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 ..........................................................
Just been catching up on all your posts. Wow you have done a great job there. Have a good day, Diane
ReplyDeleteWow, those painted items look wonderful. What a transformation. Definitely visitors to be cherished.
ReplyDeleteJust the sort of visitors you want....and you have a permanent memory of their visit in the transformations made.
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