It’s my favorite post of the year! Friends, today is the Sherwin-Williams 2023 Color of the Year announcement! Meet Redend Point SW 9081.

Redend Point is like capturing the soul of Southern Utah in a paint color. When I found out what the color was, I was like, this is familiar! It’s so similar to the natural color of the adobe in the Merc!

It’s a warm blush beige that feels like it’s been baked by the sun. Depending on the lighting, it will pull more brown or pink. It actually photographs a little more beige than it looks in real life.

This room was Dylan’s Small World bedroom, but with Ivie moving out and Dyl moving into her space (and not being a child anymore) we decided to turn this room into a guest room. We took down all of the Small World wall treatment, patched the holes and added simple box molding. It’s the same wall treatment that we did in my old office.

My favorite way to use a color like this is all over. Ceiling, walls, molding, baseboards, all of it. It’s such a classic way to make a statement and really celebrate the color! Elevating the design with molding makes it feel intentional and traditional as opposed to basic. I love the way the room turned out!

I will say that I had a little bit of a hard time finding a color to pair it with. Sherwin-Williams has some great pairing suggestions here. Mandi White, Tricorn Black SW 6258 (which I used on the doors), and natural linens are all easy answers, but I LOVE color and wanted something else. I found this great rust colored velvet chair on clearance for $130 and it was perfect!! It complements the red undertones of Redend Point in such a great way.

Redend Point is a color that can appear more beige or more blush depending on the light, so before you fully commit to the color, I highly recommend getting a sample. Thankfully, Redend Point is one of the colors that Sherwin-Williams offers in peel & stick samples! No mess, no dry time, no sample pots of paint, just peel it off and stick it to your wall! And they’re repositionable, so you can see how it looks and feels in different spots of your house at different times of the day! Peel & stick samples are available in 275 of Sherwin-Williams top selling colors and 50 Emerald® Designer Edition colors! You can get them here and they ship for free!

What do you think?! Are you a fan of the 2023 Sherwin-Williams Color of the Year?!

The post Sherwin-Williams 2023 Color of the Year is…. appeared first on Vintage Revivals.

It’s my favorite project of the year!! Sherwin-Williams 2022 Color of the Year!! If you’ve been following along on Instagram Stories, you know I tried to keep it simple this year with minimal(ish) wall treatments, and really let the color be the star with monotone ceiling, walls, baseboard, molding, and doors. In trying to keep things relatively simple, we ended up with a HUGE statement that I LOVE!!

Sherwin-Williams 2022 Color of the Year is Evergreen Fog SW 9130. It’s a dusty gray green that is kind of the perfect mid-tone green. It’s not dark (like the 2021 color) or light (like the 2018 color), it’s just enough that walking into a room completely covered in it feels cozy.

The magic of this color though is that it it’s a chameleon color of green meets gray with a hint of blue.   

This room used to be my office, but with the completion of the second half of our reno, my office moved to the loft and this room was just sitting empty, full of supplies for Happy Happy Houseplant. Because it’s just off my entryway, it just made the whole space seem cluttery and I was excited to get things cleaned up!

This is what it looked like before everything was moved out.

This is what it looked like when I started the makeover.

LOL, big difference!

The walls previously were painted my favorite custom white and while they were bright and fresh, I am digging how sophisticated this monotone room is!

I used a matte finish to create this look. I swear by this finish and use it everywhere! Did you know that using a lower sheen like matte makes your walls seem less textured? It’s true!

The way the molding makes shadow details in the blanket of color is a dream, my favorite spot is looking at the door. Like, just look at that detail!! This was a really simple project that you can see the tutorial for here!

If you’ve been here for a while, you might remember this leather couch that I bought off Craigslist and had reupholstered. When we pulled it out of the storage unit Court said, “I didn’t know this couch was so cool!” Haha made me feel glad that I saved it for so many years!

After I started decorating it, I needed some plant life in the far-right corner. It unfortunately doesn’t get great lighting, and anything I put there wouldn’t thrive, so a wall of propagations is perfect because they don’t need/want intense lighting.

We just ripped down some 2×4’s and use a hole saw to drill holes into it for the test tubes. Previously I’ve always mixed my propagation cuttings in the same tubes, but this color + monotone style gives off a different vibe, like it needed to be organized (maybe if I painted everything in my life Evergreen Fog I would be more on top of stuff!?) so I took cuttings from almost every one of my plants and each plant has its own tube. That way when people come over, I can give them cuttings specific to their favorite plant!

If you are itching to try Evergreen Fog, it’s one of the colors that Sherwin-Williams offers as a Peel and Stick sample! No mess, no dry time, no sample pots of paint, just peel it off and stick it to your wall! And they’re reposition-able, so you can see how it looks and feels in different spots of your house at different times of the day! Peel and Stick samples are available in 75 top selling colors and 50 Emerald Designer Edition colors! You can get them here and they ship for free!

The light was a quick DIY. I had ordered supplies to make a light for this room years ago, and just hadn’t gotten around to it. When I pulled them out, I had no idea what the original design was, and made up a new configuration! It turned out so great!

So tell me, do you love it!? I think they nailed it!

The post Sherwin-Williams 2022 Color of the Year is…… appeared first on Vintage Revivals.

This post is sponsored by Sherwin-Williams®

Do you know what the first thing on every makeover checklist is? Paint! 

It is the biggest impact/smallest investment you can make when you are overhauling a space and has the ability to absolutely transform it! Case in point, my nephew Gordon’s bedroom. With a quick trip to Sherwin-Williams for 2 gallons of paint and just a few hours, we completely changed the look of the entire room!

Here’s the before:

And here’s where we ended up just a few hours later!

I wish I could take credit for the color palette, but these wall colors are part of Sherwin-Williams new Living WellTM collection. They’ve expertly grouped some of their most calming shades into 11 different palettes to inspire you to relax and breathe more stillness into your space.

Each palette has a distinct vibe and color current. The Balance palette that I chose from embraces woodland vibes and has a lot of soft greens and warm neutrals. I used Lemongrass SW 7732 and Dover White SW 6385. I’ve been itching to do another project with a soft dusty green, ever since I used Ruskin Room Green on the bookcases in my office! I chose the Balance palette because the shades are very organic, tranquil and soft, and they paired well with the wood tones of Gordon’s furniture. I wanted to make sure his space was really calm but still had a fun pop of color.

