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hayyyyy
i want to paint my walls red. but i don't know what color sheets and comforter to get, or where to get the bedding. any good ideas and places?
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Soft Surroundings has beautiful bedding:
http://www.softsurroundings.com/Bedding_&_Bath/Bedding_Ensembles/
I think I would choose the Santorini or Tangiers collection for your bedroom.
Another good source for bedding is Home Decorators Collection:
http://www.homedecorators.com/newThumbPage.php?classification=5&typeDefId=4566
That Rococo Set would look fantastic against your red walls.
Soft Surroundings has beautiful bedding:
http://www.softsurroundings.com/Bedding_&_Bath/Bedding_Ensembles/
I think I would choose the Santorini or Tangiers collection for your bedroom.
Another good source for bedding is Home Decorators Collection:
http://www.homedecorators.com/newThumbPage.php?classification=5&typeDefId=4566
That Rococo Set would look fantastic against your red walls.
What's an in-expensive, but sturdy, wood to use to build a bed?
Gwendolyn
Im building a queen size captains bed, and need ideas on what type of wood would be a good choice, that also wont bust my pocketbook.
Answer
The least expensive is pine, but it does not have to look it. Of course it can be painted any color. It can also be stained any shade. Minwax and several other companies make stains that will color it to look like many other woods, from darkening it ever so slightly to show the grain, to darking it to ebony. It is a softwood, and therefore will bow more than a hardwood, but it is much easier to work, and can be carved with chisels or with a Dremel tool.
Of hardwoods, maple and oak are fairly reasonable in price, and red oak in particular has a beautiful grain.
It is also possible to get hardwood plywoods (most plywood is pine) like birch, which I have a table made of about ten feet from where I am, that I made, and many people have liked it, and I do myself.
Most hardwoods, in my opinion, if the grain is selected carefully will not require a stain, but just a varnish.
I use wipe on polyurethane, which I apply with a cloth soaked in it. It seals the wood, darkens it slightly, and looks quite pretty. I put it on thin, so that you can still feel the grain (thick makes it plastic-y).
Use a circular saw with a fine toothed finish cut blade. Cover where you want to cut with masking tape, mark the tape, cut through it, and the edge will be smooth when the tape is removed.
Metal el brackets make the joints stronger, as do wooden dowels or "biscuits."
Pre-drilling holes keeps screws from splitting wood.
Good luck!
The least expensive is pine, but it does not have to look it. Of course it can be painted any color. It can also be stained any shade. Minwax and several other companies make stains that will color it to look like many other woods, from darkening it ever so slightly to show the grain, to darking it to ebony. It is a softwood, and therefore will bow more than a hardwood, but it is much easier to work, and can be carved with chisels or with a Dremel tool.
Of hardwoods, maple and oak are fairly reasonable in price, and red oak in particular has a beautiful grain.
It is also possible to get hardwood plywoods (most plywood is pine) like birch, which I have a table made of about ten feet from where I am, that I made, and many people have liked it, and I do myself.
Most hardwoods, in my opinion, if the grain is selected carefully will not require a stain, but just a varnish.
I use wipe on polyurethane, which I apply with a cloth soaked in it. It seals the wood, darkens it slightly, and looks quite pretty. I put it on thin, so that you can still feel the grain (thick makes it plastic-y).
Use a circular saw with a fine toothed finish cut blade. Cover where you want to cut with masking tape, mark the tape, cut through it, and the edge will be smooth when the tape is removed.
Metal el brackets make the joints stronger, as do wooden dowels or "biscuits."
Pre-drilling holes keeps screws from splitting wood.
Good luck!
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