Shabby Chic; Volume III

steve_2012

emg wrote: »

Are you planning to sell it or look at it? Furniture generally depreciates in value (unless you are buying collectable antiques). I would think of the spend more in terms of 'is it worth spending that amount to make me smile everytime I look at it?' and also how much it would cost to buy a ready-painted piece from new. I would spend £40 on a duvet cover or a pair of shoes that wouldnt be looked at as often or last half as long as a done up piece of furniture.

TEAM WIFE lol!

the item is too keep, its current value is £60 to £80, new around £150 to £170.
it just seems a bit mad to buy F+B, primer etc and make a hash of it.
id sooner do some junk shop jobs x5 or so first and then be confident in how good of a job i can do.
i am a floor and wall (domestic only now) tiler and have been for the past 36 years and im extremely fussy as to the finished standard of my work, obsessively so.
this type of hobby/job is a bit of a quandary for me as perfect is not really the name of the game and i do like perfection or at least be doing it correctly.
i had been thinking of doing this type of thing for some time, just as a hobby that pays for itself but all of a sudden the wife decides you can paint this :eek:
but for me you learn too walk before running.

steve_2012

has anyone any experience of this product.
http://www.autentico-chalk-paint.co.uk/

steve_2012

i found this site http://salvagedinspirations.com/best-homemade-chalk-paint-recipes/
as i was wondering why plaster of paris was being used.
after reading this i found this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500g-Calcium-Carbonate-Powder-garden-poultry-animals-/380301912266
so now i am wondering why the chalk method is not being suggested over plaster of paris.

emma_kate

steve_2012 wrote: »

thanks emma kate and seakay.
so am i right in now assuming that any half decent matt emulsion is okay too use "on small value jobs" and that F+B is good and probably a better emulsion but "a label" and over priced.
for a harder wearing finish or difficult to prep jobs you would move onto acrylic eggshell or maybe annie sloans chalk paint.
i realise that just scratches the surface but is that the very basic jist of it or have just wasted a saturday

I wouldn't call F& B a better emulsion. (Unless you're talking about their 'modern emulsion' on walls which is totally fab). It's just got super trendy colours that people love and know so if I was doing an expensive piece and selling for in excess of £500 I might use that. It's no better than Wilkinsons in terms of coverage etc. You're paying for the name.
Chalk paint isn't easy for the novice as it gets dry and clumpy and you have to be careful on large flat areas. I'd only use that on waxed pine. But others on here use it on everything.
I often use emulsion without priming especially if I'm going to distress.
ASCP isn't harder wearing.
Just start small and you'll soon pick it up.

emma_kate

steve_2012 wrote: »

i found this site http://salvagedinspirations.com/best-homemade-chalk-paint-recipes/
as i was wondering why plaster of paris was being used.
after reading this i found this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500g-Calcium-Carbonate-Powder-garden-poultry-animals-/380301912266
so now i am wondering why the chalk method is not being suggested over plaster of paris.

Plaster of paris adds extra adhesion. I can't see the others adding that. Calcium carbonate will just thicken it as far as I can see and God only knows what the other will do. But you are relying on the adhesion of the emulsion with those. POP is my favourite. There are lots of recipes on the internet. Some with un sanded grout too. Might be more up your street as a tiler?

emma_kate

steve_2012 wrote: »

ive recently decorated and have several emulsions and some bathroom emulsions all in various shades of what i call magnolias although there creams light to dark, some are wilko, some dulux.
im now off too a large booty too find a few small projects.
i didnt select the wilco primer too link as they only had 750ml ones @ about £8 http://www.wilko.com/wood+metal-paint/wilko-quick-dry-primer-and-undercoat-white-750ml/invt/0188965?VBMST=white%20primer so i thought it was a bit on the dear side.
my problem is i tend to go too deep into things and only like to do the real deal, im going to have to stand back a little and practice a bit first.
also the wife is driving me bloody mad about F+B oxford stone which her friend has used on a telephone table type of thing (very similar too the one in your pic) that she gave the wife and she want a match on a large ish set of drawers that are in the hall currently in sealed pine (not waxed i dont think).
i just dont see the point on buying £40 F+B, primer etc etc on a piece currently worth £60 to £80 as it is and potentially making it worth less.
im still working on the wife, as of course she is doing too me :mad:

Why not do the large chest of drawers after you've had a bash at other things with cheaper paint? You will learn so much along the way with little things. Then you can decide if you're ready to splash out on F&B. I guess value doesn't come into it if it's for your home. Matching what you've got and keeping the wife happy are more important, but I'd do other bits first as practice pieces.

