Shabby Chic; Volume III

sugarwalsh

Just a quick one - DD's birthday coming up, decided to make some of those tissue paper pom poms to hang above the dining table. £1 for 15 shets, made 3 (Kids got involved and accidentally tore a cople of sheets etc!) and they look fab. Off to get some more tomorrow so we can have loads hanging. Well, you are only 5 once!

jumblejack

My latest upcycle....
A TV bench.
Managed to nag hubby into taking off the tv from the wall!! Yay!!!

The bench didn't match the furniture though....

It does now!
http://m.pinterest.com/pin/425168021041973427/

Florenceem

Love this.
I popped in a charity shop and second hand one looking at furniture yesterday. Nothing appealed but then I am in such upheaval - do I need anything else in the house at the moment. Tools everywhere - hall is just usable and garage has more workmen's stuff in. Today they are plaster boarding the kitchen ceiling and working on getting the floor level for tiling. Tiles have yet to arrive!

hmo

jumblejack wrote: »

My latest upcycle....
A TV bench.
Managed to nag hubby into taking off the tv from the wall!! Yay!!!

The bench didn't match the furniture though....

It does now!
http://m.pinterest.com/pin/425168021041973427/

that looks great

Florenceem

No chance of my kitchen being ready yet! The men arrived this morning to find that the floor levelling compound was still wet. They were meant to lay the kitchen floor tiles today and the electrician was booked to come tomorrow. I had the tiles being delivered this morning.
The men were unable to do any work so left and said - ring when the tiles arrive - we will come back to carry them in. They had not been gone long when I got a phone call - so I had to get them back here - 3/4 ton of tiles to carry in the house. So now no progress on the kitchen and the electrician will not be here until Tuesday.
I now have a wet kitchen floor and a hall full of tiles.
The kitchen chap said to me as he left last night - we are on schedule - spoke too soon.
Today.

*niptuckfan*

long time lurker of this thread, so many beautiful pieces, as a total novice to this i starting small. i have some brown wicker baskets i would love to white up like some of you have done, could you please advise what paint you would think would work best? i want these to sit in the conservatory in my new house tia

emma_kate

*niptuckfan* wrote: »

long time lurker of this thread, so many beautiful pieces, as a total novice to this i starting small. i have some brown wicker baskets i would love to white up like some of you have done, could you please advise what paint you would think would work best? i want these to sit in the conservatory in my new house tia

You could try a watered down beigey grey emulsion? One part paint to 3 to 4 parts water. Flood it in with a brush and let it dry.
Or spray paint if you want a 'white' white. Hope this helps.

*niptuckfan*

im undecided lol! i have seen the spray mentioned before and nipped into b&q on way home and they have it!

chalkysoil

chalkysoil wrote: »

my painted wicker

I did these with dulux emulsion and water and a bit of colour to take the edge off the white in the drenching method. Best done outside, my kitchen is still recovering.

hmo

*niptuckfan* wrote: »

long time lurker of this thread, so many beautiful pieces, as a total novice to this i starting small. i have some brown wicker baskets i would love to white up like some of you have done, could you please advise what paint you would think would work best? i want these to sit in the conservatory in my new house tia

when i did the ones i posted a couple of weeks ago i just had a smallish amount of pure white water based paint i had left over from something i just poured some paint into an old plastic tumbler and added a small amout of water just to thin it out a bit and then just brushed it on it wasnt to thick or thin i would say like runny single cream.

i only did one coat and they look so different and didnt used hardly any paint too