Global color authority Pantone partnered with Valspar paint to bring a new line of paint exclusively to Lowe’s called PANTONE UNIVERSE Paint Collection . The collection features 100 hues that range from classic neutrals to the most saturated brights, and everything in between, including the most recent PANTONE Color of the Year selections, Emerald and Tangerine Tango . Photos courtesy of Pantone and Valspar.

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PANTONE UNIVERSE Paint Collection by Valspar

We have blah and boring concrete floors in our basement that are yearning for a thick coat [or two] of gorgeous glossy paint.

I’m loving the looks of these gray and white concrete floors above. Each room has a nice brightness with the choice of wall colors in combination with the gloss of the painted concrete.

I’m obviously loving this look – what about you? Would you go for glossy painted concrete floors? Matte? Or something completely different?

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Materials: Anton, high gloss paint, d-c-fix Self Adhesive Vinyl Description: Practical but UGH-LY hand-me-down cabinet with a huge old grease stain on top. No way this was gonna stand next to my Expedits in my home office/livingroom looking like that! Fast and easy fix. Lightly sanded everything then painted the outside, drawer edges and handles (which I had removed previously) using black high gloss paint.

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Anton Beech/Birch Veneer takes a walk on the wild side…

Materials: Paint and a Sharpie Description: Colleen inspired by the Campaign Furniture look on Littlegreennotebook’s blog redid her plain black IKEA cheapo dresser into a Campaign style winner. See more of the vintage dresser . ~ Colleen H. O’Krey, United States

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Ikea Turns Campaign

Materials: Expedit, plywood sheathing, acrylic paint, acrylic protector, handles, hinges, screws Description: In my case I bought the Expedit to use as an extension of the kitchen cabinet since we didn’t have a lot of storage space for dinnerware. The problem was that the dust was covering all the plates and glasses so I decided we need to cover some of the shelves. I went to a hardware store and bought small pieces of plywood sheathing (the small leftovers are really cheap) and I asked them to cut them about an inch bigger than the holes of the furniture. I also picked a bunch of regular hinges, in my case the darker the better so they don’t stand out too much, and four different handles just for fun. I sanded the 4 pieces of plywood sheathing very well and then applied 2 thick coats of acrylic white paint.

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Expedit with stripped-painted finish doors

1. Buy a HULTET bamboo dish 45cm.
2. Cover it with golden acrylic paint, front and back.
3. Look for a picture or a drawing of a hibiscus flower you like put it in the size you like and print it out, then cut it out trace it on the dish.
4. Look for tendrils samples you like, or draw the lines freehand on the dish.
5. Fill in the black background with acrylic paint.
6. For the tendrils, you need 3D glue for foils (it dries up transparently, but it remains sticky).
7. Cover the tendrils completely let it dry!!
8. Apply the décor foil irregular (I’ve used a little red and bronze at the edge and covered the rest with gold). Important: the metallic or coloured side has to be above! Press on well and peel it off, repeat this step as often as necessary.
   

Materials: Billy Bookshelves

Description: The room is in our basement and has this awkward ledge that runs across two walls. The area above the ledge was always challenging to decorate and seemed like wasted space. This solution provided an architectural focal point for the room as well as the one thing no kiddo can have enough of – storage!

We used 5 Ikea Billy bookshelves (3 small and 2 large) to make this entire wall have “built-ins”. When we assembled the bookcases, we left the backs off so that we could paint the wall behind blue. We centered the bookshelves on the ledge and attached them with L-brackets so they won’t topple over. We took one of the shelves to Home Depot and had them color-match the paint. We then custom cut and fit pieces of MDF at each edge to cover any gap between shelf and wall. Lastly, we attached crown molding painted to match the shelves across the entire top to make it read visually as one unit.

Here is the cost breakdown:

Ikea Billy Bookcases – $270
Blue Paint – Free (leftover from previous project)
Black Paint to Match (1 quart) – $13
Wood for sides – $10
Molding – $19
L-Brackets – $6
Total – $318

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~ Anne Drager, Twin Cities metro

Designed by Alexandre Moronnoz of France, the Interference Urban Bench combines a calm, organic exterior with a frenetic, exposed interior.  This unique bench looks great alone in a landscape or surrounded by an urban setting.

The Interference Urban Bench is made from laser cut, bent, and soldered stainless steel with an electroplated zinc, epoxy paint finish.   See more here.

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