1. Stain It Again
Designer: Kirby Foster Hurd of Kirby Home Designs
Location: Edmond, Oklahoma
Project. A new-construction spec home. “We collaborated with the builder, MassaRossa Luxury Homes, who allowed me full design creativity to create a space that would appeal to the masses,” designer Kirby Foster Hurd says.
“Uh-oh” moment. “The entirety of the kitchen cabinets are stain-grade maple wood,” Hurd says. “We created a custom stain by combining various stain colors together to get a light stain color. And we finished the cabinets with a matte finish.
“When I walked in to check in on the staining process, the cabinets were extremely dark. I had a panic moment for sure. We go through a very detailed process of stain samples on the same species of wood we are using in each particular project, so I was absolutely shocked when I saw the kitchen cabinets and how they were not representative of the prior stain sample I reviewed and approved. Unfortunately, the custom stain color had been matched incorrectly at the paint store.”
Solution. “Luckily, we work with very talented painters,” Hurd says. “They sanded the original cabinet color off and we started the whole process over again. Second time was a charm.”
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Designer: Kirby Foster Hurd of Kirby Home Designs
Location: Edmond, Oklahoma
Project. A new-construction spec home. “We collaborated with the builder, MassaRossa Luxury Homes, who allowed me full design creativity to create a space that would appeal to the masses,” designer Kirby Foster Hurd says.
“Uh-oh” moment. “The entirety of the kitchen cabinets are stain-grade maple wood,” Hurd says. “We created a custom stain by combining various stain colors together to get a light stain color. And we finished the cabinets with a matte finish.
“When I walked in to check in on the staining process, the cabinets were extremely dark. I had a panic moment for sure. We go through a very detailed process of stain samples on the same species of wood we are using in each particular project, so I was absolutely shocked when I saw the kitchen cabinets and how they were not representative of the prior stain sample I reviewed and approved. Unfortunately, the custom stain color had been matched incorrectly at the paint store.”
Solution. “Luckily, we work with very talented painters,” Hurd says. “They sanded the original cabinet color off and we started the whole process over again. Second time was a charm.”
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