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 When
50 year old carpet dictates the colour scheme in your room, careful
colour selection is called for.
Wanting a quick colour change in their dining area, John and
Shona had to work not only with dominant carpet but also scrim
walls. The scrim kept them to matt/flat finishes to hide surface
imperfections. An unusual substrate, the scrim pulls in tight
upon drying.
With a 12' 6" stud and a crack in the ceiling to repair,
a complete morning was spent at the top of the ladder to fill
and smooth the crack ready for overcoating. Once the walls and
ceiling were well prepared, the surfaces were fully coated in
less than 9 hours using Resene Cafe Royale on the walls, Resene
Tequila on the ceiling, Resene Egg Sour in the centre and white,
Resene Corvette and Resene Mantle on the cornices. The first coat
of colour looked terrible, but once the second coat was applied
they found the colour was true to form and the whole room scheme
came together just as they had imagined.
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| Walls |
Ceiling |
Centre |
Cornices |
Cornices |
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| Resene Cafe Royale
| Resene Tequila |
Resene Egg Sour
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Resene Corvette |
Resene Mantle |
Years ago they had considered a brown room but discarded the
idea. In the end, they managed to start and finish the painting
in a day, even finishing in time for a civilised sit down tea
at 6pm - a good day's work by anyone's standards!
Thanks to John and Shona Beckley of Invercargill .
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