Comments on: Remodel or Cover it Up? http://greenandcleanmom.org/remodel-or-cover-it-up/ Where Going Green is Sexy, Sassy and Fun. Green living, parenting, organic tips, reviews and more. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:28:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michelle Gudmunsen http://greenandcleanmom.org/remodel-or-cover-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4947 Michelle Gudmunsen Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:03:42 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1321#comment-4947 I read the coolest idea in a home-improvement magazine: Nail some glassless, backless picture frames onto your children's walls at kid height. Let them create beautiful works of art right on their walls inside the frames! Isn't that genius?! Then you can repaint over their art when they have a new inspiration or grow more mature over the years. I thought the same concept could potentially apply to your closet doors. Another idea is to paint and install cork board to the surface for easy change-outs of artwork. You mentioned making collages of their art. Decoupage (sp?) is a fun way to resurface with those bits and pieces. Not sure about the green value of decoupage, but there must be research out there somewhere about it. By the way, I think you have a gorgeous house! (Also, any word from ecoist??) I read the coolest idea in a home-improvement magazine: Nail some glassless, backless picture frames onto your children’s walls at kid height. Let them create beautiful works of art right on their walls inside the frames! Isn’t that genius?! Then you can repaint over their art when they have a new inspiration or grow more mature over the years. I thought the same concept could potentially apply to your closet doors. Another idea is to paint and install cork board to the surface for easy change-outs of artwork. You mentioned making collages of their art. Decoupage (sp?) is a fun way to resurface with those bits and pieces. Not sure about the green value of decoupage, but there must be research out there somewhere about it.

By the way, I think you have a gorgeous house!

(Also, any word from ecoist??)

]]> By: Green & Clean Mom http://greenandcleanmom.org/remodel-or-cover-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4928 Green & Clean Mom Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:25:19 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1321#comment-4928 Anna, I never thought of this. Great suggestions. I have more research to do on the green remodling. Anna,

I never thought of this. Great suggestions. I have more research to do on the green remodling.

]]> By: Anna http://greenandcleanmom.org/remodel-or-cover-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4925 Anna Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:01:51 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1321#comment-4925 Sommer, when you paint the doors make sure there is not alot of layers of paint on them to begin with. (ie do they stick now?) Ask your mother in law if they painted the doors alot. You might cause them to stick. Often times, people paint and paint the door and eventually you can't open them anymore! Ask a hardware person how you would know if there are too many layers of paint on a door. Personally, I think painting walls to give a fresh new color always updates a space. (Kind of like a new hair do.) With alot of low and no voc paints out there, the sky is the limit in the way of color. Changing hardware on your cabinet doors is another great low cost fix. You might be able to find inexpensive ones at a salvage store (or antique salvage one), craig's list or freecycle. Anna www.green-talk.com Sommer, when you paint the doors make sure there is not alot of layers of paint on them to begin with. (ie do they stick now?) Ask your mother in law if they painted the doors alot. You might cause them to stick. Often times, people paint and paint the door and eventually you can’t open them anymore! Ask a hardware person how you would know if there are too many layers of paint on a door.

Personally, I think painting walls to give a fresh new color always updates a space. (Kind of like a new hair do.) With alot of low and no voc paints out there, the sky is the limit in the way of color. Changing hardware on your cabinet doors is another great low cost fix. You might be able to find inexpensive ones at a salvage store (or antique salvage one), craig’s list or freecycle.

Anna http://www.green-talk.com

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