For the past couple weeks I've been busy getting ready for fall festivals and in doing so haven't been able to write much on the blog. So I thought I would catch you all up on a few things we've been working on!
This darling little guy is a an old "Little Edison Folks " chest that someone brought to me. It was originally in a shiny blonde finish which is probably my least favorite. When choosing the color, I pictured it in a boys room. There was something about the straight lights and shape that I could totally see a toy car or truck atop it. Of course I chose a blue shade, Miss Mustard Seed's milk paint Flow Blue is a medium shade of blue that is both bold and classy all at once (if that makes sense?).
Some of you who took one of my workshops may already know about milk paint and it's abilities to adhere to particular surfaces. It was intended for raw wood, but by simply lightly sanding it down to deplete it's sheen followed by a quick wipe down of TSP (Trisodium Phosphate) which is a de-greasing solution found at any hardware store, it will also adhere to most surfaces. But if you have want complete assurance that it will not "chip" whatsoever or do not want to bother with the prep work, you can add a Bonding Agent (also sold in the line at my shop) to the already mixed 1 part to 1 part milk paint to water solution. This bonding agent is only needed for the first coat and will allow you to paint on wood, metal or glass.
For this chest I did add the bonding agent to the first coat followed by 2 more coats without.
This is what I started with
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| Love the shape, but not so much the color. |
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| Much better! |
After looking at it a few days, I decided it looked to much like a blueberry and so I taped it off a grain sack stripe with Frog Tape over the top and sides and painted inside the lines with Miss Mustard Seed's milk paint in Grain Sack (how fitting, huh?) Although this color looks almost white in photos, it is more of a off white almost gray color. I finished it off with a Hemp Oil top coat.
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After doing something for a boys room, I of course had to do something for our little princesses! Here is an antique vanity that definitely needed a little fairy godmother dust. When we found, her she was in a dark dirty stain with a with drawers that didn't want to go in and out anymore and a little veneer damage.
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| Poor thing before her makeover! |
And with just a little magic...
I started with Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint™ in Pure White over the entire piece. Chalk Paint™ was my first love of these decorative paints, it never disappoints! By going on literally any surface without prep, it to me is truly magic in a can!
Of course I couldn't let the little Edison chest outdo our little princess vanity, so I added stripes just down the front drawers in Antoinette by Annie Sloan.
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| I again used Frog tape to give a crisp clean look |
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| After distressing a bit around the edges, I accessorized her with these beautiful glass floral knobs from Hobby Lobby |
And just because she's so beautiful, one last photo!
And then there was Miss Victorian Chair!
This pretty lady was found in an outdated fabric, but was otherwise a timeless beauty.
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| Not a bad looking chair, just needed a face lift is all! |
I chose a pretty brown and mind floral fabric that would make her look a little more trendy! But first I painted her in one of my favorite colours by Annie Sloan which is called CoCo. What a difference it made! It really soften those ornate lines. After distressing it around her edges and in the ornate filigree, I used clear wax for protection and she was ready for the upholstery.
And her reveal!
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| What a difference a little fabric and paint can make! The white gimp trim gave it a crisp clean new look too. |
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| Love the wood grain coming through the CoCo colour next to the brown of the roses! |
We also got our hands on a stunning antique Victrola that we did something really special to. All about what we did on that piece next time! Thank you so much for visiting me today!
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