RUSTIC PAINT TECHNIQUE - dining chairs

I needed to come up with a paint technique to create a certain look on a set of heavy wood dining chairs. They had to coordinate with many elements in the same room and I was going to be using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint to do it. 

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PAINTING AND DISTRESSING PLASTIC CHAIRS - white dining chairs

Parts of these lovely vintage chairs are made of plastic. The front legs and the decorative backs are all a hard plastic composite. No worries thou I still painted and distressed them.

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DRIFTWOOD FINISH & PAINTED UPHOLSTERY - a new look for grandma's chairs

These chairs I worked on are probably 100 years old and unfortunately they were showing their age. Beloved by their family they were brought to me for much love and attention.

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DUCK EGG DINING CHAIRS - chair makeover

I'm sure some of you are wondering what DUCK EGG DINING chairs are and I will explain. Duck Egg refers to a soft blue paint color that is available in Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint line.

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CHARITY EVENT - 2014 chairs for charity and more

We set up all the amazing donations for this year's Chairs for
Charity today at Frostings. Silent auction for half of the items
starts tomorrow and the live auction for the top items happens
Thursday night. 

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OIL AND WATER AND PAINT - crackling paint

Another beautiful summer weekend gone, but enjoyed immensely. A few projects started and finished.

Summer days are so darn long, work can be done for hours. 

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DINING CHAIR REFINISHING TIPS - jen's chairs

Long story short a friend was in need and I helped out.

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BLACK AND WHITE TOILE - shabby chic dining chairs

4 tired 70's dining chairs came to me via Uncle Ronnie.

While I was working on a different set of chairs all propped up in the driveway

he stopped in to let me know there was 4 more chairs that needed my help just down the road.

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THE CAPTAIN AND HIS SOLDIERS PT1 - union jack set

Don't they look like the perfect soldiers lined up?

Color - Emperor's Silk

George's favorite color is red.

 Every now and then (all the time actually) he wants me to paint something in red.

So far when George suggests something it's worked out pretty well.

SO I WENT FOR IT ... and was scared the whole time!

** Painted **

** Sanded **

** Dark wax **

Here's how these 4 beige 80's chairs started out and how they ended up.

Part 2 of *THE CAPTAIN AND HIS SOLDIERS* can be read here

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FIXING BROKEN DINING CHAIRS - sheild back chairs

I found a set of six vintage shield back dining chairs on CL. They were gorgeous and just what I wanted.

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