My other favorite Living Well palette is Unplug, it’s centered around warm desert vibes and has some of the dusty desert colors that I see living in Southern Utah! If you tend to lean into cooler blues, check out Focus. 

Hand in hand with the Living Well palettes are two new SuperPaint® products available exclusively at Sherwin-Williams. 

They took their best-selling SuperPaint (one of my faves!) and added 2 different types of technology to create two new products that not only make a room beautiful, but help bring a sense of well-being home. For Gordon’s room, I used SuperPaint with Air Purifying Technology. It’s a zero VOC formula that contributes to better indoor air quality by helping reduce the VOCs in your home from sources like carpet, cabinets and fabrics. It also helps rooms stay fresher, longer, with odor eliminating technology that breaks down unwanted household odors.*

Almost anything that is manufactured, from paint to plywood, blankets to carpet, contains VOCs. VOC stands for Volatile Organic Compound. It is at its most basic form, chemicals that a product off-gasses into the environment. Specifically related to paint, VOC ratings are different based on the intended use of the products (floor coating vs. wall paint vs. furniture paint). If you look at the strictest regulations it needs to come in at under 50 grams per liter (for comparison, 10 years ago most water-based paint came it at around 200 grams per liter). Less than 50 is considered Low VOC compared to 200 g/L VOC, which is fantastic. 

The most concentrated amount of VOCs are released when you are working with the product, i.e., when your paint is still wet. As the product dries, the VOCs evaporate into the atmosphere. Once dried (and after your house has been aired out) the amount of VOC emissions can be greatly reduced. The huge push for Low and No VOC paint has been not so much for the safety of the product for humans (though that is an added bonus), but because of the environmental gases that it creates in the atmosphere once it’s escaped your home.

This paint was awesome to work with. It has great coverage, and knowing it has zero VOCs and actively eliminates odors makes me feel so great about using it in Gordon’s room! After crazy year that was 2020, we all deserve a space that makes us feel good and the Living Well collection helps you do just that.

The other new paint is called SuperPaint® with Sanitizing Technology. It is an EPA registered paint that kills 99.9% of certain bacteria and continues to kill up to 90% of these bacteria for up to four years.** It’s perfect for high traffic areas like hallways, kitchens, and bathrooms! Check it out for your next project!

Gordon’s room was inspired by my Grandpa of all people, he was the absolute best and where I get my DIY grit. He loved the outdoors, airplanes, and native American culture, so that was the jumping off point for the room, style-wise. This is his hat that he wore every day!

I love how the colors work together and also play off of the natural tones of the wood and décor. The space is now a really calming, tranquil environment for Gordon, while still being fun. Creating this simple color blocked wall pattern is so easy! Start by painting one of the colors (in this case we chose the lower color!).

We started by setting a simple laser line around the room about 1/3 of the way up the wall. 

Here’s a tip: set your line so that you have a visual cushion around the furniture. You don’t want it to be the exact height as the dresser. In this case I found a spot that was just taller than the dresser and just shorter than the headboard!

With the laser line up, I placed painters’ tape all around the room (you can do this over the doors like I did here!)

The trick to getting a perfect paint line is to back bleed the wall color (check out this IG highlight reel to see it in action!).

With the tape up, we painted the second color on the wall and when the second coat was still slightly tacky, pulled the painters tape off. Tada! Perfect paint lines!!

Because it’s a kid’s room, I punched things up a big with pops of red and orange in the art and decor. It’s such a fun balance with the mellow neutrals on the walls!

Check out the whole Living Well collection here and pick it up at your neighborhood Sherwin-Williams store!

*The length of time SuperPaint with Air Purifying Technology actively reduces odors and formaldehyde depends on the concentration, the frequency of exposure and the amount of painted surface area.

**SuperPaint with Sanitizing Technology kills 99.9% of Staph (Staphylococcus aureus), E. coli (Escherichia coli), MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), VRE (Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis) and Enterobacter aerogenes on painted surfaces within two hours of exposure, and continues to kill 90% of bacteria for up to four years when the integrity of the surface is maintained.

The post Room Makeover with Sherwin-Williams Living Well appeared first on Vintage Revivals.

Leveling and repairing concrete can seem intimidating, but I promise it’s a totally doable DIY! Especially with self leveling concrete products!!

Phase 2 of our renovation has begun! It feels like a dream, I can’t believe it’s actually happening!! If you are new and need a refresher here are the deets in 5 bullet points.

• 4 years ago we bought a 100 yr old Mercantile store to turn into our dream house.
• Phase 1 of the project was most of the bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchen. We completed that and moved in in 2018
• Phase 2 is the best part of the building, it has original adobe brick walls, and a rough sawn cedar roof.
• Phase 2 is our living room, master bedroom, and plant loft.
• It’s FINALLY HAPPENING!!
  

In this post I’m going to share how we repaired and leveled our concrete slab, tips to live by, and a whole lot of encouragement. Leveling concrete is one of the easiest projects that you can tackle. If you can lift a heavy bucket, pull the trigger of a drill, and spill things, YOU CAN DO THIS PROJECT!!

And if you are resourceful like us, you can even have Home Depot deliver all of the heavy bags! Did you know that you can have Home Depot deliver? Not ship, but someone from your actual store? We opted to pay the $79 delivery fee to save ourselves 4 trips back and forth hauling all of the heavy concrete bags. It was SO worth it!! I ordered directly on the Home Depot app and had it delivered 2 days later!!

First things first, do you have the Home Depot app on your phone!? It is such a game changer especially if you need to locate product or build a shopping list (like you will for this project!!) All you have to do is type in what you’re looking for and it will give you an exact location in the store! It’s a dream for those random supplies that could logically be in 3 different locations.

Prep Work

Let me start by assuring you that chances are your concrete is in significantly better condition that ours.

Prepping concrete for repair has just 3 parts

Remove any bond breakers.

Quick tip! You can tell if something is a bond breaker by spraying it with water! If it absorbs into the substrate then you are good! If it sits on the surface it has to go!

