English Cottage Guest Bedroom
Decorating Cents : Episode DCT-2113 -- More Projects »
Host Joan Steffend and designer Barbara Sculati decorate a guest bedroom with an English cottage design.
$7 - Stain
The existing butter paint color on the walls is the perfect base coat for a faux stone finish created with a mixture of brown stain and water (mixed three parts water to one part stain). They rub the mixture onto the walls with inside-out bread bags and create the stone look by leaving spaces between the round shapes to simulate the look of grout lines.- stain: Menard's - Minwax Water-based Wood Stain, American Walnut
$160 - Rug
- area rug: T.J. Maxx - 1079295
$16 - Chair and Footstool
A salvage-store chair is updated with a new leather seat cover made out of an old jacket. A plaid skirt is used to update a small footstool.
$98 - Bedding
The homeowners' four-poster bed is dressed up with an over-dyed toile duvet, a plaid bed skirt, needlepoint pillows and a behind-the-bed curtain made out of a lace tablecloth. A half-crown canopy is created with sheer fabric swagged through a napkin holder attached to the wall. Leather leftover from the thrift-store jacket is fashioned into tassels.
$69 - Fireplace
A faux fireplace is created out of a myriad of leftover lumber. Bi-fold doors are used for the sides, a drawer front is used for the top and a piece of baseboard serves as the shelf supported by two corbels. The back piece is a piece of medium-density fiberboard, which is given a faux wood paint finish using a butter color base coat, dark stain and a wood-graining tool.- base coat paint: Behr - 330E–3, Sensible Hue
$40 - Window Treatments
An old tablecloth is embellished with trim and fashioned into a pair of curtains. Self-adhesive lead is attached to the glass panes for an English cottage look.- self-adhesive lead tape: Van Dykes - Decra Led, CK-02001889
$28 - Dresser and Mirror
A thrift-store dresser is primed, painted red then washed over with brown paint to replicate the look of twigs that are attached to the drawer fronts. - red paint: Behr - S-G-140, Cherry Cobbler
$14 - Prints
- fox hunting print: Art Prints Inc.
$50 - Nightstands
Thrift-store tables are covered up with velvet and decorated with lamps and trays.
$13 - Accessories
$495 - Total Cost
Resources art prints
Art Prints, Inc.
Website:
www.wesellart.compaint
Behr Process Corp.
Website:
www.behr.com
decorative project materials
Menards
Website:
www.menards.comdecorative project materials
TJ Maxx
Website:
www.tjmaxx.comRit Dye, Rit FastFade, Rit Color Remover
Rit Dye Corporation
Phone: 317-231-8043
Website:
www.ritdye.com
decorative project materialsVan Dyke's Restorers
Website:
www.vandykes.com Guests
Barbara Sculati
Designer, Seamstress, Sculati Design
E-mail: barbarasculati@yahoo.com
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