Shabby Chic; Volume III

hmo

they look fab.

ive just read an article in a mag and they sprayed a chair using rustoleum

save-a-holic

OMG! They are GORGEOUS!!!! Do you have the instructions on how to make them?? (Please Please Pleeeeeeeeeaaase) I would LOVE some of those!!! :j

pennib wrote: »

Lu72. Have a look around H'base or B*Q for spray paints or alternatively I've used car paint spray which comes in a wide range of colours.

Here is my shabby chic roses, made from paper



Mixed in with some real flowers

pennib

There are loads of different, helpful paper flower tutorials on Youtube. I mixed and matched the tutorials to how I liked them. Have a browse and I'm sure you will find something that suits you.

Pooky

Gorgeous Pennib - as all your stuff is!:T

luxor4t

Lu72 wrote: »

Hi all

I've just purchased an old lloyd loom chair as a project for an upholstery course I'm about to do. The paint work is very rough and I would like to repaint it, before I do the upholstery. I seem to remember seeing someone on TV paint one with spray paint but I can't find any info on Google. Does anyone have any suggestions/advice as to what sort of paint to use?

Thanks

I use watered down emulsion (so it looks like single cream) and build up layers over a few days. I've always been disappointed by spray painting lloyd loom - I struggle to keep it even and the spray is expensive.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26189760@N08/4900187409/in/photostream

beautiful_ravens

I found one of these in my shed -
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XJNIIkAaL.jpg

What could I do with it? Im suspicious of using wood as a drainer for washing up, and mine is raw wood. What else could I do with/to it?

Thrifty_Sister

beautiful_ravens wrote: »

I found one of these in my shed -
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XJNIIkAaL.jpg

What could I do with it? Im suspicious of using wood as a drainer for washing up, and mine is raw wood. What else could I do with/to it?

Could you cut the legs off the bottom (on pic on the left) paint & use as a plate rack IYSWIM. Or in the kitchen for nic nacs etc

pennib

A magazine rack with dvds or something on bottom shelf?

Lu72

Thanks for all the advice. I'm going to have a go at using watered down emulsion as suggested by Luxor4t. The picture of your chair is fab. I feel a bit nervous about using spray paint! I will post some before and after pics soon.

luxor4t

This one was done with watered down paint too. It takes several coats and there's all the drying time but doesn't clog the weave as thicker paint can do - also, it's very MSE as you can use up left over paints.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26189760@N08/3569430581/in/photostream/