Dine in style
Café creme is the latest trend - and not just in a cup! It also encompasses the latest neutral shades that are 'a la mode' for decorating the dining room. With overtones of mocha and highlights of clean creams, this stylish look is as effective in traditional homes as it is modern ones.
Whether the final look is classic or contemporary, it's easy to achieve. Use Quick Drying Floor Paint as the foundation for this transformation, and you'll get the dining area of your dreams for a tv-dinner budget.
This look's style signature comes from its stunning semi-gloss floorboards painted with Quick Drying Floor Paint, here we used Olde Scroll. Maximise the space in your room with this stylish and good value alternative to carpeting. Then, instead of trading in your old pine dining furniture, update the design with 3 in 1 Primer, Sealer, Undercoat and Furniture and Cupboard Paint. Complete the makeover by giving classic metal or wooden feature pieces, such as standard lamps or butler trays, a new lease of life with Japlac.
Finally, this wonderfully relaxing room is an excellent template for your own interior design ideas. Create a different look by choosing a high-lighting colour and match this on the curtains, china and cushions, for the light look of a beautiful breakfast room.
A common decorating dilemma is that once your home is painted in this season's hot colour, the furniture looks drab and mismatched. Now you can quickly and easily update dining furniture in wood or metal to tie it into your overall colour scheme. Here, we primed both the standard lamp, butler's trolley and mirror with Japlac Primer & Undercoat and painted with Japlac in White.
A good strong dining table is not something you want to exchange every time you fancy updating your décor. The solution is to update your furniture and give it a long-lasting coat of paint. First, prime using 3 in 1 Primer Sealer Undercoat. This versatile primer provides a sealed, sound surface, with a strong key. Then, finish off with a good topcoat. We used Furniture and Cupboard Paint in White. Its tough, non-porous finish will easily wipe clean of wine spills and soup splashes and it dries to fashionable satin.
Get a cool colour-neutral look using clever Radiator Clearcoat. Paint your radiator using left-over emulsion to get the perfect colour match for the room and overcoat with this high performance coating. Emulsion on its own will simply peel and fade; by using Clearcoat, the finish is tough, easy to clean and is heat tolerant so it won't chip or lift. While you have colour choice, by painting with emulsion.
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