The Low VOC Painting Continues
On to the dining room!
I’ve completed all the bamboo flooring in the office and I wanted to move on to add it to the dining room floor. But I also knew it was a good idea to paint before I put the floor down.
So, we shuffled off to Sherwin Williams again to pick out some more paint. Before, in the bedrooms, I had used the No-VOC Harmony brand. For the dining room, I wanted a darker, richer flat paint color. The color we chose was not available in the Harmony brand. It was the Duration brand. The good news was that it is a low VOC paint that has the “Green Sure” designation, which means it’s environmentally-friendly paint with the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.
We chose a reddish brown color. The bamboo is a very light and bright yellow-ish color and wanted to contrast that with a darker color. I managed to get very good coverage in only two coats - which is hard to do with a red color over a white wall… Sometimes you need a coat of primer or three coats or more.
I did it all in one night, too.
I also put down the underlayment on the subfloor to get it ready to put down our bamboo floor over the weekend. I also need to replace the outdated ceiling fan with a new energy-efficient light fixture as well as light colored window treatments to soften the darker brownish-red color.
Next… we need to shop for a dining room set.
November 11th, 2008 at 11:24 am
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February 15th, 2011 at 12:25 am
cool, you painted all your walls from white to brown, but did you think about summer and winter, because these walls will look colder in winter and look hotter in summer. i don’t think brown is a good color to paint walls.