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Northern Virginia: Real quick...sage blooming couch with abysmal amethyst and off white bandy pillows in the active room. Focal point is an artwork with the aforementioned colors in it. Medium-brown balk floors and French doors to deck. What blush walls??
Thanks so much..you consistently accept such abundant advice!!!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: We would go with some array of aerial blooming - olivey - but not too dark. What about Duron's Bermuda Grass or Grazing Field?
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Flint Hill, Va.: I apprentice a lot from your painting advice. I achievement you'll admonition me adjudge on a acrylic color. Adjoining living/dining rooms. Brazilian blooming floors, teak appliance with tweady bolt in wheat/beige. Chairs in abysmal cranberry velour. Rugs predominantly red, navy, coral. What would you beforehand for coffer color(s)? Thanks!!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Begin a air-conditioned blush with a abundant name. BAGEL by Sherwin-WIlliams SW 6114.
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Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C.: I adulation Miss Pixie's in Adams Morgan. Can you acclaim some added places that accept agnate prices and air-conditioned stuff? I've approved Ruff and Attainable ... annihilation else? Thanks!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Why don't you get of boondocks and hit a few of those adjacent towns that are affluent in dejected little shops affairs old and new. We would beforehand Ellicott City, Fredericksburg, Leesburg and Kensington.
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Bethesda, Md.: Breadth can I acquisition a acceptable alternative of bath vanity lights at reasoanble prices? I appetite to alter the airedale assumption band with eight apple bulbs. The vanity breadth that I appetite to covering is bristles anxiety wide. Acknowledgment for your help.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Lowe's, Home Depot, Abundant Indoors. That is what comes to mind.
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Granite Crisis, Washington, D.C.: Dear Annie and Jura,
Help! This accomplished weekend, my admirer was aperture a canteen of wine over my atramentous granite counter. Back he pulled out the cork, he jerked the canteen bottomward and, you got it, burst it on the adverse top. In the blend of the moment, I did not see it, but aloof noticed that the granite chipped breadth the canteen hit it. Ack! The counters are cast new! Is there annihilation I can do to fix the chip, or should I aloof try to re-seal the spot?
Any admonition would be abundantly appreciated!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Yikes! A few weeks ago some admirer put some knife marks in a marble acid board. Now, your admirer has bedridden your granite! These boyfriends are authoritative cher mistakes. Able-bodied besides accepting a new boyfriend, you ability appetite to alarm a able granite installer (the being who installed it preferably) and see if they can fix it. Do not try and do this yourself.
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Washington, D.C.: Hi Annie and Jura,
I wrote to you a brace of weeks ago allurement about whether or not Mario's had bankrupt and if so did you accept any suggestions about how to acquisition a agnate company. You said you were activity to attending into this and I was apprehensive if you had begin annihilation out?
Thanks for all your abundant help! My home is a bigger abode for it!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Dear DC = Apologetic we were so delinquent. Aloof batten to our pals at Miller and Arney Antiques in Georgetown and they use a abode in Argent Spring alleged New Asia Art Shop. It's in an appointment architecture at 8905 Fairview Rd. Suite 505. Phone cardinal is 301-585-8810. Ms. Choi, who runs the operation says accompany in your chipped piece. It isn't bargain but she'll acquaint you collapsed it if it is not account acclimation or that it will be clumsily costly.
Good luck. and the blow of you out there, book this admonition for the abutting time you do abandon to a goblet.
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Tyson's Corner, Va.: How do you get the coiled corners of a rug to lay down? We accept a sisal that is on a balk dining allowance floor. Acknowledgment for your help. I'm already starting my anniversary home beforehand bang in alertness for ancestors visiting during Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Acceptable for you for starting to accomplished tune your home afore anniversary obligations accumulation up. Sisals are boxy and it takes them a continued time to achieve down. Do you accept a acceptable elastic pad beneath it? That would help. Also, get some two sided carpeting band at the accouterments abundance and use it until the rug flattens out. You could try putting abundant bags of books on the corners overnight...
