Shabby Chic; Volume III

Pooky

After using a chalky finish on some furniture I do wonder how difficult it would be on walls, the texture doesn't lend itself to being wiped down very easily and I'd imagine I'd would attract a lot of dust. I sound like my mother now!

Didn't realise so many people were in Kent, I'm just around the other side of the White cliffs from you Crafty, village in the mist.

pollyskettle

Florenceem wrote: »

While shopping today - I saw 1829 paint. I think it was chalky emulsion - can someone tell me anything about it please?

It's what I'm using in my kitchen - the walls are the chalky emulsion and the paneling in the acrylic eggshell, which I am also transforming the cupboard doors with.

It's a lovely paint to use - one of the nicest in fact. I'm finding I need 3 coats on the cupboards, but only 2 on the paneling and walls (and the walls are a mid blue at the moment - not easy to paint over!). I could probably get away with 2 on the cupboards, but I'm being super-careful and super-grip undercoating twice and then sanding properly between coats, and then using 3 coats of matt varnish over the top - they have to stand up to quite a bit of abuse so I'm taking a belt and braces approach! It's a slow job but only because I am making it so I think. The paint dries very quickly, even though it says to leave 4 hours between coats I didn't on the walls, but I am on the cupboards.

The colours are lovely. I will post a pic when I'm done, but it may be a while, I'm about half way though the cupboards at the moment and I'm out of paint til next week.

I've also used the 1829 acrylic eggshell on a mirror frame (I think there may be a picture on the thread already, I'm not sure), the ikea drawers (definitely a pic here somewhere!) and something else, I forget what. It definitely goes a long way!

My parents used the 1829 on their kitchen, dining room and snug walls years ago and it's standing up well. Theirs isn't the kind of furniture you would paint, so we haven't tried it on furniture.

I would heartily recommend it. I've never used ASCP so can't compare it to that, but I think it's wonderful!

ukmaggie45

Florenceem wrote: »

I feel all tiled out after today - went in B&Q, Topps Tiles, Tile Giant, Homebase + Wickes.

LOL, I remember how I felt like that when we were choosing tiles for bathroom and the downstairs shower room! In the end we went to a small local tile shop for the downstairs shower room - it's so small (just room for shower, tiny wash basin and toilet, it's more a corridor than a room!) that we couldn't find anything that felt right to us in the big sheds. Not even in the really good one where we finally bought the bathroom tiles.

The nice thing about the local guy was he had very different stuff to everyone else. Some of it incredibly expensive - I was lusting after the Doulton ones that looked Victorian for our front porch, but in the end just couldn't justify spending so much money on a room that basically you just walk straight through! In fact we quite often sit out there in the winter if it's sunny, the solar gain is just incredible - reached 92F one day last week when we had sun most of the day! So maybe it could have been worth, but we got ceramic tiles that look like rusty slate, and they look pretty good, and were a helluva lot cheaper.

In the end we plumped for *very* big plain white tiles for the shower room, with a run of 3 rows of brightly coloured glass mosaic tiles that look rather like those boiled fruit sweets just above the level of the wash basin. Makes the most of the small amount of light that comes in from the rather small window. In fact it's one of my favourite rooms in the house! :rotfl:

Hope you manage to find some tiles you like Florenceem! And remember we want photos when you're done! :beer:

Surbybird

I've gone and done it! I've made my own chalk paint!

I picked up a writing bureau from Freecycle a couple of weeks ago and I plan to use it to stash all my craft materials in to keep them off the floor in the lounge. It's probably 1950s so not really ornate but nice and functional.

I've used Dulux Almond White to paint it with, and I got a roll of beautiful wallpaper in the clearance section at Homebase (£5, reduced from £18.99) which I am going to paper the inside with.

There will be before and after pics but for now, I am quite pleased with the first coat.

The only problem is that I am supposed to be working this weekend so am now behind with my proper job.

Oops!

Kate

Florenceem

jumblejack wrote: »

I had a tester pot from B&Q
Incredible paint with amazing coverage. A little goes a LONG way!

Did you use as is - or in your chalk paint mix?

Florenceem

Pooky wrote: »

After using a chalky finish on some furniture I do wonder how difficult it would be on walls, the texture doesn't lend itself to being wiped down very easily and I'd imagine I'd would attract a lot of dust. I sound like my mother now!

