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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 11:48 pm
quote:How do I get it? LOL. Do I buy the fabric and refashion my cushions myself?? ACK!
Hahahahaha!!!! Remember when we tried to teach Webkitty to sew some simple pillow covers? I hope that is not the reason she fled from TVCH. Hermione, I had a brainstorm. A whole lot of older women know how to sew. It was an essential skill in my mother's day. Find out where your local senior center is. They always have a bulletin board. Write up what you need on an index card and tack it to the bulletin board. "Need amateur seamstress to make four simple chair cushion covers. I will furnish material. Will pay $30 for four." I could do it in less than two hours for very simple. If you want washable and zippers and such, then you want more than simple - up your price and ask for talented seamstress to make zippered chair cushion covers. If you want zippers, include a picture of your chairs. It is still not all that difficult.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, September 03, 2007 - 6:26 am
The green isn't so bad...I slapped it in a room I like and it looks fantastic! 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, September 03, 2007 - 6:46 am
But see how much light is in that pic Vee? Makes a huge huge difference. Also the cabinets are white, again huge difference.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, September 03, 2007 - 9:17 am
Serate, yes, it is the Apple 4. My friend Karen has used that in two of her own kitchens. One had no windows and flourescent light and the other had regular light and windows and she said it looked lovely in both. She is really good at what she does. She has been an interior decorator for 15 years and has a BFA in interior design. She and a coworker designed the interior decor of the restaurant at which we ate yesterday. It was really cool to see! Hopefully my trust in her will not be misplaced! I won't find out until later because I am going to a cookout at the pool so painting is on hold until later this afternoon. Juju, my mom can sew. I will enlist her aid, LOL!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, September 03, 2007 - 9:19 am
Oh, and she told me yesterday to call her BEFORE I want to paint instead of after!! She said she can't count the number of times people have called her after doing what I did.... thinking a tiny swatch of color on a paint card would translate into a lovely interior wall color only to find it doesn't quite work that way! 
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Monday, September 03, 2007 - 10:21 am
Apple 4 looks good. I do like greens. I would have a lot more green in my house if DH liked it better. Love, love, love the knobs. I had a dragonfly bathroom in our other house. Is it possible to paint the table and the chairs a contrasting color to match the cushions you have made? A spray paint, with sealer to protect it?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, September 03, 2007 - 10:25 am
I've been buying quart size cans of paint to test different colors on the walls. I've seen samples advertised somewhere on tv but of course they don't have any at Home Depot.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Monday, September 03, 2007 - 10:40 am
Hermi, you didn't do anything bad. You might have spent a little money on the paint, but it will just help with being an undercoat or primer! I personally didn't try to steer you onto another paint color, because I know you like bright color. Touches of dark blue would still look good around the room if you do your cushions in that striped fabric.

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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, September 03, 2007 - 1:05 pm
Apple 4 is lovely. Yay sewing mom!! Yeah, she can do chair cushion covers if she can sew at all.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, September 03, 2007 - 1:43 pm
Thank GOD for my friend and for you guys! My kitchen is saved! ROFL! I'll post pictures in a sec. I like the dark blue, Gracie. Mocha, my friend really liked that green and white tile. Where did you find it? And what was it that you put down on your floor recently? Did you do it yourself?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, September 03, 2007 - 3:52 pm
Hermi the link should be below the tile pic. Let me check and repost it here. I'm doing wood floors starting in the bedroom. Bamboo specifically. And yep doing it myself.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, September 03, 2007 - 3:54 pm
Ok here's the tile link: http://oceanera.ca/s_29.asp
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 5:44 am
Thanks, Mocha. Here's the new green in my kitchen -

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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 5:59 am
Is that a new countertop Hermi?
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 6:08 am
Hermi I'm not normally a fan of green but that looks awesome!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 6:13 am
Yay, Hermi!!!!!!!!!!! That's a lovely vibrant green and those cabinets are absolutely gorgeous! You'll love shining that sink.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 6:33 am
Oh and wow you work fast lol.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 7:11 am
That's beautiful, Hermi. I love the way the wood looks against that color. Super job! Give your friend a hug from all of us. LOL!!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 7:57 am
Yay! Don't forget to stop by and give us another pic with the pulls on and of the dining area and floor when you are finished with them. Looks great!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 8:05 am
I was driven, Mocha! Oh, and it is the same counters as in the bile green picture, but different counters from the original (back when the kitchen still had wallpaper). Thanks, everyone. I will pass your words along to Karen. She'll be tickled!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 8:06 am
Lol well drive yourself up to my house and finish my bedroom for me lol.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 8:14 am
Yes, that certainly was a super fast paint job. That green is great. Anybody who has any doubts, open two windows, and bring up the two pictures - Before green and After green. The After green looks right with the wood of the cabinets. Good job, Hermione, and tell Karen your little imaginary buddies are tickled pink, er apple green.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 10:04 am
much better green hermione, and now the kitchen looks lovely.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 10:11 am
Oh so much better!!! Now what kind of curtains? Floor? Table and accessories? LEt's keep going! (And you are fast with painting!!) What did you do with the chair rail part?
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 12:14 pm
I think you should find a linoleum that looks like tile and ties in that green and the colors of you countertops.
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