Wow, What a beautiful day today! Here in Nebraska, if you can find a day without humidity, it is a great day!
This will be short but I wanted to get this posted before I say goodbye to the day. I thought I would post a little half moon table that I painted with CeCe Caldwell's Chalk Paint. It was a lot of fun to do, and was one of my first projects with Chalk Paint. The Table was a garage sale table, very light weight. It cost next to nothing and had been sitting around my back room in the basement for a couple of years.
I like to do the knobby legs as you can probably tell if you have looked around my blog very much. I actually waxed the top, and then I decided to use poly on it instead of wax because I was afraid it would bleed into the next color if I waxed it. I also wanted the paint to be set before I started to Poly it, so I did what I always do to set the paint so it doesn't bleed...I took a can of spray Varathane Poly and sprayed it to set the colors....I had not done any spraying on chalk paint before and when I sprayed the Varatahane finsh on, it was like it melted the Chalk Paint!#@**&^% I was just sick. I thought I had ruined it for sure. But I also knew that if I stroked it on with a brush, the black and white stripes would bleed together. I had chosen not to wax it because I didn't want the wax rubbing off some of the color since I wasn't going to distress it. I left it for a while and just went upstairs to let it sit and dry good. When I went back down to look at it, it was like magic....it has all filled back in where the paint had looked like it melted off. I was a happy camper! I kinda liked the brightness of the colors.
I know the close up is a little fuzzy but I forgot to take my camera with me. I took this to the Newton, IA Home Show and it was the first to sell. Have you done a little half moon table? I would love to see pictures. I am no expert by any means, but if you have any questions about paint or applications, I would be glad to share what I know. Have a great rest of the week, ta ta for now. Carolyn
I love this look! I've done a number of things in purple/green with black and white - starting to feel I need to slow it down - but I can't get enough of it : ) Your work is very inspiring
ReplyDeleteThanks Janet! I would love to see some of your work if you would be so kind as to share. Just email me a picture at csoconnor1@gmail.com. I love the black and white and green too. So striking, isn't it?
DeleteWow very cute! You are so talented!
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Kelly, I think I missed your comment and didn't get you thanked! Thank You! I love your blog, it has so many good ideas!
DeleteI will prefer this blog because it has much more informative stuff.
ReplyDeletePlastic furniture
Just love it, especially the legs. How do you paint those sprials so perfectly? Using a small brush?
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