Updating Maia's Bedroom with the Color Red

The Lowboy Is Complete!!

Look!! It's done!! Finished!! I'm in love!!

Such a pretty little piece we keep our phones and chargers tucked away. It's handy right in the family room hallway. 

So... Looking back:

                              YUK

Adding AS "Creme," "Louis" blue and "Versailles" pale green.

Examples of the painted layers and distressing.

I wore my little sanding mask and cleaned the floor and table with a wet rag.

After adding the new colors daubed here and there, I did distressing with a block of coarse sand paper. I want it to look like it had been painted and repainted. Used ins loved.
I followed up with AS Clear wax.

Painted the drawer pulls Creme and
then sanded for that aged look.

The hallway with the new, improved Lowboy!

All done!! What do you think??

Another project with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

Another project with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

Full disclosure!!! The family pets and children scratched and cracked the paint. I kept painting over it until it had too many layers. See new post for part 2.

I don't have a "before" picture handy but here is our black vinyl footstool after a first coat of Old White chalk paint. I took my time reading about painting vinyl with this paint and was so happy to see many examples of chairs, stools and cushions, etc.  knowing how strong the chalk paint holds up, I took a chance. 

I used a small roller to apply lightly, just making a base coat.

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This is after three coats with a wide foam brush. I did sand but the cat jumped up on it and I had to do a quick coat over that so i didn't sand it again. 

I applied Annie Sloan wax to seal the paint and have a nice gloss.

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Here it is!! beautiful, shiny and not BLACK!

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It adds a lighter tone to the room along with the white shag rug.

I love it!!

This project helped me from having the blues as I've been so sick the last two weeks. As of yesterday I am feeling so much better! I sound like myself when I talk!! Not sure what is next. Maybe that Lowboy in the foyer...

Painting an old Bombay Company table

 We've had this little table in all our homes, in every sort of room. It has lived in our foyer with a vase on it for the last 11 years. Until now!! Yes, I'm painting another piece of furniture.  (Then I'll go to rehab.) I decided to finally try Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint for the coverage over the dark brown. Here is my niece Cari dry brushing the Louis Blue. 

Almost done. 

The measuring was easy. I made a pencil mark in the center of the table. Then I used a square coaster to draw the first square in the middle. I continued to use the coaster to mark all the diamond shapes. After that I used a ruler to check spacing.

The taping took longer than the painting as it took moving the tape several (many) to get every diamonds just right. 

I left the legs just as they were.

Used tape. Remember to remove the tape pretty quickly after painting. The iPad was for looking at other blogs doing this. Also note new chair seat covers. :)

It looks pretty good. I did 3 light coats on on the white diamonds but I didn't make it perfectly cover the blue.

The lines came out pretty good!

Next step: using a light sanding block to age the top and make it completely smooth and a little worn. Yes, this left evidence of painting mistakes but I think it adds charm. Really!

See? Charming. 

Maia thought green dots that match our placemats would look great so I mixed some craft paint and used a bobby pin to create the dots. They are actually lighter green.

Last but not least, I covered the entire table with Annie Sloan soft wax. Two coats. I used a soft cloth for buffing. 
You can see the white paint jar behind the wax can. It is "Old White".

I wish you could see the glow from the wax! So pretty.

Complete!!

Now this little table holds our table napkins. If you are wondering why I chose blue. Watch this space for my next project! :)

Debra