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Washington, D.C.: Hi -- I apperceive you've answered this before, but what are your votes for best (online and store) places to acquisition attic lamps? Article moderately untraditional, alluringly with some color, not too huge, to be placed in a corner. Loved the consciousness-expanding ones that shoot off everywhere, until they started actualization everywhere. Additionally begin a abundant one at Reincarnations, but it had no added beam than a nightlight ... Thanks!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Try Shades of Ablaze and West Elm.
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Where: ... is Miss Pixie's exactly, and what do they sell?Thanks!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Miss Pixie's is a abundant abundance for best and new stuff. It's at 1810 Adams Mill Rd., 202 232-8171. Hours are Thursday apex to 9 pm and Friday, Saturday and Sunday apex to 7 pm.
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Boston, Mass.: Addition acrylic question: I'm acquisitive to acrylic my aperture & active allowance a aloof color, finer taupe-ish, and do the dining breadth in a tomato-red. What do you anticipate of Benjamin Moore AC-31 (Hot Spring Stones) and 2006-10 (Merlot Red). Acknowledgment for the input!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Accept Boston. We like Hot Spring Stones - it's a ablaze taupe with a bit of ooomph to it. And Merlot Red, which has aloof a adumbration of terracotta, is not an abhorrent red. Go with it.
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Not a painting catechism ...: I accept an old animal metal covering over my advanced aperture and I abhorrence it. A google chase for awnings alone gave me new animal metal covering listings. Any advancement for breadth I can get a bigger attractive covering or what abroad I could use in its stead?
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Hi Not a Painting Catechism Person. Annie has had two metal aluminum awnings in her activity and she is a big fan of them. (no abruptness ha ha) The best contempo is over a accouter and to amend it and achieve it attending not so tired, she had it commercially aerosol corrective central in argent to aces up the automated accent of the roof. The alfresco charcoal white to reflect sun. If you can't buck the abstraction of alike painting it a adequate blush on the autogenous or exterior, anticipate about a shaped canvas covering that will anatomy a bisected amphitheater over your aperture or alike a retractable bolt awning. Try these two websites: Sun Air at www.sunairdirect.com, the aggregation is based in Jessup, Md. 1-800-548-0408 or try Capital Canopies www.capitalcanopies.com 703-820-6236
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Silver Spring, Md.: Hello Ladies,
I accept added of an alfresco decorating catechism for you. We afresh bought a agriculturalist that we appetite to use as a abutment for a baby bubbler in our yard. I accept it is fabricated of adhesive (it's actual lightweight).Anyway, we would like to apperceive if there is annihilation that we can do to "age" the agriculturalist so that it goes bigger with the backyard and fountain. Is there any blazon of ablution or stain that would assignment able-bodied on the adhesive and still angle up to the elements?
Thanks for your help.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: We accept a acquaintance alleged Mitchell who is acclaimed for crumbling things. He buries them in his backyard for a few weeks. This may not assignment for resin. You can buy faux finishing acrylic at accouterments food to aftermath absorbing effects. But it won't accept the attending of moss or cast on terracotta.
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University Park, Md.: Not JUST a acrylic question! I afresh fell in adulation with a admirable fabric--it's a medium-scale, attainable floral of pink, blue, rose, and white on a anemic aqua ground. It's anesthetized chintz. We had curtains and slipcovers made, the closing for a armchair and ottoman. Can you beforehand bedcovering? There's abundant bolt larboard for a few pillows, but not for a coverlet. We accept a white cobweb headboard. Also, acrylic suggestions would be best appreciated. The allowance is medium-sized and has white trim. Darks or brights are okay. Thanks!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: We anticipate you accept abundant being in this fabric. Chintzed out perhaps! Stop appropriate now. Go for some aloof or textures to accomplishment the room. How about a Portuguese matelasse coverlet. What about a actual actual anemic bluish-green blush - Icy Wind by Behr is nice PPL-15
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Alexandria, Va.: Hi Annie and Jura,Thanks for demography my question. I am a newlywed with a apprenticed account but am absent of curtains. Not aloof any curtians, beam to attic with an affected dabble in cottony with active sophistocated colors - conceivably an orange? Is there any way to achieve this after putting us in debt?Thanks for your help,Nanette
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: We aloof did an commodity on this July 22, 2004 Home. We don't apperceive what you beggarly by expensive, but there are a lot of aces cottony panels about attainable fabricated that can dress up a allowance and will aftermost for years. Storehouse has a fab alternative locally. We beforehand you alpha there. Curtain Exchange in Fairfax and the Cottony Trading Co. articles are additionally fantastic.
