Isn't it amazing that a coat of paint (well, a
lot of coats of paint) can take crappy old cabinets to sleek and modern?
A white roof reflects the sun's light and heat, so a
couple of coats of paint can reduce your carbon emissions and take about 20 percent off your energy bills.
Also, within a couple of blocks of the main plaza, the facade of the houses started looking in
need of a coat of paint and a little restoration.
So my innocent
suggestion of a coat of paint has resulted in my midwestern husband tearing the room apart, retexturing the ceiling, replacing the baseboards, planing the window casing, painting the ceiling, and relaying the carpet pad.
Each painting is of similar scale and construct, and the colored surface is created by applying
hundreds of coats of paint that he individually mixes using gold, silver, platinum, and diamond dust, and a variety of pigments and oxides on birch board with edges cut at a 45 ° angle and standing off the wall.
An old sideboard found at a yard sale became a pretty new storage piece with the
help of a coat of paint and fabric - tie drawer pulls.
There is a link to how I add the letters, other than that, it was just a
couple of coats of paint, a little sanding, and a coat of Annie Sloan's clear wax to seal.
The cabinet still needs a couple
of coats of paint.
Then, I brought it all inside for a couple
of coats of paint (cause it was too ding - dang hot outside today!)
With a couple
of coats of paint, Kristin's bedroom transformation is underway.
A sanding, a couple
of coats of paint and another sanding will give a piece that well - loved look.