Shabby Chic; Volume III

inspirespirit

jcr16 wrote: »

yippeee i've finally done my dresser.

some of you may remember last april ( yes april 2010 !!!!) i bought a horrible orange pine dresser for about £20- £25 pounds and i had planned to get it painted really quick. well things didn't work as planned and i then kept putting it off. we then had work done in house and it meant no room for it in kitchen. so it went into dining room.

well on thursday my eldest two were out and youngest was asleep i thought i'm gonna get on with it. I spent about £20 on paints and bits and an afternoon of work and it is done. ( i'd previously sanded the top a few weeks )

it went from this.


to this in an afternoon



i also made a little felt heart to hang on the door.

all i did was used suger soap wipes all over it, then i put 3 coats of dulux primer on, then once dry i used white cotton emulsion paint and i will finish it off with a satin paint next week in the same colour. the knobs were old ones from our kitchen which i suger soap wiped over and then used a quick drying eggshell blue paint.

i love it, and so does hubby. it looks alot better than how it did before. i'm so pleased i finally got round to it.

really lovely. did you not sand the doors and drawers?

jcr16

Nope I didn't. I was going to use the international easy sand Product but my local b and q don't have it any more. So I found a primer which goes on painted or varnished surfaces making them ready for a fresh coat of paint. The sugar soap wipes removed so much grime and gave it a good base for the primer.

princessfufu

I thought I would share my 'shabby chic' room which started off with the chest of drawers I posted a couple of days ago. I did the rocking chair recently too. I am lucky in that I live in a rennovation project so I get to finish eash room once my DH has finished doing all the 'donkey work'! This room was origionally an attic. Hope you like PFF X

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MrsMoo2U

That is gorgeous Princess I love the bedspread too

inspirespirit

Beautiful Princessfufu. I too love your bedspread, it's gorgeous.

I have been researching and apparently if you use Annie Sloan paint you don't have to sand or prime the furniture first !!! Has anyone used this paint please. I have a load of projects to do and not rubbing down and priming first would be fabulous.

princessfufu

Thank you inspire. I have just been looking at Annie Sloan paint and read a blog on it here http://www.fromtherightbank.com/2011/05/painting-the-sideboard-with-annie-sloan-chalk-paint/ - looks very good. Can't seem to find a stockist local to me nor the price of it (which I imagine is quite expensive). I wonder if anyone else does a version?

maman

Just thought I'd post as it may help someone. They've got some great gingham tea towels in Primark for £1.20 each. They're deep pink or blue. I don't have a use for them personally (although I'm thinking really hard;)) but they were a good cotton and would make ideal shoe bags, bunting, cushions or you could even use them as .....teatowels.

lucylema

Hi, I found some gorgeous fabric stuffed in a cupboard over the weekend and I thought Hey I would love to make bunting but I can't sew very well and have no idea where to start.... Any of you fab shabby chicekers have any advice for me.

hermum

princessfufu wrote: »

Thank you inspire. I have just been looking at Annie Sloan paint and read a blog on it here http://www.fromtherightbank.com/2011/05/painting-the-sideboard-with-annie-sloan-chalk-paint/ - looks very good. Can't seem to find a stockist local to me nor the price of it (which I imagine is quite expensive). I wonder if anyone else does a version?

There's a stockist near me but it's an antique/design shop, so I would imagine that it's very expensive.
It could work out as a good buy though if you don't need to sand or prime.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Annie-Sloan-Paint-1-Litre-Pots-/320675039180?pt=UK_DIY_Material_Paint_Varnish_MJ&hash=item4aa9b8c7cc#ht_5445wt_905

It seems that £16.95 is the price per 1 litre pot.
On her stockists page there are a few that have websites, get a cup of tea,
http://www.anniesloan.com/acatalog/Stockists.html
& Drool, how wonderful to work in a shop full of such beautiful things all day every day. I'd even work nights.

inspirespirit

16.95 is a similar price to F & B, and will negate the need for sanding/priming. I'm going to get some and give it a go.