All New Shabby Chic Thread!

;ove the 50s unit, and the wallpaper in the drawer is a lovely touch.

Bexbex, I'm in the process of paintng my kitchen cupboards from dark to cream using the kitchen cupboard paint. I cleaned, sanded and washed again, I used a tiny bit of nailvarnish remover to get rid of any grease too, well it helps with my manicure so I thought why not lol!

I'm putting a bit of wallpaper behind my glass doors.

Look forward to seeing your transformation. If you did the units a pastel colour the worktop might complement it without replacing it - just a thought.

ohh thanks for all the ideas
I'm going paint shopping soon.

My only problem with the glass doors are they have horrible lead stuff stuck to them and it can't be removed so whatever I put in the back of them the lead will still be on there...
The floor and tiles are all terracotta so what colour do you think I should paint the walls? At the minute they're white(ish) lol

I've been looking at this webpge for some ideas, I love how they have done up their house
http://www.younghouselove.com/photo-gallery-2/

xxxx

bexbex wrote: »

Hi everyone!
I amplanning to paint the cupboards with wickes cupbard paint and the mexican pine unit I will paint also.

Bex - I painted my Mexican pine sideboard and was really pleased with it. I also took out the studs and changed the handles. I have (hopefully) inserted a picture below. I didnt take a before pic but it was exactly the same style as your unit. The only thing I wish I had done differently was put a coat of primer on before I started painting as in some places the knots in the wood underneath have stained the paint. I will just touch them up but wish I had sealed them first!

Emuchops wrote: »

Which type of paint would you recommend?

Essex Girl-you said you used emulsion on your chairs, followed by F & B tester in String-was that emulsion too? In my Homebase all the F & B (and other brands) testers are emulsion only. Some of you use eggshell, some satin, some waterbased, some oil based. Can anyone give me a few pointers?
Thanks

I used Laura Ashly eggshell emulsion on my table. It looks fine but has knocked really easily, it could just be having 2 young children in the house or that I didn't leave it 7 days to harden as per the instructions. It does say that it is for walls and wood. Some LA is on sale in Homebase. I got ivory which is a very pale almost white cream. I prefer the F&B waterbased eggshell (I think not emulsion) I bought which went on much easier.

emg wrote: »

Bex - I painted my Mexican pine sideboard and was really pleased with it. I also took out the studs and changed the handles. I have (hopefully) inserted a picture below. I didnt take a before pic but it was exactly the same style as your unit. The only thing I wish I had done differently was put a coat of primer on before I started painting as in some places the knots in the wood underneath have stained the paint. I will just touch them up but wish I had sealed them first!

wow I love this! My mum has the same unit in her livingroom so I can see what it looked like before you painted it. How long did it take you?
xx