Spanish Rustic Living Room
Design on a Dime : Episode DOD-513 -- More Projects »
Homeowners Jennifer Ortiz and Monica Taher attempted a Spanish design in their living room with vivid green paint but have ended up with a look that they don't know how to finish.
The DilemmaHost Lee Snijders takes a look at the living room to go over the couple's concerns. They like their rustic Spanish accents but think the dark green paint on two of the walls is not right for the room. Snijders would like to include yellow accents in the space to help with the transition from the yellow dining room. The Spanish style of the wood and wrought-iron furniture in the living room is an important element that the couple would like to see throughout the room. They agree that they need help with the window treatments and don't care for the exposed style of the entertainment center.
The SolutionPaint, furniture, fabric and accessories pull the look together--here's how it gets done on the $1,000 budget:
- The walls are painted a warm terra-cotta color to bridge the color gap between the living and dining room.
Snijders creates a large-scale candle display that is hung on the expansive wall behind the couch. He cuts a pair of shutters in half and attaches them to a wood board. He frames the edges with trim and applies a multicolor stain finish. The iron candleholders are screwed directly to the wood board and handpainted tiles add color in between.
Design coordinator Summer Baltzer customizes plain linen lampshades with paint and a toothpick. She first applies a camel-colored acrylic paint then brushes over it with a varnish that she's tinted a slightly darker color. Finally, she goes over the wet varnish with a toothpick in a cross-hatch motion to create a faux leather look.
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Design coordinator Charles Burbridge highlights the window with a tiled wood valance. He stencils a Spanish motif onto tumbled stone tiles, seals the finish with a clear acrylic varnish and adheres them to the wood valance. The white vertical blinds are replaced with multitoned reed shades and flanked with the homeowners' existing red curtains.Burbridge takes charge of finding the perfect accessories. He finds a yellow papier-mâché platter with a folk-art pattern that will help strengthen the color palette between the living and dining room. He also brings in wrought-iron candlesticks to reinforce the rustic Spanish style.The homeowners' existing coffee table base is painted a darker color to further complement the new design.The old entertainment center is replaced with a new one that matches their existing bookcases and hides everything behind closed doors.The Cost
Accessories and lighting - $561
- pillows: Linens 'n Things - Wabi, Merlot
- acrylic paint for lamp: Michaels - Camillo, #28995009532
- table lamp: Lowe's - large rust twist #140674
- lampshades: Lowe's - Linen, #141923
- floor lamps: Lowe's, #212802 (77275)
- wrought-iron candelabra: Jackalope Pottery - #400853
- carving: Jackalope Pottery - #24152
- papier-mâché plate: Jackalope Pottery
- frame: Jackalope Pottery - #5367
- iron candle sconces: Pier 1 - Filagree, #1962022
Furniture - $253
- TV storage unit: IKEA - Markor, #90045532 clear-lacquered solid spruce
Window treatment - $141
- wooden Roman shades: Lowe's - Natural
Paint and supplies - $39
- paint: Lowe's - American Tradition, #94902
Project Total - $994
Resources decorative project materials
Pier 1 Imports
Website:
www.pier1.com
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Lowe's
Website: www.lowes.com
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Jackalope
Website: www.jackalope.com
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Linens 'n Things
Website: www.lnt.com
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Michaels
Website: www.michaels.com
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Ikea
Website: www.ikea.com
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