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Posts tagged “painting”

How to Paint Galvanized Metal
Good Questions

Q - I have an assortment of galvanized metal storage boxes, tubs, and magazine racks that I picked up from places like Pottery Barn when I was really into that look years ago. I've tired of them a bi...

Using Paint to Expand a Corner
Austin

It's such a simple idea, but we can't stop thinking about the gorgeous painted corner in Karen's Cozy and Cheery Cherrywood Home. The corner in her kitchen was transformed into a bright and modern sp...

Apartment Therapy Test Lab: Dutch Boy Refresh Paint

click for more picsWhen the call went out for testers to sample Dutch Boy Refresh Paint--I was stoked. I've whined previously about my orange creamsicle bathroom and lately I'd been itching to paint ...

Portraits of Yourself in the Home?

Oh the drama and furor that was sparked by the recent post below about Padma's pad and her inclusion of large portrait of herself done by an artist friend. AT reader farmhousemoderne wanted us to pose...

What Does Your Front Door's Color Say About You?

We have a boring brown front door. As part of our DIY project for this month, we've been considering painting it. Our first thought was to paint it a bright yellow and we recently took a quiz on blo...

Round Up: 7 Ideas For Masking The Radiator

Now that it's the time of year when we focus on heating our apartment we also pay more attention to our heater in general. After getting it serviced by the gas company and making sure it's in working...

Jeremiah Goodman's Inspiring Art

Flipping through an old Domino magazine, we came across the paintings of Jeremiah Goodman with the modern day furniture and décor finds that Domino mixed with it. We love the rich colors and abstrac...

Flickr Find: Amy Rice's Stenciled Shed

We're loving all the amazing inspiration all you AT:LA-ers are posting to our AT:LA Flickr Pool! Here's another great example: AT:LA reader AmyRice shared with us this fun idea. If you have a shed or ...

Shur-Line Teflon-Coated Paint Tray

Now this is a great use of Teflon. We try to clean and reuse all of our painting supplies, but sometimes we forget to get to a paint tray quick enough and then it's just a pain in the paint bucket to ...

Painting Ikea Furniture
Living Etc. July 2008

Just add color! We immediately tabbed this page while flipping through the July 2008 issue of Living Etc. It's part of a spread about using pastels in modern ways. We love the color combination and wa...

Flickr Finds: Transform Your Furniture with Decoupage

Jonathan's post last week on The Palihouse Holloway Hotel's corkboard got us thinking about decoupage. A decorative art form made with collected images, it's simple; if you can cut and paste, you ca...

Bookmarked: The Furniture Doctor

Sweet! So, you found this great piece on the street and you’re thinking you’d like to redo it. Gregory transformed an old stereo cabinet; why not you? Hmmm, but where do you start? A good ide...

LA Spring Cure O8: Week 5 - Paper & Wires & Piles, Oh My!

Tanrazz is using no VOC paints. A healthy choice for her and anyone who's painting. Good Quote: "It's gonna get worse before it gets better" - Tanrazz Is there a tornado in your house? There is ...

LA Good Question: Staining/Painting a Laminate

I purchased an ikea malm bed in birch veneer about a year ago. My decor has drastically changed in that year and I was wondering if you know of anyway to paint it or stain it a different color? Oh ...

Inspiration: Writing on the Walls

As children, we loved things painted directly on the walls although we were very firmly discouraged from doing it ourselves. Perhaps that's why, when we saw this, it spoke both to our love of murals...

The House Beautiful Paintbrush: Online Paint Color Picker

Here's another tool from House Beautiful magazine that will help you get an idea of what your plain-Jane bedroom might look like in "Dellwood Sand", "O'Reilly Green" or a multitude of other paint choi...

LA Good Question: What to put above the sofa?

We've had some great questions sent to us recently and this one is no exception. It comes from Jill: "What should I put above the couch? I have very tall ceilings, that could stand up to a big pi...

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