Shabby Chic; Volume III

jumblejack

pollyskettle wrote: »

Thanks hmo - the before worked really well in the kitchen as it was, but won't in the new colours. My old kitchen is in the kitchens thread here somewhere - I'll see if I can find it...(it's half and half at the moment so looks a bit odd, hence not taking new pictures!).

ETA:

Found it! I do love my kitchen in blue and red, but need a change so it's going!

Oh man. That's gorgeous. How can you possibly improve on that!

pollyskettle

Thank you - it is lovely, but it's been like it a while now and I fancy a change. Not changing everything, the wood on the walls will stay cream, just having shift around with the other bits and repainting the blue for a while. I am going to box up all the red bits so I can go back if I want to!

I've got itchy feet and this is second best to actually moving, I think!

chalkysoil

vicsterlou11 -

missmilly wrote: »

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

I've done a dresser in AS Old white. The thing with chalk or emulsion paints is you can put a little bit of poster paint or other emulsion paint in with it and mix well and get the colour you want.

I've also mixed water based silk gloss with other paint but that's harder.

Waxing will change the colour a little bit. Occasionally I mix in a bit of dark wax (no name stuff I was given) in with clear wax to age the furniture more. The shade of white you want is up to you, I spend days angsting over colour charts and my husband says they all look the same white to him!!

sootypea

TiddlyPom wrote: »

jumblejack I absolutely love, love, love the bedcover you made. I so want to do oone but have a feeling that the cat would unpick it as fast as I could sew it!

Hers the link to my blog http://donna-strawberrydream.blogspot.co.uk/

sootypea

hmo wrote: »

i like both the before and the after but the after is so pretty

I like the before and after.

hmo

pollyskettle wrote: »

Thanks hmo - the before worked really well in the kitchen as it was, but won't in the new colours. My old kitchen is in the kitchens thread here somewhere - I'll see if I can find it...(it's half and half at the moment so looks a bit odd, hence not taking new pictures!).

ETA:

Found it! I do love my kitchen in blue and red, but need a change so it's going!

I see now how the red fitted in I think I am drawn to it because I have oak units and white walls and a few little red accents, bunting, a rag wreath, a little Scottie dog I made and my red ninja processor:rotfl:

wilsooon

Pollyskettle - talking of pinterest, I've just pinned your 'old' kitchen cos I love it so!! (Hope that's in line with OS etiquette?????)

Florenceem

jumblejack wrote: »

Oh man. That's gorgeous. How can you possibly improve on that!

I agree - lovely kitchen.
I am having a new kitchen. Had a quote - Magnet +£8k and one from Benchmarx + £6K. Now wondering if might be better to get a carpenter to build a kitchen for me.

hmo

I made this in 2011 it was a plain cork board I covered it in wadding and fabric and added ribbon it's in our daft/sewing room

hmo

hmo wrote: »

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.

just wanted to post this again as don't know if it got missed with the new projects that have been posted today