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Crown Molding Colors

March 13, 2014

I have cherry stained crown molding in my kitchen to match the cabinets. Can I use white crown molding throughout the rest of the house to match the white ceiling? I have 8’ceilings and the kitchen isn’t connected to the rest of the house.

Exterior stucco color coating on a straw bale home.

September 19, 2010

The color stucco coating is peeling off from the exterior walls of our straw bale home. We believe that the color coat was concrete/lime based (not acrylic), applied 11 years ago. Given that we are considering taking the color coat off, what would you recommend we repaint it with? Elastomeric,

Painting Paneling

May 9, 2010

The grooves in my paneling are 2″ apart and I would like to fill them in before painting the paneling but do not want to worry about what I fill them in with to fall out after I have painted the walls. What should I use?