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I have the ugliest box beam ceilings ever... they were painted this hideous yellow eons ago. (This is a *before move-in* photo.)

I started stripping the redwood quite awhile back, gave up and started doing other projects that don't involve inhaling paint fumes from a heat gun. So, I know from that little adventure that I just don't have it in me to strip the paint off of the coffered ceiling. It would take 30 years or so...

So, I've decided to do this. Like exactly. I love the white beams and red walls. I will need to sand down the paint drips and prime the horrid shiny yellow, but I know this is how I want my dining room to look! I went back and forth between navy blue and red several times. I'm pretty sure I'm going with the red... but we'll see by the time I get around to starting this project.

photo via: This Old House

I'm also considering doing something that never even crossed my mind before finding a photo of a stenciled floor on Pinterest.

These are my hardwood floors, they've been beat up pretty badly over the last 104 years. Between my grand-kids and my cat, I don't see shiny hardwood ever happening...

So, I am seriously considering doing this... I absolutely love the look. For the first few years I was all about wanting to return the house back to it's natural, original state. But I will be living in this house until the day I die, and want it to be something that I enjoy looking at every day. I really enjoy the beachy/white look, so I'm going to keep my options open, and that means possibly painting my hardwood floors.

via: Natural Home & Garden


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  1. Shasha KiddSeptember 9, 2012 at 2:19 PM

    We hired out the paint stripping of our box beams. It was so worth it.

    Also, I guess I've gotten used to paint fumes when I strip paint with a heat gun, because I don't even smell them anymore. I don't think we have much because I use the heat gun at a pretty low setting; just enough to soften the paint.

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  2. DebbieSeptember 9, 2012 at 7:29 PM

    I was all into it when I first started, but then my daughter moved in with my grand-daughter. I don't want any of the fumes lingering in the air during the night for her to inhale.
    I'll paint it for now, and most likely strip it a few years from now. :)

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