SHIPLAP COAT RACK - farmhouse style

One of the great elements of this shiplap coat rack is the hand made corbels I used. I made them with a new tool I have.

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SANDING OR WET DISTRESSING AS pure white chalk paint

TO SAND OR WET DISTRESS

Recently I worked on two similar
piece of furniture and because I 
wanted to compare distressing
techniques I did one with
sandpaper and the other
I wet distressed.

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HOW TO PAINT A SMOOTH FINISH - using annie sloan chalk paint

Anyone who owns a piece of my work

or has visited and touched the finish 

on my furniture usually comments 

about how smooth it is. There are 

many different things you can do to 

get a smoother ASCP paint finish 

when using a brush and I am sharing

some of the secrets I use.

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STENCILLED SIGNS - ideas, colors, and textures

 

This first cabinet door was painted with ASCP Coco

and stenciled in white. Dark

wax was applied only on the outer frame and edge and some heavy sanding was done to distress the whole sign.

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SECRETS TO DISTRESSING WITH SANDPAPER - shabby chic chalk painted bed

Distressing a paint finish successfully is an art. For me it isn't simply loading up a palm sander and attacking. Let me share some of my secrets.

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