Shabby Chic; Volume III

chalkysoil

click on the user's name in this thread and if they have a blog you can click on it from there. I don;t Emma kate does.

Or go to the pinterest and search shabby chic and click on pics and click again to go back to where they came from. (some don't go anywhere much but others go to blogs)
I'll have a look in a minute just got to upload my S & S for the week

http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=chalk+paint+tutorial search results for chalk paint tutorial

here's a link to my pinterest shabby board http://pinterest.com/chalkysoil/shabby/

http://thedecoratedhouse.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/secret-tutorial-painting-turquoise.html
http://thedecoratedhouse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/chalk-paint-blues-distressed-waxed.html

http://mariedebelll.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/fabric-magic-with-annie-sloan-chalk.html

Florenceem

jumblejack wrote: »

My latest upcycle project that I've kind of finished other than waxing. Started it yesterday and 'finished' tonight.

Will wax at some future date!

http://pinterest.com/pin/425168021041478420/

You are knocking out projects JJ. It looks great - are you putting ordinary beeswax on then the dark wax? Where did you get the plaster of Paris please?

chalkysoil

Florenceem wrote: »

What paint and varnish did you use plus any photos please?

I primed two with Wilkos primer, and one was done with a vile oil based primer months ago , it took so long to dry I'd moved on.

Then Annie Sloan chalk paint, then Wilkos clear matt quick dry varnish for interior wood, (as I have a tin on the go and want to use it up before the tin lid finally won't shut again). The frames are pretty plain and uninteresting but they fill a space and cover the cracks!

this one was gloss black where the cream is now and had a different print in it originally.


this one was brown shiny varnish



this one was brown varnished wood, it hung in the kitchen for years and was then in a pile of projects.

jumblejack

Plaster of Paris is from The Range. 2.5 kilo box for £5.99.

Bargain! Should last me years!!

I'm using clear beeswax on the top. I've not tried the dark wax on top before so am looking forward to some new experimentation!!

emma_kate

TiddlyPom wrote: »

If it's not against the rules, I understand some of you have blogs and I would love to be directed towards them please? I currently have fee subscriptions to many of these type of blogs but find it hard to track down UK-based ones. Any (little) knowledge I have has all been gleaned from Blogs so I am great fan of them.

Click on the persons name in any post and click on their homepage if they have one. That takes you to their blog or facebook page. On my sidebar of my blog is a list of my favourite blogs, most of which are from the UK. Happy blog reading!

hmo

could someone give me some advice my husband wanted me to give this away to his parents as our house is new and modern but i love to hear it chime.



so i want to paint it with AS chalk paint, what colour should i use?
also would a 100ml tester pot be enough?

its in my hall which is all white with cream floor tiles with a black tile border so any colour could be used but as i have never used AS before i need help choosing a colour.

lobbyludd

hello, loving a lot of the projects here, and have been very happily painting various pieces of furniture for years in chalk paint or egshell, but I have a piece of furniture that i'd like to restore from when someone (not me) had made a horrible attempt at partially painting the inside in lime green (it's a vintage oak baristers bookcase, and whilst I love painted furniture, this has not been enhanced by the paintwork).

they had partially covered the inside-back in wallpaper and painted in just emulsion, I think, but it's very old, discoloured and has dried very solid, with drips onto the bits that they hadn't painted. I've removed the bits that were papered and the lovely wood underneath is perfect, but have no idea how to remove the ?water -based paint (I've tested some of the wallpaper and it doesn't dissolve in any of the any of the organic solvents that I have: white spirit/turps/meths) but it doesn't disolve in just water or water and mild detergent.

Other than sanding - which would be a pain as the back is oak tongue and groove - has anyone got any tips? I thought if anyone knew - you lot would!

vicsterlou11

vicsterlou11 wrote: »

hi all...

i have read through a few posts and wanted to just check something out......

i have a bookcase that i currently working on, i decided to use DIMITY but once it arrived i decided that i would save that for something else as i want to keep the bookcase white.

What is the best white paint to use that will still look good once i have sanded here and there to make it shabby?

hope i am making sense?

thanks

vickie

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hi all sorry to mither you all just wondering if anyone can offer any advice on white white to use?

thank u
x

missmilly

vicsterlou11 wrote: »

hi all sorry to mither you all just wondering if anyone can offer any advice on white white to use?

thank u
x

It really depends on how 'white' you want it to be if you know what I mean. I have just painted pine kitchen chairs in F&B House White and I really like it, it's not a stark white, more sort of ivory, I have also used F&B New White which is slightly creamier than House White.

If you were to use Annie Sloan, Old White looks lovely when shabbied and distressed in my opinion.

Hope this helps you to decide, and good luck

emma_kate

emma_kate wrote: »

Any white paint (apart from budget paints) will do but emulsion will require further protection with wax or varnish. Eggshell (oil based or water based) will not. It all depends on the sheen you're hoping to achieve. I would avoid oil based white gloss like the plague! It ain't what it used to be and yellows very fast. You can get a Dulux water based gloss whish is far better and stays white! But gloss is not used for shabby chiccing really.

I did reply!