Decorating & Remodeling - November 2007

what color and why? Paint the inside to?

2007-11-20 08:11:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay. A little about me. My name is Cavilynn AKA Cavy. I have a decent sized room maybe I don't know 14 by 12. That would seem right. Well, it was my brother's room and it still has puke green wallpaper. EW. He bought royal blue paint, not the greatest but okay. I was thinking of doing blue, emerald green, and sunflower yellow. Blue on the walls of course and present in my lamp. I have multiple decor that has the grren and yellow. Also, I have a light green mushroom chair I'd like to use. I'm not all match this and that this second. My bed it white and is the kind with the drawers underneath. My stand is partially stained cherry, but will be painted. I have a white "thing" that is used for storage that could use paint. Also, a big entertainment center that's black, a small storage thing that's black with clear plastic drawers, and A small wood table that can be painted. What should I paint the white thing, stand, and table. I want it to look nice. Mainly, the room needs to be versital.

2007-11-20 08:03:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My wife drove 2 hours to go the the new IKEA Store
Is it really that great?

2007-11-20 08:00:41 · 8 answers · asked by Fuzzybutt 7

2007-11-20 07:53:46 · 4 answers · asked by mickael 1

2007-11-20 07:53:40 · 9 answers · asked by Old Man of Coniston!. 5

i've worked on cars my whole life,im 35 and want to do home improvement or some carpentry.i do have knowledge in it.and have helped in remodeling,help put a second level on my friends house,can do small electrical,plumbing,flooring.all kinds of things.but i dont know every detail.but are quick to learn.there was an add in the paper for three weeks with a company looking for a carpenters helper.do you think i should apply or is it over my head.

2007-11-20 06:59:58 · 4 answers · asked by mr. y 5

I had to buy some new icicle style lights this year. They always want to try to curl back up when I put them up. Does anyone have a surefire way to get them to hang straight?

2007-11-20 04:09:00 · 2 answers · asked by crazydave1948 1

i would like to do up my hosue and was wondering if i stripped the walls and then put up lining paper then painted it would it look o.k? its just im on a budget and cant afford to have the walls re- plastered.

2007-11-20 02:39:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

we want to plaster a room in our house.would it be cheaper for us to strip the room back to the walls and skip the rubbish then get a quote from a plasterer.Or tell him what we are going to do then get the quote.

2007-11-20 02:34:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need around 10 litres of cream matt emulsion - B&Q do it in their cheap paint category but only in 2.5 litre tins - it is too expensive when you need to buy 4.

Can get Magnolia in 10 litre there but want cream.

2007-11-20 02:21:14 · 7 answers · asked by super_ms 2

This is the first real Christmas for my 2 1/2 year old son and me. So, I would like to get a real Christmas tree this year, verses my fake one. So, as a "first time real tree buyer", I do have some questions:

*When should you buy it to last longest?
*What type is the best for longevity?
*How do you protect hardwood floors under it?
*What is the best tree stand (plastic with the hole in the center or the metal ones that you screw in for the width of trunk?
*How to water it and when? Do you use aspirin in water?
*What to look for when picking it out at Tree Forest?

Any other advice would be great. It will be just me tying it to the top of my car and hauling it back to the house. Guess I also should know the best way to do that (string or bungie cords). I have a VW wagon with roof rails.

Thank you so much!

2007-11-20 00:32:50 · 284 answers · asked by Singthing 4

also in my daughters room on the walls there must be something i can put on after i have cleaned it away to prevent it coming back ? can anybody help plz

2007-11-20 00:20:12 · 11 answers · asked by bluefoley78 1

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

2007-11-19 16:55:54 · 7 answers · asked by Tell It Like it is 2

I am making a Christmas wreath and want to make a bow to add on, but don't know how to make a fluffy bow.

2007-11-19 16:36:39 · 2 answers · asked by franliza02 1

I have this really great 50's style dinning room table and a pretty small house so i want to decorate the house around the table. any suggestions to make my house 50's style?

