/Xr2T6LfTJqI\/AAAAAAABTeA\/TdEqjzzPykgsG4SPWcfiaS5sc2gJenI_QCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200502_151126.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uo9l3lu2-NU\/Xr2T6LfTJqI\/AAAAAAABTeA\/TdEqjzzPykgsG4SPWcfiaS5sc2gJenI_QCPcBGAsYHg\/s400\/20200502_151126.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yBVC74Qkx8I\/Xr2T6IaoFzI\/AAAAAAABTeA\/9OXfpPb3c9wjW7XUB82qYNS5YU_iIXggwCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200502_151317.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yBVC74Qkx8I\/Xr2T6IaoFzI\/AAAAAAABTeA\/9OXfpPb3c9wjW7XUB82qYNS5YU_iIXggwCPcBGAsYHg\/s400\/20200502_151317.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Cj6xEoqR-k0\/Xr2T6L4lpWI\/AAAAAAABTeA\/CsyN1UdeNNY5IHhowmW99B3lYdrA9erFQCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200502_151720.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Cj6xEoqR-k0\/Xr2T6L4lpWI\/AAAAAAABTeA\/CsyN1UdeNNY5IHhowmW99B3lYdrA9erFQCPcBGAsYHg\/s400\/20200502_151720.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThen, we just primed with 2 coats of Kilz primer and then I used \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/products\/SW7008-alabaster\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESherwin-Williams Alabaster\u003C\/a\u003E to paint over that. It's such a great white and went really well with the existing trim that was painted Benjamin Moore White Dove. We also \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2017\/05\/pink-gold-teenage-girl-room.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eused Alabaster in Hailey's room.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; Here is what it looks like so far! I think you have to look pretty hard to find the seam. It's darker downstairs so these pictures aren't great but I wanted to give you an idea of what it looks like.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oMKnMCiv2x4\/Xr2VVqDge9I\/AAAAAAABTeQ\/S8yRNpq9yWkwt-k8kFKL_1RiKaDD-Y4sgCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200513_113421.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-oMKnMCiv2x4\/Xr2VVqDge9I\/AAAAAAABTeQ\/S8yRNpq9yWkwt-k8kFKL_1RiKaDD-Y4sgCPcBGAsYHg\/s400\/20200513_113421.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThen we caulked along the panel at the top and the edges which took some time\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-eMU7wHy9aFk\/Xr2VVlgkSXI\/AAAAAAABTeQ\/gXodP7w-ov8He-gyO0DFhzWjuCWniRjKwCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200513_113407.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-eMU7wHy9aFk\/Xr2VVlgkSXI\/AAAAAAABTeQ\/gXodP7w-ov8He-gyO0DFhzWjuCWniRjKwCPcBGAsYHg\/s400\/20200513_113407.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003Ebut we were pleased with the end result, especially at only $30 per panel. I think it would be really great as an accent wall in a girl's room too.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BjNorFb_mco\/Xr2Urospl-I\/AAAAAAABTeI\/TZFkUz8g9fs5XHX5LmAK3LwcDsdeJUmKgCPcBGAsYHg\/s1600\/20200513_113939.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BjNorFb_mco\/Xr2Urospl-I\/AAAAAAABTeI\/TZFkUz8g9fs5XHX5LmAK3LwcDsdeJUmKgCPcBGAsYHg\/s400\/20200513_113939.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003EI'll keep you posted on progress but here we go! Let me know if you have any questions!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/6645888837800377032\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2020\/05\/painted-interior-white-brick-wall-panel.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6645888837800377032"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6645888837800377032"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2020\/05\/painted-interior-white-brick-wall-panel.html","title":"Painted interior white brick wall with a faux panel"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/--WDVwaPMQ1s\/Xr2NpbM1hoI\/AAAAAAABTdo\/qEBdOxx0WfoO0MCkrP7pDtM9yA61wjTMACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/1589480867188312-0.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-4698153868513663294"},"published":{"$t":"2017-04-26T11:56:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-10-10T09:21:19.669-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bedrooms"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"girls bedroom"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tutorials"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"DIY EASY board \u0026 batten tutorial"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"We did a simple board and batten treatment on one of the walls \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2017\/05\/pink-gold-teenage-girl-room.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ein my daughter’s room\u003C\/a\u003E. It is a super easy way to add a little dimension and character to a room, especially one that’s painted white! Here’s how we did it:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-UGaINMI6dgs\/WQDfMpU-02I\/AAAAAAAAw4Q\/N07J57TNwboILVJehwNWx72PywhZkI1eQCHM\/s1600-h\/easy%2Bboard%2Band%2Bbatten%2Bwall%255B6%255D\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"easy board and batten wall\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-uOUEn8N9cYo\/WQDfNSLtTwI\/AAAAAAAAw4U\/GZxk1MFZJZMtiLDl0_IKqtk_NAd3iaq8QCHM\/easy%2Bboard%2Band%2Bbatten%2Bwall_thumb%255B1%255D?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"easy board and batten wall\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGo to Home Depot \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/4122671\/type\/dlg\/http:\/\/www.homedepot.com\/p\/Primed-MDF-Board-Common-11-16-in-x-1-1-2-in-x-8-ft-Actual-0-669-in-x-1-5-in-x-96-in-MDF1X2X8\/202179978\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eand picked up 12 of the 11\/16” X 1 1\/2” primed mdf\u003C\/a\u003E (we only used 10 but it’s good to have extra) Figure about one per foot.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-qhmUXcWao6U\/WQDfN2xgluI\/AAAAAAAAw4Y\/lAJ6MB7hsRwGnH6RD-7RZaGMv1OfIsmaACHM\/s1600-h\/diy%2Bboard%2Bbatten%255B2%255D\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"diy board batten\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Kx7AQkvABBU\/WQDfOhlNUMI\/AAAAAAAAw4c\/6FAyf6jJ8r4cIshuqFPN9l9Ga5aS7-CfQCHM\/diy%2Bboard%2Bbatten_thumb?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"diy board batten\" width=\"270\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/4122671\/type\/dlg\/http:\/\/www.homedepot.com\/p\/OREPAC-OP-403-1-2-in-x-4-in-MDF-Base-Moulding-HDFB403\/204721817\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethen three of the the 4” craftsman baseboard for the sides and top\u003C\/a\u003E of the wall – we already had the same size for the baseboard on our bottom.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-p4HJdPCtdbk\/WQDfPYVJ3iI\/AAAAAAAAw4g\/z1k1lauLLwIqxhrJiMBJK8M8Wi4NwnB3QCHM\/s1600-h\/board%2Band%2Bbatten%2Btutorial%255B2%255D\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"board and batten tutorial\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-3nD6rohNEAE\/WQDfP1CQ1RI\/AAAAAAAAw4k\/HpGkC3AWiiMCYKrzVSUVBXiKwGjPsPyUQCHM\/board%2Band%2Bbatten%2Btutorial_thumb?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"board and batten tutorial\" width=\"270\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. Paint the wall – \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/products\/SW7008-alabaster#\/7008\/?s=coordinatingColors\u0026amp;p=PS0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewe used Sherwin-Williams Alabaster.\u003C\/a\u003E It’s a great white!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. Cut and attach the baseboard to the top, bottom (if needed), and sides. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2owX8Qd\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWe use a simple nail gun\u003C\/a\u003E that we’ve had forever. Measure twice, cut once! I had to make another trip back when I cut a board (or maybe 2!) too short. \u003Cimg alt=\"Sad smile\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-sadsmile\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-rB2xC-Pvd_o\/WQDfQhCiXrI\/AAAAAAAAw4o\/ZAKnhNQXbf8E0lObbiAloxEdytl9HvNxACHM\/wlEmoticon-sadsmile%255B2%255D?imgmax=800\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. Then calculate how far apart you want your vertical boards to be, taking in account electrical outlets. Ours are about a foot apart. We used my daughter’s music theory book held horizontally, she was glad we could get some use out of it. Getting the cuts just right so they fit snugly without much of a gap is tricky.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E4. Fill in gaps, edges,\u0026nbsp; spaces, and nail holes \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/4122671\/type\/dlg\/http:\/\/www.homedepot.com\/p\/DAP-Alex-10-1-oz-Painter-s-All-Purpose-Acrylic-Latex-Caulk-18609\/100078928\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewith latex caulk (we used 2 tubes)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E5. Paint over everything with the same color you used to paint the wall.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-EvVEaTtNCjk\/WQDfRPufmYI\/AAAAAAAAw4s\/bRBu3_kuPsEoRBx4W9laNVwqwHZMxuDtgCHM\/s1600-h\/board%2Band%2Bbatten%2Bwall%2Bbedroom%255B2%255D\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"board and batten wall bedroom\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-7eWPz15Yht8\/WQDfR3ScccI\/AAAAAAAAw4w\/xidCm3y7h1U1D7N6wJHiooLWl7FMMsZswCHM\/board%2Band%2Bbatten%2Bwall%2Bbedroom_thumb?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"board and batten wall bedroom\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHer room is coming along, (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2017\/05\/pink-gold-teenage-girl-room.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EUPDATE: See the finished room here\u003C\/a\u003E!) I’m having a hard time finding curtains that work! We also are going through everything that we’ve been stashing in the closet and getting rid of ALOT. It feels so good! Hopefully we’ll be able to share it with you soon --\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-ALjZzTEqg8U\/WQDfSWp76aI\/AAAAAAAAw40\/R2axkVLY6yEztW5c7ybANX8q8vPY0uVogCHM\/s1600-h\/signature%255B4%255D\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" height=\"83\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-3hClBt4eteQ\/WQDfTORKkVI\/AAAAAAAAw44\/uyz-uG_AOUwLEzp6GhDGNV0q-5FtDQ1lQCHM\/signature_thumb%255B2%255D?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/4698153868513663294\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2017\/04\/diy-easy-board-batten-tutorial.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/4698153868513663294"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/4698153868513663294"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2017\/04\/diy-easy-board-batten-tutorial.html","title":"DIY EASY board \u0026 batten tutorial"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-uOUEn8N9cYo\/WQDfNSLtTwI\/AAAAAAAAw4U\/GZxk1MFZJZMtiLDl0_IKqtk_NAd3iaq8QCHM\/s72-c\/easy%2Bboard%2Band%2Bbatten%2Bwall_thumb%255B1%255D?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-5693999596173792084"},"published":{"$t":"2015-05-11T01:00:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-01-19T15:53:05.781-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"boys room"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"giveaways"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":" boy's room desk makeover"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003EHello and Happy Sherwin-Williams National Painting Week!\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003EAll week,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/swpaintingweek.com\/\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1155cc;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eswpaintingweek.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;will feature color inspiration, painting ideas, expert tips, product information and one-of-a-kind projects from DIY design bloggers and professional designers. Then, the big Memorial Day sale will kick off (heads up!) May 17-25 when all paints and stains will be 30% off.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EHere is the project that I've been working on.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-yURlhZzqdEU\/VUee1sDwcHI\/AAAAAAAAkq8\/RuKFdFtw-uo\/s1600\/boy's%2Broom%2Bwith%2Bmap.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-yURlhZzqdEU\/VUee1sDwcHI\/AAAAAAAAkq8\/RuKFdFtw-uo\/s640\/boy's%2Broom%2Bwith%2Bmap.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003EYou remember the thrift store desk and chair for my oldest son's room? I got the chair for $5 and the desk for $20.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-sTWMSQJYU-A\/VUeo-ETzScI\/AAAAAAAAkso\/7cQp5ZIZ_B0\/s1600\/before%2Bcollage.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-sTWMSQJYU-A\/VUeo-ETzScI\/AAAAAAAAkso\/7cQp5ZIZ_B0\/s640\/before%2Bcollage.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003EI used SW 2848 Roycroft Pewter on the desk in the Emerald brand paint. I wanted a color that would be strong, classic and could grow older with him. I used \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/05\/how-to-paint-dressers-my-new-favorite.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emy trusty sprayer\u003C\/a\u003E and then topped with a coat of polycrylic. Then I let it sit in the garage for a week to really harden up before we brought it downstairs.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: #222222; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1eSbexF9B2c\/VUee3qf2tiI\/AAAAAAAAkrc\/uYR4noqLUCQ\/s1600\/desk%2Bin%2Broycroft%2Bpewter%2Bby%2Bsherwin%2Bwilliams.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1eSbexF9B2c\/VUee3qf2tiI\/AAAAAAAAkrc\/uYR4noqLUCQ\/s640\/desk%2Bin%2Broycroft%2Bpewter%2Bby%2Bsherwin%2Bwilliams.jpg\" width=\"456\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003EFor the chair, I wanted a f\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003Eun contrast so I used\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003ESherwin-Williams Fireweed (SW 6328)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;, (a perfect red!) and used a basic ticking stripe fabric for the chair. The wall color is\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003ESherwin-Williams Perfect Greige (SW 6073)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-q0dMhaTRu5c\/VUee1gVDqRI\/AAAAAAAAkq4\/8FgUFhJrf98\/s1600\/chair%2Bin%2Bboy's%2Broom.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-q0dMhaTRu5c\/VUee1gVDqRI\/AAAAAAAAkq4\/8FgUFhJrf98\/s640\/chair%2Bin%2Bboy's%2Broom.jpg\" width=\"422\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003EAnd do you remember the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2012\/07\/a-garage-full-of-old-school-maps.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emaps that I got back in Virginia for 90 cents\u003C\/a\u003E?! Here is one of my favorites:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ubXajrQYNq0\/VUee30uum3I\/AAAAAAAAkrU\/vFb_Brz5Rpc\/s1600\/old%2Bhanging%2Bschool%2Bmap.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"408\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ubXajrQYNq0\/VUee30uum3I\/AAAAAAAAkrU\/vFb_Brz5Rpc\/s640\/old%2Bhanging%2Bschool%2Bmap.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003EFor accessories, we used a bucket full of pencils, an old pencil sharpener spray painted navy, and a clearance desk lamp.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vTdlo5NpShI\/VUeewijZ1HI\/AAAAAAAAkqg\/uB4goiZ8dr0\/s1600\/desk%2Baccessories.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vTdlo5NpShI\/VUeewijZ1HI\/AAAAAAAAkqg\/uB4goiZ8dr0\/s640\/desk%2Baccessories.jpg\" width=\"476\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-sL6uvZFN4_A\/VUee3taKK7I\/AAAAAAAAkrQ\/UOjTXTwwevw\/s1600\/map%2Band%2Bdesk%2Bboy's%2Broom.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-sL6uvZFN4_A\/VUee3taKK7I\/AAAAAAAAkrQ\/UOjTXTwwevw\/s640\/map%2Band%2Bdesk%2Bboy's%2Broom.jpg\" width=\"380\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EHe loves having a desk and has already filled it with boy treasures. We're working on the rest of the room, more to come!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-yURlhZzqdEU\/VUee1sDwcHI\/AAAAAAAAkq8\/RuKFdFtw-uo\/s1600\/boy's%2Broom%2Bwith%2Bmap.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-yURlhZzqdEU\/VUee1sDwcHI\/AAAAAAAAkq8\/RuKFdFtw-uo\/s640\/boy's%2Broom%2Bwith%2Bmap.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUpdate: giveaway is now closed. Winner is #82 Julie Wood -- congratulations!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cstrike\u003EAnd now to celebrate National Painting Week, \u003Cb\u003Ewe're giving away a $100 Sherwin-Williams gift card\u003C\/b\u003E! Just let me know in the comments what paint project is next on your list.\u003C\/strike\u003E And don't forget to see all of the inspiring projects at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/swpaintingweek.com\/\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #1155cc;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eswpaintingweek.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003EHappy Painting!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-_gQRbMl4fLE\/VUevxI0dVsI\/AAAAAAAAks4\/ksR5cX3QIjs\/s1600\/signature.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-_gQRbMl4fLE\/VUevxI0dVsI\/AAAAAAAAks4\/ksR5cX3QIjs\/s1600\/signature.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-center;\"\u003E* I partnered with Sherwin-Williams on this post because I love their company and paint-- I only team up and receive compensation with companies\/brands that I can stand by. Opinions, ideas, pictures writing are 100% mine – full\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/p\/disclosure.html\" style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 21.5599994659424px; text-align: -webkit-center; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edisclosure here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/5693999596173792084\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2015\/05\/painting-week-boys-room-desk-makeover.html#comment-form","title":"85 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/5693999596173792084"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/5693999596173792084"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2015\/05\/painting-week-boys-room-desk-makeover.html","title":" boy's room desk makeover"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-yURlhZzqdEU\/VUee1sDwcHI\/AAAAAAAAkq8\/RuKFdFtw-uo\/s72-c\/boy's%2Broom%2Bwith%2Bmap.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"85"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-1056395614766995135"},"published":{"$t":"2015-05-05T05:00:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-07-27T11:13:44.763-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"boys room"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"treasures"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"it's painting time!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003ENext week is\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/inspiration\/national-painting-week\/?WT.mc_id=swpaintingweek.com\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E National Painting Week\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E (May 11-16, 2015) with \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003ESherwin-Williams\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E and I've got some fun projects coming up with some yard sale\/thrift store finds.The\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E goal of National Painting Week is to provide color inspiration, ideas, and advice as to help you as you update your space.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E Plus, there may be a giveaway ;) You're going to love it!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-e9fcc73e-224a-77cd-e700-154ce72e35f0\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003EHere is a preview of what I'm working on:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Cimg height=\"429px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/b_z80VR_cmxZ0JleChS6E4DxxcdCzWd5Wbx5C_SF30qovoS7xzWB_1NsLZHQ-y8dqaA-eNE_owbKR1NWtsRurH-iWwWIc2sbiMmNMlNi0p_LFo42k474pjYJFIyPa-es3YRWELY\" style=\"-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);\" width=\"624px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003EI got this sweet metal desk at a local thrift store (DI) for $20! My oldest son has been begging for a desk, and this one was a perfect size for a bedroom, the laminate top was in great shape, and I love the metal look. I even loved the color, but my son wasn't digging it so we're going with something different for him. Honestly, the thing that is taking me the most time is getting the blasted bumper stickers off.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003EI also scored a great solid wood chair for $5 that we'll give a quick makeover:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Cimg height=\"800px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/aAsdrvPc4KifKad7ZMcjQutnq5yRoaGYgXyr5vv_Uvonld3vQQdmK7k7HHgGYHpAGueI5mPr_4AFOGxDF2d3m_Pr_K8Yxj0BcBHa-1hDNLDvYEeP_rciforjdJi9h8dAz7mIZ58\" style=\"-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);\" width=\"495px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003EAnd I am finally doing something with red! Look at this yummy color -- Sherwin-Williams Fireweed (SW 6328) Red is tricky. (I say that about every color. All right, every color can be tricky) I tried some that were more berry colored, some that were more brick colored and this was the perfect in-between true red.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 11pt; margin-right: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Cimg height=\"606px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/gI-hNJD4DvunKUGiF27qb0Ux548kLEwGeCs6KZlfVkweDePFqbNJ0n_CyBdnp_QsXwpfZX92uW5DtzC5RIfN_JRjjy1eTCUQPtSCiTiqA4B23c-MHmkjy1zJsebCO-5VuiIVREE\" style=\"-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);\" width=\"432px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003EStay tuned, I'll be in the garage painting if you need me...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Cimg height=\"83px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/7EvIFsFlMnVb5cUossZuz68qBKxjFPZjVniypUWg_I9ZSS24IUODHYG0e_IYRGljhgtCVoRYgTy_acsRYyzYFBjW2hlBvVsDMFkXaskf34WSAzYosTdMHRkdGEbG0ZwdfKFEehw\" style=\"-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);\" width=\"141px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E* I partnered with Sherwin-Williams on this post because I love their company and paint-- I only team up and receive compensation with companies\/brands that I can stand by. Opinions, ideas, pictures writing are 100% mine – full \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/p\/disclosure.html\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003Edisclosure here.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/1056395614766995135\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2015\/05\/its-painting-time.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1056395614766995135"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1056395614766995135"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2015\/05\/its-painting-time.html","title":"it's painting time!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/b_z80VR_cmxZ0JleChS6E4DxxcdCzWd5Wbx5C_SF30qovoS7xzWB_1NsLZHQ-y8dqaA-eNE_owbKR1NWtsRurH-iWwWIc2sbiMmNMlNi0p_LFo42k474pjYJFIyPa-es3YRWELY=s72-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-1433198967575169390"},"published":{"$t":"2015-03-03T14:40:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-07-27T11:00:05.687-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"boys room"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"paint colors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tutorials"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"above the bed artwork in boys’ room"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EHello! Utah finally decided to have winter, now that it is March. I know you eastern and southern folks are sick of hearing winter so let's talk about something else.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EWaaaaayyyy back in Texas in 2009 I found these \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2009\/09\/weekend-treasures-and-little-makeover.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E2 cool airplane prints for $1 each at a yard sale.\u003C\/a\u003E I loved them so I studied the signature in the corner and thought it said Biederman, so searched for the artist. It turns out that Jerome Biederman painted World War 2 planes and cars and I happened to find a calendar from 1981 that was full of his paintings on Ebay and bought it. And then saved it for 5 years!! \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-Zbx1KN2_6_k\/VPYqJncE-5I\/AAAAAAAAjy0\/nS306Eps64Y\/s1600-h\/airplane%252520calendar%252520cut%252520up%252520on%252520cork%252520squares%252520%25252B%252520stripes%252520boys%252520room%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"airplane calendar cut up on cork squares   stripes boys room\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-99VwBVm66bo\/VPYqKuhLQrI\/AAAAAAAAjy8\/Qh4lZi2vAs4\/airplane%252520calendar%252520cut%252520up%252520on%252520cork%252520squares%252520%25252B%252520stripes%252520boys%252520room_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"344\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto;\" title=\"airplane calendar cut up on cork squares   stripes boys room\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe calendar got cut up, I used my cork squares from another Texas \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2009\/07\/well-hello-friends-im-back-kind-of.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eyard sale that I’ve also been hoarding\u003C\/a\u003E and got some big upholstery tacks from the Restore. I tacked up the print and cork square all together with one pin right into the wall and had me some artwork for above the boys’ bunkbed.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"boys room stripes and airplane prints\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-nS2W_wMT7i8\/VPYqLF_6f8I\/AAAAAAAAjzE\/EI4aKK3r5R0\/boys%252520room%252520stripes%252520and%252520airplane%252520prints_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto;\" title=\"boys room stripes and airplane prints\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe paint colors are Sherwin Williams Worldly Gray on the walls, with SW Copper Mountain \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/05\/how-to-paint-dressers-my-new-favorite.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eleftover from their dressers\u003C\/a\u003E, and SW Naval.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-mpOBGd2v-bs\/VPYqMBQZP7I\/AAAAAAAAjzM\/5NcPS515Klw\/s1600-h\/above%252520boys%252520bunkbed%252520art%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"above boys bunkbed art\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-BxrVP2gO_Ms\/VPYqM_NlaBI\/AAAAAAAAjzU\/Ne5r4q7_6x4\/above%252520boys%252520bunkbed%252520art_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto;\" title=\"above boys bunkbed art\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EFor straight lines, I bought \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004SQSU6I\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=B004SQSU6I\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;tag=320sycamore-20\u0026amp;linkId=YLOWMV2KYY3DPGIZ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethis laser level\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=320sycamore-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=B004SQSU6I\" height=\"1\" style=\"border-image: none !important; border: currentcolor !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E when it was $10 on an Amazon sale and then just taped the lines off an then sealed them with some matte mod podge. It dries quickly, then you just paint right over it and when you take the tape off, you have perfectly straight lines with no bleeding.