These are things like paint and adhesives. A bond breaker does exactly what it sounds like, it makes it so that the repair/leveling can’t bond with the old concrete. If you don’t have any bond breakers, skip to part 2! We were not so lucky. The Merc had 100 years worth of paint, carpet glue, and linoleum adhesive. We ended up grinding the entire floor down to bare concrete. 

Remove any loose/lifted spots. 

What happens if you don’t remove bond breakers? When repair jobs are done and not properly prepped, the new concrete can’t properly bond and it creates a whole world of trouble. We had large sections of patch jobs that had become detached that needed to be cleared out. You can tell where the concrete had failed by walking on it with heels, bouncing a golf ball, or snaking a chain over it and listening for a change in pitch. Pull out that bad stuff! It’s ultra satisfying and comes out very easily.

Sweep + Vacuum + Sweep + Vacuum.

This one is pretty self explanatory right? Get all of the dust and debris out of your life!

Once your prep work is done, it’s time to move on to the actual repairs!

Repairing Concrete

Have you ever repaired concrete? I think a lot of us would answer that with a nope. Most of our DIY prowess is in the paint/build space right? Concrete work isn’t something that comes up a ton and can be super intimidating. If you hear nothing else in this post, hear this. You can absolutely master concrete repair, there is almost no learning curve, especially if you follow these basic steps. 

The product we’re using is Rapid Set Cement All. It’s the best all around mortar and will work for almost any project. It can be feathered to a smooth transition, and to 4″ thick. It’s perfect for patch jobs, crack repair, concrete projects (like countertops or planters!) and is only $20/bag!

Step 1: Wet the substrate.

It’s of critical importance to wet the old concrete before you start putting new concrete down for 2 reasons, if you don’t the old concrete will suck the moisture out of the new and it will dry too fast. And second, Rapid Set Cement All is designed to chase the water into the old concrete creating a strong bond. Watch out for puddling, that is too much water.

Step 2: Mix the Cement All

Cement All is easily mixed to peanut butter consistency. Add water to a 5 gallon bucket first (to prevent dry clumps getting stuck in the corners!) and add Cement All. Mix until you get the right consistency, adding more water, or Cement All as needed.

Step 3: Lay it Down

Using a flat trowel, put some of the Cement All into the hole and smooth it starting from the inside and pulling out.

Step 4: Feathering the edges

One of the most incredible things about Cement All is the ability to feather it to almost nothing. Let it set enough sothe whole mass doesn’t move, and using a sponge trowel gently pull it out over the top of the old concrete. This is also a great time to smooth out any imperfections and slightly rough up the surface so it has more grip for what will be going on top of it.

Step 5: Water Curing

As the Cement All starts to lighten and cure, keep an eye on it. You want it to cure over a period of time, not instantly. If you notice it turning white within the first 30-45 minutes, spray it lightly with water. You may have to do this a few times! You can tell that it’s starting to cure when you hold your hand just above the surface and feel warmth coming off of it!

That’s it!! Once the Cement All is cured you are ready to move on!!

How to Use Self Leveling Concrete

I would be lying if I said that we haven’t tried self leveling concrete before. We did, and it wasn’t good. When we were repairing the concrete in Phase 1, there was a huge section that had settled and because we were young and naive (and didn’t know that Cement All would have been perfect for repairing it!), we tried using self leveling concrete to repair it. The problem? It was like Land of the Lost underneath the slab. We went through 5+ bags and if it had been repaired correctly it would’ve been about 1. And then we found out about bond breaker prep the hard way. Like after we had put everything down. 

But guess what? When we used Rapid Set Concrete Leveler, we had exactly ZERO issues. It’s clear that the struggle with round one was in the prepping. Follow the steps in the prepping section of this post to get your floors ready for primer!

Step 1: Prime

Instead of wetting the concrete like we did using Cement All, when we’re using Concrete Leveler, there is a special primer that goes down first. Dump it onto the floor and spread it with a soft bristled brush (deck brushes work super well!)

The primer needs to stay wet for at least 20 minutes, so if it starts to dry before that, just put down another layer. Keep it as even as possible and work out any areas that are puddling.

After your 20 minutes have passed, you can let the primer cure. It needs to dry to a non-tacky finish. If it’s still tacky, it needs more time. Dry primer will be a little darker than the concrete, but not look wet.

Step 2: Set Up

Concrete Leveler has a working window of 30 minutes, meaning after 30 minutes you don’t want to mess with it. So when you’re leveling a large space, set up is key!  We had clean buckets of water ready and waiting, bags opened, and a game plan. I would say from experience that this is a 2 person job. It would be really hard to level a space the size of ours on your own.

Step 3: Mix

Concrete Leveler gets 5 quarts of water/50 lb bag. Measure the water into the bucket first and add the dry material semi-slowly (this prevents splashing) while running the drill. Mix it completely!

Step 4: Pour

Starting at the lowest point in the floor, pour out your mixed Concrete Leveler. Each subsequent bucket gets poured around the outer 1/3 of the wet concrete.

You’re basically laying it in concentric circles that overlap.

Repeat until the whole area is filled!

You don’t have to worry about water curing Concrete Leveler the way you do with Cement All, just let it dry! You can walk on it in 5-ish hours, it reaches a full cure in 24!

Concrete Leveler makes everything flooring related easier. Your flooring will look better (and you won’t have to worry about stress cracking!) It’s going to be a huge game changer in the Merc!

Here’s a quick shopping list if you are doing concrete work!

Rapid Set Cement All

Rapid Set Concrete Leveler

Drill

Leveling Primer

Bucket Scoop

Mixing Paddle

Rubber Float

Trowel

Deck Brush

The post Everything You Need to Know About Leveling and Repairing Concrete Floors appeared first on Vintage Revivals.

You guys know I love a good wall treatment, but I dont know if I have ever loved a wall treatment as much as I love this Fluted wall. It is an absolute labor of love, so settle in because if you are going to DIY this fluted wall treatment you’ve got to have stamina.

Fluting is a type of molding finish where half round, or rounded pieces of molding are repeated over and over. We’ve seen slat walls take the DIY world by storm over the last few years, this is the more refined version of that. Fluted walls/furniture/etc. can pull either very boho and a little 80’s or more traditional like ours. It all depends on how it’s styled and the color of the wall!

