Refresh your home’s appeal with furniture paint (MS) — Furniture, bookcases, cabinets, and doors present opportunities to add or change color throughout a home. Woodcraft offers an extensive line of furniture paint, tools and supplies necessary for successful painting projects. In addition, Woodcraft retail store associates are always ready to help customers, and extensive how-to material is a click away at woodcraft.com. Lori Harper, Woodcraft public relations manager and blogger, offers some advice about updating a kitchen: “Painting kitchen cabinets is a big job, but it can transform the look of your kitchen at a fraction of the cost of new cabinets. It may sound daunting, but breaking it down into bite-size steps can take away the fear factor.” To read her project blog, visit Woodworking Adventures on Woodcraft.com and search for “Kitchen Cabinet Conundrum.”
easy-to-mix paints are: • Black Dog Salvage Furniture Paint is a water-based, lowVOC, matte finish paint for indoor use that requires only cleanup before painting, except in the case of chips and scratches, and adheres to wood, metal, glass, ceramics, and plastic. • General Finishes Milk Paints are premixed water-based acrylic paints suitable for a variety of interior or exterior applications from furniture to crafts. • General Finishes Gel Stains are heavy-bodied gels formulated to flow evenly for consistent color control.
Black Dog Salvage Furniture Paint Color Recipes (available for download as a free PDF on Woodcraft.com). For more than just a change of color, consider creating decorative effects, such as distressing, antiquing, faux marble, or rag rolling. Choose General Finishes Pearl Effects to make it easier to create specialty finishes.
For more extensive repairs, use the Kreg Jig R3 Kit to reinforce weak parts with pocket holes and avoid complete disassembly of your project.
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Use Krud Kutter TSP Substitute to remove dirt, grease, smoke, mildew, food stains, crayon, wax, and more from surfaces to be painted so paint will adhere betRepair ter. For sanding chores If furniture, cabinets associated with painting, and other surfaces need consider the Porter-Cable repair prior to painting, Restorer Handheld Drum the Mohawk PermaFill Sander with attachWood Touch-Up and ments, which is designed Repair System is an easy to remove paint and answer. Just pop in a finish from wood, brick color cartridge (six color and fiberglass, as well as families available), power remove rust and polish on the battery-operated metal. The Porter-Cable dispenser, aim, fill and 382 5” Random Orbital level this durable repair. Sander and the Norton Briwax ChaiRX is per5” Random Orbital fect to fix loose parts in Sander are other good Before you pick up chairs. Drill a small hole, choices. For sanding with a paint brush, consider inject ChaiRX, and in 12 hand power, the Preppin’ which colors are best hours the thin unique Weapon Sanding Block for the area you plan formulation will peneKit and Norton 41⁄2” x to refresh. Choices will trate the wood cells and 51⁄2” SoftTouch Sandneed to complement permanently swell the ing Sponges are handy wall color and colors of joints and bond them helpers. other pieces or accents in together. Visit https:// Application & a room. Two handy color youtu.be/iWMu6OKyOPaint & Color Topcoat guides are the 36-page UE to watch a video Selection General Finishes Milk If spraying is your that demonstrates these Three easy-to-use and Paint Fan Deck and the preference, HOMERIGHT products.
Finish Max Fine Finish and HOMERIGHT Super Finish Max HVLP Sprayers are easy to use on everything from furniture to fences with oil- and water-based products such as chalk-style paint, latex paint, milk paint, enamels, primers, polyurethanes, stains, and varnishes. Large and Small Spray Shelters make painting furniture easier. For painting by hand, Black Dog Salvage Furniture Paint Round
Brushes, made from both natural and synthetic bristles, and Redtree Matey Synthetic Bristle Brushes work well. Give paint extra protection with Black Dog Salvage Guard Dog and Show Dog Topcoats and General Finishes Gel and High Performance Polyurethane Topcoats. To learn more about these and other products, visit your local Woodcraft store, call (800) 535-4482 or visit www.Woodcraft.com.
an entire space. Paneling is used sparingly as an accent wall or another feature for character. Designers have Wood walls can be flocked to reclaimed wood and veneer panel- stained in a rich mahogings to incorporate them any to look upscale or be weathered and rustic. into design elements. Homeowners ready And while wood panto re-embrace wood eling used to be hung paneling can choose to vertically, designers now enhance one wall in a experiment with hanging room. Think about the paneling. Many people no lon- space above a fireplace ger use paneling to cover or a strip of wall behind
a sitting chair and side table. Paneling also can serve as a headboard behind a bed in a master suite. Painted horizonally, paneling can add dimension and texture to walls, even in a bathroom. Wood paneling is slowly making a comeback, proving that no design trend every truly goes away.