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-Bfon580gN-o\/VPYqNQVk57I\/AAAAAAAAjzc\/4joLYrn9Gso\/s1600-h\/for%252520perfect%252520stripes%25252C%252520seal%252520tape%252520with%252520mod%252520podge%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"for perfect stripes, seal tape with mod podge\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-Vz_hzFg_IL0\/VPYqOD4W-nI\/AAAAAAAAjzk\/tiPLPSxvtM4\/for%252520perfect%252520stripes%25252C%252520seal%252520tape%252520with%252520mod%252520podge_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto;\" title=\"for perfect stripes, seal tape with mod podge\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-DhYEPsrRs9o\/VPYqO6aV-jI\/AAAAAAAAjzs\/_y06MRQPKHE\/s1600-h\/boys%252520room%252520airplane%252520prints%252520with%252520stripes%25255B7%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"boys room airplane prints with stripes\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-YRNM4rVzzhc\/VPYqPm2qjMI\/AAAAAAAAjz0\/dZPLGZYaZiQ\/boys%252520room%252520airplane%252520prints%252520with%252520stripes_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto;\" title=\"boys room airplane prints with stripes\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EBaby steps to finishing the boys room....\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-8bCYQvg4z0E\/VPYqQPO-FsI\/AAAAAAAAjz8\/blN_G6TEwvE\/s1600-h\/signature%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-a0tMiFYGLqg\/VPYqQ6eyo-I\/AAAAAAAAj0E\/IlFK57TtWZc\/signature_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"background-image: none; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/1433198967575169390\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2015\/03\/above-bed-artwork-in-boys-room.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1433198967575169390"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1433198967575169390"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2015\/03\/above-bed-artwork-in-boys-room.html","title":"above the bed artwork in boys’ room"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-99VwBVm66bo\/VPYqKuhLQrI\/AAAAAAAAjy8\/Qh4lZi2vAs4\/s72-c\/airplane%252520calendar%252520cut%252520up%252520on%252520cork%252520squares%252520%25252B%252520stripes%252520boys%252520room_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-8912042878463877433"},"published":{"$t":"2014-09-09T13:02:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-09-17T15:41:20.208-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tips"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"paint storage tip"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EMost of our leftover paint is in big, 5-gallon buckets which is a big pain if you just want a little for a touch-up. We’ve been cleaning out the garage, and when we brought the paint in, I poured some of each color into a mason jar.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-Jr0N0ph_2ww\/VA9OpeCj54I\/AAAAAAAAh2M\/btlSKsiK7-s\/s1600-h\/paint%252520in%252520buckets%25255B7%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"paint in buckets\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-Dv9yY4FF2Gk\/VA9OqPjeunI\/AAAAAAAAh2U\/lqth9gr9_D0\/paint%252520in%252520buckets_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;\" title=\"paint in buckets\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-6gikK4yXSbk\/VA9Oqt1dFDI\/AAAAAAAAh2c\/ux86HAZiXzA\/s1600-h\/storing%252520paint%252520in%252520mason%252520jars%25255B7%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"storing paint in mason jars\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-V9lGU5ks3-Y\/VA9OrTj7nLI\/AAAAAAAAh2k\/auVpDYMgIto\/storing%252520paint%252520in%252520mason%252520jars_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"418\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;\" title=\"storing paint in mason jars\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThey are so much easier to grab for a touch-up! If you are in the middle of painting, try to remember to do this while the paint is still out -- you will love yourself a few months later when knicks and scrapes are already showing up on the walls. In our previous home, I had some of the paint in plastic containers.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"january 2011 016\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TS4RJIBzEZI\/AAAAAAAAKZs\/_rMf6MQKzZI\/january-2011-016_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"525\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;\" width=\"350\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Ebut I found they dried up much more quickly and that the paint I had in mason jars was still good, so I’m going with mason jars from here on out.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI’m sadly watching our lawn turn into a pond, we are getting LOTS of rain -- I know many of you are as well. I can’t believe Arizona! Mostly, I hope it doesn’t wash all of the grass seed away. We just hydro-seeded. Go figure.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-Pg2OgKdrGXo\/VA9Or8ObSvI\/AAAAAAAAh2s\/oUnl0QsMBRQ\/s1600-h\/water%252520on%252520lawn%25255B7%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"water on lawn\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-UVaYcr6KkOE\/VA9OsqDIO2I\/AAAAAAAAh20\/vqlrgQrXT_I\/water%252520on%252520lawn_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;\" title=\"water on lawn\" width=\"542\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThat’s what is going down here today ~ Happy Tuesday!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-W3Im9IpbkTE\/VA9OtOFS4wI\/AAAAAAAAh24\/z1e9ODCxdvI\/s1600-h\/signature%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-RGarPsTk1T4\/VA9Otpc334I\/AAAAAAAAh3E\/DedB7f5BNpM\/signature_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"background-image: none; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/8912042878463877433\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/09\/paint-storage-tip.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/8912042878463877433"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/8912042878463877433"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/09\/paint-storage-tip.html","title":"paint storage tip"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-Dv9yY4FF2Gk\/VA9OqPjeunI\/AAAAAAAAh2U\/lqth9gr9_D0\/s72-c\/paint%252520in%252520buckets_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-2004474452466502952"},"published":{"$t":"2014-08-13T04:02:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-08-29T16:34:07.850-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"kitchen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"paint colors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"a happy pantry door"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EI wanted a bright, happy pantry door in our \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/06\/the-kitchen.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emostly-white kitchen\u003C\/a\u003E. But yellow is tricky! At first I just grabbed some samples of some happy yellows that I thought looked good from the paint chip cards, but when I put them on, I didn’t love them as much. Holy brightness!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EI went back to the Sherwin-Williams store to Chad, the friendly Provo store manager and he assured me that most people that try yellow think they know what they want but many times come back and say it was waaaay too bright. I know many of you love the bright (from the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/rC1yZnqtWe\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Evoting in the comments on IG\u003C\/a\u003E!) but in the kitchen with lots of natural light some of them were too much for me.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-VFnirlJDI-U\/U-prFGhkQYI\/AAAAAAAAhVs\/fEW-d9_604g\/s1600-h\/deciding%252520on%252520a%252520paint%252520color%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"deciding on a paint color\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-hkDyMvvQmYo\/U-prGPLIYzI\/AAAAAAAAhV0\/US1WPWOCU5E\/deciding%252520on%252520a%252520paint%252520color_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;\" title=\"deciding on a paint color\" width=\"266\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EBecause of this, Chad suggested looking at some samples that were looking pretty muted to me\u003Cem\u003E,\u003C\/em\u003E but I took them home and ended up finding my happy-not-too-bright-not-too-golden-just right yellow:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/find-and-explore-colors\/paint-colors-by-family\/SW6394-sequin\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESherwin-Williams Sequin 6394:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/find-and-explore-colors\/paint-colors-by-family\/SW6394-sequin\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"yellow pantry door SW 6394 sequin\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-KGqKA9R-jwA\/U-prG7G1K7I\/AAAAAAAAhV8\/9vysxcA5nfI\/yellow%252520pantry%252520door%252520SW%2525206394%252520sequin%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;\" title=\"yellow pantry door SW 6394 sequin\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EIt makes me smile every time I look at it and helps me hide A LOT behind those doors.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ESome other happy, scrumptious yellow doors that inspired me:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_lR2vracc3r8\/S5-SotQ17zI\/AAAAAAAACo8\/8EalCIYfeoU\/s400\/ets16479.jpg\" height=\"467\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto;\" width=\"351\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/scandinavianretreat.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/summer-house-in-smaland.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAnna Kern\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/pro\/kelleygardner\/kelley-gardner\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/st.houzz.com\/simgs\/4c4193440f5eb097_8-6146\/beach-style-exterior.jpg\" height=\"469\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto;\" width=\"352\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/pro\/kelleygardner\/kelley-gardner\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ekelley gardner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"The finishing touches .... the number!     No house can survive without it ....    Families might come and go ..... but the number remains the same!     Her identity!    We went with a Script - and made sure it was rust resistant!      Love it!\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/736x\/79\/05\/98\/7905988bacc96c8a6208076fbe98b6b1.jpg\" height=\"460\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto;\" width=\"345\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/13721973835769103\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDeborah Arsenault-Price\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Notting Hill. Yellow door, yellow awning and yellow window frames with black wrought iron detailing\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/736x\/2d\/8f\/cd\/2d8fcd9c0f2f57e7bf3e2fa2e4a9b8b7.jpg\" height=\"382\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto;\" width=\"352\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ilanasal\/7718510864\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ellanasphotography on flickr\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.tiekbuilthomes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Dunn-Meikel-Reece-_62-700.jpg\" height=\"338\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto;\" width=\"508\" \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tiekbuilthomes.com\/exteriors-images\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etiek built homes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ESigh. Yellow doors…are you a fan?\u003Cbr \/\u003EDon’t forget the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/08\/paint-perks-at-sherwin-williams-200.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E$200 Sherwin-Williams paint giveaway here\u003C\/a\u003E!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-1UqeXniRVco\/U-prHp1SuPI\/AAAAAAAAhWE\/Zj-w4MFpIzE\/s1600-h\/signature%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-rooMPyJOxvs\/U-prIo3qJ9I\/AAAAAAAAhWM\/c2PgQoymemU\/signature_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E*thank you to Sherwin-Williams for partnering with me! As always, projects, ideas, posts, opinions, and pictures are all mine. Full \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/p\/disclosure.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edisclosure here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/2004474452466502952\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/08\/a-happy-pantry-door.html#comment-form","title":"17 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2004474452466502952"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2004474452466502952"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/08\/a-happy-pantry-door.html","title":"a happy pantry door"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-hkDyMvvQmYo\/U-prGPLIYzI\/AAAAAAAAhV0\/US1WPWOCU5E\/s72-c\/deciding%252520on%252520a%252520paint%252520color_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"17"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-2112522714554767029"},"published":{"$t":"2014-08-11T06:46:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-03-19T10:20:39.699-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"deals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"giveaways"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"paint colors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"paint perks at sherwin-williams+ $200 giveaway!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-i_KWlbPNqs4\/U-i68C903XI\/AAAAAAAAhTo\/YyQHCNgj8TA\/s1600-h\/my-sherwin-williams-store9.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"my sherwin williams store\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-r3qjhuIaRns\/U-i69VJw9XI\/AAAAAAAAhTw\/8myMWxvtaro\/my-sherwin-williams-store_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"my sherwin williams store\" width=\"301\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI live near a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESherwin-Williams\u003C\/a\u003E now (hurray!) and I want to tell you why they are *my* paint store now. I’ve loved their colors (hello, kilim beige \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2010\/11\/living-room-before-and-after.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2010\/09\/playroom.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, pavestone \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/06\/reveal-our-home-exterior-paint-colors.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and ivoire \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2009\/10\/girls-room-updates.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E) but I figured they were an expensive, custom paint store that maybe wasn’t for people like me. When we moved here and began building our home, I started going in to the Provo, Utah store to look at paint colors I had seen online and I began to change my mind. Here’s what I love:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* they have a little play place for my boys so I can actually peruse and look and ask questions without being rushed or worried they would wander over into power tools. And hot cider and a table for me to sit at. ♥\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-oCSB4C2WT4o\/U-i6-dDDhLI\/AAAAAAAAhT4\/1U_jJndXMXQ\/s1600-h\/sherwin-williams-kid-friendly8.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"sherwin williams kid friendly\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-_LbkJNNJ_EU\/U-i6_AGIn5I\/AAAAAAAAhUA\/HCOwb7agC04\/sherwin-williams-kid-friendly_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"sherwin williams kid friendly\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E* they have real live, paint people! Not flooring-in-the-morning-can-you-cover-the-paint-desk-this-afternoon but knowledgeable, friendly, PAINT people. This is all they do and they \u003Cem\u003Eknow their stuff\u003C\/em\u003E. I can ask Chad, the manager at the Provo store what paint he recommends \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/05\/how-to-paint-dressers-my-new-favorite.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efor dressers in little boys’ rooms that will get lots of abuse\u003C\/a\u003E. Sherwin-Williams multi-purpose primer topped with Sherwin-Williams Pro Classic latex, without hesitation. BAM. They have used the paint. They talk to contractors daily. He knows the most popular colors in our area. They will actually \u003Cem\u003Ehelp\u003C\/em\u003E you and point you in the right direction.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-yHVE-poKeEc\/U-i6_3nNwoI\/AAAAAAAAhUI\/q9G0Sa_0ldU\/s1600-h\/sherwin-williams-provo-store8.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"sherwin williams provo store\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-dVuCAm5AAXM\/U-i7BD2xlXI\/AAAAAAAAhUQ\/4DCV622ltLY\/sherwin-williams-provo-store_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"sherwin williams provo store\" width=\"476\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E* I used to think they were really expensive because of the quality of their paint. I soon discovered they have \u003Cem\u003Eawesome \u003C\/em\u003Epromotions. Guess what is happening this upcoming weekend? Their anniversary sale – 35% off! PLUS you can use coupons with the sale (see below!) I dare you to find a better paint for a better price. It’s unbeatable. A little trick I use: buy the cans of paint at the really good sales, and they will tint it for you later.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* the colors, the pamphlets, the companies they team up with. You can take catalogs home that they have put together with ideas and tried and true, gorgeous colors. Lines from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/find-and-explore-colors\/pottery-barn-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPottery Barn\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/find-and-explore-colors\/west-elm-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWest Elm\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/hgtv-home-by-sherwin-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHGTV HOME by Sherwin-Wiiliams\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/find-and-explore-colors\/paint-colors-by-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eother collections\u003C\/a\u003E for interior and exterior that will fit any style. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-EmY81fXrU3g\/U-i7B8lCtbI\/AAAAAAAAhUY\/YZGT33AT_zE\/s1600-h\/sherwin-williams-paint-store4.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"sherwin williams paint store\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-t6smzwzDI5g\/U-i7CsGUw5I\/AAAAAAAAhUg\/SWnRnytYfkw\/sherwin-williams-paint-store_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"sherwin williams paint store\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-XnbnXPtC7H4\/U-i7DQZ_gwI\/AAAAAAAAhUo\/OovtQRhPxcU\/s1600-h\/color-choices-sherwin-williams4.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"color choices sherwin williams\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-bwDRoQ5RfC8\/U-i7EPzWynI\/AAAAAAAAhUw\/j7QaE9Dt-VU\/color-choices-sherwin-williams_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"color choices sherwin williams\" width=\"389\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd the best program for paint lovers everywhere: their \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mypaintperks.com\/blogger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Enew Paint Perks program\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* FREE! \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mypaintperks.com\/blogger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESign-up online or in-store\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* get a $\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/special-offers\/sales-and-coupons\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E10 off $50 coupon right away.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* get 10% off your purchases \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* they save your colors and paint for you for 10 years. Like when you are ready to move and need to touch up paint and are wishing you hadn’t thrown out those paint cans?? They have the exact formula and paint stored in the database for you.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-fiMmJrJLwzs\/U-i7FP1VHxI\/AAAAAAAAhU4\/aakeHS1P0JE\/s1600-h\/sherwin-williams-paint-perks8.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"sherwin williams paint perks\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-zcMypKPwNGo\/U-i7FwwnaiI\/AAAAAAAAhVA\/nYZomlByZDU\/sherwin-williams-paint-perks_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"sherwin williams paint perks\" width=\"270\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E* when you sign up, you will the first to know about the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mypaintperks.com\/blogger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eawesome sales and promotions in your inbox\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ESo, are you convinced? \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mypaintperks.com\/blogger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGo sign up\u003C\/a\u003E. And go visit your \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESherwin-Williams store\u003C\/a\u003E. I have a feeling you’ll love them as much as I do.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrike\u003EI have a \u003Cstrong\u003E$200 Sherwin-Wlliams giftcard\u003C\/strong\u003E to give away to one of you – just tell me in the comments why you love Sherwin-Williams. \u003C\/strike\u003EFor a second entry, follow \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/sherwinwilliams\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESherwin-Williams\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/320sycamore\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E320 Sycamore\u003C\/a\u003E on Instagram and then let me know with a comment below. Good luck!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E****giveaway now closed, winner is #81 Elaine. Thanks!****\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-WkNsWa4Zopg\/U-i7GyChOqI\/AAAAAAAAhVI\/cNcT6sQq5WA\/s1600-h\/signature3.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-vHk79ij2ffs\/U-i7HnZXpII\/AAAAAAAAhVQ\/ypVdJUbTM2M\/signature_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E* I reached out to Sherwin-Williams to partner with them because I love their company-- I only partner with companies that I can stand by. Opinions, ideas, pictures writing are 100% mine – full \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/p\/disclosure.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003Edisclosure here.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/2112522714554767029\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/08\/paint-perks-at-sherwin-williams-200.html#comment-form","title":"194 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2112522714554767029"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2112522714554767029"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/08\/paint-perks-at-sherwin-williams-200.html","title":"paint perks at sherwin-williams+ $200 giveaway!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-r3qjhuIaRns\/U-i69VJw9XI\/AAAAAAAAhTw\/8myMWxvtaro\/s72-c\/my-sherwin-williams-store_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"194"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-6673540361433084540"},"published":{"$t":"2014-08-06T04:02:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-10-10T09:48:58.147-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"entryway"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"home tour"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"paint colors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"please come in: the foyer"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe “foyer” sounds a bit formal to me, I prefer entryway, but I probably have half a dozen blog posts from previous homes with that title so we’ll go with foyer, okay?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI wanted a fun, fresh green table - I don’t know why. Maybe because the family room, dining, and kitchen all run together so I’m trying to coordinate those colors but wanted to brighten things up a bit in this area as you first come in?? The table\u0026nbsp; is painted with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/find-and-explore-colors\/paint-colors-by-family\/SW6445-garden-grove\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESherwin-Williams 6445 Garden Grove\u003C\/a\u003E in ProClassic latex paint . It reminds me of a 40’s jadeite green and brings some life to the space. I found the table on J\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.jossandmain.com\/invite\/i5NK8D\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eoss \u0026amp; Main -- \u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003Eit is called the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.25em; text-align: left;\"\u003ESafavieh Abram Console.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E(this is coming out from the office – if you want to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/04\/choosing-floor-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esee the floorplan it is here\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-4TlSXTIuOOM\/U-HBfx-F-1I\/AAAAAAAAhRQ\/z4LurEflLuo\/s1600-h\/sherwin-williams-garden-grove-table7.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"sherwin williams garden grove table\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-xkHessZJ2zc\/U-HBg2fzFGI\/AAAAAAAAhRY\/Sqw3mILc5Pk\/sherwin-williams-garden-grove-table_.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"sherwin williams garden grove table\" width=\"351\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EIt was also a sea of white, so I wanted to ground it a bit with the door. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sherwin-williams.com\/homeowners\/color\/find-and-explore-colors\/paint-colors-by-family\/SW7048-urbane-bronze\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EUrbane Bronze\u003C\/a\u003E from\u0026nbsp; Sherwin-Williams (SW 7048) in their Emerald paint was the perfect solution! It is a dark, rich charcoal gray with almost some brown undertones.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EWe went with a transom window here, but I want to put some wood details on it – future project! The planked walls are simply cut 1\/4” mdf about a nickel space apart. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-Gq_gASiJvhI\/U-HBh8VcktI\/AAAAAAAAhRg\/bQeYXpRveYw\/s1600-h\/entryway-320-sycamore---door-is-sw-u.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"entryway 320 sycamore - door is sw urbane bronze\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-P0u2ANQleBI\/U-HBkAVe7nI\/AAAAAAAAhRo\/IMZ13KcrsvU\/entryway-320-sycamore---door-is-sw-u%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"entryway 320 sycamore - door is sw urbane bronze\" width=\"348\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI was seriously scared when I was painting, but with doors, keep going! A dark color like this takes 2-3 coats. My kids kept saying, Mom! What are you doing to the white door? My husband just shakes his head and keeps walking by. He knows better than to ask.\u0026nbsp; :)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-y0djd6axjv4\/U-HBlPCma9I\/AAAAAAAAhRw\/AUp8X-nkLno\/s1600-h\/entry-during3.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"entry during\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-oiu2YccwSfI\/U-HBl7nufCI\/AAAAAAAAhR4\/r8y0nkcum6U\/entry-during_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"entry during\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI do love the way it turned out though and they all said they liked it this morning, so I guess we’re okay.