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Sherwin-Williams Accessible Beige Took the Orange Tone Out of These Oak Cabinets

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The solid oak cabinets were not the problem in this Chapel Hill kitchen. The raised-panel doors, crown molding, drawers, and cabinet boxes were still worth keeping, but the orange-brown oak finish covered almost every wall and set the color for the entire room. @myrenewedcabinets Instagram creator My Renewed Cabinets was behind the transformation, keeping the existing cabinetry and refinishing it with Icro Coatings paint in Sherwin-Williams Accessible Beige. The new finish covers the strong orange tone while preserving the cabinet layout and door style. New counters, a simpler backsplash, and updated hardware complete the change. Orange Oak Covered Most of the Kitchen @myrenewedcabinets Oak cabinetry wrapped around the sink, dishwasher, cooktop, and oven area. With upper and lower cabinets carrying the same orange-brown stain, wood grain became the strongest element in the room. The cabinets also had details worth preserving. Raised center panels, substantial door frames, crown ...
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Before You Fill a Walk-In Closet With Hanging Rods, Look at These Storage Ideas

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Hanging rods can take up most of a walk-in closet before shoes, bags, folded clothes, jewelry, and smaller accessories have a place to go. These closet designs show what happens when those items are considered as part of the layout instead of being fitted into whatever space remains. The solutions go beyond adding another shelf. Center islands create drawer storage without using another wall, angled racks put shoes in view, shallow trays separate accessories, and lighting is built into individual storage zones. Some designs even use glass doors or open display bays to change how the contents are stored and seen. Put a Storage Island in the Center Wall storage surrounds this walk-in, but the center is not left as an empty aisle. A dark wood island fills part of the floor area and provides another storage surface without interrupting access to the cabinets around it. A thick glass top turns the island into a place where items can remain visible from above. The wood base also break...
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She Used Cut-Up Milk Jugs to Make the “Cobblestones” for Her Backyard Walkway

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Plastic milk jugs became the tool behind every “cobblestone” in this winding Michigan garden path. Instead of buying stone pavers or using a repeating walkway mold, Reddit user u/missmeatbalIs cut milk jugs into short rings, filled each one with a mix of three parts all-purpose sand and one part Portland cement, then shaped the concrete by hand. Each mold stays in place for about an hour before the plastic comes off. She scrapes away sharp edges with a lawn staple, then taps and forms the concrete with a small flat stone until each piece has its own rounded outline. The process has taken about 60 hours so far, with another 20 to 30 hours expected before the walkway is complete. Milk Jugs Created Different Shapes Across the Path u/missmeatbalIs Cut sections of plastic milk jugs cover the prepared walkway, each acting as a separate concrete mold. The flexible plastic allows the forms to vary in size and shape, avoiding the repeated pattern produced by a single commercial paving mol...
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Don’t Leave These Pieces Behind When You Spot Them at a Thrift Store

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Thrift stores can make good furniture hard to see. A solid wood cabinet may sit behind stacks of dishes, an old worktable may hold dozens of small decorations, and a set of wicker chairs can look less impressive surrounded by unrelated pieces. The pieces worth a second look tend to have something new mass-market furniture cannot copy with a surface finish: solid construction, useful storage, aged wood, metal hardware, woven material, or a form made for a specific job. Scratches, worn edges, and faded finishes do not always work against them. Before filling a cart with small decor, check the furniture, storage pieces, and old household objects that can still earn a place in a home. Solid Wood Consoles With Drawers A console like this offers more than the aged pine finish that catches your eye first. Six drawers provide closed storage, the broad top can work in an entry or dining room, and the curved legs keep a large piece from looking like a heavy cabinet. The knots, grain varia...
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Instead of Stripping This Vintage Dresser, She Painted It Deep Blue and Kept the Wood Top

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Yellow paint covered the curved drawer fronts, broad top, center cabinet, and low base of this vintage dresser, with chips and worn spots exposing parts of the surface beneath. The finish needed work, yet the wave-shaped drawers, framed center door, original brass hardware, and wide storage case gave the piece features worth keeping. @vintagefixesbysteph Instagram creator Vintage Fixes by Steph planned to strip the dresser and use stain or a paint wash. The veneer resisted that plan, so Steph and her son stripped the top, scuff-sanded the body, added legs, and covered the case with Mélange Paints One Headlight Blue. Antique Brown stain from General Finishes went across the exposed wood top, while the original hardware stayed after a cleaning. The split treatment left the dresser’s curved construction intact while separating the top from the blue case with dark stained wood. Yellow Paint Covered the Curved Drawer Fronts @vintagefixesbysteph The original dresser had three cu...
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