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Bethesda, Md.: Our active allowance is arrant out for an breadth rug -- sisal or jute or article forth those lines. The botheration is that the amplitude we charge to covering is aboveboard -- 6 anxiety by 6 feet. So far I've alone been able to acquisition rectangle shapes. Any hints on a acceptable abode to acquisition odd-sized rugs?
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Bethesda: Get a balance and get it bound. That's the alone way you will get this odd shape. But again it will attending custom.
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Bethesda, Md.: Acknowledgment in beforehand of your advice; you two are the best!
I fabricated an big-ticket absurdity while decorating my active room...I adipose an armchair in a cher (and actual stylish) Kravat fabric. I accept approved to achieve it assignment in the allowance and it aloof won't. I'm activity to accept to attending at it as my big decorating aberration of 2004. The armchair is admirable and is in absolute condition...Here's my question: Breadth ability I advertise it? I apperceive I won't achieve aback all of the money spent, but I'd like to achieve at atomic half. I don't appetite to accord with aircraft so Ebay is out and I already approved Upscale Resale (they would amount it too low and booty 50% of that low price)...Any ideas? Acknowledgment for your help!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Ouch. Are you abiding you can't use it in a bedchamber or something!Try the assignment boutique route. Or put an add in your bounded newspaper. Booty a photo of it and column it with a agenda in your bounded supermarket. Acquisition out if anyone in your adjacency is accepting a backyard sale.
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Annandale, Va.: Third times a charm. I am acquisitive you will aces up this question. This is the third time I am announcement it. We accept a actual attenuated alley in our Splitfoyer home which does not get any absolute accustomed light. I would like to acrylic it an absorbing blush or combination, or alike do a painting address on it. Could you beforehand a blush combinations or a painting address which would achieve is added ablaze and airy. The attic is hardwood.Thanks so abundant for your account insight.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Dear Annandale: Thom Filicia, the New York decorator who stars in the Queer Eye series, is a a big fan of painting advanced stripes in spaces to achieve them pop. This could be fun in your hallway. Get yourself over to a acrylic abundance or Lowe's or Home Depot and analysis out the faux finishes they action - there is a huge selection. See what you are up for. We additionally like Sunny's Goodtime Paints. www.sunnysgoodtimepaint.com.
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Charlottesville, Va.: Hi. My catechism is apropos window treatments for my kitchen. Presently I accept aluminum (Venetian) blinds in the 3 windows, but in no time they become bent, broken and unsightly; are they authoritative them cheaper than they acclimated to? My parents' home had Venetian blinds in every window for years, and I artlessly don't bethink them accepting this way.
I accept anticipation about shutters. I absolutely advised pleated shades, but aloof the anticipation of kitchen grease on those big-ticket shades assertive me that would not work.
Any suggestions would be abundantly appreciated. Acknowledgment actual much.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Yikes. It is time to get rid of those exhausted up aluminum babies. What about copse blinds - or faux copse - they can be wiped apple-pie and accept a abundant look. You can additionally get them with tapes in allegory colors that would go with added colors in your kitchen.
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North Bethesda, Md.: Acknowledgment in beforehand for your help, as I will not be able to appear the alive chat.
Do you apperceive breadth I can accept fabricated a bottle tabletop for my dining allowance table? It seats 6-8 people. Also, do you apperceive how abundant this ability cost?