Didn't realise so many people were in Kent, I'm just around the other side of the White cliffs from you Crafty, village in the mist.

One of the reasons the rough texture walls have to go is the dust collects on them. I am all for less housework/dust.

Florenceem

pollyskettle wrote: »

It's what I'm using in my kitchen - the walls are the chalky emulsion and the paneling in the acrylic eggshell, which I am also transforming the cupboard doors with.

It's a lovely paint to use - one of the nicest in fact. I'm finding I need 3 coats on the cupboards, but only 2 on the paneling and walls (and the walls are a mid blue at the moment - not easy to paint over!). I could probably get away with 2 on the cupboards, but I'm being super-careful and super-grip undercoating twice and then sanding properly between coats, and then using 3 coats of matt varnish over the top - they have to stand up to quite a bit of abuse so I'm taking a belt and braces approach! It's a slow job but only because I am making it so I think. The paint dries very quickly, even though it says to leave 4 hours between coats I didn't on the walls, but I am on the cupboards.

The colours are lovely. I will post a pic when I'm done, but it may be a while, I'm about half way though the cupboards at the moment and I'm out of paint til next week.

I've also used the 1829 acrylic eggshell on a mirror frame (I think there may be a picture on the thread already, I'm not sure), the ikea drawers (definitely a pic here somewhere!) and something else, I forget what. It definitely goes a long way!

My parents used the 1829 on their kitchen, dining room and snug walls years ago and it's standing up well. Theirs isn't the kind of furniture you would paint, so we haven't tried it on furniture.

I would heartily recommend it. I've never used ASCP so can't compare it to that, but I think it's wonderful!

I can't remember the paint prices from yesterday so don't know which is the most expensive - AS, F&B or 1829.

Florenceem

emma_kate wrote: »

Oh yes you can! My skanky green doors are not solid either. Your mouldings are glued and panel pinned and the panel pins really just hold it together til the glue dries. Doors are flipping expensive and then you need to get them fitted.
Mouldings work out cheaper and keep your doors out of landfill!
I wrote a piece on my blog about doing this.

http://paintedstyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/green-door.html

Thank you SO much for this post - really helps me. I would have to get a handyman to do the mouldings. There is a chap at Church who does some joinery work. Any idea how much the mouldings cost per door?

Florenceem

emma_kate wrote: »

Oh yes you can! My skanky green doors are not solid either. Your mouldings are glued and panel pinned and the panel pins really just hold it together til the glue dries. Doors are flipping expensive and then you need to get them fitted.
Mouldings work out cheaper and keep your doors out of landfill!
I wrote a piece on my blog about doing this.

http://paintedstyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/green-door.html

Forgot to say - round my way - could keep the doors out of landfill. Just stick them outside and some one will take them. They will take most stuff in this area!

Florenceem

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

LOL, I remember how I felt like that when we were choosing tiles for bathroom and the downstairs shower room! In the end we went to a small local tile shop for the downstairs shower room - it's so small (just room for shower, tiny wash basin and toilet, it's more a corridor than a room!) that we couldn't find anything that felt right to us in the big sheds. Not even in the really good one where we finally bought the bathroom tiles.

The nice thing about the local guy was he had very different stuff to everyone else. Some of it incredibly expensive - I was lusting after the Doulton ones that looked Victorian for our front porch, but in the end just couldn't justify spending so much money on a room that basically you just walk straight through! In fact we quite often sit out there in the winter if it's sunny, the solar gain is just incredible - reached 92F one day last week when we had sun most of the day! So maybe it could have been worth, but we got ceramic tiles that look like rusty slate, and they look pretty good, and were a helluva lot cheaper.

In the end we plumped for *very* big plain white tiles for the shower room, with a run of 3 rows of brightly coloured glass mosaic tiles that look rather like those boiled fruit sweets just above the level of the wash basin. Makes the most of the small amount of light that comes in from the rather small window. In fact it's one of my favourite rooms in the house! :rotfl:

Hope you manage to find some tiles you like Florenceem! And remember we want photos when you're done! :beer:

Chap in one of the tile places yesterday told me to opt for bigger wall tiles in the bathroom as it makes the room seem larger. I was just thinking of the 6 inch square size.
There will be lots of photos - you are all being so helpful - want to share the journey. Getting excited about the renovations now rather than fearful.