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Workout Room Workout Room From "Weekend Decorating" episode WDC-303

In this episode of Weekend Decorating, Nancy Golden steps in to pump up a tired family workout room. In just two days she will create an upbeat, energetic space with cheery stripes, full-length mirrors and fun workout equipment and accessories.

Workout room: before.

Workout room: after.

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• This makeover is rated intermediate to advanced because of the stripes on the walls and the door installation.

• On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 indicating the highest degree of difficulty, it rates a 4.

• The project took 10 hours over the course of two days.

• The estimated cost to complete the entire workout-room project is $1,600.

With all that heavy exercise equipment to be moved, the first thing Golden does is to print out a computer-generated floor plan (figure A) to determine the placement of all the room's components.

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Horizontal stripes make a room look longer and a ceiling look lower.
	Horizontal stripes, on the other hand, visually raise a low ceiling.

Prep Work

Materials
Paint
Paintbrushes
Tray
Roller

There are two jobs that must be done in advance:

• Painting the walls with copper-hued latex paint.

• Measuring the room.

Stripes on Walls (figure B)

Project time: 2 hours.

Materials
Painter's tape
Chalk line
Level
Tape measure
Paint (we used penny, celery and watery blue tones for our accents)
Brushes

Steps

1. Measure the walls and divide by 3 to get the stripe measurements

2. Make tick marks at the top and bottom sections on the walls in all four corners.

3. Snap chalk lines at tick marks.

4. Tape off both sections, making sue the tape goes on the inside panel, and burnish the edges.

5. Use an angled brush to cut in around all taped-off sections, then fill in with a paint roller.

6. Wait until the paint is dry and remove the tape.

Expert Tip: For a less geometric look, mark verticals with a light pencil line and paint slightly wavy, freehand stripes.

Time spent so far: 2 hours.

RESOURCES :

Tomboy Tools
Tomboy Tools, Inc.
Website: www.tomboys.com

Window Film
Decorative Films
Website: decorativefilms.com

GUESTS :

Richard Lehner
Construction Innovators
10710 Coward Mill Rd.
Knoxville, TN 37931
Phone: 865-560-1970
Website: www.constructioninnovators.com

Amy Calandra
Devine Color
E-mail: info@devinecolor.com
Website: devinecolor.com

Jan Haag
Design professional

Tena Hill
Interior designer

Kari Openshaw
Allied ASID Designer

Irene Harrell
Design expert
Web: kitchensales.net