If you want to see how this project played out in real time with tips and trick watch this IG Highlight reel!

It’s a texture that you are magnetically pulled to, you cant help but run your hand along it. 

Like I mentioned before, it’s not a hard process, it’s just really tedious-but SUPER worth it!!

How to DIY a Fluted Wall Treatment

You’ll need:

Half Round molding
Pin Nailer
Pin Nails
Measuring Tape
Miter Saw
Level
Pull Saw (if you have windows!)

Where to buy half round molding

Tracking down half round molding is probably going to be the hardest part of this project. Not because it’s hard to find, but because it seems to be sold out everywhere! Home Depot only sells half round trim online, they dont have it in stock (at least not in Utah/Nevada) Ordering online is obviously super easy because it’s shipped directly to your door.

Lowes only has half round trim in store. They dont have an option to purchase it online. You might be able to order mass quantities from the pro desk, I would check!

You guys know I am a Home Depot girl through and through, but we had a quick turnaround on our project, so I drove to Vegas and singlehandedly cleared out 7 stores. Pick your poison depending on your bandwith and project turnaround time. 

How much half round trim will I need to flute a wall?

This my friends is the million dollar question. Well, not million, but definitely a couple thousand. One great thing about buying molding from a large retailer like Home Depot or Lowes is that you can return the left overs. If you want to figure out how much you’ll need, start by taking the total wall width and times it by the width of your molding (ours was 11/16″) Where things can get hairy is adding extra footage to compensate for the ceiling height (our ceiling was 11″ longer than the 8′ trim piece) and subracting the spacing for windows and doors. 

Give me all the geometry type math, but this kind? Nope. So like I said earlier, I cleared out 7 stores. Some had 30 pieces, some had 100. Total I ended up buying 442 pieces, and we used about 400 of them and returned the rest. At $3.92/piece this wall treatment was around $1700. 

You guys know I am ALL ABOUT doing things as inexpensively as possible and I ran through a few different scenarios. Buying full round pieces and ripping them in half, running cut pieces through the router, I even toyed with the idea of reaching out to the company that made our custom molding for our front doors at the Merc. But ultimately, buying precut half rounds was the most inexpensive strategy to get the look I wanted. If you come up with a better option please let me know and I will update this post!!

How to install a fluted wall treatment

One of the hurdles we faced with our walls ended up making the treatment 500% better! The pieces of molding were 8 feet long. Our ceiling height was just over 9′. In order to mask a seam, and not have to putty+sand+curse every single one of the dowels, we added a 4″ horizontal piece that went all the way around the room. This gave our molding something to die into and we were able to mask the seam situation.

And honestly, it makes the space dont you think?!

Because we were making this up as we went, we learned some great lessons along the way! So forgive me if my pictures arent as chronological as my instructions.

Step 1: Set the horizontal trim piece height

First thing we did was set our 4″ horizontal piece. I set it at a height where the off cuts from the molding could be used in a different section of the room (underneath the windows!) With molding that expensive, I was not about to waste it because of a dumb measurement mistake. Of course everyone’s house is different, but my tip for this is to measure down at least 4″ from the top of the door casing.

After we installed the entire lower portion of moulding on the walls and were frustrated and overwhelmed at the thought of custom cutting the entire upper section, Court came up with a genius idea. On this horizontal trim piece, we cut out a corner that the dowels can sit behind so we didnt have to measure them all perfectly! I didnt get a great shot of it, but this screenshot from our Instagram Stories gives you an idea! So if you are doing an upper section, I would HIGHLY recommend doing this, and doing it before you install it on the wall!

Step 2: Level and install the first piece of half round molding 

Once your horizontal piece is installed it’s time to set the first piece of half round. This is SUPER IMPORTANT SO LISTEN UP!! Do not install the molding directly against your door casing/wall unless it is perfectly level. In our case, the casings were not (this will probably be the case in your house too!) So we pulled the first piece off the casing just a little and leveled the half round. If you skip this step, your ENTIRE wall treatment will be crooked. If you have a gap between the molding and the casing/wall I would love to be the first to welcome you into the “no one is going to notice but you” club. And even then, when you paint the wall you wont notice. Trust me on this. Scroll down to the picture below this one, I bet you didnt even notice the gap.

Step 3: Install half round for the next 37 days

Ok not really 37 days, but you are going to be in it for a while. The floors at my MIL’s arent level, so I cut and installed pieces in groups of 10, that way I could adjust as I needed to. I set up a stop on the saw to make them the same and adjusted that as needed. I will say, we had a learning curve trying to figure out the best way to cut the molding.

Here’s why.

The pieces themselves are super long and floppy, and a lot aren’t straight (which doesnt really matter because they are so thin you can straighten them as you are attaching them to the wall). Even using a stop, we had to adjust them manually. 

We also tried marking them with a pencil, which was great but because they had to fit perfectly, Court couldnt cut the ones I marked (I always mark a little short and cut at the end of the mark leaving it on the wood and Court marks it long, removing the mark completely when he cuts). In the end after the first full wall was done Court ended up using a knife to mark and cut the rest of the tall pieces while I installed the pieces around the windows. Is a knife the best technique? Probably not, but you’ll figure out the way that is best for you, I’m sure of it!

To nail the pieces in we used a pin nailer. Pin nailers are different than finish nailers and are an absolute necessity when doing a project like this. The nails that they use look just like a headless pin. They are TINY and leave extremely small holes. We used these for a few reasons, the biggest being that we didnt want to have to fill all of the nail holes. If we used a finish nailer we 100% would’ve had to do that. You can see the pin holes if you look close, but they are not something you’d notice. If you choose, you can absolutely fill them, but we just felt like the time commitment didnt impact the finished product that much.

Step 4: Installing molding around windows

Like I mentioned earlier, I did some math to make sure that our off cuts werent wasted. They fit with room to spare around the windows. We tried a few ways of installing the molding above and below the windows (dumb stuff like measuring and cutting each one by hand) and ultimately found that installing them long and then trimming them off with a flush cut hand saw was miles faster and looked better. 

Step 5: Clean up!

