Hi, I happened on to your site and love it! I have been looking everywhere for a robin egg blue paint and have many samples on my wall but not one is the "right" one. I am wondering if you could tell me the name of your robin egg blue? Also the red for the cupboards? Absolulty love them- I am a red fan and boy those cupboards look great? ~J.
Hi J.!
Thank you for visiting my blog and dropping me a note - I love "meeting" my visitors!
I actually mixed the robin's egg blue myself. I had a couple of Martha Stewart shades of green and blue on hand, plus some white and a little black, and I just mixed until I found the shade I was looking for. I painted a sample and had it color matched at Lowes and it was perfect! I'll give you the formula/code that is printed on the top of the can and hopefully they will be able to mix it for you, too. Keep in mind that every paint mixing machine at hardware stores is slightly different - they don't all have the exact calibration, even within the same store. So your color may not be *exactly* what my color is, but really close. Also, if you have paint mixed on one machine and need to go back for more, make sure they use the same machine.
This is what it says at the top of my can:
Manual Dispense
107-17.5
101-13
103-10.5
Valspar Eggshell Base 1
As for the red, I posted just this morning about this very question...feel free to check it out here! If you have any other questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to help!
~Kim
Kitchen Cabinet Color
Hi Kim,
I stumbled across your site today and love your cabinets! Do you mind telling me what color you used? We are about to redo our 1970's kitchen and I love yours!!!
Thanks so much,
~S.
S., This may be the most asked question I receive in my emailbox:) There is just something about red! The red paint color is from the Waverly line and it's called "Cherry"
in the satin finish. The off white interior and basecoat color (also a satin finish) is
called "Homestead Resort Parlor Taupe". At one time, it was part of the "American Tradition" line of paint but I believe it is now called "Valspar". I bought both these paint colors from Lowes.
I stumbled across your site today and love your cabinets! Do you mind telling me what color you used? We are about to redo our 1970's kitchen and I love yours!!!
Thanks so much,
~S.
S., This may be the most asked question I receive in my emailbox:) There is just something about red! The red paint color is from the Waverly line and it's called "Cherry"
in the satin finish. The off white interior and basecoat color (also a satin finish) is
called "Homestead Resort Parlor Taupe". At one time, it was part of the "American Tradition" line of paint but I believe it is now called "Valspar". I bought both these paint colors from Lowes.
Kitchen Curtains
Hi Kim
Oh my gosh!!! I love what you did to your kitchen!! I too love reds! I think it is wonderful that you are able to make a room look so lovely and spend so little. I was wondering if you could tell me where you bought the kitchen curtains. They are darling!!
~G.
Hi G.!
Would you believe that the curtains above my kitchen window actually aren't curtains at all! They are actually pillow cases that I found at my local Goodwill. I discovered that they were just the right length for our kitchen sink window and I hung them using curtain rings with clips. New sew!
At one time, the curtains that I had in the dining room were just queen sized sheets hung with ringed clips as well. I've since moved them to my living room and now have linen curtains in the dining room. I purchased the linen curtains on Ebay, new in their packages, a panel at a time until I had four panels. They originally came from West Elm but I only paid a fraction of the cost!
Oh my gosh!!! I love what you did to your kitchen!! I too love reds! I think it is wonderful that you are able to make a room look so lovely and spend so little. I was wondering if you could tell me where you bought the kitchen curtains. They are darling!!
~G.
Hi G.!
Would you believe that the curtains above my kitchen window actually aren't curtains at all! They are actually pillow cases that I found at my local Goodwill. I discovered that they were just the right length for our kitchen sink window and I hung them using curtain rings with clips. New sew!
At one time, the curtains that I had in the dining room were just queen sized sheets hung with ringed clips as well. I've since moved them to my living room and now have linen curtains in the dining room. I purchased the linen curtains on Ebay, new in their packages, a panel at a time until I had four panels. They originally came from West Elm but I only paid a fraction of the cost!
Kitchen Island Paint Process
First let me say I love your kitchen!! I am a sucker for red anyway! Thats all my accent colors through my house..although mine is tradtional I have always loved the cottage look! My question is. We are putting in a new countertop and building a island. I was wondering how you painted yours..what color you used and how you did the glaze? It was either go black or white glazed..I am leaning toward white..any info would be great!
~P.
Hi there, P.,
Yes, I do love red, too! Always good to hear from another red lover!
