Shabby Chic; Volume III

LJM

like your bunting x

susan946

Beautiful, Emmie. :T:T:T Thanks for sharing.

Love the bunting Bibbity - it always adds an air of celebration! :T:T:T

Sue

gingababe

Beautiful bunting...

Gb xx

Verity_Vervain

lotti379 wrote: »

Just a quick point - my mum's decorator, who is ace, always said F&B was a bit of a rip off, definitely a bit watery compared with trade paint. We took his advice and took colour samples to our local Brewer's shop (only have them down south, sadly... I live up north now and need to find somewhere else!) and had trade-quality paint made up in exactly the colours we wanted. Saved a pretty penny when doing the work ourselves... (Paint is blimmin' expensive!)

Great point, lotti, I've done this too.
One time I had paint made up in a F&B shade called 'Brinjal' which is a really deep aubergine.
I used it to paint a feature wall in my living room to set off my limestone fireplace.
Big mistake. Every time I looked at it, I felt as though I was being sucked into a vortex or black hole or something. It was a beautiful rich colour, I have a jacket in the same shade, but on the wall it just depressed me. It just goes to show how much colour affects us.
It took multiple coats to cover it. That wall has been painted more times than the Forth Bridge.:)

shirlgirl2004

Verity_Vervain wrote: »

Great point, lotti, I've done this too.
One time I had paint made up in a F&B shade called 'Brinjal' which is a really deep aubergine.
I used it paint a feature wall in my living room to set off my limestone fireplace.
Big mistake. Every time I looked at it, I felt as though I was being sucked into a vortex or black hole or something. It was a beautiful rich colour, I have a jacket in the same shade, but on the wall it just depressed me. It just goes to show how much colour affects us.
It took multiple coats to cover it. That wall has been painted more times than the Forth Bridge.:)

Oh no I painted my bedroom wall in aubergine but fancied a change. I didn't think about how many coats it would take.

crusty_toenail

Does anyone know who to post a picture on the forum, not a link to a picture on a url, but for people to see on this page??!!

Laura_D_3

Photo

You will need the photo saved in flickr/ photobucket/ facebook/ your blog or somewhere on line.

Firstly right click on photo > select properties > click to highlight the whole Address (URL) > right click again > select copy

Then in your message on MSE select the picture that looks like two mountains (Insert Image) > paste your URL in here (right click & paste - check you don't have the http:// repeated twice at the beginning though) > then select ok

And hopefully your piccy should then appear in your message

hmo

thought i would show you this writing desk that ive painted and made into my new sewing table.

if the photos dont show up its on my blog

before


after




i used several coats of crown primer and farrow and ball estate eggshell in 'all white' and a couple of coats of clear mat varnish for good measure!

i am in the middle of doing the matching chair so will post when done

i add a new oak top from ikea all details on my blog and its given me a lot bigger working area now too

hmo

ive finished the chair this was also Yew to match the desk its had 5 coats of cabinet coat acrylic satin as i ran out of primer and this paint is for dificult surfaces and is a primer and top coat all in one its given it a lovely finish and next to the farrow and ball on the desk doesnt look any different.



i was also painting a hall stand, this was very dark mahogany but again i forgot to take a before photo.

but i can tell you it loosk alot better white even ht DH siad it looks nice and he doest normally comment on such things

danemi1

all 3 look absolutey wonderful - its all wetting my appetite - must start up again soon!