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Cozy Guest Cottage: The Walls A vintage feel begins with soft golden brown and a ticking vintage fabric look From "Fresh Coat" episode DFCT-303

Golden Brown Walls

The Fresh Coat painters begin Matt and Karen Berg's guest cottage paint job with a thick coat of soft golden brown over the white walls. The approach will add warmth and work well as a rich backdrop for a focal point pattern.

Then they add thin, horizontal stripes in navy blue to the wall, painting with artist brushes. The ticking vintage fabric look will help tie in many of the mismatched furnishings as well as add a quaint, cottage feel.

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	Figure A
	Figure B

Materials:

floor tarps
painters tape
spackle
spatula
brushes
cutting brushes
fluffy foam rollers
paint trays
paint mugs
paint can visor
Benjamin Moore Tawny Biscuit Matte 1110

1. Lay tarp over entire floor to protect carpet.
2. Use spackle to fill in any nail holes, make sure to scrape off excess spackle.
3. While spackle dries, tape off surfaces to prepare to paint (Figure A).
4. Lightly sand spackled areas to prep for paint.
5. With artists brush paint primer over spackled area, so paint sticks evenly over the entire surface, let dry.
6. Paint 1 to 2 coats of paint, Tawny Biscuit 1110, including the trim (Figure B).
7. Let dry completely.

Figure C

Paneled Wall

Materials:

artist brushes
plastic bowl
Hale Navy HC154 paint
Benjamin Moore Intrigue 1580 paint

1. Roll 1580 Intrigue along panel seams using seam line as guide.
2. Run thin line of tape along the rolled stripe.
3. Use tape as guideline and paint dash marks in HC-154 Hale Navy along edge of tape (Figure C).