Naughty Pine
September 28th, 2011 § 3 Comments
I didn’t think I would ever perform a google search for the term “knotty pine,” or as I more commonly think of it, naughty pine, but certain recent developments, which shall reveal themselves in greater detail later, have had me on a mission to figure out how to make knotty pine look not so naughty.
Normally I love all design components from the 1950s-60s, but knotty pine is one element I would be happy to leave in the midcentury. Don’t get me wrong, in a log cabin or other woodland retreat, I would welcome the rustic look no questions asked. But for some reason it is just not a look that says, “Hello, an urban Austinite lives here.”
The knotty pine kitchen from Mad Men
The knotty pine kitchen on Mad Men is probably the only room from the show I didn’t want to emulate. But I guess when you embrace the midcentury look you must embrace it all.
Fortunately, the great beast we call Internet had a few suggestions that gave me hope for a knotty pine kitchen.
Knotty pine brought up to date
Bright colors lighten up a knotty pine pallet
A midcentury kitchen
And that will pretty much do it for the knotty pine spaces I can aspire to. I haven’t written it off yet, but let’s consider knotty pine on probation.
These are not awful. I especially like the first update pictured. That last turquoise one looks EXACTLY like a house we looked at last year (when house hunting) complete with original colorful appliances.
it’s not bad if you work with it, but if you don’t like it couldn’t you just get a sander and go to town with some prime and paint?
[...] smells good. It is a far cry from the original. Despite at first HATING the knotty pine (and blogging about it here) I ultimately decided to keep it. One reason for keeping the O.G. cabinets is to salvage [...]