Shabby Chic; Volume III

emma_kate

K9sandFelines wrote: »

Can anybody tell me if there is such a thing that i can buy to spray my breadbin and biscuit tin a different colour, that won't chip off? I don't want to do it if it will look a worse mess. They are black currently, and i want to change them to red. Also where sells Dylon for the machine these days, supermarkets?Wilkos?
Thanks[/QUOTE

Spray paint will do the job. You might want to mask off the rim that goes under the lid so you don't affect the closing of the tin?
Yes you can get Dylon from Wilkos. (And spray paint too.)

K9sandFelines

emma_kate wrote: »

K9sandFelines wrote: »

Can anybody tell me if there is such a thing that i can buy to spray my breadbin and biscuit tin a different colour, that won't chip off? I don't want to do it if it will look a worse mess. They are black currently, and i want to change them to red. Also where sells Dylon for the machine these days, supermarkets?Wilkos?
Thanks[/QUOTE

Spray paint will do the job. You might want to mask off the rim that goes under the lid so you don't affect the closing of the tin?
Yes you can get Dylon from Wilkos. (And spray paint too.)

Thanks for such a quick reply. I will look out for that when next on my travels. I have been looking for a thread like this for ages and kept typing in upcycling. I am rubbish at all things creative, but having seen what transformations can come about from things of otherwise no use, i'm in awe.

hmo

i think you can use annie sloan chalk paint on metal too, i am assuming your bin is metal?

or spray paint from b&q too think its called plastikote, it may be more expensive than the wilkos one

hmo

ok i have a dumb question about hanging knic knaks all the furniture in my house is solid wood light oak and all with the same style handles as you can see here on my kitchen cabinets



the sideboard and dresser in the kitchen have the same style handles and so do my bathroom cabinets, so as you can see by the style i dont have anything to hang anything off, hope that makes sense.

so how can add add pretty shabby hearts, decoration etc you all seem to have knobs on your furniture that you can hang stuff off.

any ideas i dont really want to be screwing cup hooks into the furniture how do you get round this problem if you have the same style handles?

thanks

emg

You could always put a little panel pin or upside down sticky hook on the inside of the door/drawer front so that the thing hangs on the outside but it is hooked on the inside (does that make sense? See this pin... http://pinterest.com/pin/241857442460950265/ ). I have also seen some over door hooks made for kitchen doors, in Lakeland I think. They do one for hanging teatowels on.

Edited to add - you have a really good amount of space between the top of your cupboards and the ceiling. Have you thought of putting some pretty cake tins or casserole dishes along there to display them. Or even some of those fabric-lined baskets. You could hang little decorations from them too.

hmo

hi yes i thought recently about baskets up there i have two complete sides so loads of space i was wondering about maybe trying to pick up some baskets from a car boot sale but we dont have many round here so just waiting for some good weather to see any spring up.

good idea about putting a hook on the inside of the draw or cupboard didnt think of that i like command hooks they seem to be the only one that stays in place so will have to try and pick some of those up too.

thanks

chalkysoil

I have so much junk in my kitchen I could do an entire boot fair with it - it gets quite greasy by the end of the year on top of the cupboards, so I've lined the tops with photocopier paper, some people use wax paper sheets. And for my numerous crocks I've put paper inside them where possible to save effort when washing them. I've got a picture of a cow on top of the cupboards too.
On another shelf I've got old tins and a scale, and some plate racks with old plates etc. And some plants. And glass bottles ...

emma_kate

Productive day!
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Florenceem

emma_kate wrote: »

Well, you have to take the door off, measure and draw all over it, cut your molding, glue and pin, then ideally you let it dry before you caulk the next day. It takes me the best part of a day to do both sides.
My measurements are; 9 cm in from either side, 9 cm gap in the middle vertically (so 4.5 cm either side of the centre line)
16 cm in from the top and bottom, with an 18 cm gap horizontally in the middle (so 9 cm either side of the horizontal centre line). This has worked on all my doors although they're all subtly different sizes. Our house is a 1960 house.
Once you've caulked you need to let that dry for another 24 hours before you paint. I know caulk sometimes says you can paint sooner but it's always cracked if I do this! You'll need to prime the untreated moldings, then a coat or two of undercoat before you gloss.

So you take off the door and put the panelling on one side - do you have to leave it to dry before doing the other side?

emma_kate

After:


This was 1 tin of F&B sample paint and 3 tins of water, mixed in an old washing up bowl. (Had to paint the inside of the pantry door too!)