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Style Files
Floor paint
is great for
February furniture, as
it stands up
well to wear
ROLL WITH IT
EDITOR DIY and tear
PROJECT: Turn an antique chair into a task chair
MATERIALS: 4 cup casters with screws, semi-gloss
floor paint, fine sandpaper
1. CHOOSE A 2.UPDATE IT 3.SECURE
HANDSOME WITH A COAT CASTERS TO
CHAIR OF PAINT EACH LEG
This Victorian stick- While many A lot of antique
and-ball corner antiques look best furniture tends to
MEG CROSSLEY chair has loads left scuffed and be small in scale;
Senior Editor more character scarred, this chair adding casters to
than a brand new was an unfortunate the legs gives it a
rolling chair and gold colour and bit more height
moves comfortably the original ruched and makes it easier
from desk to dining seat was in tatters. to move around.
room to living I replaced the seat I like the brass cup
room. I snapped it with inexpensive casters from Lee
up at a flea market burlap strapping Valley, which come
in upstate New and refreshed the square and round
York, but any stylish frame with black in 1" to 1-¼" sizes,
vintage or antique semi-gloss floor and have a lovely
chair will do. paint. tailored look.

COOL TOOL HOT IMPORT
Phone It In

iPhone apps make home decisions a snap.
DECORATE ON THE GO MAKE GREAT FOOD FAST
Try: Mark On Call Try: Jamie Oliver’s 20
Snap and file photos of items Minute Meals
and finishes while shopping, Over 50 recipes that can be
track your budget and create searched by name or type,
accurate floor plans in which an easy way to add ingredients
you can input and move to a shopping list and step-by-
furniture. Cost: $3 step photos and videos of Jamie
demonstrating cooking skills
GET DIY SUPPLIES means you can finally cut out
Try: Drywall Calculator take-out. Cost: $8
Take your home down to
the studs, then easily calculate CHOOSE THE BEST WINE
the total square footage of Try: Food & Wine Matcher
drywall needed, odd slopes Created by wine expert and
and all. The number of 4' x 8' H&H contributor Natalie Be Mine
drywall sheets needed is MacLean, it pairs wine, beer,
displayed, with the option cocktails and even coffee with
to change the length of the nearly 1,000 different foods, British newcomer Deadgood’s
sheets. Cost: $1 including beef, chicken, fish FIND THE PERFECT PAINT charming LOVE COLLECTION Text by Kimberley Brown (cool tool)/Photography by Stacey Brandford (Editor DIY)
and pasta dishes, cheese, Try: Ben Color Capture and has design fans swooning.
BECOME ECO SAVVY dessert, salads and Asian ColorSnap Handcrafted in solid oak, the
Try: Go Green cuisine — all while you’re Upload or take a photo of
Offers a new green tip every browsing the liquor store anything you like the colour of range includes a heart-shaped
time you click on the app and aisles. Cost: $3 and match it to a paint shade by bevelled mirror, an upholstered
organizes them into a personal Benjamin Moore (Color Capture) armchair and loveseat sweetened
“green list.” Tips are helpful and or Sherwin-Williams (ColorSnap).
chock-full of who-knew facts Browse coordinating shade with a cluster of heart-shaped
like, “Washing clothes in cold suggestions and save palettes. buttons, and a console table
water eliminates 2 lb. of CO2 Cost: Free with heart-shaped leg joints.
per load.” Cost: Free Available at the iTunes App store. Available online at deadgoodltd.co.uk.

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