Shabby Chic; Volume III

hmo

which order do i wax and decoupage/decopatch

do i
paint with AS, then decoupage, then wax

or

paint with AS, wax, then decoupage

I think this is what my dd wants to do now so going off to look for napkins but i want to be prepared for the order of painting etc. mind you weve not got the paint yet

she quite likes AS old white or original, rather than pure white

has anyone used old white either whats the difference please?

missmilly

hmo wrote: »

which order do i wax and decoupage/decopatch

do i
paint with AS, then decoupage, then wax

or

paint with AS, wax, then decoupage

I think this is what my dd wants to do now so going off to look for napkins but i want to be prepared for the order of painting etc. mind you weve not got the paint yet

she quite likes AS old white or original, rather than pure white

has anyone used old white either whats the difference please?

Me again........... I haven't actually decoupaged over wax, but if it were me, I would paint, wax, decoupage (you'll need to varnish over the top of the decoupaged bits to protect), then maybe wax again.

Your DD certainly seems to have a good eye for colour

I use both Old White and Original quite a lot, they are good for mixing with other colours as well as on their own. It's difficult to explain the difference, but they are certainly a lot less stark than your normal white. I find Old White has quite an antique look about it, which I like. I think I actually prefer this to Original, I certainly use it more these days. The bureau I painted recently was Old White with Antoinette on the interior, (pics on here somewhere).

chalkysoil

I've used AS Original and Old White. I think Old White has a tiny bit of grey in it, and Original is slightly warmer.

re decoupage - I've never done napkins over chalk paint, but if I was going to I think I might cut out the wax altogether and go paint paint varnish pva napkin varnish varnish varnish

or not use chalk paint, use emulsion over primer instead?

hmo

she only wants a small section of decoupage maybe along the top rail of the chair

pennib

hmo wrote: »

bought some new bedding from an online store not sure if i can say where details on blog anyway also bout some good quality fitted and flat sheets at dunelm on saturday when we went shopping for dd new things for her room.

so today i made these little hearts to hang on my bed.

HMO I absolutely love these little hearts. The fabric is lush.

Cacran

Has anyone made their own chalky paint and used it?

I found a site that gave instructions of how to make it. If it's any good, it would save lots of money.

chalkysoil

Emma Kate has done loads that looks good, and I've done some on pots, pic frames stuff like that. It looks the same, only time will tell if it falls off!! Pinterest is full of recipes, the most common one is 3 emulsion/1 plaster of paris/1 or less water. But I've used polyfiller and people use tile grout or baking soda.

DIY is miles cheaper, the only thing is ASCP is quite good for pigment. Some of the cheap emulsion paints are not as endowed I've found, and when I've used kid's poster paint to tint it's like soot for the black and I'm going back to acrylic paint from tubes for tinting.

Cacran

chalkysoil wrote: »

Emma Kate has done loads that looks good, and I've done some on pots, pic frames stuff like that. It looks the same, only time will tell if it falls off!! Pinterest is full of recipes, the most common one is 3 emulsion/1 plaster of paris/1 or less water. But I've used polyfiller and people use tile grout or baking soda.

DIY is miles cheaper, the only thing is ASCP is quite good for pigment. Some of the cheap emulsion paints are not as endowed I've found, and when I've used kid's poster paint to tint it's like soot for the black and I'm going back to acrylic paint from tubes for tinting.

I only want to paint white, so would the possible pigment problem be relevant? I bought a pine book stand for £2.45 from e bay. It was better than I'd expected when I saw it, but the pine is quite orangy so thought it would be nice in white. I keep going through this Shabby Chic thread and admiring all the gorgeous things people have made. I have never actually done anything, other than quilting and stuff. I haven't got much to lose if the end results in a mess!

I did do a picture frame up the other day. It was one of those oval dark brown plastic frames. Had it years and it was only from a cheepo shop. I tore an old flowered skirt into ramdom patches. painted the frame with watered down PVA and used the patches, pinting them on with the PVA. It ended up sort of bandaged. I dried it off with hair dryer and it hardened. It looks lovely. I cut a golf butterfly from an old greetings card and used some backing card to mount it on. I wish I could send pictures but am no good with technology.:j

chalkysoil

I would go DIY on the bookcase assuming it's varnished?

does your camera plug in to your pc. If so, what I do is upload pics, then drag them to my desktop so I can find them easily (!)

then upload them in to Imageshack which is free - and easy to use, then use the url from there.

emma_kate

debtfreesomeday wrote: »

Hello, I hope you don't mind me gatecrashing and asking some advice from all you very talented shabby chic-ers...

We are moving soon and need a rectangular dining table to fit in our new kitchen diner, rather than the circular one we currently have. We have a limited budget but I am very creative and would like to attempt my first furniture project. I have seen a lovely shape table and 6 chairs in a charity shop locally for £50, but it is a very dark, almost mahogany colour with a very 'shiny' lacquer or varnish to it. Would it be possible to sand this off or am I expecting miracles? As we don't have a lot of spare cash, does anyone have a rough idea of how much paint and supplies etc of a job this size would cost?

Thanks so much!

It's really hard to say without seeing it. It's probably a lot of lacquer and veneered wood so power sanding could remove the veneer along with the lacquer. It might be better to attempt to paint over it after using ESP.
One can of paint should be enough. The cost of that will depend what kind of paint you want.