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WE’VE MOVED!

Join us and continue the conversation on all things paint-related at paintgurus.com. Don’t forget to update your RSS feed. Thanks for your support. The Paint GurusContinue reading »

WE’VE MOVED!

Join us and continue the conversation on all things paint-related at paintgurus.com. Don’t forget to update your RSS feed. Thanks for your support. The Paint GurusContinue reading »

Countdown to Brimfield and Color Chats–the NEW Benjamin Moore blog

Color chats, a new blog from Benjamin Moore is ready to launch, so this will be my last post here at Living in Color. I’m off to hunt and gather and tweet from the Brimfield show, and if all goes according to plan, on September 7 Benjamin Moore will launch the best blog for color www.ColorChats.com We’ll have lots to…Continue reading »

Countdown to Brimfield and Color Chats–the NEW Benjamin Moore blog

Color chats, a new blog from Benjamin Moore is ready to launch, so this will be my last post here at Living in Color. I’m off to hunt and gather and tweet from the Brimfield show, and if all goes according to plan, on September 7 Benjamin Moore will launch the best blog for color www.ColorChats.com We’ll have lots to…Continue reading »

Countdown to Brimfield and Color Chats–the NEW Benjamin Moore blog

Color chats, a new blog from Benjamin Moore is ready to launch, so this will be my last post here at Living in Color. I’m off to hunt and gather and tweet from the Brimfield show, and if all goes according to plan, on September 7 Benjamin Moore will launch the best blog for color www.ColorChats.com We’ll have lots to…Continue reading »

Shopping Brimfield for Antiques & Furniture Suitable for Painting

LUCIANNA SAMU. Seems anyone who lives within traveling distance of Massachusetts is busy cleaning out their car to make room for every possibility and probability to be found at what hard-core salvage and antique hunters simply call, Brimfield. It’s known officially as The Brimfield Antique Show (Sept. 6-11) and next week it will be a nice diversion from the lingering Irene news, and a great opportunity to stock up furniture pieces worthy of painting and repurposing. The deals and steals at Brimfield are plentiful, especially if you know what to look for–here’s a short list of sound furniture buying tips to keep in mind.Continue reading »

Shopping Brimfield for Antiques & Furniture Suitable for Painting

LUCIANNA SAMU. Seems anyone who lives within traveling distance of Massachusetts is busy cleaning out their car to make room for every possibility and probability to be found at what hard-core salvage and antique hunters simply call, Brimfield. It’s known officially as The Brimfield Antique Show (Sept. 6-11) and next week it will be a nice diversion from the lingering Irene news, and a great opportunity to stock up furniture pieces worthy of painting and repurposing. The deals and steals at Brimfield are plentiful, especially if you know what to look for–here’s a short list of sound furniture buying tips to keep in mind.Continue reading »

Shopping Brimfield for Antiques & Furniture Suitable for Painting

LUCIANNA SAMU. Seems anyone who lives within traveling distance of Massachusetts is busy cleaning out their car to make room for every possibility and probability to be found at what hard-core salvage and antique hunters simply call, Brimfield. It’s known officially as The Brimfield Antique Show (Sept. 6-11) and next week it will be a nice diversion from the lingering Irene news, and a great opportunity to stock up furniture pieces worthy of painting and repurposing. The deals and steals at Brimfield are plentiful, especially if you know what to look for–here’s a short list of sound furniture buying tips to keep in mind.Continue reading »

Recycling and Brightening Up Old Furniture with White Paint

LUCIANNA SAMU. I’m a firm believer that every sound and sturdy chair is a suitable candidate for the recycling, re-purposing or "up-cycling" white paint treatment. Collecting odd chairs is a hobby for me, and during the long cold months of winter I like to occupy myself cooking up new fangled ways to paint my summer’s collection of needy and sad looking chairs. I shop garage sales, antique shops, auctions, the roadside and finally the September Brimfield show with equal fervor. It’s a long cold winter here on the farm and I need stuff to paint.Continue reading »