I just needed to fall in love with the new look. Which is partly why I did not post pics immediately. I loved our HD Behr “Butter Cookie” paint which was a warm, creamy yellow and going with a cooler gray took some time to get used to. We also repainted the entire house except for our master bedroom and Baby Girl’s room. in PRO Membership: Dunn Edwards: Available in PRO Membership: Dutch Boy. (I am now selling flooring as a consultant for Sterling Carpet & Flooring.) We are planning to paint our kitchen cabinets to either Benjamin Moore Simply. Check out Garrison, SHAW, US Floors to name a few. Plus, have you seen the selection of laminates available today? Truly beautiful options are available. Recommended Reviews - Dunn-Edwards Paints Map 284 Dupont St. Laminate (a good quality product) does not scratch, fade, warp, and as stated earlier was way easier on our budget. I could only imagine what our 80 pound dog would have done to hardwood floors coming in and out of our slider. There was no fading (even though the we are flooded with late afternoon sunlight). Use the Cool Tone Primer (Gray) under Silver. This unique interior/exterior primer promotes adhesion or smooth surfaces, dries fast and is immediately sandable when dry. Metallic Paint Primer is an ideal primer and foundation color for Metallic Paints. We had laminate in our kitchen/ dining area for nearly 13 years and I LOVED it!!! We did not have ONE scratch, divot, or mark. Metallic Paint Collection Cool and Warm Tone Primers. “You choose laminate over real hardwood?” Yup. We could re-do our floors a couple of times and still be under what hardwood would have cost us. I don’t know about you, but that is a BIG deciding factor for us. It always seems to come down to the old mighty dollar, doesn’t it? Laminate is typically about a third of the cost of hardwood. Plus with a black lab and kids coming and going, the floors would be distressed whether I wanted them to or not. It is an ultra low-VOC, water-based paint that is also fade-resistant. It is your best option for affordable paint with exceptional hide and washability. A gallon retails at 55.50 and is available in many colors and different finishes. It would not take long for our “patterns” to wear on hardwood and the thought of the mess and expense of having to re-finish the floors was not appealing. The Suprema paint is an ultra-premium Dunn Edwards paint that is only second in quality to the Exquisite paint. house, so that does not give us a lot of options when it comes to traffic patterns. I LOVE the Garrison Laminate Floors (in Avignon) that we choose. Why laminate floors over real hardwood? We choose laminate because for our lifestyle/ house activity it was going to serve us better over the long haul. I thought I would start off the New Year with pictures of our home’s new floors and wall color. I feel like I should be wearing a neck brace from being whipped all around from all of the frenetic activities! Phew! What a whirlwind the last 3 months of 2014 were for us.
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