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LOVE THIS KITCHEN .... the light coming in is beautiful. As for your wonky lights that won't hang straight ... I had the same problem with one in my home. I had an old clip on earring and attached it to the rod on the inside of the light (my light has a cloth covering instead of paper) and moved it around until the light hung straight... actually took two earings to do it. I have also used spare change to get a light level (just tape as many coins as you need together and then tape them either to the top of the fixture or inside the fixture on the rod - wherever they will show the least) ... whalla - straight lighting.

Marble subway tile to match your countertop all the way up to the ceiling and wrapped around both sides. If you want colour around there, I'd suggest a nice bold piece of art on the wall by the sink just before your cooktop area.

In my last rental, I used the bead board wallpaper for a backsplash in my kitchen - including behind the sink. If you paint it with a semi-gloss it holds up great. I added the extra step of taping it off carefully with painter's tape and adding a bit of caulk to seal it well. Using the tape helped to get it in the groves without making a mess of the backsplash counter trim piece or the wallpaper. Received lots of complients on it and everyone thought it was real bead board.

YJAARI - see my post above - parquet is exactly what I painted and they turned out great - just use high adhesion primer (2 coats) and 2 coats of high gloss floor and porch paint and whalla - beautiful white floors and easy to clean, unless you are of the "wear your shoes in the house" set ... I even used latex. I will see if I can find a pic to post for you.

I bought a house with parquet flooring throughout - the ugly kind - this past September. They wanted way too much money to refinish the floor so I painted the bedroom level high gloss white. I Googled tonnes to find the best paint to use and came back with Sherwin Williams floor and porch paint in high gloss. I painted all the walls white too, but in each bedroom did a colour theme with one wall painted that colour (I am Mediterranean blue, my one daughter pickle green, the other fuchsia and the spare room yellow.). Each room looks fantastic (if I do say so myself) and since I used high gloss, I don't find the floors hard at all to clean - just the opposite - an electro-static broom picks up everything as I fly by with it. Love love love and my friend did so much, she copied me.

I love this place! Took my young kids last year and even they enjoyed the day. Promised to work overtime this Saturday, but if I can get out of it, I'm there! Thanks for the reminder AT!

Love em!

Maybe start by painting the trim white, but only white-washing the wainscoting for now. Go to your local paint store and look at the historical colour options. Choose something that flows with the rest of your house. My first thought when I saw the shower curtain, was white on the wainscoting and black above the trim (as in that bathroom shown a day or so ago), but what about a vintage yellow - or lemon yellow - just be careful to choose one that won't turn you jaundiced in the mirror.

I didn't go on the site to look, but all of Sarah's shows can be found on HGTV's website and include a list of "where to buy" from each episode.

I would not paint either and, as stated, add more pops of colour by painting the door - maybe the red of that chair and paint the back of that cabinet in the yellow of your table. Perhaps even adding a brightly coloured curtain panel (does not have to be functional) on each end of the window would give you that colour in the room you want.