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-7ZvWIJ-ZNFU\/U-HBmrL-0CI\/AAAAAAAAhR8\/IcbS_rNtiIM\/s1600-h\/sherwin-williams-urbane-bronze4.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"sherwin williams urbane bronze\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-0jNUtSBPhYw\/U-HBnS4ORrI\/AAAAAAAAhSE\/Ap-jFDqq_bs\/sherwin-williams-urbane-bronze_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"sherwin williams urbane bronze\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-BgAKec8I0Fw\/U-HBn3Y4MPI\/AAAAAAAAhSQ\/yvNJQPRUqqI\/s1600-h\/door-color-sw-urbanze-bronze9.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"door color sw urbanze bronze\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-TqrU5LvUAcA\/U-HBocpD59I\/AAAAAAAAhSY\/2w5m0QWZJ9A\/door-color-sw-urbanze-bronze_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"613\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"door color sw urbanze bronze\" width=\"409\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe accessories are from our previous home, nothing new or fancy except a wild fake plant from a yard sale.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-qDBcmeN1t1A\/U-HBpaBcUrI\/AAAAAAAAhSg\/MGz5jqzTt7E\/s1600-h\/sherwin-williams-garden-grove8.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"sherwin williams garden grove\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-siHQyLkEWZE\/U-HBqMD1JwI\/AAAAAAAAhSo\/ZEJYo-OR_kI\/sherwin-williams-garden-grove_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"548\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"sherwin williams garden grove\" width=\"365\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI can’t wait to share more good news from Sherwin-Williams next week – saving money, beautiful paint: you’ll love it!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-4cQXNmqBIos\/U-HBq5cD6zI\/AAAAAAAAhSw\/VVjlEwEmCQs\/s1600-h\/signature4.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-fXxaV_PZyzI\/U-HBrwMAMYI\/AAAAAAAAhS4\/p6qAE4PpmkM\/signature_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/6673540361433084540\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/08\/please-come-in-foyer.html#comment-form","title":"14 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6673540361433084540"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6673540361433084540"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/08\/please-come-in-foyer.html","title":"please come in: the foyer"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-xkHessZJ2zc\/U-HBg2fzFGI\/AAAAAAAAhRY\/Sqw3mILc5Pk\/s72-c\/sherwin-williams-garden-grove-table_.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"14"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-4025454104821669675"},"published":{"$t":"2014-05-06T08:39:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-06-19T11:58:07.636-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"boys room"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"little makeovers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"how to paint dressers + my new favorite tool!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI found 2 of these dressers at a local thrift store for $25 each. I loved them because they were lower for my 2 youngest boys to reach, they were solid wood with dovetail drawers,\u0026nbsp; and they were matching—there were 2!\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-ux3aaF6ukhk\/U2jz4i0KE_I\/AAAAAAAAf_g\/7_aYso99Hpw\/s1600-h\/may%2525202014%252520002%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"may 2014 002\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-Af7R_ozTulI\/U2jz5bRc4jI\/AAAAAAAAf_k\/AoXNgRgsyPo\/may%2525202014%252520002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"may 2014 002\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe prep always seems to take longest but is the most important step – taking out the drawers, removing hardware, wiping them down, and sanding rough edges.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-JPH-18_nGvc\/U2jz6EUtvtI\/AAAAAAAAf_w\/eXw-SvoAFKw\/s1600-h\/dresser%252520drawers%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"dresser drawers\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-yhwpUJPbFLs\/U2jz63RRiBI\/AAAAAAAAf_4\/aklyFF4HLx4\/dresser%252520drawers_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"dresser drawers\" width=\"556\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EBut THEN the fun part begins. I have never been so excited about a tool in my life: the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.homeright.com\/products\/finish-max-fine-finish-hvlp-sprayer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHomeright Finish Max Sprayer\u003C\/a\u003E. You just fill it up with paint\/primer\/sealant\/stain whatever, make sure it’s thin enough to pass through (they give you a little tool to test this --- I had to add just a little water to the Sherwin Williams all-purpose primer I used), and then go.to.town!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-kV5FMNOi55Y\/U2jz7ecvueI\/AAAAAAAAgAA\/GHv4Lgl3WRY\/s1600-h\/may%2525202014%252520009%25255B7%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"may 2014 009\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-mtjS8Zlr_zA\/U2jz80yJ9VI\/AAAAAAAAgAI\/paYL2fhXV5I\/may%2525202014%252520009_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"may 2014 009\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI had the first dresser primed in a minute, couldn’t believe it. I would suggest using water based primers and paints so clean-up is a breeze. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-DnmG35KIZnw\/U2jz9SjosgI\/AAAAAAAAgAQ\/l7mazhYlIh8\/s1600-h\/may%2525202014%252520007%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"may 2014 007\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-1wt5yVsMbq0\/U2jz-KuyDxI\/AAAAAAAAgAY\/XUVhSgExaAo\/may%2525202014%252520007_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"may 2014 007\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-NC0hyeuF9iU\/U2jz-nOoOMI\/AAAAAAAAgAg\/9UWPAfO57vg\/s1600-h\/may%2525202014%252520008%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"may 2014 008\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-uopt0v9zkBA\/U2jz_XMqyVI\/AAAAAAAAgAo\/kA_dTaPsjA0\/may%2525202014%252520008_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"may 2014 008\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThen, came paint! This color is 6356 Copper Mountain from Sherwin Williams. Again, thin it out a little in the white cup and then spray away.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-OGXIzwOAjbs\/U2j0AOEVshI\/AAAAAAAAgAw\/l9HIOuYf96U\/s1600-h\/may%2525202014%252520012%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"may 2014 012\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-m4h5zfSqV_A\/U2j0ApC1FcI\/AAAAAAAAgA4\/brQ9H-SKStA\/may%2525202014%252520012_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"may 2014 012\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ESince it is for my boys, I wanted some extra durability, so I finished it off with about 3 coats of satin polyurethane. I didn’t have to thin this out at all, and it also cleans up with water.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-qqftQYCsAZ8\/U2j0Baa8DPI\/AAAAAAAAgBA\/eqgzacPxuqE\/s1600-h\/may%2525202014%252520060%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"may 2014 060\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-UZjPls6sslE\/U2j0B4JgSLI\/AAAAAAAAgBE\/c7L81A2EMm0\/may%2525202014%252520060_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"may 2014 060\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-UtzV0ATo7Uk\/U2j0CaU15vI\/AAAAAAAAgBI\/uYbfehXZC7A\/s1600-h\/homeright%252520finish%252520max%252520sprayer%25255B7%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"homeright finish max sprayer\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-lGoR2mFUmLI\/U2j0DFuGjfI\/AAAAAAAAgBU\/vQ4GC7Os_lk\/homeright%252520finish%252520max%252520sprayer_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"464\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"homeright finish max sprayer\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI love how they turned out, and I’m finding all sorts of things I can paint with this sprayer. You will be seeing much more of it in upcoming projects! Things I love:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* you can use any color of paint like a spray paint, except you don’t have to battle nasty fumes.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VKFDEO\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=B003VKFDEO\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;tag=320sycamore-20\u0026amp;linkId=X3NFPSTVODCLRDB6\"\u003Ethe price is amazing.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=320sycamore-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=B003VKFDEO\" height=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E We had another stain sprayer we used to prime some furniture in Virginia that was twice the price and did not spray well at all.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* it’s quick – I have never knocked a painting project out so quickly.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* it uses less paint. I didn’t even use 1\/3 of a gallon for these dressers.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* the finish is smooth and beautiful – I’m sold.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EA few tips to help you out: \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* make sure the tube inside the paint cup is tilted the way your sprayer will be tilted. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* If the paint starts to spatter a bit, check the nozzle. I left it out in the garage while I went back inside and it got a little dried and I just quickly peeled it off. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* Clean it up right after so you don’t have to scrub dried paint off of the inside. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* Like spray paint, do multiple light coats and let it dry in between instead of one heavy, dripping coat.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-nk693p0RVjk\/U2j0D_LAi9I\/AAAAAAAAgBc\/h-axQxBkBzk\/s1600-h\/painted%252520dresser%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"painted dresser\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-L8-pdRNVKo4\/U2j0EfTTjUI\/AAAAAAAAgBk\/d8Y-lL3oxKk\/painted%252520dresser_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"painted dresser\" width=\"569\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI love how they turned out, and here they sit in the garage (painting + moving box central) waiting to move into the boys’ room at the new house. I used the industrial handles from the hardware store, which were $3.xx a piece. I thought they fit the dressers perfectly and I’m still trying to decide what do with the odd drawer – 2 knobs or fill them with wood filler and match the rest. They look like eyes to me:)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-CIlqwW2yKgw\/U2j0FLAeOWI\/AAAAAAAAgBw\/NO4IJlSvfuk\/s1600-h\/how%252520to%252520paint%252520dressers%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"how to paint dressers\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-FNPOJqTdEbA\/U2j0Fk6cEmI\/AAAAAAAAgB4\/-79lmpbDGzI\/how%252520to%252520paint%252520dressers_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"398\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"how to paint dressers\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EAlso, I have to tell you that I was about ready to spit nails when I used some Walmart screws to attach the handles and the screw broke off in the MIDDLE of the wood. They were so cheaply made – do yourself a favor and get the real titanium screws that most hardware store sell. Grrrrrrr. I just super-glued the head back on for looks. Go for the good ones.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-HWQTbKpZnI8\/U2j0GcgkdfI\/AAAAAAAAgCA\/t34pBLvPVIc\/s1600-h\/use%252520good%252520screws%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"use good screws\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-8_XCpCyHeW8\/U2j0G4kDPiI\/AAAAAAAAgCI\/A1XDouvIuyk\/use%252520good%252520screws_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"use good screws\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe BEST part is Homeright wants to give Finish Max Sprayer away to a lucky reader! Just tell us in the comments what project you would use the Finish Max for. \u003C\/strong\u003EGood luck and happy spraying!!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/s393.photobucket.com\/user\/lissylee\/media\/signature_zps45983bca.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\" photo signature_zps45983bca.jpg\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i393.photobucket.com\/albums\/pp19\/lissylee\/signature_zps45983bca.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ccenter\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/4025454104821669675\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/05\/how-to-paint-dressers-my-new-favorite.html#comment-form","title":"326 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/4025454104821669675"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/4025454104821669675"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/05\/how-to-paint-dressers-my-new-favorite.html","title":"how to paint dressers + my new favorite tool!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-Af7R_ozTulI\/U2jz5bRc4jI\/AAAAAAAAf_k\/AoXNgRgsyPo\/s72-c\/may%2525202014%252520002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"326"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-877342141986979349"},"published":{"$t":"2014-03-05T11:59:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-09-06T14:47:07.430-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"paint colors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tips"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"a fantastic paint resource"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI have talked about a favorite paint website, colorcharts.org that is no longer in service. I was so sad when I couldn’t go there any longer to match colors from one brand to another. I have found something else though, almost as good! I have no relationship with them, I was just thrilled to find it and share it with you:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EIt’s called \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.color-swatches.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EColor-swatches.com\u003C\/a\u003E and here an example of how it works:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ELook \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theshopwindow.org\/?p=603\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eat this beautiful door\u003C\/a\u003E painted in Farrow \u0026amp; Ball Downpipe\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theshopwindow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_0040.jpg\" height=\"539\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;\" title=\"Door\" width=\"404\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESince Farrow \u0026amp; Ball is based in England, I’m not going to have a store near me. So, I can go to color-swatches.com and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.color-swatches.com\/search.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ego to their search feature.\u003C\/a\u003E (under Our Services) and then type whatever paint brand I love into the “convert to another brand” section:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-nttMsSmwNNk\/Uxdz6bANjlI\/AAAAAAAAfog\/2FiYe5RevTo\/s1600-h\/farrow%252520ball%25255B8%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"farrow ball\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-g5Bpssv9HgA\/Uxdz7Cn9yjI\/AAAAAAAAfoo\/1YUZp2O-CmQ\/farrow%252520ball_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"594\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"farrow ball\" width=\"321\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere is what comes up as the closest Sherwin Williams colors to down pipe:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-Xy1YoOuj-vY\/Uxdz72KIXDI\/AAAAAAAAfpU\/5STBT6ZS3I8\/s1600-h\/color%252520swatches%252520conversion%25255B9%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"color swatches conversion\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-5-REXguRQGU\/Uxdz8gaaC7I\/AAAAAAAAfpc\/AYV9stq-mxg\/color%252520swatches%252520conversion_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"398\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"color swatches conversion\" width=\"321\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECool, huh? Let’s try it with another – the wildly popular Revere Pewter.\u0026nbsp; I knew it was close to Behr’s wheat bread \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2012\/05\/master-bedroom-details-and-pricing.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethat I used in our previous master bedroom\u003C\/a\u003E, but let’s see how close. When I typed it in to match in Behr paint, wheat bread came up, but look how close the formulas are: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-N9GDu7AALlA\/Uxdz9BxGLDI\/AAAAAAAAfpA\/fhmf3mSi4D4\/s1600-h\/revere%252520pewter%252520and%252520wheat%252520bread%252520comparison%25255B8%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"revere pewter and wheat bread comparison\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-E6hrBTX-VN8\/Uxdz91oNm-I\/AAAAAAAAfpI\/05UfvAWz_9I\/revere%252520pewter%252520and%252520wheat%252520bread%252520comparison_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"350\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"revere pewter and wheat bread comparison\" width=\"700\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlmost a dead ringer! Anyway, it is just a fun resource I wanted to share with you, especially since painting a whole house is on my mind these days…have fun playing!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Tya2-HuAFEM\/WbBexZ-8SHI\/AAAAAAAAz-I\/R8GOq5xE2bYWWhyxq5rhbFIxqgjjw9WrACLcBGAs\/s1600\/signature.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"83\" data-original-width=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Tya2-HuAFEM\/WbBexZ-8SHI\/AAAAAAAAz-I\/R8GOq5xE2bYWWhyxq5rhbFIxqgjjw9WrACLcBGAs\/s1600\/signature.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003E \u003Ccenter\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/877342141986979349\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/03\/a-fantastic-paint-resource.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/877342141986979349"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/877342141986979349"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/03\/a-fantastic-paint-resource.html","title":"a fantastic paint resource"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-g5Bpssv9HgA\/Uxdz7Cn9yjI\/AAAAAAAAfoo\/1YUZp2O-CmQ\/s72-c\/farrow%252520ball_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-2605354969368074164"},"published":{"$t":"2014-02-27T04:02:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2021-08-14T17:15:42.268-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"little makeovers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"how to spray paint a dresser"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI’ve had the itch to paint \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2013\/02\/thrifty-treasures-22513.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethis dresser that I got back in Virginia\u003C\/a\u003E . And because it has some lovely detailing and nooks and grooves that would be harder to get with a brush, I opted for spray paint. I chose the rustoleum painter’s touch in dark gray. (I bought at Home Depot, but I’ve seen this brand popping up at other stores too)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThis is how I spray paint a dresser:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-NM7fx4M4RsA\/Uw7J6xrIcVI\/AAAAAAAAfiE\/e0u16BOLF54\/s1600-h\/spray%252520painted%252520dresser%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"spray painted dresser\" border=\"0\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-iramrBp1VCY\/Uw7J7sBZbrI\/AAAAAAAAfiM\/I0-3oH8qmY8\/spray%252520painted%252520dresser_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"spray painted dresser\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThis one did not have a high gloss finish on it, so it was a great candidate for spray paint without a lot of sanding. If your piece has a really high gloss finish, you’ll want to sand or use a liquid sandpaper\/de-glosser. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-lClYPsjNFCo\/Uw7J8YCsMCI\/AAAAAAAAfiU\/AFhzfLZ7hEg\/s1600-h\/dresser%252520before%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"dresser before\" border=\"0\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-kxxc6iM1j0M\/Uw7J8xsp3XI\/AAAAAAAAfic\/2a6lsb4FX08\/dresser%252520before_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"dresser before\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ERustoleum painter’s touch spray paint is my favorite brand \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(no affiliation with them) \u003C\/span\u003E– it just seems to grip and cover really well (and has held \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2012\/03\/dresser-makeover.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eup beautifully on this dresser\u003C\/a\u003E) so I just sanded down some rough spots on the top and went to town with it. I don’t prime with this spray paint either.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-bXJwwmRM4do\/Uw7J9Tg3noI\/AAAAAAAAfik\/CdURXFogwPw\/s1600-h\/february%2525202014%252520032%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"february 2014 032\" border=\"0\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-E2lgL5Cca_Y\/Uw7J93pDPCI\/AAAAAAAAfis\/hmvQDNB2wNk\/february%2525202014%252520032_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"february 2014 032\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EIf you plan on spray painting more than one thing in your life, I highly, highly recommend investing in a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3sgkBTB\"\u003Espray paint respirator\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=320sycamore-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=B0009XAIGY\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-style: none; border-top-style: none !important; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E -- I have this one and is honestly one of the best diy investments I have ever made. Because the worst part of spray painting is the fumes! Even if you are doing something small like knobs or hinges, you don’t want to be breathing them in. Save your brain cells and your lungs, trust me.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EAnother big secret to spray painting is to do light coats with long strokes, stop. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Emove down a little further:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ELight coat, long stroke, stop. Shake the can, repeat.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ESee how they are not heavy, gloppy, dripping coats? Do as many light, thin coats as you need to get the coverage you want. For this project I did about 3 coats and used about 3.5 cans.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-j0RfqZQXVxo\/Uw7J-aYMENI\/AAAAAAAAfi0\/pfEeYKgOftI\/s1600-h\/use%252520very%252520light%252520coats%252520of%252520spray%252520paint%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"use very light coats of spray paint\" border=\"0\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-dv8dtxt8GKI\/Uw7J_JxeVmI\/AAAAAAAAfi8\/xmIBSxZ0ujc\/use%252520very%252520light%252520coats%252520of%252520spray%252520paint_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"use very light coats of spray paint\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ENow, here is where I am super smart (enter sarcasm) It had been beautiful weather, and I went out early on a Saturday morning to touch up and see where I had missed in the morning sun. It was below freezing and I didn’t even think. I sprayed and this is what happened:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-We6u4einY8g\/Uw7J_vpMBsI\/AAAAAAAAfjE\/gcwNflwgWGA\/s1600-h\/february%2525202014%252520008%25255B11%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"february 2014 008\" border=\"0\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-B_ai4jmIYjM\/Uw7KAKafJ6I\/AAAAAAAAfjM\/pMf14LZmqXE\/february%2525202014%252520008_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"february 2014 008\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe dreaded spray paint crinkling!! Way too cold outside and it may have also had some dust on it from our super clean garage. Oh, Melissa. You just gave yourself another hour of work on this darn dresser! Basically the crinkling happens if the temperature is too hot or too cold, or your surface is not ready (previous coat of paint has not dried completely, it is not clean, etc.) If this happens, this is what I \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.centsationalgirl.com\/2010\/10\/spray-paint-faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elearned from my friend Kate at Centsational Girl\u003C\/a\u003E. Wait 24 hrs for it to \u003Cem\u003Ecompletely dry\u003C\/em\u003E. Then sand down the crinkled part. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-4rbBS48PV3o\/Uw7KAuPZdMI\/AAAAAAAAfjU\/ZJvCfS4elXQ\/s1600-h\/sand%252520down%252520crinkly%252520spots%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"sand down crinkly spots\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-3t3bIF-9LCk\/Uw7KBBv-8LI\/AAAAAAAAfjc\/68X_MXtkLOs\/sand%252520down%252520crinkly%252520spots_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"sand down crinkly spots\" width=\"515\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThen, you need to cover that sanded part with an oil primer, like this one \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-9psJzVe1TX8\/Uw7KB0heBVI\/AAAAAAAAfjk\/UgcvswuXu3g\/s1600-h\/zinsser%252520primer%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"zinsser primer\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-JQRlIR---Z8\/Uw7KCdRQneI\/AAAAAAAAfjs\/jcRgsAijEFw\/zinsser%252520primer_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"zinsser primer\" width=\"288\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Eso it will grip the spray paint again.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-v7ob9bFBwPE\/Uw7KCxOIbbI\/AAAAAAAAfj0\/uQgK-4wxi0c\/s1600-h\/apply%252520primer%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"apply primer\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-k2RTs42DkW0\/Uw7KDaPcv9I\/AAAAAAAAfj8\/AnwyYZ5dT5o\/apply%252520primer_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"apply primer\" width=\"604\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EWait for it to dry and spray over it again (light coats)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-dT8vxVnR1xc\/Uw7KENTQvVI\/AAAAAAAAfkE\/xf3jfmQur3U\/s1600-h\/spray%252520painted%252520dresser%252520makeover%25255B7%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"spray painted dresser makeover\" border=\"0\" height=\"477\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-nF8Glq5EjDc\/Uw7KEsYmnZI\/AAAAAAAAfkM\/WVIAzpIrfL0\/spray%252520painted%252520dresser%252520makeover_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"spray painted dresser makeover\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-BVwvAiiMXXc\/Uw7KFFqHGDI\/AAAAAAAAfkU\/3TgyymdsONg\/s1600-h\/spray%252520painted%252520dresser%25255B7%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"spray painted dresser\" border=\"0\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-PxwtHMO7DjM\/Uw7KFjPJdVI\/AAAAAAAAfkc\/FIvnY6yZafc\/spray%252520painted%252520dresser_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"spray painted dresser\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EAnd it will be ready for business in no time. And I need to confess that I just found some little crinkled parts I missed from my early morning escapade, but they are just going to be part of this dresser’s character! I’m done.