Painting

Great Ways to Use Chalkboard Paint

April 29, 2009

If you ask me, chalkboard paint is in one of the coolest products ever! The uses are nearly unlimited! Check out these photos for some inspiration! I love garages! So I’m starting with that! It may not be the prettiest place in the house, but lots of pretty stuff can get made in the garage! [...]

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Playing With Paint Colors at Blissful Home

April 22, 2009

Ever wish you could see what color would look best on your front door? I spent some time yesterday playing with Photoshop to see if I could do just that. Pretty neat, huh? You can see larger, non-flashy, versions of these over at Blissful Home where I write a weekly column. While you’re there, look [...]

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10 Bathroom Remodeling Ideas in One Picture

April 21, 2009

Are you looking to spruce up your bathroom? Personally, I think it’s one of the best places to start remodeling. Let’s see how many ideas we can get from one picture! Here is the picture: Nice Huh? Well, I say you don’t have to do ALL of this to rock your bathroom into a new [...]

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Painting Your Cabinets – Brush Finish Results Revealed

April 14, 2009

Here we go! Finally, the end result of the cabinet door, Plan A version. It looks pretty good! You may recall that we originally had to vote to decide which Drillbit Art pattern we would use. The winner was the bird! So I eagerly got started, sanding and priming, in Painting Your Kitchen Cabinets – [...]

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Painting Your Cabinets Part 2 – Time For Plan B

April 2, 2009

Welcome to the ongoing saga of the RemodelingGuy.net “Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets” series of posts! I think that many of you will like where I go with this today, though I know that some will disagree even though I’m on-trend with painting kitchen cabinets black! Plan A – Part 2 – More Sanding As you [...]

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Install Wainscoting, Chair Rail, and Paint for Quick New Look – at RG: Express!

March 29, 2009

Do you want to make an absolutely stunning difference in any room of your home in less than two days, start to finish? I love big differences made quickly! And this project will do it for sure! Look at this: The rest of this post is over at RG:Express because I show you how you [...]

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Drillbit Art – How to Do a Bird Design

March 27, 2009

Yesterday, I wrote about the sanding and priming portion of repainting cabinets. Today, I’m going to show you how to do this: Making the bird pattern was so much fun I decided it should be a hole post! Make A Pattern I started off by taking a picture of the door I wanted to work [...]

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Painting Kitchen Cabinets Part 1 – Sanding and Priming

March 26, 2009

Finally the “Paint Your Cabinets” post you’ve been waiting for! Let’s Jump right in! A Clear Finished Wood Door We’re working with a door I had laying around in my shop. It was a beautiful solid maple door already. But we have other plans for it! Since this door had a clear coat of lacquer [...]

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NC Jill – Getting it Done!

February 26, 2009

Hey Crew! Check out the pictures that popped up in my inbox yesterday! One of the regulars here at Remodeling Guy, NC Jill, gave her powder room a makeover and here are the before and afters. Before After: Jill and her husband did a great job! She took advantage of some great ways to do [...]

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Colors in Cabinetry – A New Trend?

January 25, 2009

This looks like a bright way to start the day! Colors seem to be all the rage in cabinetry these days. I’ve been seeing this in magazines all over the place! The way this job ( featured in Southern Living) is done really impressed me though. It just seems like the perfect mix of colors. [...]

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