All New Shabby Chic Thread!

danemi1

vicki - I have just reread my post re your blog - hope it didnt sound cheeky
I so loved seeing the piccies of the renovation which is why I went to hopefully find more on your blog I hope you didnt mind me saying

Anyway it made me think about mine so guess what I have been doing for the last half hour - would love to see more about the house makeover - please share when you get a mo - bet your mother in law is delighted with what you have done so far

Seakay

EllieM wrote: »

Hiya, my first post on this thread and I was after some advice please

I've been given a pine wardrobe that I want to paint/change in some way. It doesn't have a finish/varnish I think it just has a light wax or oil of some sort. Any ideas on how to paint it? I didn't want to paint it a flat colour and wondered about watered down emulsion paint. Anybody done anything similar?

TIA

Are you aiming for a limed look? Where you have a wash of colour but can still see all the grain etc?

I would give the wood a very light sand with a very fine sandpaper, just to make sure that the wood isn't sealed.

Then I would apply oil paint thinned with white spirit - brush on and wipe off or apply with cotton wool - as the more liquid you apply the easier it is to permanently raise the grain, start warping the wood etc so I wouldn't use emulsion thinned with water.
You can use gloss or eggshell or artists oils, diluted until you have the tone that you want. Very little needed.

You can varnish or oil over the top when dry if you want, but using oil paint it isn't vital to protect it, just the wood.

mary-op

I painted a pine dresser base thats now in our lounge (it was a real 'orangey' colour!) I just put a couple of coats of sage green emulsion on -the second coat was 'dry brushed' -just a tiny bit of paint on it then drag it across to give a sort of grainy effect. When it was done I gave it a coat of dark oak wax........sort of 'wipe on-wipe off' job before it was buffed up, so it gave it a sort of aged colour.
Next project is furniture in the spare room.........blanket box, chest of drawers and bedside cupboard.........they're melamine but emulsion worked on the computer desk I've got so fingers crossed it'll work again.;)

Savvy_sewing

mary-op wrote: »

I painted a pine dresser base thats now in our lounge (it was a real 'orangey' colour!) I just put a couple of coats of sage green emulsion on -the second coat was 'dry brushed' -just a tiny bit of paint on it then drag it across to give a sort of grainy effect. When it was done I gave it a coat of dark oak wax........sort of 'wipe on-wipe off' job before it was buffed up, so it gave it a sort of aged colour.
Next project is furniture in the spare room.........blanket box, chest of drawers and bedside cupboard.........they're melamine but emulsion worked on the computer desk I've got so fingers crossed it'll work again.;)

Score the surface of the melamine well, and sanddown so that you have a good key for the paints to adhere too!

mary-op

Thanks...........I did that on computer desk but its been such a while I'd forgotten the necessary bits like that,

Mely

Mooloo wrote: »

Score the surface of the melamine well, and sanddown so that you have a good key for the paints to adhere too!

Hi Mooloo...what would you use to score the melamine with? I have two melamine chests of drawers that i hate, and i would love to paint them:)

euripidesralph

Hi all

I hope you all dont mind me coming out of lurkdom - you have all inspired me so much.

I wanted to show you some of my shabbying - I am very much a starter

first is my rocking chair that I painted and made a patchwork cushion - and to the side is the before pic of my big footstool
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects021.jpg
and the cushion
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects001.jpg

and after I upholstered the footstool
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects035.jpg

just a couple more if thats ok:o
before and after of the small footstool
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects005.jpg
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects036.jpg

and finally the patchwork quilt I made for our bed
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=P3130242.jpg

Hope you all dont mind me showing you these - you all inspired me so much - so thank you all:T

ermmm hope the photos work - first time I have done this:eek::o

xxxx

shirlgirl2004

euripidesralph wrote: »

Hi all

I hope you all dont mind me coming out of lurkdom - you have all inspired me so much.

I wanted to show you some of my shabbying - I am very much a starter

first is my rocking chair that I painted and made a patchwork cushion - and to the side is the before pic of my big footstool
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects021.jpg
and the cushion
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects001.jpg

and after I upholstered the footstool
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects035.jpg

just a couple more if thats ok:o
before and after of the small footstool
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects005.jpg
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects036.jpg

and finally the patchwork quilt I made for our bed
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=P3130242.jpg

Hope you all dont mind me showing you these - you all inspired me so much - so thank you all:T

ermmm hope the photos work - first time I have done this:eek::o

xxxx

You've done really well there. I wish I was as dedicated as you instead of sitting on here looking.

pennib

Here's me back from my travels. Lovely makeovers/houses etc too many too mention :T
Welcome euripidesralph we love to see ALL photos the more the merrier, gives us all inspiration.

Elliem: Welcome to you to sorry I've not done lime look furniture so can't help. I would have just used watered down emulsion but Seakay has put me right!

In one shop that I went into (was semi-posh) they had a couple of painted and re-upholsered dining chairs and the price was £115 (I dont know if that was for both) there was also a wooden dining chair with wrap round arms for £115 in green. So there you are we are all on the right tracks and at a fraction of the price for the same look :T how brill is that:)

LJM

euripidesralph wrote: »

Hi all

I hope you all dont mind me coming out of lurkdom - you have all inspired me so much.

I wanted to show you some of my shabbying - I am very much a starter

first is my rocking chair that I painted and made a patchwork cushion - and to the side is the before pic of my big footstool
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects021.jpg
and the cushion
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects001.jpg

and after I upholstered the footstool
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects035.jpg

just a couple more if thats ok:o
before and after of the small footstool
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects005.jpg
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=Projects036.jpg

and finally the patchwork quilt I made for our bed
http://s893.photobucket.com/albums/ac135/euripidesralph/Shabby%20Chic%20Projects/?action=view&current=P3130242.jpg

Hope you all dont mind me showing you these - you all inspired me so much - so thank you all:T

ermmm hope the photos work - first time I have done this:eek::o

xxxx

great pics i love looking at other peoples work its very inspiring