Before it’s time to paint there are a few clean up things that need to happen. In doubtedly if you are putting in 5000 nails, one or two will have misfired. Pull those out. We also filled the nail holes in the horizontal pieces and moved all of the electrical outlets to the face of the molding.

Step 6: Prep for paint

A project like this is the exact type of project that you want to spray instead of roll or brush. The last thing you want is uneven or goopy paint in between the half rounds. The downside with spraying is that there is a huge amount of prep involved, especially in a house that is finished. But like everything else in this project, it is so worth the effort. Our go to gear when we have to tape something off are these pre-taped plastic painter rolls. They are a lot easier to manage than the paper + masking tape situation. We taped off the ceiling, floors, windows, doors, and light fixture. We also used a lot of regular masking tape. It holds stronger than painters tape and makes it easier to tent an entire room. The downside is that it can leave residue and pull up paint if it’s left on for too long. So keep that in mind!

Step 7: Spray Spray Spray

We LOVE our sprayer (it’s this one from Graco!) and use it all the time, you can read about how we use it to paint walls here! Spraying paint has got to be one of the most satisfying DIY projects on the planet. The crazy thing is that it goes super fast, each coat of paint took about 4 minutes to apply! Nuts right? A few hours to prep, and less than 10 to actually paint!

Using the right kind of paint is a big deal, because we were spraying wood and not a drywall surface, we used Sherwin-Williams Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel. You can read why I love it so much here! It’s the ideal paint formula for molding, doors, cabinets, and furniture. The finish I chose is Satin and the color is Sherwin-Williams 2021 Color of the Year Urbane Bronze.

I hope that I havent scared you away with all of the usage of the word tedious in this tutorial, I promise it’s doable and just look at the space! TOTALLY WORTH IT!!

The post DIY Fluted Wall Treatment appeared first on Vintage Revivals.

This post is sponsored by Sherwin-Williams®

Every year Sherwin-Williams predicts what will be the hottest color for the upcoming year, and I’ve been lucky enough to help them announce it for the last 6! We’ve seen everything from bright coral, to almost white, to the perfect navy blue.

This year’s color is sure to hit the moody neutral lovers in all the feels. Sherwin-Williams 2021 Color of the Year is Urbane Bronze SW 7048. It’s a dark, warm brown that has moments of gray and green, and it is FIRE! It’s deep and soothing, and just makes any space look calm and inviting.

For our project this year, we took what was going to be a series of small projects, and in true Vintage Revivals style expanded them until they took over our entire lives. Court super loves it when that happens So here are two fun ways to use the 2021 Color of the Year – one big and one small.

Big: Fluted Statement Wall Treatment

Our first project is a wall treatment that is gaining mega traction in the design space, fluting. Fluting takes a humble half round piece of molding and repeats it until it becomes this insane statement. So insane, that we used literally 5000 pin nails to do this room. Like actually. 5000 nails.

Some of you might remember that my in-laws were building their dream house the same time we were working on phase 1 of the Merc, about 3 years ago. My MIL has great style and when I asked her if we could use her house for this project she enthusiastically agreed.

Her space was super neutral, with Mandi White (my secret formula for the perfect white paint) on the walls and Tricorn Black SW 6258 on the doors. I wanted to update the dining area of the kitchen because nothing about it stood out. With all of the walls in the space being the same color and texture, you just kind of didn’t notice it.

Fluting added texture, and painting the room Urbane Bronze made it the star of the entire house.

I feel like Urbane Bronze is the perfect moody color for those that love a warmer neutral. My go to dark-but-not-black color has always been Iron Ore SW 7069, but I am feeling the winds of change. Urbane Bronze is warm enough that if you are worried about a space feeling too cool or modern sterile vibes, you can throw those out the window. It’s welcoming and statement-making, especially when you use it in a large way.

For this project, we wanted a flawless finish and opted to use our paint sprayer instead of rolling/brushing it. We used Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel in Satin (you can read my post about how life changing this paint formula is here).

One thing that can keep people from using a sprayer is the amount of prep work that can go into it, especially if you are spraying in a space that is already furnished, but believe me when I say, it is worth it. Yes, we may have spent 3+ hours masking everything off but each of the 3 coats only took 5 minutes to spray and they look perfect!! If you haven’t tried spraying paint, it’s worth it!!

You can check out the tutorial for how to flute a wall here!

Small: IKEA Hemnes Dresser Hack

Who in this world doesn’t love a good IKEA hack?! For this project we took a basic 3 drawer Hemnes dresser and updated it with a little bit of trim, new knobs, and paint!

My favorite style of cabinets are recessed doors/drawers with a small piece of trim on the outside edge. It’s what we did in the Merc, and I think it just looks so good!

I’ve got an extensive post on how to paint furniture here, this is awesome if you don’t have a sprayer and you’ll get a smooth finish with a roller! For this project though, we sprayed it, and it took no time at all!

If you’re maybe not 100% committed to painting an entire room Urbane Bronze, a dresser is more your speed.

No matter how you choose to do it, adding Urbane Bronze to your home is a MUST. Especially if you favor neutrals, black and white, and natural wood.

Make sure that if you head to your neighborhood Sherwin-Williams store, you use the coupon below! You can also use it when ordering online. And don’t forget you can get paint chips delivered for free!

The post Sherwin-Williams 2021 Color of the Year Is…. appeared first on Vintage Revivals.

This post is sponsored by GREAT STUFF ^TM

They say that owning a cabin means endless projects. They are correct. Every summer we tackle something at our family cabin (last year it was a 10 day kitchen renovation) this year, our biggest priority was sealing the interior off to critters.

I have childhood trauma of seeing a mouse run across the floor at my family cabin, and we’ve seen evidence of them (you know what kind) at Court’s family cabin sporadically. But this project jumped to the top of the to-do list when we were casually hanging out on the patio and witnessed a full grown rodent run along the base of the wall and right under the door threshold.

Nope. That is not ok.

Upon further examination we were shocked to find that the threshold opens into the cabin like a big fat welcoming gate. As much as I hated thinking about mice, I was so glad that we could see where they were getting in!

I about fell out of my chair when GREAT STUFF^TM  reached out about partnering on a project. I don’t know if there was ever a more serendipitous email. GREAT STUFF^TM to the rescue! We took the creative liberty to update the patio space AND prevent our little unwanted guests.

