The kitchen ... hmmm ...
OK, here's my latest idea for the kitchen. (Go here if you're not familiar with the
Number one, I guess it would help if I shared with you my decorating style (duh!).
Well, the house is 120-140 years old ( a Victorian) and I'm going for an English Country style (not to be confused with American Country wooden-gingham-ducks-and-rag-doll-shelf-sitters style), sometimes called English country cottage or cottage style. Basically a lot of older hand-me-down pieces, rich dark colours, some intentional clutter - a comforting and welcoming look.
I want my house to be elegant but also seem like it's alright to come through my parlour in your wellies with all the dogs in tow after a nice walk, ya know? (Yes, I want my life to be an episode of All Creatures Great and Small.)
I don't want my kitchen and dining room (those pics are really the north wall of the dining room) to be bright. I want it to be dark. It originally had huge dark beams across the ceiling and at the tops of the walls until some moron painted over them. What I really want is those dark wood accents back and deep red or evergreen or cinnamon coloured walls.
Rather like this:
But, alas, I can't get those back so I'll have to make do.
I could paint all the 'wood' dark (like dark brown) but I'm afraid that would look naff.
Bugger it. I don't know what to do!
I will tell you my idea for the walls, though. I was watching the British telly series Ballykissangel (which takes place in Ireland) and I always keep my eyes peeled for decorating ideas while watching these shows. I noticed that many of the interior walls appeared to be rough plaster painted over. I LOVE this look. That's what I want my walls to look like.
Here's an example (NOT that colour mind! holy cow! Just the texture I'm looking for.)
So what would YOU do? I don't have much cash or time (two big problems here) and it's v. hard doing any sort of work with four small curious children about. This was why I suggested the sanding-of-the-doorjambs. It'd be a quick fix.
Well. I'm gonna go be peeling wallpaper while y'all are thinking about it.
posted by MrsEvilGenius @ 12:39 PM
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Being the totally uncrafty person that I am, with no taste in interior decorating to boot, I would probably just rip off the wallpaper and paint it whatever colors you want. I have to say though that the rough plaster look is very nice. How long and involved a process is that? What are your walls currently made of? I read a book once that described a house with plaster walls that someone just took a hammer to in various places to achieve that rough look. I personally settle for whatever is easiest to clean little finger-prints off.
My parents got that rough plaster look by reipping off wallpaper and leaving the undercoat of paper on, in ripped off patches. It really worked well.
Alas, if I remember correctly you dont have wallpaper. But you could get some of the fake-o stucco they sell and slather that on with a trowel and then paint over it. Hell, even spackle applied with a trowel and then thoroughly dried would work well. i would just use the old-fashioned kind, not the latex-plastic kind.
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