Whether it's a collection of individually framed ones... (Country Living)... or a huge wall mural... (Camp Wandawega)... or one that's
painted on a piece of furniture... (Country Living)-LSB-...]
Previously, I had used milk
paint on a piece of furniture and loved the results, so I visited The Purple Painted Lady ® in Macedon to talk to them about milk paint on walls.
I felt totally guilty about using spray
paint on a piece of furniture until I finally worked up the nerve to try it!
Not exact matches
I'm a serious newbie when it comes to all
of this... I'm currently
painting a large
piece of furniture and am going to use it to set a tv
on and vases, etc..
I bought a small container
of Amy Howard
paint must to try it out
on a
piece of furniture before taking
on a huge project
of painting my kitchen cabinets.
I am going to try to use chalk
paint on two
pieces of furniture.
If you want to participate, but you don't
paint several
pieces of furniture a week (like I generally do), then share your favorite
piece of furniture, a great thrift store find, a unique arrangement in your home, or even a
piece of furniture that's
on your wish list.
Leaving the top surface
of a
piece of painted furniture in its original wood grain appeals to me
on so many levels.
I had a friend ask me to
paint this
piece for her in a more modern or «full coverage» look recently, so I thought I'd share a few tips
on how to give old
furniture a modern look using one
of my favorite, go - to
paints, Annie Sloan Chalk
Paint ®.
By sanding the
piece, the wax gets worked into the grooves
of the raw wood
on the
painted furniture, brings out the dark tone and «ages» the
piece.
This muddy gray might be a little dark for walls but would look amazing
on an island or bottom cabinets in the kitchen or
on painted pieces of furniture.
I have a similar
piece of furniture — a long, heavy dresser — in an outdated dark color that I plan
on painting in the same fashion.
Maybe I will hang them
on different
pieces of furniture or flower bouquets, use them in my drawers and cabinets or maybe integrate them into a new scented vignette, with little angels and Shabby books,
painted in many other different colors.
This is one
of the first
pieces of furniture that I
painted when I started blogging almost eight years ago, so I thought it would be helpful to give you a refresh
on this dresser's humble beginnings.
Hanging out by the pool, working
on crafts, and
painting a few
pieces of furniture has kept me busy.
I once
painted a
piece of furniture using a matte
paint and used some paste wax
on top and it didn't do well, ended up looking yellow.
I did one coat
of paint on a small
piece of furniture and it
of course, is gritty.
Popping in to show you a
piece of vintage
furniture I have been working
on after its first coat... I think it might have been saying please
paint me white!
- character creation lets you choose skin color, face, eye color and haircut - later in the game you can get glasses, pants, shoes and other stuff - start off by meeting Tom Nook and his posse
of Happy Home employees - this includes Lyle the Otter and Digby the Dog, who give advice and help to keep the game moving forward - Lottie the Otter is Lyle's niece and handles the front desk in the game - she welcomes you every time you boot up the game and tells you what to do next - gameplay starts off with placing
furniture, but quickly evolves into something more - place a house
on the world map and cycle through seasons to see what you like - house can modified with different roofs, doors, colors and more - every animal unlocks new
furniture for you to use - completing a lot
of requests is vital to getting a lot
of content - characters will react to everything that you place and remove in the house - three
pieces of furniture must be in or outside
of the house and these need to implemented into the final design - if you don't follow this rule, your animal customer will not approve - add wallpaper, carpets, lamps, signs, music covers,
paintings and much more - by completing special objectives in the office, which you pay for with Play Coins, you can even expand the feature set - set background sounds, choose curtains, change up
furniture, display fossils and get a bigger variety
of fish and
paintings.
Common materials and
pieces of furniture, ceramics and
paintings are reassembled in a personal way, reflecting
on universal themes.
All camera formats utilized, and include digital images, 35 mm slides, 4x5 transparencies and portfolio prints
of collections including:
paintings, works
on paper, artist's books, sculpture, installation and performance
pieces,
furniture, ceramics, jewelry and crafts, architecture, period interiors, decorative fine art, objects, rare books, manuscripts etc. as well as period gardens and landscapes.
The artworks — known as Capharnaum — are
painted on anything that has been found discarded in the apartment's rooms, including disused pallets, cardboard and old
pieces of furniture.
Not many art appreciators were there to block my view
of Rob Pruitt's hilarious installation: big fancy abstract
paintings twinkling with the artist's signature glitter, innertube objets encrusted with more sparkly «action
painting,» and (literally) heavy - duty floor
pieces composed entirely
of cement - filled jeans (Levi's, Sasson, brands from every price point): Five stuffed pairs «sitting up» created a starfish; a snakelike lineup
of several more doing splits straddled the floor like a team
of torso - free cheerleaders; denim couples, oozing cement cellulite, spooned, mounted each other, and / or tempted one to sit
on them like
furniture.
