Last week I finished a french arm chair that I painted blue and dry brushed with gray, then covered the upholstery with new fabric. Since I'm fairly new on the re-upholstering front, I do not yet dare remove all ugly existing fabric. There were about 10 of these chairs at the … [Read more...]
French Bleu Take 2, Painting Technique
Learn how to create this layered old-world finish on a chair or any piece of furniture with this dry brush over paint technique! A little while ago I did a cute little side chair I called, French Bleu. At the time, our camera wasn't fixed yet and I only snapped a few shots with … [Read more...]
Some Encouragement For Your Week
Today, as I evaluate everything I'd like to accomplish this week, I got a letter in the mail from a dear friend with this poem, that reminded her of me (so she said). And really, when I read it, it also reminded me of so many of you! And how we often have lofty goals and after a … [Read more...]
Gold Gilded French Chairs
This past weekend I worked like crazy to finish 6 french dining chairs for a client. Two were captains chairs like pictured below and 4 did not have arms. I was slowing working on them for a couple weeks, but then I promised her they would be done by Saturday night, so I worked … [Read more...]
Quick Review of Projectors for Painting Dressers
I'm not sure how people even have the patience to paint the Union Jack design in any other way than with an art projector! My mom gave me the EZ Tracer a few years back and when I did my first few Union Jack dressers, I used it. It was fairly easy, except I had to eyeball things … [Read more...]
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