Shabby Chic; Volume III

danemi1

I painted a mahogany unit and it worked a treat

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shoei

As we are having a new kitchen I want to move my dresser into the back hall/utility and paint it, poss white as it is a grey room. I can then display my pretty 'utilitarian' pieces in/on the dresser and put boots etc in the cupboards. I have been thinking of trying some Annie Sloan paint but it needs to stand up to being wipped down as I have a great dane who likes to lean on things!

Will it stand up to this torture or would I be better using F and B or the Crown Period Eggshell?

Any advice welcome.

Thanks
Shoei

chika

shoei wrote: »

As we are having a new kitchen I want to move my dresser into the back hall/utility and paint it, poss white as it is a grey room. I can then display my pretty 'utilitarian' pieces in/on the dresser and put boots etc in the cupboards. I have been thinking of trying some Annie Sloan paint but it needs to stand up to being wipped down as I have a great dane who likes to lean on things!

Will it stand up to this torture or would I be better using F and B or the Crown Period Eggshell?

Any advice welcome.

Thanks
Shoei

I think the Annie Sloan paint would be ine if you waxed it. Apparently that makes it quite tough. I'm thinking of doing my dark dresser in this too - just trying to find a local stockist because I don't want to pay the postage!

MrsMoo2U

Daft question I know ladies but if I am refurbishing a lampshade (putting LA material over the current material) what is the best fixative. Would I be able to use PVA?

this is something I havent done before but I recall somebody (maybe bibbity) doing it on here

Evie1007

I had a brown wooden wardrobe and chests of brown drawers.
Decided to revamp so wallpapered fronts with toning Toile du Jouye wallpaper, then varnished clear. 24 drawer knobs sprayed with gold paint. Also wallpapered two small corner ottomons to match,
and decided to add a few cherubs - ebay brilliant for this.
Also spray painted crystal drop lamp and central ceiling light,
very cost effective but new look. Bought some cubes for storage
and am wallpapering outside and edging with gold (acrylic paint). Recovered stool in matching fabric (ebay again).
Economical way of revamping a bedroom and looks good.:T:T

Evie1007

You can get MDF paint>

miss_emmajane

danemi1 wrote: »

I painted a mahogany unit and it worked a treat

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That looks gorgeous! x

Spendaholic_Chick

Help! I bought a pine bedside cabinet which someone had badly painted white, so I lightly sanded it and put a very thin coat of satin paint on this morning. When I've come to check on it, it looks really thick and not nice at all...I couldn't have made the coat any thinner....what now?

chalkysoil

MrsMoo2U wrote: »

Daft question I know ladies but if I am refurbishing a lampshade (putting LA material over the current material) what is the best fixative. Would I be able to use PVA?

this is something I havent done before but I recall somebody (maybe bibbity) doing it on here

have a look at post 1759 & 1296 (never tried anything like that myself)

chalkysoil

Evie1007 wrote: »

You can get MDF paint>

I bought a can of plastikote spray MDF paint in 99p stores ... pale green. Can't say how good it is because I used it to spray a black metal candelabra stick. Which it was excellent for. May not last for ever but it doesn't get a lot of wear & tear.
I got the idea from a link to a link in this thread, which is a big inspiration for me Thanks posters.