2007-11-19 16:11:33 · 4 answers · asked by Shelby L 6

I'm thinking about doing the color "Resonant Blue" or "Impromptu" and I'm going to have black curtains and black bed set and a medium-big bean bag. oh and beige carpet.
i don't want my room to be plain and boring so is there any simple ideas to do? but not to much detail cuz im still under age (obviously with my parents) so not a lot of detailed things.
plz&thxz

2007-11-19 16:11:06 · 3 answers · asked by kerstianxfame 1

Hi,

I will be working on my baby's nursery. I will be repainting the whole room and also want to add some butterfly sillhoutte designs on the walls. The room is green with the sillhouttes in darker green.

Option 1:
Should I paint first and then use a stencil over to paint the designs onto the wall? I would prefer to avoid this if possible.

Option 2:
Since it is a sillhoutte, can I paint a patch of the wall a darker green (for the butterflies) and then later once it is dry, place my butterfly design pattern (that is on paper/thin cardboard) on top of the painted area and then paint over with the lighter green that is to cover the whole wall? WIll that work? I am just afraid the colour may run?

Please help?

2007-11-19 15:59:13 · 2 answers · asked by SirenLD 3

hi ok so i want to rdo my room and my parents are completly up to it i absolutly hate my room right now it is soo boring at its a pop out window so i cant do much with it i need a themem what should i pick i like rain and darker themes but i hate black so plz help me thx

2007-11-19 14:20:29 · 4 answers · asked by hollister chika2 1

2007-11-19 13:44:45 · 8 answers · asked by Sammy 1

i believe that it is easier to just buy a house but my family says we should build. i think it would cost alot more including the apartment for a year, supplies, and contractor and his year. the house is expected to take a FULL year.

2007-11-19 13:08:24 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-19 13:08:07 · 6 answers · asked by pookie 1

We're planning on redoing our bathroom at some point and I'm looking for opinions.

We have wainscotting in our bathroom that we plan to paint white. I'd like to do a cherry stain colored vanity, but others have told me I should do a white vanity to match the white wainscotting. What do you think?

2007-11-19 10:27:20 · 3 answers · asked by Sturm und Drang 6

2007-11-19 10:14:00 · 3 answers · asked by Nathan C 1

As I drive around I see these huge metal rustic looking stars hanging on the outside of people's homes and I want to know what they mean.

2007-11-19 09:55:29 · 7 answers · asked by eaglesgirl997 1

I have a queen size bed. So I bought queen size sheets. I get them home and they don't fit! They are too small. So I go back to the store and buy king size sheets. They are too big!! What the hell is this about? Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?

2007-11-19 08:56:49 · 6 answers · asked by NurseJill 4

2007-11-19 08:23:33 · 4 answers · asked by vikki c 1

We just picked up a beautiful curio to refinish for my daughter for Christmas. The glass is missing from 2 of the panels though. What kind of shop would I inquire at to have some curved? Any thoughtsw on how much it is likely to cost?

2007-11-19 07:54:47 · 4 answers · asked by Betsy 7

I am 24 and live in apartment by myself, I have been flirting with the idea of buying some beautiful antiques, but then that would mean I could not spend as much on going out with friends, clothes, etc. Should I wait til I am married and have more money in the bank and a house to buy these items, and just stick with the furniture I have now?

2007-11-19 07:52:23 · 32 answers · asked by Rose 1

Ok, try to visualize this..

I am going to hang some garland around a room in the space where the wall meets the ceiling. (Normally where Crown Molding is.) In my apartment, I normally use a staple gun and it has worked very well, then I just touched up paint after I pulled it down. However, I need a method for hanging this garland that won't leave marks or damage the walls or the paint.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could use? (BTW, there is no crown molding where I will be hanging this garland.)

2007-11-19 06:52:21 · 3 answers · asked by Mr_Masks99 3

very old, very glued wallpaper applied to sheet rock, vinegar sprayed on has been my best way so far but stinks so bad!! any better alternatives?????????

2007-11-19 06:26:59 · 10 answers · asked by TINA W 2