Furniture Arrangement
The first trick painters use is "triangulation." A painting begins with images lower in the left and right corners with objects coming to a peak just above mid-center of the painting. This draws the viewer into the ... [... more]
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Time For Tea Mosaic Shelf
Fill holes in shelf with wood filler. Sand. Paint with primer paint. Sand when dry. Paint areas of wood that will be untiled with one coat of acrylic paint. ... [... more]
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Pillar Art
On a plastic plate or other palette, pour pools of white paint and any other colors you wish to use. Mix one color into some of the white (Cyr used yellow oxide) and , working with the paint somewhat watery, spatter ... [... more]
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Scaling Down A Dining Room
Hosts Matt Fox and Shari Hiller hope this dining room's warm colors and traditional furniture will inspire you to decorate your own dining space. Once they spruce up the old furniture, paint the walls using ... [... more]
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Panel Headboard
1. The featured headboard is 58 inches wide and 45 inches high. To build the front framework, cut four pieces of 1" x 4" poplar to length using a miter saw. The first board is the top cross piece and measures exactly ... [... more]
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Buying Leather
For pigmented leather, color is applied to the surface, not dyed through and through. And while the color is not as rich, it is finished to provide greater protection against scratches, stains and fading. These ... [... more]
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Restoring Bamboo
Bamboo, rattan and wicker furniture are all made from grass plants and, despite what many people think, they are not weather-resistant. Because these pieces are often less expensive than solid wood furniture, they ... [... more]
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Unfinished Buffet
2. Apply the base coat and let dry. Rub a candle along the edges and corners of the cabinet where the piece might wear naturally, which will make the removal of the green top coat much easier (figure A). ... [... more]
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Calvin Tsao And Zack Mckown
They removed a wall between the dining and living rooms for better flow and to allow the furniture, not the walls, to define the space. A stylish mix of furnishings was then selected for the living room. On one side, ... [... more]
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Finial Touch
Finials are being used more often so there are many interesting ones available in all shapes and sizes. They're being made in all sorts of materials--from traditional brass to non-traditional semi-precious stones and ... [... more]
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Cardboard Furniture
Host Carol Duvall puts her engineering talents to work as she constructs inexpensive yet durable furniture out of discarded cardboard boxes from furniture and mattress stores. To make such large boxes fit and lie flat in your vehicle, she ... [... more]
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Chinese Tea-Paper Finish
Brush on a classic glaze of white craft glue and acrylic paint to knock down the brightness of the gold (burnt umber works well) and, again, contribute to the aged look (figure B). ... [... more]
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