Shabby Chic; Volume III

littlereen

My x2 layers of primer have yellowed in certain areas - any ideas why this could be? Is the yellow likely to show through the eggshell? It seems to have occurred in the same places - ie the legs. I sanded everything well yesterday, with coarse medium and fine paper so I'm a bit confused!

Bebs

These cushions will be on offer in Lidl on the 23/06 - I think they are really pretty (three types of fabric) and pretty cheap too :j
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/offerdate.htm?offerdate=21894

savingmummy

Bebs they are gorgeous!!! Hope my Lidl sell them (it states they will do) as i have a shabby chic garden coming along with a modern garden furniture set Those will disguise it a bit

I am looking for ideas for my garden any tips or things i could easily so cheaply to add a bit of shabby chic?

Bebs

savingmummy wrote: »

Bebs they are gorgeous!!! Hope my Lidl sell them (it states they will do) as i have a shabby chic garden coming along with a modern garden furniture set Those will disguise it a bit

I am looking for ideas for my garden any tips or things i could easily so cheaply to add a bit of shabby chic?

I have just painted an old bench in buttermilk, it looks soooo nice and very shabby chic - you can have a look on local eBay for one!

hmo

littlereen wrote: »

I've just started painting the dressing table I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Well actually I haven't, I've started on the stool, as I'm too chicken! I've applied one coat of primer, and it looks awful - that's normal right? I want to minimise brush marks - I was planning 2x primer coats and 2x eggshell coats - should I sand between every layer? Or just after both layers of primer and between each of eggshell?

Thanks

in my experience they do look awful untill you have several coats on.

some of mine have had about 4-6 undercoates before i even apply top coat

PinkTiger

another go at posting a pic of my 'George & Mildred' lampshade! my £2 bargain.

any idea what era this would be from?

PinkTiger

OMG it worked at last, now to figure out how to make pics smaller, sorry for the very large pic everyone!

Kaz2904

Oh pinktiger, don't apologise for it being so big. It's lovely

froogs

PinkTiger wrote: »

another go at posting a pic of my 'George & Mildred' lampshade! my £2 bargain.

any idea what era this would be from?

Oh I adore your lampshade!

My mum has my gran's standard lamp and she has promised it will be passed down to me. I'll need a new shade though, the one that is on is like a tapestry and nicotine stained :eek:

danemi1

I do love it when we get piccies - it wets the appetite - thanks peeps x