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Name: Page Marchese Norman
Title: Editorial Director of Decorating, Martha Stewart Omnimedia
Location: Brooklyn Heights, NY
Introducing our third January Jumpstart Judge from the former state of Blueprint, style director, Page Marchese Norman. She'll be helping to award our six Ebay prizes to the deserving DIY-ers who braved the possible perils of home projects with us this month on AT. Click below for her DIY secret resource and biggest inspiration...
My Secret Resource:
www.greatstuffbypaul.com - A great source for antique country and primitive accessories and decorative pieces from around the world. Affordable finds that you can add your personal touch to.
Biggest DIY Inspiration:
If you have radiators or pipes running through your home, why not celebrate them rather than trying to hide them! By highlighting the pipe and radiator below, we added a modern, quirky and graphic twist to an apartment with very sophisticated traditional details. The mix of the two styles gives a very European feel in that you’ve elevated details that you would otherwise try to hide.
We did this project for a paint story we were producing. We used Shane’s apartment as a location. See the before shot where everything is white. We actually took the radiator cover off. We chose to paint the walls and woodwork a very sophisticated palette of deep grey-greens. We then painted the pipe and radiator a shocking yellow. Again, the mix of sophisticated and bold creates an incredible result.
Many experts say it is fine to use regular oil based paint when painting pipes or radiators, but we found a great product called Benjamin Moore Iron Clad-Alkyd Low Luster Metal & Wood Enamel which is a rust inhibitor and primer in one that can be tinted to almost any color. It can be used as an all in one product or just as a base coat. We used it as a base coat and then painted over with Blast Off Yellow-DC1C-10-4 which is a Disney Color from Behr. Available at homedepot.com
The wall color is Cottage Shutter-MS 332 by Martha Stewart Colors available at lowes.com. The wainscotting and woodwork is Dragonfly-AF-510 by Affinity Benjamin Moore available at benjaminmoore.com
The Belgian Landscape Oil Painting is from one of our favorite shops in NYC called John Derian, johnderian.com
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I'm using a Disney yellow in my home as well.
I think the result above is awesome. There was a post awhile back discussing different paints and primers for hot water pipes. I thought high temp oven spray paint and spray primer would be a good option but I don't think it comes in striking colors like this one.
The end result is particularly interesting as it contrasts and compliments the century-old feel of the house.
view art's profile
That looks AMAZING.
I have a billion cast-iron radiators in my house, but I haven't done anything with them yet. I posted a while back about this radiator by Wary-Meyers (and this one, too). I'll add this yellow one to the inspiration bank, too. I love it!!
view Anna at D16's profile
Oh great... a judge that is both colorblind and lacking in taste.
I can already tell how this contest is going to go...
view hejiranyc's profile
Hmmm, I think those colors just don't work, and as for the decision to cover up that floor..? I floor that spectacular deserves to been seen.
view AndyJohnson's profile
I'm all for "celebrating the givens" but that yellow on that pipe in that room does not work for me.
But loves me some Martha otherwise.
view patrick (the other one)'s profile
I love that you removed the radiator cover. Kind of funny that the radiators themselves are now attractive sculptural objects in a room when not too long ago no one could stand to look at them.
view duckumu's profile
woohoo - I'm originally from Maryland and I've been to www.greatstuffbypaul.com (store in Frederick, MD) a few times. I forgot all about it.. Thanks!
view Laura's profile
Well I'm with Anna, I love the after. LOVE.
view jennifer in sf's profile
As a New Yorker, I know all about using rugs. But can't you expose a little more floor? It's beautiful!
view GHB's profile
I think the after is fantastic!
view J's profile
Ghastly, ghastly combination of colours but by putting the painting on the wall they seem to work
I LOVE all-white rooms but the before picture didn't thrill me
That colour combination so shouldn't work but I have to admit I love the after picture
view Violetsrose's profile
oh, I agree Violetsrose--it's all about that beautiful landscape painting. (And the vase of yellow ranunculus!)
view Brooklynnina's profile
I think it's KIND of fine. Really. But you had better have a fresh bucketful of those dang yellow buttercups every single day to make this work. But yeah, I don't really, truly love covering up that floor in that way.
view Curtis's profile
I ALWAYS CALL THAT YELLOW TOW TRUCK YELLOW GOING TO PAINT MY NEW KITCHEN WALL THAT BRIGHT HAPPY COLOR....MAL
view majeral512's profile