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We have bought a small beach house in Maine and after much interior and exterior work I am just beginning to decorate it. I do not want to go out and buy all new furniture because the house would then feel like a home and not a vacation spot. That being said, I have been collecting furniture from tag sales and flea markets. I have 3 nice beds, 1 is an old fire house wrought iron twin bed, another is a full size four poster bed with acorn finials and the 3rd is an old simple queen maple bed. The poster bed I will re-finish, the maple bed will be painted and the wrought iron needs painting as well. Also, I have 3 night stands, old and dated with leather tops and casters for rolling the pieces. I will remove the casters and want to paint the stands but I'm unsure what colors I could paint with black leather tops. Same goes for the dressers, I have 3 old dressers, one has really nice sea shell drawer handles, the other are just simple old hardware. I will replace the hardware with colored glass knobs on the two dressers and obviously leave the sea shells alone. I have a big rectangle wood kitchen table and 6 miss-matched wood chairs. Should I paint each chair a different color or co-ordinate them by painting them all the same color? What about the table, should I paint it? Maybe just the legs or top?
Okay, I need help with colors. I want to keep things very light and breezy. Not sure if I'll keep walls white (probably at least to start with) and accent with ocean colors. Imagine that this was your beach house and you were decorating, what would you do with the furniture?
Answer
Select a color pallet. Blues are the obvious and logical choice for a beach house. But the shade of blue will dictate what other colors you may want to pull into the house. Here are some suggestions:
Brights: Turquoise shades, periwinkle blues, coral (not peach, not pink, not orange, coral), tans and brighter yellows.
Classic: Navy blue, cream or white, splashes of red
Beachy: Light blues, tans, light yellows and some raspberry or pink tones.
If all of your chairs are different, you may want to make them cohesive by painting them all the same color and perhaps just leave the seats wood. I would leave the tabletop wood and paint the legs. Tabletops take a lot of abuse and a painted top needs maintenance whereas a wooden finished tabletop wears much better if finished with the correct products. I would paint the table legs and the chairs the same color and use a colorful rug and accessories to bring in a color.
Painted furniture is very beachy cottage and it gives old flea market finds new life and charm. I would paint the body of the leather top end tables off white and sand down the drawers with a light stain finish. Painting these night stands any other color seems like they will not fit in to your beachy theme. And, using a light neutral color will not fight with the black tops.
White washing furniture is a good idea, too. And, stain now comes in many colors that will add so much character to your flea market finds. Check out the dozens of stain colors on Minwax.com. These stains are great and can really transform a piece of furniture. I like colored stain because it does not ever chip or need touch ups like paint does. Stains allow you to add color to the body of furniture and leave the tops wood tone, which is a great combination.
Add color in the small spaces. Paint a bathroom with a coral or red or turquoise accent wall. That wall at the end of the hallway can be a bright color, too.
I would not paint everything white. That is too stark and why paint white now just to change it later? Use ceiling paint throughout the whole house that is a blue tint or maybe a yellow tint. Really, check out the shades of white with a tint of color. Use light breezy colors such as light creamy yellow, ecru, light blues. White is just too stark. If you must paint everything "white" go with the color of Hellman's Mayonnaise. It is much easier to decorate with that stark white. White adds no warmth.
I like whitewashed maple for the bed. Spray the wrought iron bed would look great in a creamy white, too. Sometimes you need to just pick the bedding first. That allows you to decide on everything else with confidence.
I have a client who lives on the Connecticut shoreline. She painted her entire interior in her house a light shade of yellow. Some rooms have green accents, some blue, one lavender, one navy, yet another raspberry. You really do not realize her entire house is yellow because each room takes on a different feel due to the colors within that individual room. Yet, the entire house is cohesive and has that beachy feel throughout.
Select a color pallet. Blues are the obvious and logical choice for a beach house. But the shade of blue will dictate what other colors you may want to pull into the house. Here are some suggestions:
Brights: Turquoise shades, periwinkle blues, coral (not peach, not pink, not orange, coral), tans and brighter yellows.
