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So, I painted the walls this rich purple, which I love, but, now what? I'm dizzy trying to figure out what else this room needs and which of the pieces I have I should keep or chuck. We love the fireplace, the chandelier, our corner cupboard and the new piano. I have considered doing a rug under the dining room table, re-doing the mantle display, culling the china display down, getting some different art for the walls and tweaking the color scheme to make sure the purple comes off as lavish and not overwhelming and loud. I need serious help. Any ideas?

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A friend of mine did these drawings - using Japanese calligraphy paint brushes. using that as inspiration, i took a sheet of MDF, my trusty Dremel router and a pint of black paint to create the above... found the kanji symbols online (cant remember what they mean but they were power words of one form or another) drew them on the MDF and went to town.
for the paint treatment, i tried to do a crackled finish using white glue & a blow dryer that didn't work quite right but i left it there anyway . then went in with gold paint for the kanji symbols - the picture is self is surface mounted under a sheet of plexi