This design trend is coming back Design trends come and go, but some have a funny way of resurfacing years after they first became popular. Homeowners who may have been considering renovating their home to remove a design element they believe to be passé might want to see if that feature has experienced a resurgence in popularity. In fact, one of the more derided home decor trends of yesteryear has slowly crept back into style, albeit in moderation. Wood paneling is back and better than ever, advise many design professionals. It’s the formerly ugly duckling that
filled homes starting in the 1950s, creating drab dens and faux-wood family rooms. Paneling had long been an element of choice because it is relatively easy to install and can camouflage problem walls in a home, like those covered in boisterous wallpaper prints. Wood paneling reach the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, and since then homeowners have been tearing down these faux offenders for years or masking them in paint to brighten up spaces. However, the experts at Apartment Therapy report that wood paneling in shades of brown are
making a comeback in cozy spots such as dens or studies. The warm tones of wood paneling elicit a retro vibe. But unlike their fake predecessors, today’s paneled walls are being outfitted in real wood, making them more eco-friendly and stylish than ever before.
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can be enhanced by various fabrics. Consider a leather sofa made more cozy with chenille pillows next to a rustic side table. Figure out ways to incorporate a few different textures to add depth to the room.
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Many high-end homes showcase neutral shades that are enhanced by pops of color. If you like a rich, royal purple, leave room for other colors as well. Add touches of purple in vases, throw pillows and other accessories. Also, many designers work in shades of three for room colors. There may be one main color Embrace texture for walls, another color The colors used in a for larger accents, such as couches and chairs, home can add impact, and then a third color but designers often utilize various textures to that pops in accessories such as flowers, pillows create aesthetic appeal. and collectibles. These A single color scheme
can be any colors, but the most muted tends to be the more abundant shade.
Add a bit of bling Glittery items and metallics can add a touch of luxury feel to any space. A shiny table lamp, mirrors, a sparkling chandelier, and the like are easy ways to produce a high-end feel. Reflective surfaces also will cast light around the room, giving the illusion of a larger space.
Choose a big statement piece Many homeowners make the mistake of filling a room with several small pieces of furniture that only contribute to clutter. Instead, look for a statement piece, which can be a cabinet, armoire or chaise. Mix and match large and small elements for a sense of balance.
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groupings often look Finish the room with the most cohesive and interesting. Experiment accessories and flowwith different scales and ers. When placing and heights for even more hanging knickknacks and dimension. When inspiration wall art, odd-numbered
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Green options in home siding by choosing locally produced or reclaimed bricks — or those made from post-consumer content. The longevity of bricks can often offset the energy expenditure in their manufacture. Reclaimed timber Plus, many bricks are A house sided with made from natural clay, clapboard, or a log cab- which can be an excelin-inspired look, is iconic. lent insulator. These types of siding Stucco are typically made from insect-repellant pine, ceHouseLogic says tradar, cypress, or redwood. ditional stucco is made While lumber certified by from sand and Portland the Forest Stewardship cement mixed with a significant portion Council is environmental- water to make a usable of their overall activity (more than 60 percent of ly friendly, homeowners plaster. It’s tough and durable — often lasting their portfolio). By 2022, may want to seek out the life of the house. reclaimed lumber. This this number should inEco-friendly variants crease to nearly one-half wood has history and include stucco made in both the single-family causes very little enviwith an earth-and-lime ronmental impact. Plus, and multifamily sectors. mixture, offsetting the timber salvaged from old Green building has beCO2 emissions associatbuildings or fallen trees come an important and may be superior to new ed with cement producestablished part of the wood because it likely tion. Stucco can reduce residental construction came from slow-growair infiltration that causes sector. drafts in a home. ing, old trees with dense Where siding is grain. sourced, the materials Fiber-cement that go into its fabricaBrick Fiber-cement is similar to stucco in that Avoid any negative it is made from sand, environmental impact tion and how well that siding insulates a home are key aspects of its “green factor.” The following are some of the more sustainable options in home siding.
If new siding is on the list of must-do home projects this year, there are many factors to consider. Though it’s a transformative renovation, replacement siding is a significant and potentially expensive undertaking. Therefore, careful consideration must be given to the materials used and their maintenance, longevity, insulation factor, and cost. Many homeowners
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Portland cement, clay, and wood pulp fibers. It can be fire-resistant and insect-proof and will not rot. It’s a stable material that can recover almost 80 percent of the initial cost, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
Stone This nonrenewable resource can be beautiful on a home and durable, but mining it can impact the environment. If homeowners can use reclaimed or displaced stone, those are more sustainable options. Manufactured stone, which is cement and other materials molded to look like stone, is also aesthetically appealing and more eco-friendly. Replacing siding is a significant undertaking. Homeowners can consider sustainability when selecting replacement siding materials.
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