Monday 11 August 2014

Perfect visitors

We have had a lovely week with our first visitors. Couldn't have been more appreciative and helpful. They heaved furniture willingly, made and cleared up meals, took us out to dinner and taught me how to paint furniture. And they are lovely people too.

All the painting we did was with  Annie Sloan chalk paint from http://www.thomasandlucia.com It is brilliant paint and Sue turned my neglected, dead looking stripped down cupboard into a beautiful glowing finish. Still retaining the old look but nourished and loved and a beautiful colour.


 
We also had a go at the mantelpiece. Slightly different waxing and colour mix but they both please me enormously.

 
Today, I was left on my own and had a go at the orangey pine frame of this picture (sweet picture of random children that are just like ours were at that age - except M never wore short shorts, by the time he came along, shorts were longer. And HO had a dinghy at that time too.)

 
and the orangey pine of this mirror.

 
Turns out we have a lot of orangey pine when we start moving furniture. We bought such a lot of stuff in the 70s, and we've still got it!
 
What shall I paint next ..........................................................
 
 

3 comments:

  1. Just been catching up on all your posts. Wow you have done a great job there. Have a good day, Diane

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  2. Wow, those painted items look wonderful. What a transformation. Definitely visitors to be cherished.

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  3. Just the sort of visitors you want....and you have a permanent memory of their visit in the transformations made.

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