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EIt’s still in the garage because we are moving into our house at the end of April, and I just really don’t want to move it. I do love the gray with the aged brass handles, although I really thought the color would be a bit darker. It comes off blue in these pictures doesn’t it? Where it will go in the new house is a good question as well.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI’m painting some other dressers too, I’ll be sure to give you my thoughts on if I prefer brushing or spray-painting furniture like this. What about you? Are you a brush\/roller furniture painter or do you prefer spray paint?\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/2605354969368074164\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/02\/how-to-spray-paint-dresser.html#comment-form","title":"11 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2605354969368074164"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2605354969368074164"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2014\/02\/how-to-spray-paint-dresser.html","title":"how to spray paint a dresser"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-iramrBp1VCY\/Uw7J7sBZbrI\/AAAAAAAAfiM\/I0-3oH8qmY8\/s72-c\/spray%252520painted%252520dresser_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"11"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-7137466435475146344"},"published":{"$t":"2013-12-04T10:43:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-11-03T10:48:47.068-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"christmas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"little makeovers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"treasures"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"yard sales"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"joy to the world"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EHello there! It is snowing and beautiful outside, so it completely put me in the mood to put on some Nat King Cole and add some holiday cheer around here.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-3PudGuM-eGk\/Up9pptZkVKI\/AAAAAAAAe6k\/cqtq1Hw6BAE\/s1600-h\/2013%252520chalkboard%25255B9%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"2013 chalkboard\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-4E2f8M_K2vs\/Up9pqZYKUHI\/AAAAAAAAe6o\/CS5pkaiK4dk\/2013%252520chalkboard_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"753\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"2013 chalkboard\" width=\"501\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EDo you recognize the dresser?\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-LXfNzAtVDmE\/Up9pq3BxK9I\/AAAAAAAAe60\/aQLlHx2Spo8\/s1600-h\/dresser%25255B7%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"dresser\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-MCzOch8N7-w\/Up9prZZgx9I\/AAAAAAAAe68\/lcudTMoSkYE\/dresser_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"dresser\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI shared it \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/320sycamore\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eon Instagram\u003C\/a\u003E, but I was taking my daughter to basketball practice early one Saturday morning this past fall and drove past a yard sale. Of course the brakes go on, my kids yell “noooooooo, Mom!”\u0026nbsp; I was a good mom and took her to practice, but I drove right back and look what I found for $15!!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/--v-tgk2ey0A\/Up9psGtn5XI\/AAAAAAAAe7E\/bC2XAWUvmDw\/s1600-h\/dresser%252520before%25255B7%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"dresser before\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-P9USFBFaN-Y\/Up9psrUTcXI\/AAAAAAAAe7M\/z4FLhfkjfWU\/dresser%252520before_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"600\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"dresser before\" width=\"600\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI just painted it white and kept the same hardware. The best thing about this dresser? There are slots at the top of each drawer where you can put a sheet of paper in to change the color behind the quatrefoil design. I’m trying to figure out what color would be best…suggestions??\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe poinsettias were .99 at Home Depot on Black Friday and the cedar garland was $5, \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/hTWmzjqtX2\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003Ealso shared on Instagram\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-d7XieF99EwY\/Up9ptRpATxI\/AAAAAAAAe7U\/E-qdDLPp-a8\/s1600-h\/99%252520cent%252520poinsettias%25255B11%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"99 cent poinsettias\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-q0Y3T68-WA8\/Up9puJ0b-TI\/AAAAAAAAe7Y\/xwgwUDOI2S4\/99%252520cent%252520poinsettias_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"99 cent poinsettias\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA little bakers twine on leftover cedar garland…\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-VWAACM_DoPE\/Up9pugyCnHI\/AAAAAAAAe7k\/2IkRMyXImbY\/s1600-h\/bakers%252520twine%252520on%252520greenery%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"bakers twine on greenery\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-6JvC0HHkHmA\/Up9pvVOvz4I\/AAAAAAAAe7s\/o8mEuzPo6Uo\/bakers%252520twine%252520on%252520greenery_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"377\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"bakers twine on greenery\" width=\"699\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThese lights are my favorite – they were a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2008\/10\/weekend-treasures.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efavorite yard sale find\u003C\/a\u003E back when we lived in Texas.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-VJwqRg7kWL0\/Up9pv7wYYDI\/AAAAAAAAe70\/Sb_N9PxZzwc\/s1600-h\/cedar%252520garland%252520and%252520lights%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"cedar garland and lights\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-gO9m6_dWxQ0\/Up9pwn7s27I\/AAAAAAAAe78\/LSliZFOZ4_Y\/cedar%252520garland%252520and%252520lights_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"741\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"cedar garland and lights\" width=\"494\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe red sweater star was a Target after Christmas find last year. It got a little bent during the move, but it was a happy surprise to pull out of the box:\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-hgH3Ec9UScs\/Up9pxHdfpjI\/AAAAAAAAe8E\/2qRqLyOGy_A\/s1600-h\/chalkboard%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"chalkboard\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-_I5FiKCk_vQ\/Up9pxz7Jc_I\/AAAAAAAAe8M\/5ID8bI87buU\/chalkboard_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"643\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"chalkboard\" width=\"382\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI love what a $15 dresser + white paint + some $5 greenery + a few .99 poinsettias can do to cheer up a space~\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-gfIQD9E6AxA\/Up9pyQ4uLbI\/AAAAAAAAe8Q\/-Yp1R3nxWCA\/s1600-h\/signature%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-ITfgv2opBPI\/Up9py6J5RHI\/AAAAAAAAe8c\/FHYboyvSvIs\/signature_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/7137466435475146344\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2013\/12\/joy-to-world.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/7137466435475146344"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/7137466435475146344"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2013\/12\/joy-to-world.html","title":"joy to the world"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-4E2f8M_K2vs\/Up9pqZYKUHI\/AAAAAAAAe6o\/CS5pkaiK4dk\/s72-c\/2013%252520chalkboard_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-6968372199534960581"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-12T11:02:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-07-01T09:57:52.065-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"girls bedroom"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"little makeovers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"paint colors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"dresser in mustard seed milk paint {kitchen scale}"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EIsn’t it just a delicious color?? We used \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.missmustardseedsmilkpaint.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMiss Mustard Seed’s milk paint\u003C\/a\u003E in the kitchen scale color. I’ll give you the lowdown:\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-PZy7N1PO_RA\/UT9foncM3eI\/AAAAAAAAbpE\/D4tdIaY9rec\/s1600-h\/MMS%252520kitchen%252520scale%252520paint%25255B8%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"MMS kitchen scale paint\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-9s-ZrqvifSg\/UT9fo0rgOZI\/AAAAAAAAbpM\/3bdBN20f2M0\/MMS%252520kitchen%252520scale%252520paint_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"549\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"MMS kitchen scale paint\" width=\"389\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI found this sweet dresser + miror last spring at the Goodwill for $35! Our Goodwill is ca-razy with their pricing. Sometimes yucky, laminate fall apart furniture is $100. And then a dresser like this is $35?? Whatever, I’ll take it.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-Z-xn8crimSk\/UT9fpcD-STI\/AAAAAAAAbpU\/gKp6ujSFSJ4\/s1600-h\/march%2525202012%252520012%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2012 012\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-lO1Tav8KHI8\/UT9fprK3FyI\/AAAAAAAAbpc\/yungzylhnOE\/march%2525202012%252520012_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2012 012\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EWe cleaned the drawers out really well and let them soak up some sunshine to freshen it up a bit.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-t0stZR0DhAY\/UT9fqCKP1yI\/AAAAAAAAbpk\/fnFqhjzL_xI\/s1600-h\/march%2525202012%252520014%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2012 014\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-2FSyVNLebD4\/UT9fqbyZkHI\/AAAAAAAAbps\/TkPuXf8koyg\/march%2525202012%252520014_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2012 014\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThen, we primed it and let it sit in my daughter’s room for a YEAR. I always have high ambitions…and her room is always clean.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-Tvi2WbhbPBU\/UT9frPqAUCI\/AAAAAAAAbp0\/3jxh_CQ4svM\/s1600-h\/dresser%252520primed%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"dresser primed\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-Qw_GgYNwi0k\/UT9frcmbdMI\/AAAAAAAAbp8\/xL-RnMOMonU\/dresser%252520primed_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"dresser primed\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThen, my friend Marian \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/missmustardseed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E(Miss Mustard Seed\u003C\/a\u003E) came to the rescue. She asked if I would like to sample \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.missmustardseedsmilkpaint.com\/colors\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eher new line of milk paint.\u003C\/a\u003E Ummmm….okay. I GUESS :) Even the box is beautiful!\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-5et6gUNBAcg\/UT9fr8qbxTI\/AAAAAAAAbqE\/xT2GPbLODyw\/s1600-h\/mms%252520kitchen%252520scale%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"mms kitchen scale\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-n2LwXvGJPvg\/UT9fsAocLQI\/AAAAAAAAbqM\/wqL6F82C2XE\/mms%252520kitchen%252520scale_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"554\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"mms kitchen scale\" width=\"369\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI knew the kitchen scale color would be \u003Cem\u003Eperfect\u003C\/em\u003E in Hailey’s room. I had never used milk paint before, but Miss Mustard Seed has every step for you on her awesome\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.missmustardseedsmilkpaint.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E video tutorials\u003C\/a\u003E. Since we had already primed this dresser and my daughter made it clear she didn’t want an old, chippy, antiquey look (sigh..which I \u003Cem\u003Elove) \u003C\/em\u003Eso we used the bonding agent to keep everything nice and smooth. The wonderful thing about this paint is that you can do either look: old, chippy, antique-y, OR new, vibrant, smooth. Her \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.missmustardseedsmilkpaint.com\/colors\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecolors are gorgeous.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-EOtb8zFAQP4\/UT9fstMwamI\/AAAAAAAAbqU\/PfTEdsO0Wr8\/s1600-h\/mustard%252520seed%252520supplies%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"mustard seed supplies\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-1o5pUEjX2eM\/UT9fswXzVEI\/AAAAAAAAbqc\/8-PmC3yrzLQ\/mustard%252520seed%252520supplies_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"mustard seed supplies\" width=\"611\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe furniture wax sealed it all beautifully. (we didn’t use the antiquing wax on this one)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-_b4irn4o5jY\/UT9fte0q2ZI\/AAAAAAAAbqk\/-6hPFATHstw\/s1600-h\/miss%252520mustard%252520seed%252520kitchen%252520scale%252520paint%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"miss mustard seed kitchen scale paint\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-TKEkdyoI1e4\/UT9ft6oDgfI\/AAAAAAAAbqs\/5N3OyPSDts4\/miss%252520mustard%252520seed%252520kitchen%252520scale%252520paint_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"miss mustard seed kitchen scale paint\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EMy tips would be to just mix a little up to practice with ~ the consistency is something to get used to. Mix it well~I used a blender! If you let it sit for awhile or leave your project and come back to it, mix it up really well again. I would use it again in a heartbeat!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-p5owsMPaC5I\/UT9fuWMnoPI\/AAAAAAAAbq0\/hk2kh6O7hZo\/s1600-h\/MMS%252520kitchen%252520scale%252520paint%25255B12%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"MMS kitchen scale paint\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-vvAVqeB5roc\/UT9fu2yh-WI\/AAAAAAAAbq8\/r780VVbWxfU\/MMS%252520kitchen%252520scale%252520paint_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"549\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"MMS kitchen scale paint\" width=\"389\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThank you, Marian! I also need to remind you about the PARTY on Thursday! I always look forward to seeing what projects\/makeovers you’ve come up with that are fast and cheap.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-LRbjPGgUg9I\/UT9fvafuBvI\/AAAAAAAAbrE\/C-assMY9a2I\/s1600-h\/under%252520%25252410%252520under%2525201%252520hr%252520spring%2525202013%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"under $10 under 1 hr spring 2013\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-dBUMaW9HhnQ\/UT9fvg4zDFI\/AAAAAAAAbrM\/TMCZ1YErQQE\/under%252520%25252410%252520under%2525201%252520hr%252520spring%2525202013_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"436\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"under $10 under 1 hr spring 2013\" width=\"538\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ESee you then! \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-y2bLLtv1jUk\/UT9fv0ko2vI\/AAAAAAAAbrU\/aRbmTDJecnI\/s1600-h\/signature%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/--6OeJVsavmk\/UT9fwYqhspI\/AAAAAAAAbrc\/10-UOLBN7_c\/signature_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/6968372199534960581\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2013\/03\/dresser-in-mustard-seed-milk-paint.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6968372199534960581"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6968372199534960581"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2013\/03\/dresser-in-mustard-seed-milk-paint.html","title":"dresser in mustard seed milk paint {kitchen scale}"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-9s-ZrqvifSg\/UT9fo0rgOZI\/AAAAAAAAbpM\/3bdBN20f2M0\/s72-c\/MMS%252520kitchen%252520scale%252520paint_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-4782503852973701383"},"published":{"$t":"2012-06-26T14:44:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-07-01T14:52:55.634-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bedrooms"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"little makeovers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"how to paint a brass chandelier * diy"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EHello, friends! We are back from vacation and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.havenconference.com\/\"\u003EHaven 2012\u003C\/a\u003E. Well, kind of back. My body is here, brain is catching up. So much to share with you, but for right now I’m going to show you one of the next projects on our list: Hailey’s room. Because for some reason, it’s easier for me to share a quick little project than to try to put the past few weeks into words. Does that even make sense?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EHere is a $5 chandelier from a yard sale \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/05\/thrifty-treasures-5911.html\"\u003EI shared with you over a YEAR ago\u003C\/a\u003E. We move quickly around here, don’t we?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-NIAfl8kARlo\/T-ofLAV1vLI\/AAAAAAAAWMI\/F326gGdWZPI\/s1600-h\/chandelier%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"paint brass chandelier\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-Ku4A0jPCWxI\/T-ofLoUjMGI\/AAAAAAAAWMQ\/SvaCUrpyb_k\/chandelier_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"398\" style=\"background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"chandelier\" width=\"597\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EI just took out a trusty can of heirloom white spray paint (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/08\/entryway-light-again.html\"\u003Ehow to here\u003C\/a\u003E), took it to the brass, and it was like new.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-4N9QZDoViO8\/T-ofMANtxdI\/AAAAAAAAWMY\/XkxtTEb4lAw\/s1600-h\/paint%252520a%252520chandelier%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"paint brass chandelier \" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-dnfmOTM1oTo\/T-ofMsdN0UI\/AAAAAAAAWMg\/9JMrTFz2jVE\/paint%252520a%252520chandelier_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"paint a chandelier\" width=\"614\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0087PEEL6\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=320sycamore-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=B0087PEEL6\"\u003EThe lights\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" class=\"qxsollnjhausuuklwnjg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=320sycamore-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=B0087PEEL6\" height=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E were the most expensive part of this diy project. I wanted the globe lights for something a little different~they remind me of all of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.apartmenttherapy.com\/best-outdoor-string-lights-201-120594\"\u003Ethe outdoor lights in the summer.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-LFU3NmNNCYY\/T-ofM24M4TI\/AAAAAAAAWMo\/0cF0PrXAg_Q\/s1600-h\/lights%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"lights\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-xftnIxhWgzQ\/T-ofNZtGktI\/AAAAAAAAWMw\/VIwZAgI7XUw\/lights_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"457\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"lights\" width=\"550\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.apartmenttherapy.com\/best-outdoor-string-lights-201-120594\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003Evia apt therapy\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-7ryGfWWa8Ds\/T-ofN3Nb_WI\/AAAAAAAAWNk\/DUHa72f0DZU\/s1600-h\/paint%252520a%252520chandelier%2525201%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-7ryGfWWa8Ds\/T-ofN3Nb_WI\/AAAAAAAAWNo\/9MKCsSOlXJg\/s1600-h\/paint%252520a%252520chandelier%2525201%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"paint brass chandelier\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-C6_F8OynMa8\/T-ofO-oytmI\/AAAAAAAAWNE\/L04wh7DnI4I\/paint%252520a%252520chandelier%2525201_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"367\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"paint a chandelier 1\" width=\"550\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ECost breakdown:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EChandelier: $5\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0087PEEL6\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=320sycamore-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;creative=390957\u0026amp;creativeASIN=B0087PEEL6\"\u003ELights\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" class=\"qxsollnjhausuuklwnjg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=320sycamore-20\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=B0087PEEL6\" height=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/\u003E : $15\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ESpray Paint $4\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETotal: $24\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ENot too shabby, eh?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EYou can see a sneak preview of her bedding tomorrow with a fantastic giveaway~see you back here!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-vH-tl5we9b4\/T-ofPMF_yAI\/AAAAAAAAWNM\/DxOUygynL_s\/s1600-h\/signature%25255B5%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-SAySEs5Y0s8\/T-ofPZXM2HI\/AAAAAAAAWNU\/RXKLv9ahs7Q\/signature_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/4782503852973701383\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2012\/06\/how-to-paint-brass-chandelier-diy.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/4782503852973701383"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/4782503852973701383"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2012\/06\/how-to-paint-brass-chandelier-diy.html","title":"how to paint a brass chandelier * diy"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-Ku4A0jPCWxI\/T-ofLoUjMGI\/AAAAAAAAWMQ\/SvaCUrpyb_k\/s72-c\/chandelier_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-8341488883123351702"},"published":{"$t":"2012-03-27T12:21:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-07-01T15:06:47.836-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"little makeovers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"master bedroom"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"dresser makeover"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThanks for your encouraging and understanding words yesterday~it’s amazing what a good night’s sleep can do for the soul! And thank goodness not every day is like that, right?? It’s hard to know the right balance of whining and complaining on the blog, but trying to keep it real, so thank you. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ELet’s move more into my comfort zone: dressers!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EI found this one at the thrift store and loved it, but it was $150.\u0026nbsp; Oh c’mon, you know I can’t stomach paying that for a thrift store dresser! I asked the cashier if they had any 50% off furniture days coming up and she thought maybe the next Friday. Oh please, please, please let it be here when I come back…\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EIt was! Believe me, there are plenty of pieces I would have loved that didn’t make it to the 50% day, but this one was mean to be. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-WgK95JA52Cg\/T3IFAiklCbI\/AAAAAAAAUvI\/xSRtEdUeE84\/s1600-h\/march%2525202012%252520007%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2012 007\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-6_B1G0DVrYA\/T3IFBQlVBeI\/AAAAAAAAUvQ\/wxTP8-8jwLI\/march%2525202012%252520007_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2012 007\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EProbably because it was super scratched on top? It was made by Dixie furniture and has beautiful, solid dove-tailed drawers, it was just too….orange sunset for me.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-77HIQ53Yiqs\/T3IFCL-5HWI\/AAAAAAAAUvY\/GzfVy4_VN9w\/s1600-h\/march%2525202012%252520009%25255B7%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2012 009\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-aBEzP_XxDGg\/T3IFEynuT4I\/AAAAAAAAUvg\/M-ZEOyBR20Q\/march%2525202012%252520009_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2012 009\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI sanded the top down, cleaned it up, primed it, and then sprayed a couple of coats of heirloom white. (from rustoleum at home depot)\u0026nbsp; You can see all of the junk that I’m using to put the room together on the side.! And I would *love* to find a pretty new alarm clock. I’ve had that one since I was in middle school. Is there such thing as a pretty digital alarm clock? Have you seen any?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-hdmWOcvuZPk\/T3IFFUFWN3I\/AAAAAAAAUvo\/qz_j4J8IbHI\/s1600-h\/march%2525202012%252520024%2525201%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"picture of dresser makeover redo\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-j82nH-GJY0o\/T3IFGJzVrdI\/AAAAAAAAUvw\/JFK37QULEj0\/march%2525202012%252520024%2525201_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"460\" style=\"background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"white dresser makeover \" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOh, and \u003Cb\u003EI have to tell you!\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theartofdoingstuff.com\/how-to-get-rid-of-that-musty-old-people-smell\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe drawers had kind of a musty, old smell and I saw this tip on Pinterest where she suggested filling the bottom of the drawers with kitty litter, \u003C\/a\u003Eclosing them, then leaving them for a week. It totally worked and absorbed most of the odor.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EI didn’t do anything to the hardware~it was exactly what I wanted. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-vuz6WrcKvt4\/T3IFGk5V3xI\/AAAAAAAAUv4\/HzN_wCCdP3A\/s1600-h\/march%2525202012%252520027%2525201%25255B11%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2012 027 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-bTa3Q2dgL_w\/T3IFHR-eWDI\/AAAAAAAAUwA\/HPs49TWsHDs\/march%2525202012%252520027%2525201_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2012 027 1\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMaster bedroom is coming along, but there have been plenty of snags. *sigh* there always are. At least in this house.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMuch more coming!