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Kimberley Staniszewski
was very excited about her dining room make over! And who can blame her!
The room had great "bones" to start with..."bones" being architectural
interest such as the moldings and panels on the wall and those fabulous
windows!
But it lacked the "knock 'em dead" appeal that Kimberley envisioned.
So she did something about it!
She began by first painting the walls a rich sage green. She chose to
stay with neutral tones as she decided upon beiges and browns to compliment
the new exciting color.
Rich, warm brown is brought in through the chair coverings and
accented by neutral browns in the draperies.
Notice the iridescent floral design in the drapery material which also
features just a hint of the chair material color. It's just beautiful and
the perfect choice!
Using our
Raised Plaster Oriental Dogwood Stencil, she did the design vertically
in each of the panels on the lower 1/2 of the wall, incorporating the
beautiful brown tones of the drapes in to the design. Ah, but look closer
and you will see that she bordered each of the panels with that same
beautiful brown tone and also used it as a sponged background color inside
the green panels before applying the plaster stencil! Very cool!
She then used the same colors to accent the chair rail molding just
above which toned down the stark effect of the white against the deep green
walls. Excellent!
Her placement of accent pieces comes right out of Better Homes and
Gardens I swear! Hey Kimberley, maybe you should submit your room make over
to them! Visit their website at www.bhg.com
and look for the link.
Designer's Tips:
When choosing colors to use in your room, choose
2-3 coordinating colors rather than just one. This same room could be done
in the exact reverse with the drape color on the walls, the deeper browns as
accents and the green in the drape color. Different look, same elegant
effect.
Also, try using the same Raised Plaster Stencil
design with paint to stencil the iridescent design on to the drapes using
metallic paints and then purchase a plain area rug and use the design in a
deeper accent color all around the outside to border the rug.
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