{"id":774,"date":"2015-02-14T22:31:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T03:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drivingfordeco.com\/staging\/3617\/?p=774"},"modified":"2016-02-17T21:05:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T02:05:36","slug":"deco-rating-bedroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drivingfordeco.com\/staging\/3617\/deco-rating-bedroom\/","title":{"rendered":"“Deco”-rating the Bedroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Contrary to what many of the DYI \/ home remodeling shows would have you believe, the period associated with Art Deco was not<\/em> a world of only black and white. This was a period of lime-green, lemon-yellow, vermillion, purples, magenta, turquois,\u00a0etc..\u00a0 It also wasn’t merely industrial and chrome furniture.<\/h4>\n

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My\u00a0“deco” room started by\u00a0painting the walls in horizontal stripes\u00a0of three different shade of a soft lavender \/ grey color with the ceiling\u00a0being\u00a0a\u00a0lighter\u00a0shade of the same color family and ended by painting all the trim work a semi-gloss pure white.\u00a0Because I have standard height ceilings, I felt evenly spaced\u00a0stripes might be overwhelming.\u00a0 Instead, I marked up 42″ from the floor then divided this lower stripe in half measuring up from the top of the base board.\u00a0 If you decide to\u00a0try stripes, there are many excellent online instructions. I can only tell you to measure carefully, have a good level\u00a0and be prepared to use lots of painter’s tape.<\/h4>\n\n\t\t