Shabby Chic; Volume III

emma_kate

I think it was Engish designer Rachel Ashwell who started it all. (Or coined the phrase.) She's California based and I think she rose to fame after being regularly featured on the Oprah Winfrey show.

Oh, I didn't see your link! Perhaps she wasn't the first then!

Pooky

Finally finished my 50's chair, very pleased with it. (pics in the usual place)

I'm now wondering what to do next.

DH keeps telling me we don't need any more furniture....but surely there's room for one more dresser?

hmo

Pooky wrote: »

Finally finished my 50's chair, very pleased with it. (pics in the usual place)

I'm now wondering what to do next.

DH keeps telling me we don't need any more furniture....but surely there's room for one more dresser?

You chair looks great and so inventive doing it in different fabrics.

I recovered a winged arm chair once it must be about 20+ years ago its a chair that's never sat in it was a challenge to recover I remember, but its in my bedroom now and I want to bring it downstairs and put it in my sun room but need to recover it as I don't really like the fabric I chose all those years ago so one day when I can face it I may bring myself to pull it all part and re do it

Florenceem

Love the chair. I think it is the same style as one at Mil's flat.

DollyDabbler

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if anyone has a few suggestions please give post them.
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what about something like this

http://vintageprairiestyle.blogspot.ca/2013/09/the-bohemian.html

or

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151647546186543.1073741836.287222826542&type=3

Catriona_P

Hi guys, I know strictly speaking this isn't really in the 'spirit' of the thread but I'm struggling with this and could use some advice.

I'm trying to strip the paint from the wooden fireplace in our bedroom - it's coated in some very thick red paint (no idea what type but its tough as nails). The original floorboards were also the same colour when we moved in and last year we had them sanded back to their proper colour - the guy we hired to do it said it's not wood paint as had a very hard time trying to get it off.

The pic below is yesterday's work - two layers of paint stripper followed by using a scraper and a bit of metal wool and water. Took me hours and it looks like I've barely touched it! Although I've had more success on the top as the upper layer has almost completely come off there.

Any suggestions for how to get the rest of this paint off? I'd rather not use too much stripper as I'm worried about damaging the wood underneath, but by the end of yesterday I was reduced to peeling bits away with my fingers!

Catriona_P

By the way Steve that last picture of the curvy table is exactly the style I'm after for my hall. Would you mind me asking where you got it?

chalkysoil

you could try heat on the paint. There are special paint gun thingies you can hire, but you could try on a lower corner with a gas lighter or something to see if it reacts. My front door gets full sun and everything I've tried on it peels off.

emma_kate

I was going to suggest the same. You might want to do a test for lead paint first. You can buy kits. You don't want roasted lead fumes up your nose.

tiff

Catriona_P wrote: »

Hi guys, I know strictly speaking this isn't really in the 'spirit' of the thread but I'm struggling with this and could use some advice.

I'm trying to strip the paint from the wooden fireplace in our bedroom - it's coated in some very thick red paint (no idea what type but its tough as nails). The original floorboards were also the same colour when we moved in and last year we had them sanded back to their proper colour - the guy we hired to do it said it's not wood paint as had a very hard time trying to get it off.

The pic below is yesterday's work - two layers of paint stripper followed by using a scraper and a bit of metal wool and water. Took me hours and it looks like I've barely touched it! Although I've had more success on the top as the upper layer has almost completely come off there.

Any suggestions for how to get the rest of this paint off? I'd rather not use too much stripper as I'm worried about damaging the wood underneath, but by the end of yesterday I was reduced to peeling bits away with my fingers!

I tried stripping a fireplace and ended up making a load of mess and no improvement. I ended up painting it black, worked fine. Another fireplace I took to a paint stripping place where they dip it in chemicals and that worked well.