\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-fi4OtmnHEWo\/T3IFHu6LVgI\/AAAAAAAAUwI\/dG45USRnJz4\/s1600-h\/signature%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-2Rbc6TQkqlc\/T3IFICGQ5uI\/AAAAAAAAUwQ\/-W_z8pGaCmM\/signature_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/8341488883123351702\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2012\/03\/dresser-makeover.html#comment-form","title":"45 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/8341488883123351702"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/8341488883123351702"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2012\/03\/dresser-makeover.html","title":"dresser makeover"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-6_B1G0DVrYA\/T3IFBQlVBeI\/AAAAAAAAUvQ\/wxTP8-8jwLI\/s72-c\/march%2525202012%252520007_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"45"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-6039855765005689831"},"published":{"$t":"2012-01-10T10:43:00.004-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-01-28T13:02:28.393-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"before and after"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"kitchen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tutorials"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"how to paint kitchen cabinets"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EGoodness gracious this is going to be long, so let’s go!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ESet your time you’re going to do it. There will never be a perfect time with nothing going on, you’ve just got to block it off the calendar and GO! We chose to do it in the spring when my husband could give me 2 full days when he  had some time off for spring break. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThen, you’ve got to set up shop. Cover any surfaces you don’t want to get paint on. Most of our work was done in the garage, and we used the kitchen counter as well.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EFirst up: remove all doors and hardware and let your handy, super strong assistant separate them into bags. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-M7l_yP9p_8Q\/Twx4Cpuo3YI\/AAAAAAAASRg\/VAbZLMRzU5A\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520090%25255B8%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 090\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-QkqPluosBlg\/Twx4EFY4ngI\/AAAAAAAASRo\/zy8g76sFZ0k\/march%2525202011%252520090_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"666\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 090\" width=\"444\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;Number all doors and drawers with numbers and leave a number back where you got them from so there is no confusion and they will hang correctly when you re-attach them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-UQlkizqN98o\/Twx4FA06F9I\/AAAAAAAASRw\/BTg76xb87eY\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520009%25255B13%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 009\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-a-aaO04cOvs\/Twx4FrzbBFI\/AAAAAAAASR4\/f5FLXMXvIqA\/march%2525202011%252520009_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"339\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 009\" width=\"508\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ewhile we were painting, we kept the number right above the door. It got hit with the sprayer, but you can still see the number, right?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-lIbiym57kRI\/Twx4IFtOgrI\/AAAAAAAASSA\/ck14nd_Oxak\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520008%25255B12%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 008\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-TNzbHOfxY6E\/Twx4JVigdwI\/AAAAAAAASSI\/NAhGE_kMAB4\/march%2525202011%252520008_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"449\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 008\" width=\"673\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-opz34EXleRI\/Twx4KykRbII\/AAAAAAAASSQ\/vQLVkl584Nc\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520101%25255B14%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 101\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-pfb4GI7zogQ\/Twx4LzcTg1I\/AAAAAAAASSY\/ql7PHdXYAnk\/march%2525202011%252520101_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"404\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 101\" width=\"606\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe spray painted our hinges with brushed nickel spray paint, so my boys put the screws in a piece of styrofoam  to get them ready for spray paint.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-NOMJJq4gH58\/Twx4NQGUShI\/AAAAAAAASSg\/dFeCO6gFaz4\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520110%25255B9%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 110\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-o8S68G6hmNA\/Twx4OjOCLeI\/AAAAAAAASSo\/fZzaBdK_cDw\/march%2525202011%252520110_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"438\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 110\" width=\"657\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-u59dd5ihfZM\/Twx4QL02rUI\/AAAAAAAASSw\/-uqrQ_XKgFA\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520001%252520%2525282%252529%25255B9%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 001 (2)\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-BWqb352eSiM\/Twx4RtU6n4I\/AAAAAAAASS4\/2pkoY55yqx4\/march%2525202011%252520001%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"436\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 001 (2)\" width=\"654\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you have lots of build-up on your cabinets you may have to clean first with a degreaser. The Zinsser primer we used said specifically to avoid TSP cleaner, so we skipped that and just used Fantastik spray degreaser.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESand all the doors and drawers with an electric palm sander. If you don’t have one, it is well worth the $30 investment!! Fill in any big scrapes or holes with wood filler, let it dry then sand them down nice and smooth. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-4IxQ852g4yk\/Twx4Tlsx_DI\/AAAAAAAASTA\/wGbeqjiRs7M\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520095%2525201%25255B8%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 095 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/--SrWgLC9OkE\/Twx4U62nRHI\/AAAAAAAASTI\/rRYu1O5-z7U\/march%2525202011%252520095%2525201_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"503\" style=\"background-image: none; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 095 1\" width=\"754\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor the cabinet bases, we used a liquid sandpaper to get them ready for paint:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/--vnYBWnNSUk\/Twx4WkxrnSI\/AAAAAAAASTQ\/ZN39PIZZaAA\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520116%25255B9%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 116\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-Lu3OAADzA0I\/Twx4XgAtM1I\/AAAAAAAASTY\/KlJ2GnA5Zo8\/march%2525202011%252520116_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"561\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 116\" width=\"374\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThen the real fun begins. We had a paint sprayer we used to stain our fence, so we used it to apply the primer. We \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/05\/spraying-painting-bedroom-furniture.html\"\u003Edid a trial run on my daughter’s furniture~you can read more about that here\u003C\/a\u003E. We used Zinsser’s oil based primer, and since it’s fairly thin, it worked in the sprayer like a dream mixed with some Penetrol.  \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-Bm1BOk9mj7I\/Twx4Ym7l0JI\/AAAAAAAASTg\/FzBawEXO4Y8\/s1600-h\/zinsser%252520oil%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"zinsser oil\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-nXVD2neJbiU\/Twx4ZfsVk_I\/AAAAAAAASTo\/8qLi5QVEvl0\/zinsser%252520oil_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"379\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"zinsser oil\" width=\"379\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe didn’t use the sprayer for the paint though because it was too thick. If you don’t have a sprayer, the small foam rollers and a quality brush (you can’t go wrong with Wooster or Purdy brand!)will work just fine.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-4e-FwvqlJlY\/Twx4Z03D2FI\/AAAAAAAASTw\/HWF-xNmxRdM\/s1600-h\/brush%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"brush\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-WRgTrCrKxpQ\/Twx4arDf9wI\/AAAAAAAAST4\/NGCJQK92fSE\/brush_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"162\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"brush\" width=\"171\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-KWWVmiJb8Cg\/Twx4bKSmzmI\/AAAAAAAASUA\/GnKCBxfV2ps\/s1600-h\/foam%252520roller%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"foam roller\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-niQxyOu-Y0g\/Twx4bi-Z8NI\/AAAAAAAASUI\/B-4Nkn1pXDI\/foam%252520roller_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"174\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"foam roller\" width=\"174\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDon’t I look HAPPY?! \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-Cn53Lb2b0nI\/Twx4cc_cFpI\/AAAAAAAASUQ\/u0ZxodMDr8o\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520133%25255B8%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 133\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-XJzpb1FLnTw\/Twx4dq6UqaI\/AAAAAAAASUY\/sR5pv1EBNpA\/march%2525202011%252520133_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"626\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 133\" width=\"417\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-WSco5c5CBkY\/Twx4fGlMx8I\/AAAAAAAASUg\/U3ZPIZb3iDs\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520005%25255B8%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 005\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-_b_8uJNOS8Q\/Twx4f8JBBqI\/AAAAAAAASUo\/3cEsrcZg3_s\/march%2525202011%252520005_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"627\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 005\" width=\"418\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EApply 2 coats of primer, then sand lightly with a super fine sanding block to get them super smooth and ready for paint.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-P4o494cxkCI\/Twx4hJgvKII\/AAAAAAAASUw\/XZwL2MricjQ\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520012%252520%2525282%252529%25255B18%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 012 (2)\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-D0nk8rjEoiE\/Twx4hsOECfI\/AAAAAAAASU4\/C5E4KOFjK3Q\/march%2525202011%252520012%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"353\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 012 (2)\" width=\"529\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Eand then wipe them down to get all of the dust off. Let dry.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-U1sOgp1lyZs\/Twx4i_U3QUI\/AAAAAAAASVA\/CLLeu92D0CE\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520014%252520%2525282%252529%25255B9%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 014 (2)\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-wF_-KVsNuFU\/Twx4jvmVOLI\/AAAAAAAASVI\/PeISnIobb6k\/march%2525202011%252520014%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"361\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 014 (2)\" width=\"542\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThen, the real painting begins! First, I have to tell you a little back story on the paint. When we did our \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/05\/spraying-painting-bedroom-furniture.html\"\u003Etrial run in my daughter’s room,\u003C\/a\u003E we used Benjamin Moore Impervo paint in white dove. I had done my research online as far as what people had used and been happy with and BM Impervo paint came highly recommended. The only problem is that it takes \u003Ci\u003Eforever\u003C\/i\u003E to dry(okay, when I say forever, for us it was 24 hours per coat and I’m not patient) We were on our second day, my husband had some deadlines and we were going to go out of town for the second half of spring break, so we decided to go with something that was quicker drying since we wanted to do 2 coats and be done with it. I was sick of trying to keep the kids out of the kitchen.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ESo, I ran to Lowes and got their kitchen \u0026amp; bath paint that they mixed in white dove (most stores have Benjamin Moore colors in their computers)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-TkehxkkJqfI\/Twx7Ff8S10I\/AAAAAAAASXA\/tH_fOAqQkd0\/s1600-h\/impervo%25255B2%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"impervo\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-5O7GpQfU9B0\/Twx7F85j-UI\/AAAAAAAASXI\/2HglD5s_xEo\/impervo_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"193\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"impervo\" width=\"197\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-CBsm06unTWg\/Twx4kz7nLBI\/AAAAAAAASXQ\/kuzv3DXv0zY\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520057%25255B11%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 057\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-VKKwSiGx6H8\/Twx4lnfRSKI\/AAAAAAAASXU\/WWlS-yys960\/march%2525202011%252520057_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"189\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 057\" width=\"126\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd it dried much faster and we finished the painting for the most part that second day. Let me say that this is not bad paint. But the areas we used the Impervo paint on, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/05\/spraying-painting-bedroom-furniture.html\"\u003Eincluding my daughter’s furniture\u003C\/a\u003E, is rock hard and I love the satin enamel finish the impervo settles into after a few weeks.  I try to scratch it with my nail and it’s really, really hard to do. I don’t have to work too hard to scratch the Lowes paint.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELooking back, I wish I would have been patient and just gone with the Impervo as much of a pain it would have been for it to dry. My advice would be to go into a PAINT store like Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore (not a big box store) and tell them that you are painting your kitchen cabinets and see what they recommend. I give the Impervo two thumbs up, once it’s dried and cured. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.younghouselove.com\/2012\/01\/how-to-paint-your-cabinets-aka-hallelujah\/\"\u003EJohn \u0026amp; Sherry at Young House Love are using BM’s Advance Paint\u003C\/a\u003E and seem to love that, so check them both out. And that is Melissa’s take on things…back to the painting process.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EIt works best if you can have one (or more) painting bases on the inside, while the doors and drawers are being painted in the garage.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-cTwoDTZ6wJc\/Twx4nHVX1RI\/AAAAAAAASVg\/P5L4ub43HWM\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520013%25255B8%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 013\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-wI37NLvQV2A\/Twx4oHb7WcI\/AAAAAAAASVo\/FdbapQn1SRg\/march%2525202011%252520013_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"343\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 013\" width=\"514\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EA few more things:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EWe wanted to bulk the moulding at the top of the cabinets up, so we added a small piece of trim,  painted over it all,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-LMbTyJsojQo\/Twx4povt6EI\/AAAAAAAASVw\/6XPNdn8tIGI\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520125%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 125\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-PvvsRor2aPc\/Twx4qiYFvoI\/AAAAAAAASV4\/wji1pY0q47A\/march%2525202011%252520125_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"504\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 125\" width=\"755\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-Qcom2i4Q2LY\/Twx4sE_ulZI\/AAAAAAAASWA\/-v0r_RXnHu8\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520123%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 123\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-8DQApte9vSc\/Twx4tEV10-I\/AAAAAAAASWI\/QpOq1e0bg_c\/march%2525202011%252520123_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"485\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 123\" width=\"727\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ethen ran some caulk along the top:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-WEYZHOBFnZI\/Twx4u5EdmcI\/AAAAAAAASWQ\/8uASLJzP894\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520011%252520%2525282%252529%25255B8%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 011 (2)\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-3JpPxYIdyyw\/Twx4wznqhcI\/AAAAAAAASWY\/SP6-OihYci8\/march%2525202011%252520011%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"499\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 011 (2)\" width=\"748\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen we painted the drawers with the small foam rollers and a quality paint brush, we let them hang slightly over the counter edge and that worked well. \u003Cb\u003EAlso a tip\u003C\/b\u003E: even though your drawers will seem dry, they may stick when you put them back in and they sit against the cabinet bases for awhile. Apply a thin coat of vaseline where the drawer meets the base to prevent sticking and ripping off the paint. You can wipe it off after a week or so when everyone is complaining that ewwww, the inside edges of the drawers are sliiiimy!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-_GcmnRHuMN8\/Twx4zXkbzUI\/AAAAAAAASWg\/j1WKiVCfksE\/s1600-h\/march%2525202011%252520050%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 050\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-7hRd6bxdtvE\/Twx40MuNvXI\/AAAAAAAASWo\/I2_cfQvYIq0\/march%2525202011%252520050_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"499\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"march 2011 050\" width=\"748\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe best part is putting the hardware back on and re-attach the doors. It looks sooo much better. It was worth it…right?? :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-IHMONn-OGHU\/TwUgTAYJ5iI\/AAAAAAAASNA\/dTfHJEnmSpA\/december-2011-096-1_thumb_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-IHMONn-OGHU\/TwUgTAYJ5iI\/AAAAAAAASNA\/dTfHJEnmSpA\/december-2011-096-1_thumb_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 378px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 540px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-4qsGr71-2MI\/TwUgdbFQfQI\/AAAAAAAASPs\/GhIOcHlG0k0\/s1600\/december-2011-121-1_thumb1%25255B6%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-4qsGr71-2MI\/TwUgdbFQfQI\/AAAAAAAASPs\/GhIOcHlG0k0\/s1600\/december-2011-121-1_thumb1%25255B6%25255D.jpg\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 327px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 543px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E(More after pictures and sources\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2012\/01\/kitchen-breakdown-sources-and-prices.html\"\u003E here\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ELet’s put this crazy long post into simple, to the point steps:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E1. Prepare to set up shop~you’ll need lots of room to work. Protect areas you don’t want to get splattered with paint. Read a bunch of tutorials online to see what worked for them, then decide what’s best for you.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E2. Remove cabinets, hardware, spray paint hinges. Number them so you can put them back in the right spot.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E3. Sand everything down including bases, then wipe them down.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E4. Use two coats of Zinsser oil based primer on all visible wood surfaces (we didn’t paint the inside of the cabinets, except for one where the glass doors were installed), letting them dry in between coats. Lightly sand and remove dust.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E5. Use two coats of Benjmain Moore Impervo (color: white dove) letting them dry between coats.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E6. Replace hardware\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E7. Re-hang and LOVE!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you have any questions, ask in the comments! There have been some great questions, and I’ll follow up with one more follow up post to answer them all in one spot. I have no affiliation with any of these products or brands~this is just our experience. Thanks for sticking with me~happy Tuesday!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFollow \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/320Sycamore\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E320 Sycamore on Facebook\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;* \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/320sycamore\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efollow 320 Sycamore on Instagram\u003C\/a\u003E * Get \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=granvillehouse\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Enew posts from 320 Sycamore delivered to your inbox\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-CI1XIXPpCrQ\/Twx40hYGNcI\/AAAAAAAASWw\/MdadtLYDDlo\/s1600-h\/signature%25255B2%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-PIU1B89YZfo\/Twx40xCCBLI\/AAAAAAAASW4\/FdP2V_obV7o\/signature_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/6039855765005689831\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2012\/01\/how-to-paint-kitchen-cabinets.html#comment-form","title":"43 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6039855765005689831"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6039855765005689831"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2012\/01\/how-to-paint-kitchen-cabinets.html","title":"how to paint kitchen cabinets"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-QkqPluosBlg\/Twx4EFY4ngI\/AAAAAAAASRo\/zy8g76sFZ0k\/s72-c\/march%2525202011%252520090_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"43"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-6580348624635288983"},"published":{"$t":"2011-11-03T10:50:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-07-10T16:33:04.265-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"kitchen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"little makeovers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"painted kitchen door"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EFirst of all, I need to say thank you for your lovely, heartfelt (and some funny!) \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/11\/gluttony-holidays.html\"\u003Ecomments on yesterday’s post\u003C\/a\u003E. I’ve read and appreciated every one and you have me thinking in a whole new way and I’m more excited than ever for this holiday season.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ENow, we need to get down to business with the kitchen and the list I made. We’re tackling the door first!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EWhy do they make the grids yellow on these doors? I was looking at it and thinking of how I could just pop the grid off and spray paint it, but then I remembered \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/when-diy-goes-oh-so-wrong.html\"\u003ESarah’s debacle (you have to read it..she is so funny!)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-79RmMGcPsEM\/TrLGPUjiaRI\/AAAAAAAARSI\/6y5Y_l9Zd2I\/s1600-h\/october%2525202011%252520098%2525201%25255B5%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"october 2011 098 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-EBhmiHBBHJE\/TrLGP0AEPyI\/AAAAAAAARSQ\/Z-QGtuQra5M\/october%2525202011%252520098%2525201_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"586\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"october 2011 098 1\" width=\"331\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Eand decided to go for the taping it off and painting it with a regular old brush. A tip for the taping off~you need two sizes for the tops and bottoms of the rectangles, so just leave them on your counter so you know what size to cut them all to.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-UnRy_Q-z2K0\/TrLGQOB7UJI\/AAAAAAAARSY\/a-mPB8wlOtE\/s1600-h\/october%2525202011%252520084%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"october 2011 084\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-iWs9BjhGJTI\/TrLGQSsl3nI\/AAAAAAAARSg\/Uq1gLMvL9Gg\/october%2525202011%252520084_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"427\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"october 2011 084\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI brought up a $5 oops paint from my stash that looked about the color I was going for…\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-zDa-raMmiNA\/TrLGQ6NF1XI\/AAAAAAAARSo\/IHceZY3_sl0\/s1600-h\/october%2525202011%252520103%2525201%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"october 2011 103 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-oKvDZHuwj3E\/TrLGRJao7FI\/AAAAAAAARSw\/h45HhOjNYzo\/october%2525202011%252520103%2525201_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"439\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"october 2011 103 1\" width=\"324\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EAnd I ended up loving the dark slate blue. (sorry, there is no paint color name on it….)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-JnM_oNwmJTk\/TrLGRnNSPII\/AAAAAAAARS4\/DPF2t9lESYg\/s1600-h\/November%2525202011%252520021%2525201%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"November 2011 021 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-ovZjFLEBTzA\/TrLGR86EAsI\/AAAAAAAARTA\/SmxalMNP7PQ\/November%2525202011%252520021%2525201_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"616\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"November 2011 021 1\" width=\"411\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EDon’t you love it when oops paint works out to be a yup paint??\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-NlrVmKHcq40\/TrLGSKhD0SI\/AAAAAAAARTI\/TKoY5pwPFtg\/s1600-h\/November%2525202011%252520019%2525201%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"November 2011 019 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-bgJx1yVwqtA\/TrLGSiiPKjI\/AAAAAAAARTQ\/RrK-GpqtFtU\/November%2525202011%252520019%2525201_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"449\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"November 2011 019 1\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EYesssssss. Crossed one off the list. Only a few (*ahem*) more to go…\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-9RhF8jKb9Tk\/TrLGS3sx7lI\/AAAAAAAARTY\/ETz--Suz3jU\/s1600-h\/october%2525202011%252520029%2525202%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"october 2011 029 2\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-B3HXvwT2M7o\/TrLGTP1FosI\/AAAAAAAARTg\/PMYhdxHKeAw\/october%2525202011%252520029%2525202_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"480\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"october 2011 029 2\" width=\"279\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EHappy Thursday~\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-NY7vTswDU7A\/TrLGTXS4-nI\/AAAAAAAARTo\/ELpzkIQVFl0\/s1600-h\/signature%25255B4%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-qV-v6aNYFk8\/TrLGTh3xAgI\/AAAAAAAARTw\/lYUiGV_QXsE\/signature_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/6580348624635288983\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/11\/painted-kitchen-door.html#comment-form","title":"22 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6580348624635288983"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6580348624635288983"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/11\/painted-kitchen-door.html","title":"painted kitchen door"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-EBhmiHBBHJE\/TrLGP0AEPyI\/AAAAAAAARSQ\/Z-QGtuQra5M\/s72-c\/october%2525202011%252520098%2525201_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"22"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-4966204388849051114"},"published":{"$t":"2011-09-19T08:52:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-08-29T16:45:29.993-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"entryway"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gallery wall"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"giveaways"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"paint colors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Front Entryway: painted!