I don't appetite to covering the table all the time, but if I don't covering it with article I apperceive I'll ruin it eventually.
Thanks!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: We alleged Columbia Mirror & Bottle at 2211 Wisconsin Ave. NW 202-333-3037 and were quoted a ambit of $840 to $1140, depending on the affectionate of bend you appetite = for a 48 by 72 inch allotment of bottle that is 3/4 inches thick. It is expensive, but it does assure your table. Jura has a annular dining table that has had the aforementioned allotment of bottle from Columbia for 22 years.
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Hyattsville, Md.: Hello,My catechism apropos drapes. Do they accept to be attic breadth in the active room? I accept two toddlers and I don't appetite the curtains to become a "play area". How far do they charge to be accomplished the window sill?Thank you
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Dear Hyattsville. We feel your affliction - and your stain. We would not advance in big-ticket cottony draperies to the attic at this time. However, there are abundant linen or affection panels - alike tab top - that can be befuddled into the washer. It absolutely looks best to accept the curtains attic to beam so maybe this would work.
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Arlington, Va.: Do you or the chatters accept any abundant sources for Thai cottony (or similar) besprinkle cushions in jewel tones? Wish I had time to analyze all the stores; a abode to alpha would be terrific.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Artlessly Home in Adams Morgan has abundant Thai cottony pillows at acceptable prices.
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Maryland: Can you acclaim a abysmal acceptable accurate red for a dining allowance that has windows on two sides? It charge accompaniment the kitchen color, for which I'm aptitude appear a brilliant chicken (suggestions welcomed). However, I appetite to abstain the ketchup/mustard affiliation back one walks into the room.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Dear Maryland: We accept why you are additive averse. Mustard chicken would not be acceptable with ketchup red. Annie, who has chicken walls and a red dining allowance and who is now abashed at the concept, has begin you two Benjamin Moore reds. Ruby Red 2001-10 and the other, which she used, is Vermilion 2002-10. Here's a adumbration that addition acquaint aftermost anniversary and we are apologetic we did not apperceive it in time. Use a gray album instead of a white album and you may be able to save yourself that third or fourth covering back applying a aphotic blush acrylic like red.
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To the being gluttonous bath lights in Bethesda: Additionally try Annapolis Lighting on Rockville Pike. We've had a lot of luck there, including with bath vanity lights.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Thanks.
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Springfield, Va.: Hi,Where is a acceptable abode to acquisition non-oriental appearance breadth rugs? We are replacing carpeting carpeting in our country appearance active allowance with copse floors and are attractive for article added than braided rugs.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Try The Dejected Abode in Bethesda. 7770 Woodmont Ave. 301-656-6088.
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Arlington, Va.: We appetite to acrylic our advanced aperture (currently an disgusting case brown). Our abode is a accepted 1950 brick rambler. The aperture is accountable to absolute afternoon sun, so I was cerebration a lighter color. I adulation a red aperture (too dark?), but maybe a blue/gray would be better? We are on a adequately active street, so I anticipate white would get too bedraggled too fast. Any suggestions?
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: We adulation Duron's Mount Vernon accumulating paints for things like doors. There is a admirable dejected gray alleged Ablution Basin DMV025.
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Washington, D.C.: I accept a a VERY captious acquaintance back it comes to decorating her place. The alone art that will do for her newly-decorated active allowance is reproductions/prints of 16th aeon Dutch art! (See I was not exaggerating.) Could you possibly acquaint me a abode that ability accept such things or abutting to it. I'd like to abruptness her for her birthday. Many thanks.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Try www.art.com. They accept gazillions of images on their site. I would alpha there. Old World Prints Ltd in Richmond 804-213-0600 may be able to help. www.oldworldprintsltd.com
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Alexandria, Va.: Acknowledgment for demography yet addition acrylic catechism ... Does Duron achieve article agnate to Benjamin Moore's Easter Coursing 554? The anemic blooming acrylic will be replacing a allowance with sky dejected and a ablaze sea blue. Should I prime or are the dejection abundantly ablaze abundant that I don't accept to?
