Shabby Chic; Volume III

peaceandfreedom

chalkysoil wrote: »

But all the stuff I'm painting is old junk so I'm not worried if I have a massive failure, if it was important it might be worth reading the Dulux site advice or B&Qs on paint.

Thanks for the info. It would be impossible for my kitchen to look any worse than it already does. I'll have a think and see, definitely don't want to spend too much money so I might give the cheap stuff a go and see what happens.

chalkysoil

I knocked the back out of some of my kitchen units ( which were 2nd hand in the 80's) which made them 2" deeper and I painted the back wall. Then I removed the coving and plinths(kick board) and we put pine drawer fronts on magnetic clips instead of the kick board - great small places for tins & trays.
I painted the underneath of the wall cupboards ( which had gone from white to dark creamy yellow) in white cupboard paint. No one sees it except me but it made me feel better!
The kitchen is still old and shabby but I was really chuffed when a visitor said "wow have you had the House Doctor in here"

Also I was lucky and got some light blue gingham pattern fablon RTC in Wilkos a few years back and covered some of the inside shelves with it.

peaceandfreedom

chalkysoil wrote: »

I knocked the back out of some of my kitchen units ( which were 2nd hand in the 80's) which made them 2" deeper and I painted the back wall. Then I removed the coving and plinths(kick board) and we put pine drawer fronts on magnetic clips instead of the kick board - great small places for tins & trays.
I painted the underneath of the wall cupboards ( which had gone from white to dark creamy yellow) in white cupboard paint. No one sees it except me but it made me feel better!
The kitchen is still old and shabby but I was really chuffed when a visitor said "wow have you had the House Doctor in here"

Also I was lucky and got some light blue gingham pattern fablon RTC in Wilkos a few years back and covered some of the inside shelves with it.

Wow, these are some great ideas - this is exactly the sort of thing I will need to do with our kitchen. Thanks so much. :T

Kevie192

I painted the melamine kitchen cupboard fronts in our old house... On the advice of someone on here I used 'international wipe on primer' which you just wipe over with a rag and it gives a rough surface to paint on. I then used International Tile Paint which is really hardy and it looked much better in the end

Kevin x

peaceandfreedom

Kevie192 wrote: »

I painted the melamine kitchen cupboard fronts in our old house... On the advice of someone on here I used 'international wipe on primer' which you just wipe over with a rag and it gives a rough surface to paint on. I then used International Tile Paint which is really hardy and it looked much better in the end
Kevin x

Thanks - lots of ideas, I think I'll have to try things out - I have an old drawer-front made of the same stuff as the cupboards so I will experiment on that.

I'm beginning to think that maybe I can do a good enough job so that when I invite people into the kitchen, I don't automatically apologise about its shabbiness first.

meames_2

Hi, Just thought I would show you the Homestead flowery collection in dunhelm mill

http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/homestead-collection-tablecloth-201935

Its a bit like the Cath Kidston spray flowers cotton duck pattern

http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/p-13581-cath-kidston-spray-flowers-cotton-duck.aspx

Now the Cath Kidston is £20 a metre, which would have worked out at £80, So I got 2 table cloths and some header tape and now have the curtains I wanted! (ok not quite but near enough)

chika

Just finished a new shabby makeover... Haven't done anything for ages but I love this. It just wont fit in the right space

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diluvsdiscounts

fluffybunny wrote: »

saw these and thought of all the shabby chics out there...

Cupcake worktop saver. was £7.99 now £2.99 @ Argos
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002951&langId=-1&searchTerms=8428866

cupcake tea cosy - was £6.99 now £1.79
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002951&langId=-1&searchTerms=1220755

Thanks but I wish you hadn't shared it haha.

hmo

chika wrote: »

Just finished a new shabby makeover... Haven't done anything for ages but I love this. It just wont fit in the right space

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After

that looks fab well done

maman

chalkysoil wrote: »

Also I was lucky and got some light blue gingham pattern fablon RTC in Wilkos a few years back and covered some of the inside shelves with it.

Thanks for that. I'd forgotten Fablon on shelves! I'm going to look for some if it's only for where the jars and sauces are. I've got some plastic sheeting stuff from Ikea at the moment and it's rubbish as it won't stay put.

I've successfuly painted kitchen cupboards too. Didn't use any special paint but it worked fine and gave old units a new lease of life. I had a 'tired' white kitchen and painted the doors in two shades of yellow (doors had a sort of raised border around them). I found the easiest thing was to remove a couple of doors at a time and paint them horizontal (propped up on cans) then I could paint right to the edges with no missing bits or runs.

P.S. Lovely dressing table hmo.