Shabby Chic; Volume III

hmo

I bout these Un painted draws and painted them in eggshell even with buying paint I saved £20 instead of buying them already painted white





My daughter has asked if I will decoupage the knobs in cath kidston so need to buy some napkins now

elaine373

chalkysoil wrote: »

it will depend on what kind of wood your dresser is made of and it's finish eg waxed or varnished - have you got a pic?

Dark oak, varnished. Old charm type style. Will put a pic up tomorrow if I can clear the unit.:rotfl::rotfl:

cattysmum

I have just finished my first project all be it very small, a little coffee table that was a nasty shiny manufactured mahogany, sugar soaped it down painted in hm chalk paint off white and waxed in briwax. Only thing is I havnt got the hang of the waxing yet and I can see where I have waxed, (went in little circles with a lint free cloth) anything I have done wrong?? i left wax on overnight to dry and gone over with clean cloth this morning but can still see little circles where I have rubbed wax in.

hmo

Hi does anyone know if you can decoupage with tissues?

my daughter wants the knobs on the draws i painted decoupaging with cath kidston but we couldn't find the napkins in the design we wanted so bought a packet of tissues instead just in case.

do you think it will work or not, should i just look on line for the napkins instead.

tru

Not sure if printer paper is too thick for the job, but you could print off one of THESE

missmilly

hmo wrote: »

Hi does anyone know if you can decoupage with tissues?

my daughter wants the knobs on the draws i painted decoupaging with cath kidston but we couldn't find the napkins in the design we wanted so bought a packet of tissues instead just in case.

do you think it will work or not, should i just look on line for the napkins instead.

I have decoupaged very successfully with both Cath Kidston tissues, and napkins, and to be quite honest there really isn't any difference between them as far as I'm concerned. I have also printed images onto tissue paper (attached to printer paper with tape) and used this.

Do go ahead and give it a go, I was really pleased with the drawer knobs I did, I think you'll find them on my Pinterest boards somewhere.

Hope this helps, and good luck

hmo

missmilly wrote: »

I have decoupaged very successfully with both Cath Kidston tissues, and napkins, and to be quite honest there really isn't any difference between them as far as I'm concerned. I have also printed images onto tissue paper (attached to printer paper with tape) and used this.

Do go ahead and give it a go, I was really pleased with the drawer knobs I did, I think you'll find them on my Pinterest boards somewhere.

Hope this helps, and good luck

Hi thanks the fabric she wants is called rose and in the bedding/ wallpaper I believe they call it antique rose its quite a big design but we couldn't find napkins so she picked up rose lattice which is a small design and probably better suited to cover knobs but just not sure if the two ranges will work together I will go and try and find your Pinterest board though

missmilly

hmo wrote: »

I will go and try and find your Pinterest board though

Here it is...

http://pinterest.com/missmilly1/my-hand-painted-furniture-and-projects/

hmo

Just realised I follow your boards found your draws you have the same design as we have bought it looks nice

Downsizing__for_sanity

missmilly wrote: »

Here it is...

http://pinterest.com/missmilly1/my-hand-painted-furniture-and-projects/

Beautiful. Your stuff looks wonderful and just the inspiration I need for the cedarwood blanket box that I don't like, but is "too useful/expensive" to throw out!

Ellie
DFS