Seakay

steve_2012 wrote: »

has anyone any experience of this product.
http://www.autentico-chalk-paint.co.uk/

yes, quite a few.
Here are the references:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search.php?searchid=146050057


Dulux are doing 3 matchpots for a £1 in most places at the moment if you want to get some cheap paint to practice with

lostinrates

Anyone done any shabby chic with house exteriors? We find ourselves in an accidental position and undecided.


We have an exterior brick wall at the back of our house which has historically been painted between two rendered walls. Originally when decorating we planned to repaint the brick wall to match the renders.

We now find we like the distressed and abandoned flakey paint look, and its similar to the render colours but its broken up by an area of 'new' reclaimed bricks which rather ruins the 'shabby' impact. It's too late to sandblast the rest of the paint off the brick work I think (new doors painted and put in). We're undecided whether to leave as is, try and get some more paint off the divide between old. I can put a picture up but its very messy there ATM.....so will ask lots of forgiveness for the state of it....




The distressed paint looks good, IMo, then there is the solid paint, then very clean new wall. (All on brick...plan is for all render to be clean!) The patchwork of all the finishes on the brink looks less great.




So shabby chic peeps...what would you do? Soften out the densely painted bit and leave the new bit as new perhaps? How?

Cazo1

Hi everyone...been ages since I've been on here, been manically busy :0) Just looked through the updated projects...fab!!
I've been using home made chalk paint for over a year now, with great success...although I have to say, I hate using the clear wax...works ok for me on small areas, but large ones, can be patchy most of the time :0( So on table tops I was using clear water based varnish ( I decoupage a lot of small table tops ) Just recently I made up a batch of my own chalk paint using silk emulsion and painted pieces with 1 or 2 coats of that and finished off with a final coat of the paint straight from the tin....I love the end result....no need for wax or varnish! I have just finished painting all of our mexican pine furniture (the heavy old original stuff) and I bought the paint, came home and brushed some on a table leg to make sure I liked the colour. I noticed it seemed to cover well, so tried painting a complete piece (no sanding, or undercoat) and it went on like a dream! Most pieces took 2 coats, some places needed three....the end result has been really pleasing...I am able to wipe down the table top with a damp cloth, milk has been spilt on it, and no marks left....best of all I used just a half of a 2.5 litre tin so the room make over cost me £5! (the paint was £20 per tin, but on offer bogof) I did a dresser, a tall single cabinet,a side board, console table, fire surround, tv cabinet and a small single unit....hubby sanded down all of the tops, so I only painted a few of those....the paint I used was Crown Breath Easy Mid Sheen emulsion...needless to say I have stocked up on it :0)

Florenceem

steve_2012 wrote: »

ive recently decorated and have several emulsions and some bathroom emulsions all in various shades of what i call magnolias although there creams light to dark, some are wilko, some dulux.
im now off too a large booty too find a few small projects.
i didnt select the wilco primer too link as they only had 750ml ones @ about £8 http://www.wilko.com/wood+metal-paint/wilko-quick-dry-primer-and-undercoat-white-750ml/invt/0188965?VBMST=white%20primer so i thought it was a bit on the dear side.
my problem is i tend to go too deep into things and only like to do the real deal, im going to have to stand back a little and practice a bit first.
also the wife is driving me bloody mad about F+B oxford stone which her friend has used on a telephone table type of thing (very similar too the one in your pic) that she gave the wife and she want a match on a large ish set of drawers that are in the hall currently in sealed pine (not waxed i dont think).
i just dont see the point on buying £40 F+B, primer etc etc on a piece currently worth £60 to £80 as it is and potentially making it worth less.
im still working on the wife, as of course she is doing too me :mad:

I bought F&B for my kitchen at Homebase when it was 20% off. So it cost £31 - still a lot but love the colour and look.