GREAT STUFF^TM is an insulating foam sealant, It’s an absolute necessity when it comes to any type of project that needs to be sealed. Think air leaks, pests, insulation gaps, if there is a hole, GREAT STUFF^TM is your bestie. They recently launched a new Smart Dispenser that Court is level 10 excited about.

See previously, once you started using GREAT STUFF^TM, you had a small window of time to complete the job before the straw sealed itself off. With their new straw design you can store and reuse GREAT STUFF^TM for an actual month!! (you’ve got to watch the video at the end of this post to see Court’s thoughts on this ) When you are buying it, make sure that you get one with a silver straw and cap, then you’ll know you’re getting the right one!

Now, I wish that I could say that this project went exactly as planned, but where is the fun in that? DIY disasters are waaaaayyyyyy funner to read about.

We thought that this quick porch update would take a day or so, boy was that cute. The entire thing went sideways when my paint color was wrong, but I’m getting ahead of myself…

We started by prepping the gaps for GREAT STUFF^TM by blowing them out with a leaf blower, we were dumbfounded when we put the blower against the baseboard on the inside of the house and dust and debris went flying out of the cracks in the exterior. WHYYYYY?!

After we scraped off the caulk and blew out all of the cracks we could see how truly cavernous the space was.

We taped off the sidewalk with painters tape to make sure that the foam sealant only stuck to the space underneath the threshold and in the crack to the right of the door.

Using GREAT STUFF^TM is as fun as you think it will be. Just make sure you are using protective eyewear, long sleeves, and gloves.

Court said that filling the cracks was (and I quote) “The best thing I’ve done all month.” We learned that it’s better to fill the space quickly without releasing the trigger. If you release it and then start again it’s possible to blow a larger air-pocket into the gap that sometimes doesn’t get filled completely.  The more experience you have under your belt the less likely this is to happen.

After we filled the space under the threshold, we waited about 30 minutes before we filled the gap to the right of the door. Court wanted to see how much the foam had expanded, and test out the new Smart Dispenser.

No surprise that it worked like a charm!

GREAT STUFF^TM needs to cure for at least 8 hours before it can be trimmed, so while we waited I started painting the door.

The plan was to use Ripe Olive (I used it in this bathroom makeover and have loved it ever since!) but as soon as I got it up on the door jamb I knew that it was all wrong. The orange tones in the wood made it look to blue and it reminded me of a phase I went through in middle school where I loved moose decor. Not a great look.

So I went back to the drawing board and brought home a color that is similar to pea green. It was actually not a bad color, the problem was that it was the same tone as the cabin. I needed variation.

Color #3 was the love child of color #1 and color #2. It was SUPER similar to the color already on the door. Which isn’t a bad color, but I wanted to change things up a little.

Color #4 wasn’t great either so I decided to try color #5…Mandi White.

I got about half way done with the door and hated it. At which point I was frustrated, exhausted, and NOT a happy camper. So we decided to head home and regroup. I picked out a new light at Home Depot, and grabbed an old end table to repurpose, as well as my trusty Tricorn Black paint. Now, you might be wondering why we didn’t just paint the door black, it seems like the obvious and awesome choice. Believe me when I say that would have been great if it wasn’t for the fact that the entire wraparound porch and stairs are all dark brown. It would have fought with the existing exterior, and while it would’ve looked good in a cropped photo, that isn’t what we’re going for.

Back at the cabin I started mixing colors and finally came up with the perfect shade of green. Darker than the previous color, and a little muddier, it was awesome. It also didn’t hurt that we power-washed the logs to clean off the red dirt and some of the crumbly orange sealer.

Have you ever seen a more beautiful door?! lol this is real life folks.

With the right color on the door (finally!) and the window trim painted Tricorn Black, I was able to turn my attention back to the GREAT STUFF^TM!

We used a razor blade to slice the excess foam off (like butta). The best part about GREAT STUFF^TM is that it’s paintable! I used 2 different shades of brown that matched some of the color in the stained concrete, as well as a touch of Tricorn Black to disguise the  foam, and it worked better than I could’ve ever hoped! With all of the grief that the door color was giving me, I was grateful that this part of the project was so simple!

With a few decor touches, the space is done and looks awesome!!

I’m not going to lie though, my favorite part is something not a soul will even notice, the Great Stuff that is protecting our cabin from pesky mice. Now I don’t know who Court is going to blame for the middle of the night missing cookies on.

You can find Great Stuff with the new dispenser on Amazon and at your local Lowes!

Watch the video below to see this whole project in real time, with Court commentary and everything.

The post Cabin Porch Makeover appeared first on Vintage Revivals.

If you ask any plant lover what their biggest frustration with plant parenthood you will hear over and over the problems with hanging plants.

Hanging plants look amazing, but man alive can they be hard to water. You know those infomercials where people hilariously struggle to do simple tasks? It’s like that, but it actually happens!! Water running down your arm, overflowing onto the floor, blindly missing the soil. GUYS, THIS IS REAL!

So like any good designer, I took what was frustrating me the most (because I have 5000 hanging plants) and made a project out of it. I needed a way to easily lower the plant to water it (or take it off to soak) that looked incredible and was life changing functional.

This is how our BRAND NEW Modern Plant Pulley came to be!! You can score one or one hundred in the shop right here!!

There are 2 things you need to know.

The design is customizable, and it makes plant care simple.

The best part is that they are completely customizable for your space and aesthetic and we did everything in our power to make it easy for you to install, no DIY skills required!

Included in each Modern Plant Pulley is: 

18′ natural cotton rope with ring
(4) 1.5″ premium maple balls
(3) 2.5″ premium maple balls
Mounting hardware kit

The magic is in the 3 giant balls. They are designed and manufactured (by Court!!) to be used in 3 different ways.

1. Mounted to the wall
2.  Mounted to the ceiling
3. Unmounted

The possibilities for design combos are almost endless!

Inside each ball is a hidden component that the screws from the mounting hardware easily screw into! 

How to hang your Modern Plant Pulley

If you prefer a video walk through of installation, check out this highlight reel on Instagram!

Decide your design!

Do you want two balls on the ceiling and one on the wall?