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cscript language=\"JavaScript1.1\" src=\"http:\/\/oascentral.blogher.org\/RealMedia\/ads\/adstream_jx.ads\/blogher.org\/Glidden_Sep11_Review_003\/@x13\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EOkay, let’s take one more look at the before: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-HArgHphg3wE\/TndXMt3K9sI\/AAAAAAAAPss\/_gkBRgw_AR4\/s1600-h\/august201103314.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"august 2011 033 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-Y1xTfZkLnbI\/TndXM4qOteI\/AAAAAAAAPsw\/GBxEN9NaCuc\/august20110331_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"524\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"august 2011 033 1\" width=\"350\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EAnd here is the after with the Glidden Olivewood paint on the wall in my entryway:\u003Cimg alt=\"august 2011 065 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-59YnIc32goM\/TndXOJ6yhXI\/AAAAAAAAPs8\/TXTOljhroCA\/august20110651_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"487\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"august 2011 065 1\" width=\"399\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EYou know I’ve been itching to paint something yellow, so these chairs got a fresh coat of spray paint as well. The fabric is the same as \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2010\/11\/living-room-before-and-after.html\"\u003Ethe pillows in my living room\u003C\/a\u003E. You can see how I makeover chairs here. They are a bright, happy spot~I love them!\u003Cimg alt=\"sept 2011 015 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-md1g2UlkfmE\/TndXOdXg1nI\/AAAAAAAAPtA\/7mXKqZhPh6s\/sept%2525202011%252520015%2525201_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"472\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"sept 2011 015 1\" width=\"313\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ENow, about that dresser. I love it, but you can see in the above picture that it’s got some damage on the sides, so I’m going to be doing some repair and \u003Ci\u003Epainting\u003C\/i\u003E the bottom and staining the top. I know some of you just screamed, “Noooooooooooo!” but it’s going to happen, so I just wanted to prepare you… :)\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-HtwhpQQN3ro\/TndXOwXBljI\/AAAAAAAAPtE\/nwZQEMmbyjI\/s1600-h\/sept%2525202011%252520021%2525201%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"sept 2011 021 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-rwdb9ASv494\/TndXPTYKFNI\/AAAAAAAAPtI\/GQvFx8AcG5U\/sept%2525202011%252520021%2525201_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"542\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"sept 2011 021 1\" width=\"533\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EI’m working on the gallery wall for this space as well…\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI would describe Olivewood as a warm grayish, greenish, tiny bit of brownish soothing color.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-AThmzz0Bw2g\/TndXPhFS5DI\/AAAAAAAAPtM\/jYZtNtFnkjY\/s1600-h\/sept%2525202011%252520022%2525201%25255B3%25255D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"sept 2011 022 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-9gH51ZXOVl0\/TndXQFjhDJI\/AAAAAAAAPtQ\/iN_PSrb6Xbc\/sept%2525202011%252520022%2525201_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"300\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"sept 2011 022 1\" width=\"536\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Paint never ceases to amaze me with how it can completely warm and transform a space. \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-5M6zpBvJRLk\/TndXQjC0RDI\/AAAAAAAAPtU\/PaQeVKqQ0GI\/s1600-h\/signature2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-gUSKunIAWFk\/TndXQyTQadI\/AAAAAAAAPtY\/Y5S1uEd2gf0\/signature_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/4966204388849051114\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/09\/front-entryway-painted.html#comment-form","title":"12 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/4966204388849051114"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/4966204388849051114"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/09\/front-entryway-painted.html","title":"Front Entryway: painted!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-Y1xTfZkLnbI\/TndXM4qOteI\/AAAAAAAAPsw\/GBxEN9NaCuc\/s72-c\/august20110331_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"12"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-6369545874943930691"},"published":{"$t":"2011-09-11T04:58:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-09-09T12:29:38.188-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"giveaways"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"10 painting tips \u0026 tricks"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\" style=\"border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; clear: left; margin: 0px 15px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-bpAecLD40Ss\/TmworTfLENI\/AAAAAAAAPQk\/6Syc-wE3wdk\/s1600-h\/august201102413.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"august 2011 024 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-f3Caqq5sDOQ\/Tmwor_Z_8YI\/AAAAAAAAPQo\/q7ZsOnIIWIw\/august20110241_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"399\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"august 2011 024 1\" width=\"267\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E 1. Pick out your paint: the color I chose is Olivewood by Glidden. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\" style=\"border-bottom: #ccc 1px solid; clear: left; margin: 0px 15px 0px 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. Patch any holes nail holes in your walls with some joint compound. (white toothpaste also works in a pinch) Apply with a putty knife to fill the hole, then scrape over it a few times to smooth out. Let dry…\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-M6RkuX6xiSE\/TmwosHqZLzI\/AAAAAAAAPQs\/blr4eR6VPhA\/s1600-h\/august20110253.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"august 2011 025\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-J0ShKzQo3C4\/Tmwospo5liI\/AAAAAAAAPQw\/DaD6PqLzNQ4\/august2011025_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"633\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"august 2011 025\" width=\"424\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E3. In the meantime, remove all outlet and switch plates with a screwdriver.\u003Cimg alt=\"august 2011 031 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-HoQ_AG2LkP8\/Tmwosz9jobI\/AAAAAAAAPQ0\/Rb9RkkidAg0\/august20110311_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"629\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"august 2011 031 1\" width=\"421\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E4. Wipe down walls with some mild dish soap and a rag. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E5. Cover floors with old sheets (don’t ever throw old flat sheets out~they make great painting covers)\u003Cimg alt=\"august 2011 036\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-GOoTpkWOmRI\/Tmwov_UakZI\/AAAAAAAAPQ4\/DZou_esG3xE\/august2011036_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"405\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"august 2011 036\" width=\"605\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E6. Use a nail to poke some holes around the rim of your paint can so the paint runs back into the can and doesn’t accumulate on the rim.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E7. Keep a few old plastic containers on hand to use for cutting in.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-6YouqTgipOU\/TmwowJ5N53I\/AAAAAAAAPQ8\/8WpAwUA5bsM\/s1600-h\/august201103713.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"august 2011 037 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-9ydbFVf4aGY\/TmwozFNJXHI\/AAAAAAAAPRA\/w0uJl60lRA8\/august20110371_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"404\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"august 2011 037 1\" width=\"604\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E8. Raid your kids’ watercolor brushes. They are perfect to cut in tricky spots: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-WWRXmN1UEOI\/TmwozQCqhKI\/AAAAAAAAPRE\/JZ0g5nM1mjI\/s1600-h\/august201104013.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"august 2011 040 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-4zfrGH2klUs\/TmwozumoENI\/AAAAAAAAPRI\/mKSgJlJ1bzU\/august20110401_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"375\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"august 2011 040 1\" width=\"604\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E9. Use painters tape to protect my beloved 2” angled brush:\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-Wa77nFCA4IU\/Tmwo0B03WQI\/AAAAAAAAPRM\/F9k_K-TKeRg\/s1600-h\/august201104613.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"august 2011 046 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-L72vGpt7K_0\/Tmwo0SOL9NI\/AAAAAAAAPRQ\/wdavKGOFY0g\/august20110461_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"370\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"august 2011 046 1\" width=\"595\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EWhen you remove it, you have a nice clean brush metal and handle. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-vnAhJ1gH_xQ\/Tmwo0yC-R5I\/AAAAAAAAPRU\/xxe2MaOi098\/s1600-h\/august201104813.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"august 2011 048 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-kraKmn_I9sc\/Tmwo1VqQxfI\/AAAAAAAAPRY\/9OZDaTAuP9w\/august20110481_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"371\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"august 2011 048 1\" width=\"597\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E 10. Love the velvety texture and coverage of this paint!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EHappy Painting~\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-WK9E-DnIV2Y\/Tmwo1rBUKUI\/AAAAAAAAPRc\/fIofnE9DOgU\/s1600-h\/signature2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-Diw_ijG_oT8\/Tmwo2NyiKDI\/AAAAAAAAPRg\/gt-RbxmC1VY\/signature_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/6369545874943930691\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/09\/10-painting-tips-tricks.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6369545874943930691"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/6369545874943930691"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/09\/10-painting-tips-tricks.html","title":"10 painting tips \u0026amp; tricks"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-f3Caqq5sDOQ\/Tmwor_Z_8YI\/AAAAAAAAPQo\/q7ZsOnIIWIw\/s72-c\/august20110241_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-5558634877212852552"},"published":{"$t":"2011-06-28T13:00:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-08-29T17:58:09.771-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"outside"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tutorials"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"door details"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-RiL-UlOJ9Ik\/TgoqyqNpSVI\/AAAAAAAAN4s\/RN-UxI8Db7w\/s1600-h\/frontdoor13.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"frontdoor1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-2JccBs1LzsU\/TgoqzEq_OgI\/AAAAAAAAN4w\/ODmZ4VAEm5U\/frontdoor1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"412\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"frontdoor1\" width=\"642\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EDoor details! First off, I need to tell you\u0026nbsp; that I did this while my husband was off having \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(fun?)\u003C\/span\u003E with the boy scouts on a 50 mile hike. I like to do these types of projects while he’s gone because sometimes questions come up like, “do we really want to get rid of the screen door?” or “the lights work fine, what’s wrong with them?”\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EInstead, I think it’s easier to just do it, let the house go awry, let the kids eat olives and ice cream for dinner for a few nights, and when he comes back and sees how great it looks, he forgets about his questions, loves that the work is all done, and remembers what a genius he is for marrying you. Kind of the \u003Cem\u003Eeasier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission\u003C\/em\u003E type thing.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ELet’s get this door party started:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ETake off the screen door, sell it on Craigslist. (Take off all the screws and have your 11 yr old help you move it aside.) \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-uO6nxnxGVc8\/TgoqzjmdV5I\/AAAAAAAAN40\/qs1NKzNt6Js\/s1600-h\/june201106913.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 069 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-x1udFq7aP7k\/Tgoq0Da7oKI\/AAAAAAAAN44\/hQwgfDvv4PU\/june20110691_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"635\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 069 1\" width=\"426\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIt’s gone in 2 hours. (+$20, but then we used it to go out for pizza)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI used black satin paint from Walmart:\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-GyQGH5QAj98\/Tgoq0dwIMOI\/AAAAAAAAN48\/b22dXlzMDdo\/s1600-h\/june20110033.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 003\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-_1HO1b_hrTA\/Tgoq02WBdnI\/AAAAAAAAN5A\/wCbV82c2OMA\/june2011003_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"403\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 003\" width=\"602\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Tape off the window, then spray around it. See the holes from the screen door? Just fill them in with some caulk or spackle, let them dry, sand them down, and then paint over them.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-gc9Qs2_UOSw\/Tgoq1Pn_VqI\/AAAAAAAAN5E\/4M7AnekbkZM\/s1600-h\/june20110093.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 009\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-vAnO7tzr5YU\/Tgoq1vQPbfI\/AAAAAAAAN5I\/QZwfndSx4gI\/june2011009_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"383\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 009\" width=\"572\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-N4LvTASiUwY\/Tgoq2AsqYxI\/AAAAAAAAN5M\/EtG3u5JBMCA\/s1600-h\/june20110113.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 011\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-xQg-mBHbpoM\/Tgoq2_l44aI\/AAAAAAAAN5Q\/RmxpCPsNW2o\/june2011011_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"390\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 011\" width=\"582\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Eand then roll on the rest of the door with a foam roller. It took about 4 coats of paint to get a deep black.\u0026nbsp; You could also take the door off to spray it if you wanted to…\u0026nbsp; \u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 012 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-I-xSS-WuLPw\/Tgoq3TNV3dI\/AAAAAAAAN5U\/hArshOu7S7M\/june20110121_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"768\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 012 1\" width=\"342\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe previous owners had a door knocker with their last name on it, so I just sanded it down and spray painted it a brushed nickel.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-bKb07Ga8sT0\/Tgoq3uQSFCI\/AAAAAAAAN5Y\/I-5NROQk4yA\/s1600-h\/june201106314.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 063 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-0lk6ChKOdZw\/Tgoq4ECncmI\/AAAAAAAAN5c\/x8Vt_kzt3zs\/june20110631_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 063 1\" width=\"564\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-ephi-muE7Ro\/Tgoq4mJAayI\/AAAAAAAAN5g\/VuMhr1IW-co\/s1600-h\/june20110683.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 068\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-PLZHqOEtVS4\/Tgoq5MrVrFI\/AAAAAAAAN5k\/yIJ60W0s0JE\/june2011068_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"474\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 068\" width=\"318\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-2ER8_j70cSo\/Tgoq5RyBHeI\/AAAAAAAAN5o\/EE-cwucOyg4\/s1600-h\/june20110724.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 072\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-Sn9FMrjcJb8\/Tgoq58yUKMI\/AAAAAAAAN5s\/OoYba-AeHXY\/june2011072_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"473\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 072\" width=\"319\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI had also found a brass kickplate at a yard sale for $2.50. These babies are expensive, so I was thrilled. Cleaned it up, primed, spray paint, then a few clear sealant top coats.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-Ld8zdQmTAdg\/Tgoq6AmQmtI\/AAAAAAAAN5w\/eKidsDZMWzk\/s1600-h\/june20110663.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 066\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-nF3KhlyVHAA\/Tgoq6i1RmBI\/AAAAAAAAN50\/c-sMYwXE_t8\/june2011066_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"647\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 066\" width=\"434\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ERemember to pre drill your holes! I taped the kickplate up where I wanted it, drilled the holes in the door, then added the screws.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-adFAFl712cA\/Tgoq7oTytPI\/AAAAAAAAN54\/GVBkZocbePM\/s1600-h\/june201107513.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 075 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-zwGlVWCKZrU\/Tgoq8LEqgiI\/AAAAAAAAN58\/CDlb4DZZNGI\/june20110751_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"238\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 075 1\" width=\"550\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; *new lights \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem\u0026amp;item=170646360605\u0026amp;var=470028753791\u0026amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT\"\u003Efound on Ebay for $27\u003C\/a\u003E a piece (they also \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.lowes.com\/pd_56872-17771-4181+TWN+RT_4294857792_4294937087_?productId=3097577\u0026amp;Ns=p_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_quantity_sold|1\u0026amp;pl=1\u0026amp;currentURL=%2Fpl_Miscellaneous%2BOutdoor%2BLighting_4294857792_4294937087_%3FNs%3Dp_product_prd_lis_ord_nbr|0||p_product_quantity_sold|1\u0026amp;facetInfo=\"\u003Ehave them at Lowes\u003C\/a\u003E, but they are more of a brown\/rust color and I wanted black)\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-MUNxo3cFQQ4\/Tgoq8X2RJKI\/AAAAAAAAN6A\/5RRSh6txSUQ\/s1600-h\/june201107012.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 070 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-ES8ucKipbOY\/Tgoq81kxW3I\/AAAAAAAAN6E\/fF1BA_Gl8iA\/june20110701_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"768\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 070 1\" width=\"512\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; Light fixtures seem scary, but they usually are not rocket science. Watch some videos online about how to install them and decide if it’s something you think you could tackle. I would say: have someone that knows what they are doing to help you the first time, make SURE you cut the electricity to the fixture, and then double check it with a little voltage tester (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000EJ332O\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=320sycamore-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=217145\u0026amp;creative=399369\u0026amp;creativeASIN=B000EJ332O\"\u003Ehere is an example\u003C\/a\u003E of one) These ones were actually easy to install~wahoo!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* a new door mat from Ross for $7\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-5G0yMDqaffU\/Tgoq9Pozi0I\/AAAAAAAAN6I\/AwvWghDACgE\/s1600-h\/june201109413.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 094 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-ftBx0cM5Q8w\/Tgoq9oV48HI\/AAAAAAAAN6M\/QyX7vFtde5I\/june20110941_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"282\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 094 1\" width=\"612\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* some new house numbers $4 each at Lowes. I would pre-drill my holes for these, so you don’t get a knick in the middle of your O like I did.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-e4uWWkooBZk\/Tgoq-HnYrNI\/AAAAAAAAN6Q\/6zEYGGL4Ksw\/s1600-h\/june201107114.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 071 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/-SECucjIY-i4\/Tgoq-TjPd-I\/AAAAAAAAN6U\/D5gCeNRWFWY\/june20110711_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"348\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 071 1\" width=\"612\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E* a new doorknob set from H. Depot \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(a little note on this: We had purchased the Kwikset one and my mil was visiting that night, so she helped me out.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; What a nightmare! The threads on the doorknob weren’t right for the screws, so we took it back and got another thinking it was just a lemon. Same thing again. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003ETook it back and got a Schlage set and had it installed in 15 minutes. So worth the extra $25. Save yourself 4 hours and gas money and go with the Schlage next time. Just from our experience…)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-rOm4pElUgEc\/Tgoq_NwTlEI\/AAAAAAAAN6Y\/XDPP5astxKw\/s1600-h\/june201107313.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 073 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-sfl8KbE7Vss\/Tgoq_nycoVI\/AAAAAAAAN6c\/WVHTHK-GuT0\/june20110731_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"613\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 073 1\" width=\"367\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EAnd here we go:\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-sHLzNVL-nZo\/TgorAPqd0tI\/AAAAAAAAN6g\/1fb_oWZ30_w\/s1600-h\/june201107814.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 078 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-r5OM504VH7Q\/TgorAr457uI\/AAAAAAAAN6k\/7YcXfQHjAyI\/june20110781_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"469\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 078 1\" width=\"582\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E*the flower pots \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/yearnin-for-urns.html\"\u003Eyou can read about here\u003C\/a\u003E. I’ve been rotating them every week, but right pot continues to steal the spotlight.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-iPbJ6uf_FLM\/TgorBE2CblI\/AAAAAAAAN6o\/eXIRW6yKW3E\/s1600-h\/june201106823.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"june 2011 068 2\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-bKEciBaZXNY\/TgorBoHtj_I\/AAAAAAAAN6s\/HGnBzqSeJ7E\/june20110682_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"689\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"june 2011 068 2\" width=\"547\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Price breakdown:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Epaint and spray paint: $11\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Enumbers on door: $12\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Eknocker: free from previous owners\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Esatin nickel spray paint: $3\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Enew schlage door handle set: $112 w\/ coupon\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Enew lights: $54\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Ekickplate from yard sale: $2.50\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Edoormat: $7\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Eurns and flowers $60\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; ($11 each for urns, I bought a hanging basket\u0026nbsp; of million bells and one of geranium at our local grocery store-$7 each-and split them up between the urns. The topiaries were $12 each at walmart)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ETotal: $261.50 \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Eof course, you could do it for less than a hundred if you spray painted your existing doorknob and used a pony pack of flowers in your urns.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThat’s how we done did it.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EHappy Tuesday~\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-hqySbQCgWq4\/TgorCDFzdaI\/AAAAAAAAN6w\/GW3zuLodt60\/s1600-h\/signature2.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-gtvVI3oee98\/TgorChOrS7I\/AAAAAAAAN60\/r_Ag92LemgU\/signature_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/5558634877212852552\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/06\/door-details.html#comment-form","title":"13 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/5558634877212852552"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/5558634877212852552"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/06\/door-details.html","title":"door details"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-2JccBs1LzsU\/TgoqzEq_OgI\/AAAAAAAAN4w\/ODmZ4VAEm5U\/s72-c\/frontdoor1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"13"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-2314507437973597853"},"published":{"$t":"2011-05-23T13:45:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-08-29T18:07:54.838-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"kitchen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"little kitchen shelf"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5It4dyII\/AAAAAAAANbQ\/N5dCFPq9B2s\/s1600-h\/may%202011%20014%201%5B4%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"may 2011 014 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5JH4_UkI\/AAAAAAAANbU\/6uQBu2ceAFs\/may%202011%20014%201_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"242\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"may 2011 014 1\" width=\"593\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI always need to do a little, “d0-able” project when I’m beginning a huge project (like the kitchen!) to get me motivated. I thought this little nook above the desk in the kitchen would be a perfect start. I’m not sure what it was originally used for~cookbooks? canisters? holding a big old boombox?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5JvZjcdI\/AAAAAAAANbY\/-1Sad2rdQ38\/s1600-h\/kitchen%20before%201%5B2%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"kitchen before 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5KLT5y_I\/AAAAAAAANbc\/qvAb9g-vBgI\/kitchen%20before%201_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"367\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"kitchen before 1\" width=\"314\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe first step was to sand, prime and paint it. I used Zinsser’s oil based primer, Lowe’s Kitchen \u0026amp; Bath Enamel color matched to Benjamin Moore White Dove. (much more to come on the whole painting process…promise!)