I found the most awesome blog ever! The blog is www.knockoffwood.blogspot.com. The blog owner, Ana, creates the plans for furniture "knocked off" by Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, Land of Nod, etc. and gives you step by step instructions, down to the cut list you need, to make these pieces. I will say I am fairly crafty, but I have NEVER made anything like this in my life. Other than cutting a few baseboards and hardwood floors, I had never used a compound miter saw before. I did have Lowe's (my most favorite retail store!) do the big cuts for me, only because I didn't have a table saw to work with at the time. I brought that home, started my smaller cuts on the miter saw. I goofed a few cuts. Don't laugh! I told you I wasn't so sure of it. Luckily, Damon got home from work and came to my rescue. I totally could have done it myself but I was just frustrated with myself. You really shouldn't try to read a tape measure upside down-- Not that I know from expirience or anything :) Anyway, we probably had this thing together and stained (Antique Walnut) in 3 hours. If you are interested, this is the Pottery Barn Cameron Book case knock off. If you need some extra storage, try it! And definately check out her site. It RAWKS!
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I have dark wood paneling in my den and want to paint it. Noticed what looked like painted paneling in your picture. Do you have any advice?
My son's room is the only room in the house that still has paneling. It will come down one day, but right now, we just decided to paint it. It's actually the second time it's been painted. We simply primed the walls with latex Kilz and painted it the next day. I used a standard roller (3/8" I think) and Premium Valspar paint. The first color we did was his nursery in a baby blue and it only took one coat. This darker color (Valspar- New Avocado) took 2 coats. It is a bit hard to get the paint in the grooves unless you have a pretty full roller so I opted to paint the grooves with a 1.5" angled brush then went back and rolled the remainder.
It wasn't any harder than any other painting project I've done. I say go for it!
Hi,
I found your blog through Ana's Knock Off Wood blog, and I love the stain color of your bookcase. Can you share how you achieved the color and distressing so well?
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