How about one on the wall, one on the ceiling, and one as a design element on the rope?

Maybe one on the ceiling, and two on the wall?

You can decide what is best for your space, and your plant! Here are some of my favorite ways to hang them!!

Remove the balls from the rope

Slide the rope off of all, but the small ball by the ring (they are removable, but we recommend keeping that one in place!)

How to Mount the Ball on the Ceiling

Tools You’ll Need:

Stud Finder
Drill
1/8″ drill bit
1/2″ drill bit (if you aren’t mounting into a stud)
1/4″ for the blue anchor

The first step is to figure out if you are going to be drilling into a stud. You can use a stud finder to do this, or you can use an 1/8″ drill bit to drill a test hole! 

If you find a stud:

If you have a drill with an adjustable chuck

The easiest and fastest way to put a double ended screw into a stud is with a drill! Just pretend that the screw itself is a drill bit. Tighten the chuck around the screw and drill it into place, stopping when there is about 3/4″ of the screw poking out of the wall.

Then just loosen the chuck and screw the ball onto it!

If you don’t have a drill with an adjustable chuck

Use one of the double ended screws that has a sharp pointed end. (Screw A)

Put the flat end into the ball and twist it until it stops.

Drill a pilot hole into the ceiling with a 1/8″ drill bit

Twist the ball into place until it’s tight and the holes for the rope are facing the correct direction. These screws are long enough that you wont need a drywall anchor, they will go directly into the stud.

Without a stud:

To mount this ball you will use one of the screws without the pointed end (Screw B)

Using a 1/2″ drill bit, drill a hole through the drywall (yes it’s huge, no you wont see it!)

Put one of the flat ends of the screw into the ball and twist it until it stops

On the other end of the screw, thread the butterfly anchor on with the tips pointing downward (toward the ball). Dont thread it on too far (maybe 1/4″ down) or the “wings” wont be able to open up!

Push the butterfly anchor through the hole in the drywall and make sure that it opens. The ball will be loose and wiggly, and you’ll see some of the screw, but it should be secure enough to not pull out. If it does pull out, then the butterfly anchor was threaded too low onto the screw, move it up and try again.

When the anchor is opened up, start twisting the ball while holding slight tension on the anchor (you can do this by gently pulling the ball down while you screw!) the screw will tighten into the anchor and your ball will be tight against the ceiling! Make sure that your holes are facing the right direction!

How to Mount the Ball on a Wall

The first step is to figure out if you are going to be drilling into a stud. You can use a stud finder to do this, or you can use an 1/8″ drill bit to drill a test hole! 

With a stud:

If you have a drill with an adjustable chuck

The easiest and fastest way to put a double ended screw into a stud is with a drill! Just pretend that the screw itself is a drill bit. Tighten the chuck around the screw and drill it into place, stopping when there is about 3/4″ of the screw poking out of the wall.

Then just loosen the chuck and screw the ball onto it!

If you dont have a drill with an adjustable chuck

Use one of the double ended screws that has a sharp pointed end. (Screw A)

Put the flat end into the ball and twist it until it stops.

Drill a pilot hole into the wall with a 1/8″ drill bit

Twist the ball into place until it’s tight and the holes for the rope are facing the correct direction. These screws are long enough that you wont need a drywall anchor, they will go directly into the stud.

Without a stud:

Use one of the double ended screws that has a sharp pointed end. (Screw A)

Put the flat end into the ball and twist it until it stops.

Drill a pilot hole into the wall with a 1/8″ drill bit and set your drywall anchor by gently tapping it into place with a hammer.

Twist the ball into place until it’s tight and the holes for the rope are facing the correct direction. Careful to not over-tighten it! 

Attach the Rope

Once all of your balls are mounted into place, thread the rope through and add one of the small balls.

Set the Perfect Watering Height of the Plant

HOLD THE ROPE!

Hang your plant on the ring (I use S hooks if the planter has a closed loop top!)

Lower the plant to your dream watering height! Mine is just above my waist!!

Mark, hold, or pinch the rope where it is positioned on the lowest large ball. 

Take the plant off the rope.

Move the small ball to that special spot in the rope and tie a knot underneath the small ball. 

Hang the plant again! The small ball should meet the large ball and stop, holding your plant at the perfect watering height!! TA DA!!!

Set the Hanging Height

Using the rope, pull the plant into the spot where you want it to hang. If your plant is heavy, you might want to support the bottom while you raise it up! Everyone loves a supported bottom, am I right?!

When your plant is in the right spot, mark the wall where the small ball + knot are.

Make sure everything is lined up to your liking (you can even use a level to make sure the rope is in a straight line!)

Using the 1/8″ drill bit, drill a pilot hole into the drywall and set the yellow anchor.

Screw the cup hook into the anchor and put the small ball + knot underneath it! This hook holds the plant in the right spot and when it’s time to water you can easily unhook the ball and lower the planter!

Finish it off!

You’ve got a few options for finishing off your pulley!

Option 1: Cut the excess rope underneath your small ball + knot for a super clean vibe.

Option 2: Add the last small ball, and wind up the excess for a floppier, boho vibe (this is what I prefer!!)

I can’t wait to see your configurations!!

Watering You Plant:

When it comes time to water + care for your plant, unhook it from the hook in the wall and lower it until the balls meet! That’s it!!

Questions?! Leave them in the comments below! You can buy a Hanging Plant Pulley here!    

The post How to Hang Our NEW Wooden Ball + Rope Modern Hanging Plant Pulley appeared first on Vintage Revivals.

This weekend I crashed my sister’s house and gave her a quick patio refresh with my friends at Article! Also, how cute is Barry Bear?!

Outdoor furniture is hard, it can get matchy matchy really quickly, which makes it look basic and uninspired. That’s why I love Article outdoor furniture so much. Everything goes, without matching and feels individual and special!!

You might remember last year, we updated the patio at the Granary and used all Article pieces. It is one of my favorite places at the Merc to hang out and entertain!

Every spring I count the minutes until Article launches their new collections, and this year they did not disappoint!! Honestly, everything that Article designs is amazing, and the quality shocks me every time. The furniture that Amy had was destroyed by the unrelenting Las Vegas sun. I’m excited to see how these articles measure up!