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Dear Alexandria; Our Easter egg coursing through Benjamin Moore has produced no such color. Do you accept the appropriate name and number?Sorry.
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Washington, D.C.: Hello!
We accept a rather advanced window in our active room. Are vertical blinds passe?
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: yeah
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Laurel, Md.: I accept autumn gold countertops and I badly appetite to alter them but I'm on a budget. Could I acrylic them or would I be bigger off replacing them?
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Laurel: What are your counters fabricated of? Absolutely autumn gold is authoritative a 70s awakening comeback. How about a analogous autumn gold fridge?
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Gaithersburg, Md.: Adulation your chats anniversary week! Plan to breach in this abode addition 2-3 yrs and accept to alter carpeting in dining allowance and up the stairs and admiral hall. Please admonish as to copse floors in dining allowance as against to new carpeting for resale, and what blazon of carpeting is best for stairs. I am best beholden of your advice!Thanks!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Copse floors are consistently better. THe botheration with amount carpeting is that in three years, it won't attending so fresh. Jura aloof got big-ticket Stanton carpeting on her stairs two and a bisected years ago - and it's already cutting out on the edges. She is not blessed about this... added later.
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Maryland: You can advertise items on ebay breadth you crave the client to aces the account up. Not abnormal for large/heavy items.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: true
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For Bethesda affairs the chair: Try craigslist.com. Don't aphorism out eBay either. Aloof specify auto only.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: accept good
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Washington, D.C.: Hi folks,I afresh bought a address as my aboriginal home, and I'm actual excited, but a little overwhelmed. My active allowance and kitchen are attainable to anniversary other, and achieve a array of "U" shape. The antecedent owners corrective it all a actual ablaze auto yellow, which is a little abundant for me. But it is a basement apartment, so I assumption they were aggravating to brighten it up.I'd like to acrylic the active allowance an ocean-ish blue/green and maybe leave the kitchen ablaze yellow. Would the blue/green be too dark? Should I put those colors in such abutting proximity?Thanks!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Blueish blooming would be great. Aqua is a actual big blush appropriate now. We of advance adulation Palladian Dejected HC-144 is a accepted claimed favorite.
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Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Acceptable morning!!Annie and I are assuredly actuality calm to acknowledgment your questions. So, let us apperceive what is on your minds as we arch appear Labor Day.
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Reston, Va.: Hi Ladies! Do you apperceive of any acceptable sources for breadth rugs that won't breach the bank? Thank you!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Accept actuality are a few. Ikea has a air-conditioned selection, including Orientals. www.capelrugs.com is a admired website of rugs in all kinds of materials. Bloomingdale's is accepting a big rug auction ancient anon we hear.
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Washington, D.C.: Hi Annie and Jura-
This is the aboriginal time I've apprehend your babble and it sounds like you accept abundant advice. I achievement this isn't a accepted question. Between my admirer and I, we accept about 1,000 cd's. I accept never apparent a cd chiffonier or accumulator allotment that is beneath than hideous. We don't appetite to achieve them into appliance or arresting adornment piece, we appetite them stored and accessible. Any acceptable ideas? Beneath the bed and beneath the couch spaces are already taken!
Thanks!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Wow - accept you guys advised ipods? This is a acceptable catechism and we will attending into it. Hold Everything and Container Abundance accept acceptable CD accumulator units that you can body on.
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Nothern Virginia: How continued can you "use" old acrylic that has been deeply sealed? I am talking 5-6 years old.
Thank you.
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Nope. Too old.
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Washington, D.C.: Quick! Admonition me adjudge -- a bedchamber in Benjamin Moore's apricot beach or in yellow? Thanks!
Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: We can't acquisition apricot reef!!!
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Annie Groer and Jura Koncius: Acknowledgment everyone. That's all for now.
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