I am a sucker for green paint… I think it's just the perfect kitchen wall color if you have oak cabinets. But Jennifer is worried their will be to much green in her kitchen… she already has green in her living room!Plus… she wants to paint her center island and …
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Just a quick note today…. a couple of pictures showing how she is painting a wall using a two color blending technique from one of THAT Painter Lady's subscribers. This is a pretty risky technique… using colors that are not in the same color family.But… she pulled it off beautifully: …
Continue readingWhat do I do with that horrible wallpaper in my kitchen? What color do I paint my kitchen? Here is another “cry for help” and my solution:
I have a terrible dilemna in my kitchen. I want to strip the wallpaper and paint the walls. My cabinets are medium …
Continue readingI was checking online today for some vacations spots and just lucked into finding this page with some really cute ideas for amural, kids room style.
Most of the kids rooms are related to ocean scenes or something tropical in the murals.
Their are 8 different murals pictured… all very …
Continue readingWe are all worried about toxic paints and fumes… or at least we should be. If your going to paint a mural especially for kids… you know you should use non toxic wall paint. Murals are especially heavy in paint colors… and the craft store is filled with paints that …
Continue readingDesigning a creative room for kids isn’t as challenging as you might think. I have been asked many… I mean many… times to come up with ideas for Creative Painting Kids Room.
I have lot’s of good ideas on this website… but I just found this great site that is filled …
Continue readingLearning how to paint sky mural clouds (really… somewhere I saw this spelled clowds) and thought I would put it in the article for those - like me - who have a bit of trouble spelling things sometimes.
Back to the painting a sky mural information. You can paint murals of …
Continue readingYou have always wanted to paint a mural… or you have painted a mural and it just seems flat. What is the answer? Are you looking for painting instructions for murals dimensional?
While it is impossible to teach mural painting on just this page… you can pick up a few …
Continue readingHave you ever walked into a home with an amazing wall niche built into a huge wall of block? This lovely niche holds a large vase filled with all colors of flowers beautifully arranged.
Now walk closer to the wall and you will suddenly realize that every thing on this …
Continue readingThe instructions on the bottles and cans of glaze are often confusing… I am here to answer the question: How To Use Faux Glaze Paint. For instance, I recently received this question about how to mix faux glaze: Debra, I so wish I would have found your site …
Continue reading Colowashing is an easy painting technique, but it can be frustrating. If you are using two colors that are very similar it will look like the painting techniques colorwashing with the same color.
Dear Debra, hello, I love your news letters.
I was wondering if
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I have just signed up for your newsletter, so I don't know if you have already covered this.
I want to paint my bedroom to look like an aged, yellow-mottled hacienda.
My walls are not stucco, nor adobe, but drywall. I have seen this look done
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Continue readingThis is a question that I must be asked 20 times a day. How To Paint Stripes and Seal Tape to keep the paint from seeping under on a textured wall. I am trying to paint stripes on a wall that has knock down texture on it. Is there a …
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