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThen, I used some leftover beadboard wallpaper from the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/laundry\"\u003Elaundry room\u003C\/a\u003E in Texas to apply to the back and sides of this mysterious box above the desk. I used the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/beadboard-wallpaper-cabinets-tutorial.html\"\u003Esame method as I did here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5KZ9UjEI\/AAAAAAAANbg\/Goc-k0Wm-9U\/s1600-h\/march%202011%20004%201%5B2%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 004 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5LdlLPFI\/AAAAAAAANbk\/v8Wxcj3Gz-U\/march%202011%20004%201_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"768\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 004 1\" width=\"512\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EAs you can see, the corners and top didn’t look too pretty, but nothing that a little caulk can’t fix:\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5LiPBq7I\/AAAAAAAANbo\/6bF-STRkaa4\/s1600-h\/march%202011%20007%201%5B6%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 007 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5MEVnudI\/AAAAAAAANbs\/YIqzNnJLknk\/march%202011%20007%201_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"385\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 007 1\" width=\"564\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ERun a little bead of caulk along the space you want to fill in with your caulk gun, then shmear\/smooth it out with your finger.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5MqieqXI\/AAAAAAAANbw\/DAfJsB4N95w\/s1600-h\/march%202011%20009%201%5B4%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 009 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5NO9de_I\/AAAAAAAANb0\/MY8DnDFbR9w\/march%202011%20009%201_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"386\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 009 1\" width=\"573\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ELet it dry, paint over the wallpaper and the caulk, and then add accessories (my favorite part!)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5It4dyII\/AAAAAAAANb4\/Zi0pCsjhOOc\/s1600-h\/may%202011%20014%201%5B5%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"may 2011 014 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5JH4_UkI\/AAAAAAAANb8\/2EyVeU-qQBY\/may%202011%20014%201_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"232\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"may 2011 014 1\" width=\"569\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E It gives me hope for the rest of the kitchen when I have a little spot that’s completely finished…\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EHappy Monday! \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5OegfBeI\/AAAAAAAANcA\/gJfx1a-vdcU\/s1600-h\/signature%5B2%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5O1PY0UI\/AAAAAAAANcE\/0OotAAtxewM\/signature_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/2314507437973597853\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/05\/little-kitchen-shelf.html#comment-form","title":"8 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2314507437973597853"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2314507437973597853"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/05\/little-kitchen-shelf.html","title":"little kitchen shelf"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Tdq5JH4_UkI\/AAAAAAAANbU\/6uQBu2ceAFs\/s72-c\/may%202011%20014%201_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"8"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-1924995947883431133"},"published":{"$t":"2011-05-16T13:32:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-08-29T18:09:04.961-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"big makeovers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"girls bedroom"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tutorials"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"spraying \/ painting bedroom furniture"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EPainting the furniture in Lauren’s room was our trial run for the kitchen cabinets. I would suggest always doing a practice project before hitting a big one that you really don’t want to mess up.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EWe had purchased \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003PGQI48\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=320sycamore-20\u0026amp;linkCode=as2\u0026amp;camp=217145\u0026amp;creative=399349\u0026amp;creativeASIN=B003PGQI48\"\u003Ethis paint sprayer\u003C\/a\u003E to stain our deck and fence this summer and the reviews were good for people using it with paint, so we decided to give it a go with the primer. I think you can find it in many stores as well.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81zL8N8BeAL._AA1500_.jpg\" height=\"243\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"243\" \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThis is THE oil based primer to use for the most durable results and it is actually quite thin, so it was perfect for the sprayer.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61YD3bPKdeL.jpg\" height=\"266\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"266\" \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ETo give you an idea of how dingy white everything was, here it is before against the test sprays. (we used the back of a beadboard panel that we’ll use in the kitchen for practice sprays). Everything needed a fresh coat of white.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 017 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7ru7oeqI\/AAAAAAAANYo\/BEKz7AzinkI\/march%202011%20017%201_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"406\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 017 1\" width=\"603\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EFirst, wipe everything down using an all purpose cleaner\/de-greaser. I like Fantastic or Mrs. Meyers. The paint guy recommended not using TSP, because it can affect the adhesion of some primers, and sure enough I read on the back of the Zinsser can that it says not to use TSP, so we skipped it. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 028 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7sXZc6CI\/AAAAAAAANYs\/VWBO-EIYe0o\/march%202011%20028%201_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"468\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 028 1\" width=\"620\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EFollow the directions on the sprayer for setting it up and thinning the paint, etc. Thanks to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.centsationalgirl.com\/2010\/03\/painting-kitchen-cabinets-etc\/\"\u003EKate’s fabulous tips\u003C\/a\u003E, we added penetrol to the primer to thin it down a bit in the sprayer. \u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51EBfNVsq8L.jpg\" height=\"284\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"284\" \/\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EYou’ll want to do some test sprays on a board, because if your primer isn’t thinned out enough,\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 019 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7syLg1jI\/AAAAAAAANYw\/IAvcFSQq8UA\/march%202011%20019%201_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"404\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 019 1\" width=\"604\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Eit will start doing this:\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7tWJPzvI\/AAAAAAAANY0\/0at7qUcLjSg\/s1600-h\/march%202011%20033%201%5B4%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 033 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7uLpijvI\/AAAAAAAANY4\/3PDNrlRCuKY\/march%202011%20033%201_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"489\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 033 1\" width=\"603\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Better to try on the board first. Once it was thinned correctly, the sprayer was a dream for the furniture, especially the legs of chairs, back and top of the bookcases, etc. We primed everything we could think of for her bedroom all in one shot because we didn’t want to be cleaning out oil based primer more than once.\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 036 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7utkyRDI\/AAAAAAAANY8\/HWJ2En1et_U\/march%202011%20036%201_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"413\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 036 1\" width=\"617\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7vWmAkRI\/AAAAAAAANZA\/WPm_d88mYlQ\/s1600-h\/march%202011%20041%201%5B3%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 041 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7vyZwihI\/AAAAAAAANZE\/JW09YEq5NGw\/march%202011%20041%201_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"412\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 041 1\" width=\"616\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EAfter spray priming, there will be a very, very fine grit that you can remove by simply going over the surfaces with a fine grit (220) sanding block.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7wp7jjgI\/AAAAAAAANZI\/_t5oTdeCPso\/s1600-h\/march%202011%20010%5B3%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 010\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7xTQ07NI\/AAAAAAAANZM\/-BrGocePelE\/march%202011%20010_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"410\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 010\" width=\"613\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E And then you’ll be ready to paint. We DID NOT use the sprayer for the paint. I had heard great things about Benjamin Moore’s Impervo paint and I loved the finish of it, but it was really thick and I was worried that if we thinned it too much, the durability of the paint would be messed up. So, again we added penetrol to the paint and we rolled it on with a foam roller and paint brush. It went really quickly with primer already being on there, but it took \u003Cem\u003Eforever\u003C\/em\u003E to dry, so I knew that the paint would not be an option for the kitchen with 7 people running around here. So glad we did a trial run…\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EIf I was in the painting furniture business, or had a lot of pieces to do, I would probably invest in an airless paint sprayer, but this one definitely cut down a lot on the priming time.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EKitchen, here we come!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7x5I8VvI\/AAAAAAAANZQ\/diV9g62_8lI\/s1600-h\/signature%5B2%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7yLZDHQI\/AAAAAAAANZU\/gJwBem5UzZY\/signature_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003EI have no affiliation with any of these brands, sprayers, paint, companies, etc. Just our experience in using them.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/1924995947883431133\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/05\/spraying-painting-bedroom-furniture.html#comment-form","title":"7 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1924995947883431133"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1924995947883431133"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/05\/spraying-painting-bedroom-furniture.html","title":"spraying \/ painting bedroom furniture"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TdF7ru7oeqI\/AAAAAAAANYo\/BEKz7AzinkI\/s72-c\/march%202011%20017%201_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"7"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-1541199685556095875"},"published":{"$t":"2011-03-16T12:45:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-08-29T18:32:39.046-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bedrooms"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"girls bedroom"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"little makeovers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"wall o’ mirrors"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFJFoXJDI\/AAAAAAAAM2M\/gx_MvA7blBQ\/s1600-h\/march%202011%20065%201%5B8%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 065 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFJrRAkwI\/AAAAAAAAM2Q\/OJYRHe2LfI8\/march%202011%20065%201_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"402\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 065 1\" width=\"596\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Here is a wall of mirrors in my daughter’s bedroom we’ve been working on. She has high ceilings, so we needed something with a big impact, lots of color, and little money.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFirst up, the sunburst mirror! I’ve been wanting to do one forever…\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 022 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFKgeHcgI\/AAAAAAAAM2U\/5uC2xFpGJiI\/march%202011%20022%201_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"557\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 022 1\" width=\"532\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EJanell @ Isabella \u0026amp; Max Rooms got me hooked and gave a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/isabellaandmaxrooms.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/sunburst-mirror-project.html\"\u003Efabulous tutorial,\u003C\/a\u003E and then to make things even better, Stephanie Lynn @ Under the Table and Dreaming gave a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bystephanielynn.com\/2011\/01\/starburst-mirror-overload-but-i-couldnt.html\"\u003Eprintable template to use on her site.\u003C\/a\u003E Thanks to both of of these fabulous ladies! The mirrors were \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/party-more-deals.html\"\u003Efrom Target clearance\u003C\/a\u003E and we used a $1 package of bamboo skewers from Walmart.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFLfIG_RI\/AAAAAAAAM2Y\/Hs8twC40DnE\/s1600-h\/February%202011%20009%201%5B4%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"February 2011 009 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFMA2KE4I\/AAAAAAAAM2c\/fQNIDOxmhAY\/February%202011%20009%201_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"352\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"February 2011 009 1\" width=\"522\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe circly mirror was inspired by \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_qII-Em3NOD4\/TUeBhJK18AI\/AAAAAAAAGxI\/kjXm242L88Y\/image_thumb1.png?imgmax=800\" height=\"242\" width=\"242\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wshome.com\/products\/p9267\/index.cfm?pkey=cmirrors-wall-floor\"\u003EWilliams Sonoma\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/honeywerehome.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/mirror-steal-and-your-opinion.html\"\u003EMegan @ Honey We’re Home\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFMo8EsNI\/AAAAAAAAM2g\/qkZHhCQcPmc\/s1600-h\/march%202011%20036%201%5B5%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 036 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFNMmFc3I\/AAAAAAAAM2k\/SIIgA9ZbNyY\/march%202011%20036%201_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"361\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 036 1\" width=\"532\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI was looking up bracelets on Oriental Trading, was thinking of something I could use, but I went to my crafty goodness box,\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFN1cdQsI\/AAAAAAAAM2o\/NhWBXpX89wI\/s1600-h\/march%202011%20067%201%5B4%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 067 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFOYteBtI\/AAAAAAAAM2s\/yLzIMXsZY6E\/march%202011%20067%201_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"296\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 067 1\" width=\"566\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Eand pulled out these \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/anthropotogie.html\"\u003Efrom this project\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFPfMYwkI\/AAAAAAAAM2w\/FfRXX5xOYNA\/s1600-h\/February%202011%20014%201%5B4%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"February 2011 014 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFQiIYG5I\/AAAAAAAAM20\/FHuG4GArEKE\/February%202011%20014%201_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"380\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"February 2011 014 1\" width=\"564\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI had a little buddy that was home from school (not feeling well) and he helped me pull the circles off.\u003Cimg alt=\"February 2011 011 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFRQoITII\/AAAAAAAAM24\/EKrN1ZSdC-Y\/February%202011%20011%201_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"550\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"February 2011 011 1\" width=\"605\" \/\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EWe hot glued the circles around the mirror\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFSeEB-cI\/AAAAAAAAM28\/49J9UvCX_Cw\/s1600-h\/February%202011%20019%201%5B3%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"February 2011 019 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFTLjmXgI\/AAAAAAAAM3A\/5kscPqF1NLY\/February%202011%20019%201_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"406\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"February 2011 019 1\" width=\"607\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Eand out they went to the spray paint shop (aka garage) for a coat of Krylon’s Ivy Leaf (sunburst mirror is in Krylon Bahama Sea) \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"February 2011 021 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFUpnqPDI\/AAAAAAAAM3E\/embPTxtpR4U\/February%202011%20021%201_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"768\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"February 2011 021 1\" width=\"607\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe round circle mirror was a 2.97 Goodwill find that we sprayed in Krylon Watermelon.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFVKYxq8I\/AAAAAAAAM3I\/er5t3zP4BsQ\/s1600-h\/February%202011%20024%201%5B3%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"February 2011 024 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFV4-uTZI\/AAAAAAAAM3M\/ZQnTKR9Dwck\/February%202011%20024%201_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"407\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"February 2011 024 1\" width=\"608\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFWdRrwsI\/AAAAAAAAM3Q\/rdfX00b0-Ks\/s1600-h\/march%202011%20066%201%5B3%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 066 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFXEmzn8I\/AAAAAAAAM3U\/0IedBVhKoOk\/march%202011%20066%201_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"612\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 066 1\" width=\"610\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ETotal cost of the wall o’ mirrors:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"march 2011 065 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFJrRAkwI\/AAAAAAAAM3Y\/Wbkcf34-E9E\/march%202011%20065%201_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"409\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"march 2011 065 1\" width=\"611\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Eround mirrors: $2.50 {target clearance}\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E$2.98 {target clearance}\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E$3 {goodwill}\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Ebamboo skewers $1.00 {walmart}\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003Eplastic circles {leftover from other project}\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ESpray paint $3.50 x 3 cans = $10.50 {walmart} \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E= $19.98\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EHappy Wednesday! We’re still working on some more fun projects in this room~\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFYHTHrDI\/AAAAAAAAM3c\/PFXK2fpte1c\/s1600-h\/signature%5B2%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFYSGW32I\/AAAAAAAAM3g\/E4d3fOdeDdQ\/signature_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/1541199685556095875\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/03\/wall-o-mirrors.html#comment-form","title":"21 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1541199685556095875"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1541199685556095875"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/03\/wall-o-mirrors.html","title":"wall o’ mirrors"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TYEFJrRAkwI\/AAAAAAAAM2Q\/OJYRHe2LfI8\/s72-c\/march%202011%20065%201_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"21"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-7627824376183940499"},"published":{"$t":"2011-03-09T12:41:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-08-29T18:31:07.352-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"family"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"good things to share"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"paint colors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"favorite paint colors: the blog!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EI am super excited to announce a fantastic new blog that my sister has started called \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.favoritepaintcolors.blogspot.com\/\"\u003EFavorite Paint Colors\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.favoritepaintcolors.blogspot.com\/\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-fIcldsZL0A4\/TWfEy4q0TLI\/AAAAAAAAAYU\/u8-dsFzDC1g\/Pictures-27.jpg\" height=\"173\" width=\"573\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EIt is an invaluable paint resource that lets you look through beautiful pictures of paint colors that real people have used in their homes and loved. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EYou can view paint colors by room or by color and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/favoritepaintcolors.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/submit-paint-color.html\"\u003Eyou can submit your pictures\u003C\/a\u003E as well if you have a favorite paint color.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EA few things about Kristin:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EWe are seven years apart and I will forever love her for coming to save me from my 3 brothers. Then came \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/guest-post-my-sister-kelsey.html\"\u003EKelsey\u003C\/a\u003E and then \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/wedded-bliss.html\"\u003EKerri.\u003C\/a\u003E I didn’t think I would ever get sisters!. We shared a green and yellow room and she would stand up in her crib, throw out her pink blanket and her bunny blanket and chant, “yea, yea, yea…” when she wanted out.\u003Cimg alt=\"mel kris collage 1\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TXfXxSpj_HI\/AAAAAAAAMzo\/NIRSseqdJPk\/mel%20kris%20collage%201_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"383\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"mel kris collage 1\" width=\"383\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EShe is the cutest, most petite thing ever. You kind of just want to throw her in the air. I should have taken a picture of her feet because I’ve never seen anything like them… mine are big and kind of sausage-like, hers are dainty and sweet. I would put them in a pedicure commercial. She’s super sweet and nice, but she’s got plenty of spunk as well. I call her Krishin, with an sh, not sure why even??\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TXfXyz1aUwI\/AAAAAAAAMzs\/ve4vbssZTUg\/s1600-h\/mel%20kris%20collage%202%5B4%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"mel kris collage 2\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TXfX08G09QI\/AAAAAAAAMzw\/_qsca1PO1Jk\/mel%20kris%20collage%202_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"395\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"mel kris collage 2\" width=\"395\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Her husband is in law school and she has 2 adorable daughters. Some of you may remember when she got to go to New York last year to be on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/shakin-in-my-boots.html\"\u003EWho Wants to Be a Millionaire and I was one of her lifelines\u003C\/a\u003E!! \u003Cimg alt=\"kris fam\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TXfX2CVLg5I\/AAAAAAAAMz0\/z9yJsys9A2o\/kris%20fam_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"284\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"kris fam\" width=\"426\" \/\u003EWe share a love of paint colors and don’t question when we simply get a link in an email without any words. It means a great paint color. I wish she and all of my sisters lived down the street…\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EYou’ll love her and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.favoritepaintcolors.blogspot.com\/\"\u003Eher new blog\u003C\/a\u003E. She’s having a fantastic paint giveaway, so go say hello!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.favoritepaintcolors.blogspot.com\/\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-fIcldsZL0A4\/TWfEy4q0TLI\/AAAAAAAAAYU\/u8-dsFzDC1g\/Pictures-27.jpg\" height=\"173\" width=\"573\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EThe Chrissie Grace giveaway is also going on through Friday~\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/sneak-peek-giveaway.html\"\u003Ego here to enter\u003C\/a\u003E!\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TXfX3LYpVsI\/AAAAAAAAMz4\/uPkb5_H_qrg\/s1600-h\/signature%5B2%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"signature\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/TXfX4cwEJiI\/AAAAAAAAMz8\/2iul52r3M0k\/signature_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"83\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"signature\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/7627824376183940499\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/03\/my-favorite-paint-colors-blog.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/7627824376183940499"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/7627824376183940499"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2011\/03\/my-favorite-paint-colors-blog.html","title":"favorite paint colors: the blog!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-fIcldsZL0A4\/TWfEy4q0TLI\/AAAAAAAAAYU\/u8-dsFzDC1g\/s72-c\/Pictures-27.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-1772811080616558306"},"published":{"$t":"2010-01-28T11:20:00.006-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-09-17T16:15:22.910-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"under $10 and under 1 hour"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ralph on a Ring"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EWhen I heard that Ralph Lauren was discontinuing their  paint at HD, I went into a bit of a panic and decided I had better get my hiney over there to pick up the color cards before they were all gone! When Martha Stewart discontinued her Living line at Kmart, I was so sad that I didn’t get the cards of some of the colors~they are so hard to find now! I wasn’t going to let that happen again, so I went and started collecting:\u003Cimg alt=\"January 2010 023\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/S2HVTkgrUVI\/AAAAAAAAGGM\/rJu6vTf3s0M\/January%202010%20023_thumb%5B11%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"768\" style=\"border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"January 2010 023\" width=\"512\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E     Then, I hole punched each one \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/S2HVUT9imoI\/AAAAAAAAGGQ\/9ZPlSSKfVdg\/s1600-h\/January%202010%20028%5B8%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"January 2010 028\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/S2HVVhQ4rcI\/AAAAAAAAGGU\/lePTTPznj9Y\/January%202010%20028_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"683\" style=\"border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"January 2010 028\" width=\"1024\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and put them on a ring ( I got this fabulous idea from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thecottagenest.