Classic: Navy blue, cream or white, splashes of red
Beachy: Light blues, tans, light yellows and some raspberry or pink tones.
If all of your chairs are different, you may want to make them cohesive by painting them all the same color and perhaps just leave the seats wood. I would leave the tabletop wood and paint the legs. Tabletops take a lot of abuse and a painted top needs maintenance whereas a wooden finished tabletop wears much better if finished with the correct products. I would paint the table legs and the chairs the same color and use a colorful rug and accessories to bring in a color.
Painted furniture is very beachy cottage and it gives old flea market finds new life and charm. I would paint the body of the leather top end tables off white and sand down the drawers with a light stain finish. Painting these night stands any other color seems like they will not fit in to your beachy theme. And, using a light neutral color will not fight with the black tops.
White washing furniture is a good idea, too. And, stain now comes in many colors that will add so much character to your flea market finds. Check out the dozens of stain colors on Minwax.com. These stains are great and can really transform a piece of furniture. I like colored stain because it does not ever chip or need touch ups like paint does. Stains allow you to add color to the body of furniture and leave the tops wood tone, which is a great combination.
Add color in the small spaces. Paint a bathroom with a coral or red or turquoise accent wall. That wall at the end of the hallway can be a bright color, too.
I would not paint everything white. That is too stark and why paint white now just to change it later? Use ceiling paint throughout the whole house that is a blue tint or maybe a yellow tint. Really, check out the shades of white with a tint of color. Use light breezy colors such as light creamy yellow, ecru, light blues. White is just too stark. If you must paint everything "white" go with the color of Hellman's Mayonnaise. It is much easier to decorate with that stark white. White adds no warmth.
I like whitewashed maple for the bed. Spray the wrought iron bed would look great in a creamy white, too. Sometimes you need to just pick the bedding first. That allows you to decide on everything else with confidence.
I have a client who lives on the Connecticut shoreline. She painted her entire interior in her house a light shade of yellow. Some rooms have green accents, some blue, one lavender, one navy, yet another raspberry. You really do not realize her entire house is yellow because each room takes on a different feel due to the colors within that individual room. Yet, the entire house is cohesive and has that beachy feel throughout.
What items would look cool in a retro style kitchen?
mousey
Thanks :)
Answer
What kind of retro are you looking for? Retro 50's? 60's? 70's?
60's and 70's stuff can still be found at garage sales, swap meets/flea markets, Ebay.
The cool stuff is the 50's retro stuff. Elmira Stove Works is manufacturing brand NEW retro items. All the looks of the 50's with modern technology. Their Northstar line offers refrigerators, stoves, ovens, hoods, dishwasher panel covers, and microwaves that look like something out of the Jetsons.
Hamilton Beach & KitchenAid have many chrome and colored small appliances that would fit into a 50's retro theme very well.
If you are going for the 50's theme, black and white linoleum tiles are inexpensive, easy to clean, and environmentally friendly.
You could also go with a retro chrome & formica dining table with the vinyl chairs. Very 50's.
What kind of retro are you looking for? Retro 50's? 60's? 70's?
60's and 70's stuff can still be found at garage sales, swap meets/flea markets, Ebay.
The cool stuff is the 50's retro stuff. Elmira Stove Works is manufacturing brand NEW retro items. All the looks of the 50's with modern technology. Their Northstar line offers refrigerators, stoves, ovens, hoods, dishwasher panel covers, and microwaves that look like something out of the Jetsons.
Hamilton Beach & KitchenAid have many chrome and colored small appliances that would fit into a 50's retro theme very well.
If you are going for the 50's theme, black and white linoleum tiles are inexpensive, easy to clean, and environmentally friendly.
You could also go with a retro chrome & formica dining table with the vinyl chairs. Very 50's.
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