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| How do I strip detailed kitchen chairs? |
I have stripped and refinished tables and plain chairs with success, but have never attempted anything with carved scroll work and spindles like our dining room chairs. They need it badly and we just... |
Liquid stripper and a curved plastic tool and small plastic brushes or old toothbrushes.... |
7/25/10 4:04 |
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| Does a black dining set coordinate with cherry cabinets? |
I have a large open kitchen, eat-in dining area and great room. The cabinets are dark cherry. The floor is a lighter travertine tile. The great room has dark brown leather furniture. Cobalt blue pops ... |
Sounds lovely.... |
7/10/10 9:09 |
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| i need help decorating a farmhouse!? |
i'm moving to a house that was built in 1850 and then added onto a few times, I've looked all over for ideas and can't find anything that seems to fit correctly. i like the liberty of london from targ... |
Look at the site Sarah's House. They just finished a farmhouse and the bedrooms are great. Also look at the mudroom and kitchen for more ideas! See the links below.
The Designer Insider... |
6/14/10 2:02 |
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| How to fix a wall that was incorrectly opened up between kitchen and dining room? |
I know I need a contractor for this because I myself can't do it, but I have a question...
I guess there was a complete wall between my kitchen and dining room. Previous owners must have decided to ... |
Did you buy this house sight unseen? Or did you know you were buying a house with a less than professional reno. It should have given you the idea to ask the previous owners if they did any other reno... |
5/25/10 2:02 |
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| what kind of furniture goes with dark wood floor? |
I have got really dark wooden floor in my living room and I have a doubt in how to decorate it, I was thinking to put a cream colour sofa to bring light to the room, I have found a dining table the sa... |
Neither the beauty of your floors or the beauty of your furniture will be appreciated if you go with dark furniture on dark floors. Dark furniture just blends into the dark floors and looks kind of b... |
5/14/10 4:04 |
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| How can i get my house clean from all this STUFF? |
I'm 19, i live with my dad and mom and my uncle. My dad and i seem to clean the same places in the house over and over every single day and we're about to the point of giving up. We'll clean the kitch... |
Unless you have some co-operation from your other family members, you'll never be able to keep up with cleaning up after them. You can try to get them to help, but I doubt you'll have any success. Th... |
5/11/10 11:11 |
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| How can I match painted metal chairs with a wooden table? |
Budget is pretty low right now and I'm trying to find creative ways to give a face lift to our apartment. I have a nice wooden table which I want to use in my dining room as I do not have a dining ta... |
hi, if it were me then i would partially paint the chairs and the table to match, if the table is wood then just add a little paint for example if you have a round table maybe you could draw a line ar... |
4/28/10 4:04 |
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| How to faux paint 1 wall with multiple colors? |
I love color, and I am wanting to paint the top portion of a main wall in my living multiple colors, using the colors from the kitchen, dining, and entryway all on that level to pull it all together i... |
Sponging has lost favor in lieu of more sophisticated looks like marbling, plaster, combing, crackeling and metallic veining. Each has thier own method of application.
Combing - Combing can give your... |
4/23/10 12:12 |
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| Long, wide living room... how to decorate? furniture? |
We just bought a great 1950s bungalow with 1500sq ft.
The issue is- the living room (when you walk in the front door, there is a low wall to your right, which seperates the entry from the living room... |
Just put you TV on the short wall where it goes, then decide how close or far you want to be from it. Put your love seat width wise there. Put your couch lengthwise at the end of love seat with the fr... |
4/16/10 1:01 |
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| If, on her first visit, your housekeeper said she was going to do a deep clean, what should you expect? |
I have a 3 BR, 2.5 BA with living room, dining room, kitchen, long front hallway, upper staircase and upper hall. She asked my most important concerns and I told her I especially wanted extra attenti... |
You need to spell out with a written check list exactly what you want done and the results expected. (For instance I expect the floors not to have streaks) When the work is stated to be complete you b... |
4/7/10 12:12 |
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