Shabby Chic; Volume III

Hobsons_Choice

Fuddle: congratulations! Those look lovely.

Seakay

Another vote for the Lakeland lubricant (blush!!!) really good for curtain rails as well as furniture

katiecoodle

chalkysoil wrote: »

tara747 20-06-2011, 12:09 PM say this while browsing at random and thought -

omg!
I got one for 50p too last saturday( in New Romney) but I had no idea what it was, or that it was posh! It was in a grimey polythene bag but I liked the look of it.

this thread never ceases to amaze me :T

Sorry to dampen your enthusiasm, but these were given away with a magazine earlier this year. I know because I have got one. Anyway, its not what its worth, its whether you love it and you certainly do. And me too!

alfiecat

hi there am a newbie to this thread, loving the stuff you have all made/transformed. as a newbie i want to start small... i have been given a load of old wooden coathangers that are a nasty yellowy varnish (probably through age - some of them have woolworths 40p stickers on them) i want to transform them into something the white company would charge a fiver for, so should i buy paint or use a spray can and should i varnish them first? help please

chalkysoil

katiecoodle wrote: »

Sorry to dampen your enthusiasm, but these were given away with a magazine earlier this year. I know because I have got one. Anyway, its not what its worth, its whether you love it and you certainly do. And me too!

oh well - at least I don't mind using it! Still, great minds think alike or something!

annie-c

alfiecat wrote: »

hi there am a newbie to this thread, loving the stuff you have all made/transformed. as a newbie i want to start small... i have been given a load of old wooden coathangers that are a nasty yellowy varnish (probably through age - some of them have woolworths 40p stickers on them) i want to transform them into something the white company would charge a fiver for, so should i buy paint or use a spray can and should i varnish them first? help please

They will probably be a lot of hard work to do - spindles and curved pieces are so much harder than flat surfaces to paint. You will need to sand the surface well first to give a key, then undercoat and paint, as for any wooden surface. If you look back through this thread for general tips on painting, then this project requires the same process. Certainly don't varnish over the existing varnish first - that will just make it even harder for the paint to grip.

TBH, I have become allergic to fiddly projects recently - I started painting some curtain poles a while back and they are still half done.

Another less messy alternative is to cover the hangers with padded fabric covers. But painting can be done - and either spray or canned paint will be fine

Hobsons_Choice

alfiecat: I would give them a sand down, undercoat (left-over light coloured emulsion should do it) then paint them cream and maybe a small stencil/decoupage/hand painted motif in the centre? Then varnish with a satin or matt water based varnish (two coats). Would make nice Xmas prezzies.

inspirespirit

This is a pine coffee table that I have recently 'shabbied'. Top was hand sanded and waxed with Annie Sloan's clear wax. Bottom part was painted in Annie Sloan's Wild Ochre. There's an odd shadow appeared on photos that isn't there in real life. dunno why. lol.

inspirespirit

and my project 'to do' that I have just 'won' on ebay and am very excited about. I am thinking of doing it in Annie Sloan's Paris Grey and cream and bringing out the lovely embellishments with Annies Dark Wax. Any other thoughts than that would be welcome.

annie-c

Gorgeous coffee table makeover and wonderful ebay buy!