Shabby Chic; Volume III

emma_kate

It goes a bit shiny so it loses its chalky look. You wouldn't use wax if you were making a chalk board but for furniture its better protected. I even wax picture frames and mirror frames because I like the look of it. You can also add age with coloured wax. I like Liberons beeswax with turpentine in antique pine for this purpose. The turpentine seems to make the colour sink into the paint and stain it.

chalkysoil

Back from Asda and straight over to my painted things! The glass jar is dry now and has a mildly gritty feel, and a few tiny white lumps are on it. The paint has stuck very well, but I can scratch it off with a finger nail.
The earthenware pot has a plant in it now! The black plastic pots (which are outdoor pots but I'm giving my new lavender a nuturing from any frost) are also holding well. I'm going to use this recipe to paint some huge outdoor plastic pots, the slightly gritty texture will suit them.

And I'll try some other recipes for mixing, I think I rushed it. Still, the polyfilla is free to me so worth using up.

It occured to me next time I fill a crack in the wall maybe I should mix some colour in it to help it blend with the wall paint.

hermum

Wow busy people today, in your paint labs. It sounds as though nothing was safe today.

chalkysoil

went in The Range today - bought some vinyl oilcloth in blue gingham, £1.90 a metre. Some others at the same price or a bit more. Going to line some kitchen drawers with it and make some small table cloths for the garden furniture.

chalkysoil

gorgeous and tidy too


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Alison_Funnell

This may have been asked before so please forgive me if it has.

I like shabby chic BUT have a lot of animals all but one are either black haired or dark haired. Also as they are cats they climb.

So hear are my questions, how truly practical for cleaning are the painted furniture and is there any way to make fabrics more durable/washable/stainproof?

Thanks.

PS Chalky - I am off to the Range! My blue and white kitchen/diner needs a new table covering. Thanks.

emma_kate

I covered a table for the garden with some of that oilcloth last year and I turned the table upside down and wrapped the oilcloth round the top and staple gunned it to the underside of the table which looked great!
If you were needing to wash your furniture I would paint with something more robust like oil based gloss or eggshell as it would be far more durable than chalk paint.

chalkysoil

the trouble is the furniture is new and oiled, oil spots are even showing through an undercoat of chalk paint. I'm hoping it will age gracefully into shabby through being outside. If it doesn't I don't care too much, our outside is very ramshackle.

Bibbitybob

My last post has disappeared, but here's a pic of my new office for anyone who's interested...

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Bibbitybob

Alison_Funnell wrote: »

This may have been asked before so please forgive me if it has.

I like shabby chic BUT have a lot of animals all but one are either black haired or dark haired. Also as they are cats they climb.

So hear are my questions, how truly practical for cleaning are the painted furniture and is there any way to make fabrics more durable/washable/stainproof?

Thanks.

PS Chalky - I am off to the Range! My blue and white kitchen/diner needs a new table covering. Thanks.

My kitty cat is black, long haired (urgh, not good with cream carpets & pale sofa!). I find furniture withstands her very well - as long as chalk paint is waxed it's easily wipe clean. I'm lucky that she doesn't scratch furniture (except my Laura Ashley sofa, little swine :eek:) but jumping on things doesn't seem to mark them.