As I was using Rust Oleum spray
paint on top
of the Rust Oleum
furniture paint and did not know how these
paints would react, I tested it first
on a
piece of wood.
I did one coat
of paint on a small
piece of furniture and it
of course, is gritty.
I'm amazed at what a coat
of paint can do,
on a wall or a
piece of furniture.
We are just completing a renovation in a new to us home in the mountains and in the great room / kitchen / main floor we have medium hickory distressed wide plank floors, BM seashell
paint on walls, white cabinets in kitchen, lots
of wood antique
furniture and several rustic wood
pieces, and white / natural slipcovered sofa and chairs.
You know, the normal blogger posts about your amazing transformation
of an ugly vase to a spray
painted master
piece, life changing stuff like what is
on your bakers rack this month or the ever favorite
furniture makeovers and weekend garage sale finds.
The
furniture, lights and objects, most
of which the owner has collected
on his travels, mix well with new
pieces made from scrap materials and a tried - and - tested
paint method — layering a light shade over a dark shade and sanded through, give it a lovely patina.
I was able to
paint all
of our base cabinets and several
pieces of furniture on one can
of Duck Egg Blue
paint.
-LSB-...] at the difference that some primer and
paint can make
on an outdated
piece of furniture.
As a side note, if your
piece of furniture was originally black or some color other than the color you want to show through after distressing all you have to do is
paint a coat
of brown (or whatever color you choose to show through)
on your
furniture prior to
painting your primary color.
This muddy gray might be a little dark for walls but would look amazing
on an island or bottom cabinets in the kitchen or
on painted pieces of furniture.
Every discarded
piece of furniture on the side
of the road, every empty house needing a new life, every blank canvas waiting for
paint.
Study the colors you love to wear, and I am willing to bet that you will like most
of the same colors
painted on a special
piece of furniture.
I am going to try to use chalk
paint on two
pieces of furniture.
I had a friend ask me to
paint this
piece for her in a more modern or «full coverage» look recently, so I thought I'd share a few tips
on how to give old
furniture a modern look using one
of my favorite, go - to
paints, Annie Sloan Chalk
Paint ®.
I am about to embark
on painting a number
of pieces of furniture in my house using Annie Sloan's chalk
paint.
It turns out that I really don't enjoy
painting, so the
pieces of furniture I bought along the way to
paint «like I saw
on a blog» are not
painted like I had hoped.
I wanted to post that I've been using Annie Sloan
paint on MANY
pieces of furniture in my home for awhile now... including my kitchen table.
Maybe because my 90 year old Mother has just given me 4 HUGE
pieces of antique wood
furniture and made me swear
on the bible that I won't
paint it!
And lastly - the more detailed architecture
on a
piece of furniture equates to more time you will spend
painting and waxing.
All opinion
on the ease
of using milk
paint, my love
of cubbies, and creating a fun
painted furniture piece are all my own.
If you attempt
on refinishing any
piece of furniture that may contain lead
paint always assume the worst and make sure that you exercise extreme caution.
I could definitely see using this
paint on other
furniture pieces that are used less than a set
of kitchen dining chairs.
Isn't it amazing how quickly wiping
on paint and immediately wiping it off can completely change the look
of a
piece of furniture?
Since it is more
of a textured
paint, it is really good way to hide slight imperfections
on a
piece of furniture, especially if you're going for a distressed look.
Oh my goodness... I think IF she plans
on keeping it and not tearing it down and starting over,
paint the outside, keep the white, do black shutters and a great color for the front door or get a new solid wood one, 2nd...
on the inside, seeing that J Lo transformed her husband's NY place into more modern fare, I think that she would definitely add color (all the walls are white) in the lighter neutrals, reverse the dark stained wood molding in the sitting area around the ceiling and windows into something lighter to coordinate with whatever wall color she chooses or white, 3rd... she would remove most
of the colonial
furniture pieces, especially sofas and chairs, and add something with more interest, 4th... holy cow... that red carpet
on the stairs would definitely go and she would do hardwoods, 5th... kitchen and FR complete overhaul, I can see her doing 2 different seating areas in the FR and gut the kitchen..
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On both Road Kill Rescue and my new site I am looking for more think - outside - the - box projects where they took one
piece of furniture and turned it into another not simply a spray
painted yellow dresser.»
«We know that the special tools,
paints and equipment needed to upcycle a
piece of furniture can be expensive so we're delighted to be offering a range
of great - value upcycling essentials at a fraction
of the price consumers might expect, without sacrificing
on quality or performance.»