For Amy’s patio update, we really embraced the modern desert vibe. We went back and forth on putting in a wire trellis (similar to this one) but ultimately the 10 ft potential of the cacti, and the ease of care, won out. Can you picture how great they are going to look when they are grown in?! GAH!!

Amy and her husband are the best entertainers. They always have people over and need loads of seating. We could’ve done a sectional, but they recently paved a pathway on the side of the house, and flow-wise a sectional just didnt feel right.

I had a hard time deciding between the Sora sofa and the Callias sofa, but I just couldnt stop thinking about that woven cord on the Callais, it is everything!! I love the wide slatted arms, and little shelves. Perfect for plants, blankets, books, drinks, candy (to secretly keep it away from the kids!) The Callais comes in 2 different color variations, white with lighter wood, and taupe with darker wood. I opted for the taupe and dark wood, to balance her light colored house and give some depth to the space!

Speaking of depth, the Callais sofa is super deep, it’s just the kind of couch you want to lay back in on cool summer nights!

The whole world is obsessed with wicker, but living in the hot desert, wicker has a lifespan of my tomato plants. The sun bakes it and turns it into a crispy mess so fast. Article has come up with the perfect solution for wicker lovers, a synthetic wicker that is weather-proof.

It looks like real wicker, feels smooth like leather, and wears like the stuff black boxes on airplanes are made out of. It’s the best of everything. We have the Aeri lounger at our house and they still look brand new. At Amy’s we used the Selka lounger and it’s the perfect size chair!! Large enough to be a comfortable lounger, small enough that it can double as a generously sized dining room chair, and design forward enough that you can use it in any room in your house.

Outdoor dining is a must, especially when you live in a climate like Vegas, it’s basically like having an extra dining room 9 months of the year! The Linden teak dining set is the perfect modern picnic table. The wide slatted natural teak table gives off some serious nostalgia, while the thick round matte black legs make it modern.

One thing that I love about Article is that they give you options to mix and match. We went with the table, and just one bench (of course you can do 2!) and use individual dining chairs to make it more adult friendly. 

Let’s just talk about these chairs. I dont know who at Article design headquarters is so obsessed with cording but I hope it never ever ends!! The Zina Grove Green dining chairs are SO comfortable (as you can imagine!) not to mention the perfect shade of olive green. Just a heads up, like the Svelti they are sold as a pair!

We added some of my favorite inexpensive white Home Depot planters and native plants to green everything up, and it looks so inviting! 

Shop the look:

Callais Sofa

Zina Chair

Linden Dining Set

Selka Lounger

Coffee Table discontinued (Similar)

White Planter Small (13″)

White Planter Large (16″)

Tabletop Planter

The post Easy Outdoor Patio Update with Article appeared first on Vintage Revivals.

This room makeover is sponsored by Sherwin-Williams®

If you would’ve told me a year ago that I would be painting a room greenish brown, with fluorescent yellow and berry purple accents, I would have run away screaming, because that has got to be the worst color combination ON THE PLANET, right!?

Well about that….maybe withhold your judgement until you see the finished space?

Cause that is exactly what I did… And I’m in love.

Inspiration can strike in the most unusual ways. The whole jumping off point for Ivie’s room makeover was a bottle of Rae vitamins at Target. There I was, doing the Target mosey, killing time before I had to talk to my kids again, and BAM! A room makeover just waiting to happen!

The Before

Ivie’s bedroom has had a tiny amount of work done since we moved into the Merc 3 years ago.

Her bathroom wall is one of the most replicated tutorials I’ve ever done, and I love the wooden dowel plant wall, but other than that, it was on a revolving door of random furniture and bedding without an intentional design.

The raw maple floors have THE BEST color and I knew they could handle something dark and ultra-moody without taking the life out of the space.

Using my inspiration, Sherwin-Williams Verde Marrón SW 9124 was the clear winner!! But could I pull it off!? GAHHHH!

Pssst! I always use Emerald® Interior in Matte on my walls! You can read why here!

As someone who professed to hate brown and beige for close to a decade, I think this color is one of the most personally risky design choices I’ve ever made. Even more than using rainbow tile in our laundry room (which I think was the gateway into this true neutral world!). But now I’m converted!

The Reveal

Are you ready to see how her room looks now!?

I am OBSESSED with it!! I am thrilled to have this new door in my heart opened This is one of my most favorite spaces I’ve ever done!!

Verde Marrón literally translates to green brown and depending on who you ask, the color is either green, or brown. I say green, Court and Ive say brown. Either way, I wanted to make sure that even though we were pushing the limits design-wise with the wall color, that the rest of the space felt cool.

Here’s why this space and color combo works:

Natural Wood:

There are a lot of natural elements that make it not feel overly painted or colorful. The rattan light, the cane headboard, the mix of wood tones—there’s something natural every place your eye goes.

Lots of black:

The black door + window (Sherwin-Williams Tricorn Black SW 6258), bedding, and accents might seem counterintuitive when the space already has such a dark color on the walls, but having a heavy dose of black in the space grounds it.

Plants:

I am obsessed with the contrast of plants against the wall color. Doesnt it make the plants look so green and full of life?! 

Punchy Colors in Moderation:

Ok hear me out on this one. I think that one of the reasons I’ve been so against warm neutrals like this is because they can feel boring. I NEED COLOR. So I treated Verde Marrón the same way I would treat a white wall. The accent wall with the quote (you can score a print here!) and the purple Buffalo Bill poster would be punchy on a white wall, but the deep green brown color makes them shine!!

I bought a basic desert print and paint markers and had Ive draw on the glass! Such a fun way to personalize the space! Her art inspo board had a lot of hand drawn pictures like this!

It’s no secret that Mandi White (my favorite white paint formula, get the info here) is my safe zone, and I love that it’s still in there with the wall + ceiling combo around the top of the room. This technique is an easy way to balance a bold color!

Did you know there are a lot of wrong ways to paint?! I have a super comprehensive blog post that goes hand in hand with this one that talks about 9 common painting mistakes and how to fix them here!

I am DYING to know what your thoughts are!! Would you do something like this in your space!? 

The post Ivie’s Moody Boho Bedroom Reveal appeared first on Vintage Revivals.