Shabby Chic; Volume III

annie-c

I have used f & b oil based eggshell on a number of furniture items and it is very durable. Johnstones Trade centres (http://www.johnstonestrade.com/) will colour match f & b shades for you in their own oil based paint which is excellent quality. I am a new convert to trade paints!

Prep is same as for kitchen cabinets, Sand lightly but well to give key. Use oil based undercoat (applied with good quality no bristle loss brush) and then several topcoats, sanding lightly with high grade (at least 180 grit) sandpaper between coats. For oil based leave 24 hours between each coat and preferably 5 days afterwards before use, to allow the paint coats to properly adhere to each other and harden off.

I know oil based paints are not good for the environment but I use them sparingly and justify the use to myself as a trade-off - I am avoiding the purchase of new items with all the production and transport pollution that brings, saving things from landfill and will keep them in my home for a long time to come!

danemi1

Can anyone help - I amtrying to register with shabby chic cafe and it keeps asking me ...On a clock in 24hrs what is midday - I have put 12:00 1200 and 1200 hrs and it just keeps coming back that I have got it wrong - what else can it possibly be????

inspirespirit

danemi1 wrote: »

Can anyone help - I amtrying to register with shabby chic cafe and it keeps asking me ...On a clock in 24hrs what is midday - I have put 12:00 1200 and 1200 hrs and it just keeps coming back that I have got it wrong - what else can it possibly be????

That happened to me. It will eventually give you a different question. I thought I was going nuts. lol.

MrsCrafty

Hi all, haven't done much shabbying for a while but I did make these pretty placemats today. They are very easy and I have a tute on my blog.

pennib

They are so pretty MrsCrafty you should show them of on the sewing thread. Have you made a set of them?

hart44

MrsCrafty wrote: »

Hi all, haven't done much shabbying for a while but I did make these pretty placemats today. They are very easy and I have a tute on my blog.

They are so pretty :T
They remind me of lovely summer days out dining on the patio

anguk

MrsCrafty wrote: »

Hi all, haven't done much shabbying for a while but I did make these pretty placemats today. They are very easy and I have a tute on my blog.

They're so pretty! I can't find your blog for the tutorial?

MrsCrafty

anguk wrote: »

They're so pretty! I can't find your blog for the tutorial?

www.craftingmummy.blogspot.com


there you go.

meames_2

i have these cups! they are huge!!!

MrsCrafty wrote: »

Hi all, haven't done much shabbying for a while but I did make these pretty placemats today. They are very easy and I have a tute on my blog.

hollysmum22

cant wait till tomorrow im collecting all my ebay bargins so i can see what they look like in the flesh and decide what i am dong with them xx also MRSCRAFTY love the placemats