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/bright-idea-of-week.html\"\u003EJen at The Cottage Nest\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"January 2010 037\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/S2HVW4HBKRI\/AAAAAAAAGGY\/8b2X-hb_Ry4\/January%202010%20037_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"683\" style=\"border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"January 2010 037\" width=\"1024\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003ENow, if I want to paint something Cathedral Grey like \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/shabbynest.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/tomorrow-for-sure.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWendy at the Shabby Nest\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"January 2010 026\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/S2HVYK8qlVI\/AAAAAAAAGGc\/TZr7UXomK-o\/January%202010%20026_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"683\" style=\"border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"January 2010 026\" width=\"1024\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv align=\"center\"\u003EOr Canvas Natural like \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/theoldpaintedcottage.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/cottage8-before-after-reveal.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Old Painted Cottage,\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/S2HVY3hC9dI\/AAAAAAAAGGg\/gxDUarxhQZo\/s1600-h\/January%202010%20034%5B2%5D.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"January 2010 034\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/S2HVaF9n4zI\/AAAAAAAAGGk\/IbMFNjvLCdE\/January%202010%20034_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" height=\"683\" style=\"border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"January 2010 034\" width=\"1024\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EI have the cards and there is no need to panic that Ralph is no longer to be found. Doesn’t he make the most lovely colors? Oh, and there is no need to panic (I am probably the only spaz that \u003Cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003Ewould\u003C\/span\u003E panic about something like this), my HD paint guy said they wouldn't be replaced for awhile and that they will keep the formulas in the computer. But there is something sure about having the cards in my hand {on a ring} that makes me feel better.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/i43.photobucket.com\/albums\/e375\/lissylee77\/signature-1.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1772811080616558306"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1772811080616558306"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2010\/01\/ralph-on-ring.html","title":"Ralph on a Ring"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/S2HVTkgrUVI\/AAAAAAAAGGM\/rJu6vTf3s0M\/s72-c\/January%202010%20023_thumb%5B11%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-2480456924552089653"},"published":{"$t":"2009-07-27T04:00:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-27T04:00:02.882-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"little makeovers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"more paint tips and birdcage makeover..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EHi everyone! I was hoping to have a finished laundry room to present, but I'm not quite there. I'm shooting for next Monday. As always, things seem to take a little bit longer than expected around here :) Hang in there with me!\u003Cbr \/\u003EI wanted to share some paint tips that \u003Cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003Eyou\u003C\/span\u003E shared last week that I love:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/creationsbykara.blogspot.com\/\"\u003EKara\u003C\/a\u003E said: Here are two tips I used just this morning.\u003Cbr \/\u003E1-If you get interrupted in the middle of a paint job, you can wrap your brush in a plastic bag. When you come back, you can just pull it out and start painting.\u003Cbr \/\u003E2-After you finish rolling on the first coat and are waiting for it to dry, just leave the roller in the tray and wrap the entire thing in a garbage bag. No time wasted rinsing out the darn roller!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/itssoverycheri.blogspot.com\/\"\u003ECheri\u003C\/a\u003E said, :When ever you get paint, pick up an extra paint stick and brush on some paint to the end of the stick, let it dry then on the unpainted portion of the stick write the name of the paint, where you got it, the code, and what room\/s you painted that color in. Tie all of your paint sticks together and hang then in the garage and if you ever need to pick up an extra can of paint you will know exactly what you got last time. It is also great for anyne who purchases your home, if they like the colors they know where to go for extra paint.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theshabbychiccottage.net\/\"\u003EGina\u003C\/a\u003E said: \"If you ever have to rush away for a few hours (like a kid breaks a finger...) then wrap the brush and stick it in the fridge. Pull it out when you're ready to paint again (like 2 days later after surgery).\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/southernhospitalityblog.com\/\"\u003ERhoda\u003C\/a\u003E said, \"Like Gina, I wrap my paint brush as well as the paint tray in plastic wrap \u0026amp; stick it in the fridge, sometimes for days. Great trick! ...And I don't ever tape off my trim either. I've learned to be pretty handy with those angled brushes.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EFantastic~thanks to all of you!\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd a final tip to start your Monday: Michael's has the little foam brushes that are great for touch-ups on sale for 15 for $1 this week~go stock up!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ERemember this lovely birdcage?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SdoFI1ThsVI\/AAAAAAAAD2c\/MRXLfcCTOlM\/s400\/april+2009+014.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SdoFI1ThsVI\/AAAAAAAAD2c\/MRXLfcCTOlM\/s400\/april+2009+014.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EI simply stripped it down, gave it a coat of black spray paint and let it just be simple.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Sm09ZWoluiI\/AAAAAAAAErI\/p8NXAolfkcM\/s1600-h\/july+2009+429.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Sm09ZWoluiI\/AAAAAAAAErI\/p8NXAolfkcM\/s400\/july+2009+429.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363010237049977378\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EI put it on top of my hutch in between two fabric storage boxes, both from a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/happy-first-day-of-spring.html\"\u003Eyard sale\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Sm09Z7cb3II\/AAAAAAAAErQ\/czOEuydkzeY\/s1600-h\/july+2009+431.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/Sm09Z7cb3II\/AAAAAAAAErQ\/czOEuydkzeY\/s400\/july+2009+431.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363010246931111042\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EHappy Monday!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/i43.photobucket.com\/albums\/e375\/lissylee77\/signature-1.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/2480456924552089653\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2009\/07\/more-paint-tips-and-birdcage-makeover.html#comment-form","title":"19 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2480456924552089653"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2480456924552089653"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2009\/07\/more-paint-tips-and-birdcage-makeover.html","title":"more paint tips and birdcage makeover..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SdoFI1ThsVI\/AAAAAAAAD2c\/MRXLfcCTOlM\/s72-c\/april+2009+014.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"19"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-2991384543469478282"},"published":{"$t":"2009-07-22T21:15:00.003-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-22T21:51:12.551-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"laundry"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"little makeovers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"organizing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tutorials"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"laundry room shelves"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EI decided I wanted to have some storage in the empty space between my washer and dryer, so when I found this shelf at a yard sale last month for $7, I snatched it up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfaL6M1A4I\/AAAAAAAAEng\/MIEbBYqgkfs\/s1600-h\/july+2009+352.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfaL6M1A4I\/AAAAAAAAEng\/MIEbBYqgkfs\/s400\/july+2009+352.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361493779544343426\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's not real wood, but for the laundry room, it will do the trick and the price was right. I primed it with 2 coats of Kilz Premium, and then used 2-3 coats of leftover paint from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/painting-cabinets-and-countertop.html\"\u003Emy bathroom cabinets\u003C\/a\u003E, using a small foam roller. I also knew I wanted to utilize the space behind the shelf with easy access, so I screwed in these wheels on the bottom:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfFX3ewfbI\/AAAAAAAAEmY\/LZpj9eRK2X4\/s1600-h\/july+2009+372.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfFX3ewfbI\/AAAAAAAAEmY\/LZpj9eRK2X4\/s400\/july+2009+372.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361470895228485042\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Eyou can buy them in packs of 2 for about $4 something each at Lowes or HD:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfFXQy5J2I\/AAAAAAAAEmQ\/a1d7zO-_fZo\/s1600-h\/july+2009+368.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfFXQy5J2I\/AAAAAAAAEmQ\/a1d7zO-_fZo\/s400\/july+2009+368.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361470884843956066\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's really hard to photograph black painted shelves in bad light, but here they are after the paint and wheels. I also didn't want to expose everything on the shelves, so I knew I needed some fabric. I looked online, at JoAnn's, Hancocks, and Hobby Lobby here in town, and really couldn't find anything I \u003Cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003Eloved\u003C\/span\u003E for under 17.99 a yard.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfFYLH60aI\/AAAAAAAAEmg\/8jcH6PQi7nE\/s1600-h\/july+2009+374.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfFYLH60aI\/AAAAAAAAEmg\/8jcH6PQi7nE\/s400\/july+2009+374.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361470900501402018\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EI was in TJ Maxx and saw this yummy twin quilt for 19.99~I was wishing that I could find fabric that looked exactly like this and a light went on. Great inspiration happens in that store, I'm telling you! Use the quilt for your fabric, Melissa! It works out to be about 7 dollars a yard, PLUS the edges were finished, AND it was the perfect pattern that I had in mind.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfSwjAkJYI\/AAAAAAAAEnI\/nxeOVVsfZuU\/s1600-h\/july+2009+477.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfSwjAkJYI\/AAAAAAAAEnI\/nxeOVVsfZuU\/s400\/july+2009+477.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361485612881028482\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EI bring it home, and start cutting it up. {gasp} I know, but if you have been with me long, you know I'm not afraid to whip out my trusty scissors (like I did \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/frugal-friday-take-2.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/more-spring-fluffing.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E) if I have a crazy vision of what it could be in the end.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfSxjxmFNI\/AAAAAAAAEnY\/dLs8cs1P1go\/s1600-h\/july+2009+481.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfSxjxmFNI\/AAAAAAAAEnY\/dLs8cs1P1go\/s400\/july+2009+481.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361485630266545362\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EI cut two sections, leaving the cute scallop for the side and bottom and then bring out the glue gun and fold and glue the top and side that I've cut. If you know me \"sewing maching\" is not in my decor vocabulary. As I'm taking these pictures I realize I've folded the wrong side over! Brilliant me.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo, I rip it off and start it over. The beauty of hot glue. Then, I take a small tension rod (it's like a miniature shower curtain rod that gets longer or shorter when you twist it)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfSw28WVsI\/AAAAAAAAEnQ\/zjoqAK7vy8I\/s1600-h\/july+2009+479.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfSw28WVsI\/AAAAAAAAEnQ\/zjoqAK7vy8I\/s400\/july+2009+479.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361485618232055490\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Eand run it through the top of the fold I created with the glue gun\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfQkPixm8I\/AAAAAAAAEnA\/Mk-aH33QSyE\/s1600-h\/july+2009+482.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfQkPixm8I\/AAAAAAAAEnA\/Mk-aH33QSyE\/s400\/july+2009+482.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361483202474122178\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThen, I adjust the tension rod to the inside of the shelf, and ta-da:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfQjkhAczI\/AAAAAAAAEm4\/URKR5CrQQ-s\/s1600-h\/july+2009+491.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfQjkhAczI\/AAAAAAAAEm4\/URKR5CrQQ-s\/s400\/july+2009+491.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361483190923981618\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ewe have hidden storage! Just what is behind that curtain, you ask? I love to know what is on people's shelves as well:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfQjGCEpEI\/AAAAAAAAEmw\/Zjo46fhwKug\/s1600-h\/july+2009+493.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfQjGCEpEI\/AAAAAAAAEmw\/Zjo46fhwKug\/s400\/july+2009+493.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361483182741169218\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ETop shelf: Laundry soap and softener, in the black bin (from dollar tree) is stained clothing that needs extra attention.\u003Cbr \/\u003E2nd shelf: plastic 3 drawer holds my glue gun, glue sticks, measuring tapes, and extension cords. The black bin holds home dry cleaning stuff, and extra laundry stuff like goo gone, fels naptha soap, and Zout stain remover.\u003Cbr \/\u003EBottom shelf: black bin holds birthday candles, decorations, and gift bags. The bucket is used as a garbage.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThen, if you wheel the shelf out, you'll see lots of Christmas gift bags from Target clearance hanging on a nail, an extra drill battery charging, empty boxes (I'm a box monger~I love having the perfect box on hand if I need it), a bag full of papers and packaging for sending packages, and lots of empty frames and yard sale finds waiting to be made over.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfQiptvsWI\/AAAAAAAAEmo\/oe3ltJI6Nd8\/s1600-h\/july+2009+495.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfQiptvsWI\/AAAAAAAAEmo\/oe3ltJI6Nd8\/s400\/july+2009+495.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361483175139717474\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhoa, this was a long post, but I'm so excited things are getting accomplished little by little. Do you see my painted walls? Yea, yea! It's coming along! My sweet friend (thank you Sherilyn!) took my oldest 3 for the whole afternoon while I got me a sonic chiller, put my babies down for a nap, and went to town in the laundry room.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'm joining Kimba's DIY Party today:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/asoftplacetoland-kimba.blogspot.com\/\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"DIY Day @ ASPTL\" src=\"http:\/\/i534.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee349\/GDest07\/Kimba\/kimbaDIY125.png\" title=\"DIY Day @ ASPTL\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGo, and be inspired by all the DIY projects!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/i43.photobucket.com\/albums\/e375\/lissylee77\/signature-1.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/2991384543469478282\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2009\/07\/laundry-room-shelves.html#comment-form","title":"35 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2991384543469478282"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/2991384543469478282"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2009\/07\/laundry-room-shelves.html","title":"laundry room shelves"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmfaL6M1A4I\/AAAAAAAAEng\/MIEbBYqgkfs\/s72-c\/july+2009+352.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"35"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-246900144118321765"},"published":{"$t":"2009-07-21T22:02:00.006-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-21T22:32:55.777-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"laundry"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"some paint tips..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ESo, y'all know I'm in the middle of painting, and I thought I'd share a few tips I've learned along the way:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaQ6pmDdWI\/AAAAAAAAEl4\/oTPrrpYXQk0\/s1600-h\/july+2009+452.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaQ6pmDdWI\/AAAAAAAAEl4\/oTPrrpYXQk0\/s400\/july+2009+452.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361131743703430498\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E* always keep a wet rag handy to quickly fix mistakes or wipe up paint drips. I just keep mine on my shoulder while I'm working.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaQ55dn9rI\/AAAAAAAAElo\/lU3PANeRKHQ\/s1600-h\/july+2009+456.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaQ55dn9rI\/AAAAAAAAElo\/lU3PANeRKHQ\/s400\/july+2009+456.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361131730783172274\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E* I always paint in bare feet so I can feel if I have wet paint on them before I go tracking it in on the carpet (not that I have ever done that :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaRsLKuIUI\/AAAAAAAAEmA\/bhVE417mpT8\/s1600-h\/july+2009+449.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaRsLKuIUI\/AAAAAAAAEmA\/bhVE417mpT8\/s400\/july+2009+449.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361132594529182018\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E* keep some small disposable containers in your paint stash to use when you're cutting in along the edges with your brush. My choice for today? An old Easy Mac container :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaQ5XDQqQI\/AAAAAAAAElg\/Hl3dTid6ssk\/s1600-h\/july+2009+459.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaQ5XDQqQI\/AAAAAAAAElg\/Hl3dTid6ssk\/s400\/july+2009+459.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361131721545787650\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E* When you are finished painting a room fill a little container with a tight fitting lid with some leftover paint. Stock up on the small foam brushes when they're on sale (Michael's has them on sale about twice a year for 20 for $1) Keep the little container and a few brushes in every room so you can quickly do touch-ups without hauling out a big can and looking for a brush. I found these little baby food containers at the dollar store~they work perfectly!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaQ6aJLpaI\/AAAAAAAAElw\/E1t5ngBAmEE\/s1600-h\/july+2009+454.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaQ6aJLpaI\/AAAAAAAAElw\/E1t5ngBAmEE\/s400\/july+2009+454.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361131739555800482\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E* don't get rid of those ugly old sheets! Keep them and use them to cover your floors when you paint.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaRshK1E9I\/AAAAAAAAEmI\/tJpr4pdNQCU\/s1600-h\/july+2009+447.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaRshK1E9I\/AAAAAAAAEmI\/tJpr4pdNQCU\/s400\/july+2009+447.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361132600435217362\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E* a good angled brush and a steady hand can be your best friend. No more taping off if you practice enough. My friend, Lynette in Idaho never used tape and went to town with her angled brush. I never thought I could do it, but I finally got the guts to try it in here and I may never go back to taping trim off. Just keep that wet rag close by! A good, quality brush makes all the difference and was worth the extra money.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat other great paint tips have you discovered?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'm linking up to WFMW :\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wearethatfamily.com\"\u003E\u003Cimg id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306638892593429522\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 230px; text-align: center;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SaT39QBNvBI\/AAAAAAAADic\/jh37SPrGnd4\/s400\/works+for+me+wed.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHave a great day~\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/i43.photobucket.com\/albums\/e375\/lissylee77\/signature-1.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/246900144118321765\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2009\/07\/some-paint-tips.html#comment-form","title":"30 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/246900144118321765"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/246900144118321765"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2009\/07\/some-paint-tips.html","title":"some paint tips..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_4HaG7qoeoyk\/SmaQ6pmDdWI\/AAAAAAAAEl4\/oTPrrpYXQk0\/s72-c\/july+2009+452.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"30"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094626877865766804.post-1820231176474698116"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-03T04:00:00.005-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-10-16T16:44:24.401-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"good things to share"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"paint colors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"painting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"my favorite paint colors: tracey's robin's egg blue"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMeet Tracey from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/a_cottage_industry\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 130%; font-style: italic;\"\u003ENotes from a Cottage Industry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8345252b269e20105353a666c970c-150wi\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8345252b269e20105353a666c970c-150wi\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 157px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 150px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EShe has a beautiful blog and has her own custom made robin's egg blue color that she has used throughout her home:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/10\/17\/afrench_blue_dresser_in_progress_01.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/10\/17\/afrench_blue_dresser_in_progress_01.jpg\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 372px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 471px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8345252b269e200e554ed69db8833-500wi\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8345252b269e200e554ed69db8833-500wi\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 738px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 453px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/a_cottage_industry\/images\/2007\/09\/04\/kitchen_after_008_2.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/a_cottage_industry\/images\/2007\/09\/04\/kitchen_after_008_2.jpg\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 489px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/the_finished_product_1.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/the_finished_product_1.jpg\" style=\"cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 886px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 281px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIsn't this a lovely color? She also gives some wonderful tutorials on furniture re-dos. You can visit Tracey at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/a_cottage_industry\/\"\u003ENotes from a Cottage Industry\u003C\/a\u003E and get her robins egg blue paint formula \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 130%;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/acottageindustry.typepad.com\/a_cottage_industry\/2007\/10\/another-little-.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThank you, Tracey!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E***************************\u003Cbr \/\u003EDo you like the new look of the blog? I thought she could use some freshening for summer :) Do you think it's too bright? Too white? I'd love your thoughts...and\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETomorrow is the big day!!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.granvillehouse.blogspot.com\/\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/i393.photobucket.com\/albums\/pp19\/lissylee\/favoritepaintcolorbutton.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'll be sharing colors from my home and I'm hoping Mr. Linky is going to cooperate~I know y'all have had some problems with him lately. This is my first time, so do you have any pointers? I'll try to have it up around 10 p.m. central time tonight so you can post before you go to bed if you want~have a great day!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/i43.photobucket.com\/albums\/e375\/lissylee77\/signature-1.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/feeds\/1820231176474698116\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2009\/06\/my-favorite-paint-colors-traceys-robins.html#comment-form","title":"20 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1820231176474698116"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4094626877865766804\/posts\/default\/1820231176474698116"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.320sycamoreblog.com\/2009\/06\/my-favorite-paint-colors-traceys-robins.html","title":"my favorite paint colors: tracey's robin's egg blue"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Melissa"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11998834833645862095"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"20"}}]}});