Shabby Chic Thread?

needmoney

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For anyone into making bags, lots of ideas here.

How do you all turn your urls into just the word 'here' ?

charleybabes

just watched 60mins makeover.. vile !!!
i didnt mind the mum and dads room and some aspects of the daughters room but that blue in the downstairs was awful.. and none of it matched at all
id be fuming !!!

charleybabes

well my mum has very kindly bought me two dining chairs for the grand total of £4.. £2 each how good is that
they are very dark at the minute but have lovely straight backs and little arms with lovely green tapestry seat pads,
im going to paint them though as they are to dark.. but i think they are veneer and not wood.. what should i do with them.. just give them a quick sand as a key and then emulsion and then stick satin wood on ??
what would you do..
im thinking of doing them a creamy greeny colour

wizzkid_3

Sounds great! Please post pics when you are done! Sand and prime before putting satinwood on as they could be in for a bit of abuse being chairs.

needmoney

charleybabes wrote: »

well my mum has very kindly bought me two dining chairs for the grand total of £4.. £2 each how good is that
they are very dark at the minute but have lovely straight backs and little arms with lovely green tapestry seat pads,
im going to paint them though as they are to dark.. but i think they are veneer and not wood.. what should i do with them.. just give them a quick sand as a key and then emulsion and then stick satin wood on ??
what would you do..
im thinking of doing them a creamy greeny colour

Charley either emulsion or satinwood, the two don't mix, I'd do a sanding and I think I'd use satinwood as they will be handled a lot.
Good luck and have fun.

vivw_2

needmoney wrote: »

Charley either emulsion or satinwood, the two don't mix, I'd do a sanding and I think I'd use satinwood as they will be handled a lot.
Good luck and have fun.

I assume she is using emulsion instead of undercoat. That is ok as long as the satinwood is water based....quite a few are.
I advise keeping away from one of the oil based one coat satinwoods as they are generally too thick to give a good appearance......well in my experience anyway

needmoney

vivw wrote: »

I assume she is using emulsion instead of undercoat. That is ok as long as the satinwood is water based....quite a few are.
I advise keeping away from one of the oil based one coat satinwoods as they are generally too thick to give a good appearance......well in my experience anyway

Me too really Viv, I like emulsion then wax.

Your dresser is fab by the way.

vintagepleasure

needmoney wrote: »

Charley either emulsion or satinwood, the two don't mix, I'd do a sanding and I think I'd use satinwood as they will be handled a lot.
Good luck and have fun.

You can use emulsion under waterbased,acryllic or oil based paints (as a primer/undercoat).
But you can't use water-based or acryllic paints over oil-based paints it just doesn't work.

HariboJunkie

needmoney wrote: »

How do you all turn your urls into just the word 'here' ?

Click HERE.

needmoney

HariboJunkie wrote: »

Select the web address in the address bar by highighting it. Press ctrl and c.
In your post reply box type the word LINK or anything else you fancy:D . Then highlight that and go to the little globe symbol at the top of the post reply box. When you click on that it will bring up a little box. click on that box and press ctrl and v. Then press ok.

link ................

It worked! Thank you very much