I wish I could give you some info on my island but I actually bought it just the way it is and didn't paint it myself. I'm not exactly sure what was done by the furniture crafter, but it looks like a flat, cream color paint was first used and then it looks like the island was glazed with a dark brown glaze. With the excess glaze wiped off, the cream paint takes on an a darker, aged appearance.You may want to try this on some test boards and see what you think.
~Kim
~P.
Hi there, P.,
Yes, I do love red, too! Always good to hear from another red lover!
I wish I could give you some info on my island but I actually bought it just the way it is and didn't paint it myself. I'm not exactly sure what was done by the furniture crafter, but it looks like a flat, cream color paint was first used and then it looks like the island was glazed with a dark brown glaze. With the excess glaze wiped off, the cream paint takes on an a darker, aged appearance.You may want to try this on some test boards and see what you think.
~Kim
Painted Subfloors
Hi Kim,
I have been searching thru your blog trying to find out how you prepped your floors to paint them, but couldn’t find it. My husband and I want to do the same in our kitchen, dining room, hallway and bathroom. Did you fill nail holes and seams between the plywood boards?
~J.
Hi J.!
You know, because this was what we thought would be a very temporary floor solution, I did not take the time to fill nail holes and caulk the seams. In hindsight, and because we *still* have our painted subfloor (much longer than we expected), I would advise caulking the seams for a nice, smooth look. I would check with a paint professional at your hardware store and ask what caulk they recommend. As far as the nail holes go, usually the heads of the nails used for subflooring are quite large and unless they are deeply set into the plywood, I don't know if they are really fillable. The nails in my subfloor were pretty much flush with the surface. I just painted right over them and don't even see them.
I've used oil based porch paint for one bedroom in my home (after priming with an oil-based primer), but for the rest of the house, I used latex primer and paint. The oil based porch paint is preferrable in my opinion because it dries much harder and is definitely more durable. I was reluctant to use it in the rest of the house because it does take a while to dry and with kids and pets, there was no way we could stay out of the living room and kitchen for the duration of the drying and curing process, not to mention that there are more fumes with oil based products.
~Kim
I have been searching thru your blog trying to find out how you prepped your floors to paint them, but couldn’t find it. My husband and I want to do the same in our kitchen, dining room, hallway and bathroom. Did you fill nail holes and seams between the plywood boards?
~J.
Hi J.!
You know, because this was what we thought would be a very temporary floor solution, I did not take the time to fill nail holes and caulk the seams. In hindsight, and because we *still* have our painted subfloor (much longer than we expected), I would advise caulking the seams for a nice, smooth look. I would check with a paint professional at your hardware store and ask what caulk they recommend. As far as the nail holes go, usually the heads of the nails used for subflooring are quite large and unless they are deeply set into the plywood, I don't know if they are really fillable. The nails in my subfloor were pretty much flush with the surface. I just painted right over them and don't even see them.
I've used oil based porch paint for one bedroom in my home (after priming with an oil-based primer), but for the rest of the house, I used latex primer and paint. The oil based porch paint is preferrable in my opinion because it dries much harder and is definitely more durable. I was reluctant to use it in the rest of the house because it does take a while to dry and with kids and pets, there was no way we could stay out of the living room and kitchen for the duration of the drying and curing process, not to mention that there are more fumes with oil based products.
~Kim
Painting Brass Headboard
Hello there!
I just bought an old ugly brass headboard off of Craigslist
and have dreams of painting it. I searched the
internet & found your " Buh-Bye Brass Headboard - You've Been
De-Blinged" post! Absolutely wonderful!
Anyways, question....do you have to sand it at all before hand? I found
numerous posts that suggested it... but dread the thought. I hope not!
~C.
Hi there C.!
Hmm, hehe, how to give you the bad news....I did sand my headboard. But all you have to do is just scruff it up a little to give the paint something to adhere to. You don't have to sand the brass down to bare metal. Not at all. Just "scrub" it with some sanding paper like you were scrubbing a pot or a bathtub. Then you can clean it off and spray it with canned primer. After the primer is dry (I would wait a day just to make sure it has set up and cured), you can then paint. Spray paint is the easiest and leaves a nice smooth coat though you can certainly brush the paint on. I used a satin finish, I believe.
I hope this helps - let me know how it turns out...I love to see photos!
~Kim
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