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Curiosity...
...got the best of me.
I had to know what was hiding behind the ugly red wallboard and painted wallpaper. Now I know. I hate my kitchen, it's the only hideously decorated section in my house. I don't know what the people who owned this place before me were thinking.
My plans? Well, I think I'm going to install wainscoting on the lower 2/3rds of the wall. Easy. As for the old plaster that I can't scrape off and the cracking, well, crazy as it sounds, I like the texture those things are giving to the wall, so I'm thinking of filling what cracks I can and then doing some sort of color wash. I think I'll paint the portion of the wall that isn't covered with the white wainscoting a browny-red, then use a darker version of that color and wash it over the wall so the darker paint catches the irregularities of the wall.
Ideally this is what I'm looking for, just with more texture showing.
Any suggestions from remodeling pros always welcome.
...got the best of me.
I had to know what was hiding behind the ugly red wallboard and painted wallpaper. Now I know. I hate my kitchen, it's the only hideously decorated section in my house. I don't know what the people who owned this place before me were thinking.
My plans? Well, I think I'm going to install wainscoting on the lower 2/3rds of the wall. Easy. As for the old plaster that I can't scrape off and the cracking, well, crazy as it sounds, I like the texture those things are giving to the wall, so I'm thinking of filling what cracks I can and then doing some sort of color wash. I think I'll paint the portion of the wall that isn't covered with the white wainscoting a browny-red, then use a darker version of that color and wash it over the wall so the darker paint catches the irregularities of the wall.
Ideally this is what I'm looking for, just with more texture showing.
Any suggestions from remodeling pros always welcome.
1 comments:
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samizdat, at
11:26 AM
Criminy, is that color green in every house in the City?