Color Name: Sweet Pear 389
Brand: Benjamin Moore
For a simple summer weekend project to color your world, why don’t you try one of these simple painting projects ? In this beach-side house, color is bleached out like the color of driftwood — save a few accents like this fireplace mantle painted Sweet Pear. Recognize those paintings?
Color Name: Amethyst Sky 1447
Brand: Benjamin Moore
Why don’t you paint a purple runner up your stairs? Same beach house, makes cleaning beach sand off the “carpet” a sweep of the broomstick away.
Color Name: Black
Why don’t you paint your particle-board cabinets black? That’s right, plain black. I was shocked at how chic this looked, from such humble origins. Add brushed nickel handles and stir.
- Mark Chamberlain, interior and decorative painter
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"Recognize those paintings?"
Formula One racetracks of the world?
;-)
I do love the way those black cabinets turned out - So Chic!
(But I would have used brass pulls)
Lol at Bepsf. I have something similar in my home that IS actually formula one racetracks of the world.
This is the second time I have seen sweet pear used - I actually hate almost all green colors but I have to say I have fallen in love with sweet pear!
Ok, I am still new to Apartment Therapy. I recognize the paintings because one of them is the icon used for Apartment Therapy's site. Is it a specific doodle from somewhere important?
Wow... and I thought *I* was an AT die-hard.
I have been wanting to paint the kitchen cupboards in our house for months. They similar if not exactly the same as this post. Thanks for just giving me to guts to do it!
what a transformation with the black paint! looks great!