Shabby Chic; Volume III

Pooky

Old t-shirts are great cloths to use for waxing. I keep a waxing on and waxing off cloth in a jam jar for each colour wax I use. Saves having lots of cloths thrown away and keeps them nice and moist for next time you need them. (I keep rubber gloves in a separate jam jar for waxing too.

hmo

Pooky wrote: »

I'd go for whatever will give you a bit of weight to the fabric, it's amazing how much cold chill from the window blinds can block, so the thicker the better.

Have popped a couple of sneaky peek photos on my blog, love, love, love the wood.

just had a quick peep its looking good

hmo

jumblejack wrote: »

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they look great well done, ive found a localish shop today that has started selling AS paint so bought a tin of original white to do our two chairs.

Nicnax

Pooky I've been having a browse through your blog and love your dresser makeover. Can I ask what brand of paint you used, the reason being is I've just bought a pine dresser and wanted to paint it in a duck egg blue but haven't come across that colour in a satin paint xx

Pooky

Nicnax wrote: »

Pooky I've been having a browse through your blog and love your dresser makeover. Can I ask what brand of paint you used, the reason being is I've just bought a pine dresser and wanted to paint it in a duck egg blue but haven't come across that colour in a satin paint xx

It was the duck egg satin from H0mebase, it's not showing on their website typically! Covers well but looks more of a baby blue until its dry.

jen1301

Hi, I'm a newbie on this thread but have lurked from time to time and I'm amazed at some your transformations!

Looking for a bit of advice... I bought this chair the other day. It'll be the first time I have tried to 'upcycle' anything.

Where do I start? I'd be grateful for any tips or advice whatsoever Thanks

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Nicnax

Pooky wrote: »

It was the duck egg satin from H0mebase, it's not showing on their website typically! Covers well but looks more of a baby blue until its dry.

Thank you xxx

chalkysoil

jen - is this it? having a bit of a fight with the url thingy

jen1301

chalkysoil wrote: »

jen - is this it? having a bit of a fight with the url thingy

Yeah, that's it :-) sorry, I wasn't sure how else to put the picture up

chalkysoil

it depends what sort of effect you want - if distressed white/cream then clean it up with sugar soap or washing up liquid ( not too wet though) dry it off and I'd give it a coat of water based primer ( eg Wilkos) That gives you a feeling for what it will look like when it's not brown anymore, and if the varnish is going to bleed it'll show up before you get too deep in to a finish. If it doesn't need stain blocking you can paint it with emulsion/chalk paint or whatever you fancy, then wax it and distress it or not. And dress it up with a nice cushion