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One lucky day I was contacted by the sweet people at Modern Masters to review some of their products. I could choose from their metallic paint collection or try out their metal effects kit. You all know how much I love to paint everything&n…
Continue Reading →A few weeks ago, i scheduled a much needed week of no custom orders. In some ways i love customs, but it does limit me as far as trying out new paints, techniques, products, etc. Sometimes i just have to be free of deadlines and trying to give people exactly what they envision so i can do my own thing and play around a little 
Ive used milk paint in the past and really like it (i posted a cute sofa table here, its actually the same color that i used on this desk). Im not a fan of chalk paint, but i love milk paint. Its very unpredictable and hopefully it gives me the chippy look that i love so much. I will do a post another day about my thoughts about milk paint vs chalk paint. Anyways – i got this solid wood heavy duty roll top [...]
Remember when I explained how crack is whack? Yup, I do too…because I’m still in shock I was able to repair our plaster wall as well as I did. In fact, I was so excited to share it with you guys, that I never gave you proper “after” shots…
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Happy Monday to you guys! We had a busy weekend at the shop with Troy Fest and I can’t wait [...]
Continue Reading →So – about 3 years ago i seen this most awesome piece of furniture at a local boutique here in Utah. I took pics at the time, but ive switched phones a couple times since then and the pics are gone. It had the most awesome painting technique done too it. It looked like layers and layers of old paint, but it wasnt. You could tell that the paint had been layered on using some type of product with some kind of tool – the finish was really textured and had tons of colors in it. And what i loved about the finish, was that it had lots of “lines” in the paint, it wasnt just painted on and then sanded off, the “lines” really made the piece look awesome. So you got that visual in your head!?! I know, i know….i would love to be able to find a [...]
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So, my mom and dad recently bought my grandparent’s beach condo in Panama City Beach, Florida. It’s a 3 bedroom, [...]
Continue Reading →My dad found me this sweet little bench a couple weeks ago. It was one of those that i loved right away and couldnt wait to get it painted. I loved the lines of the bench and that the paint was already really flaky – flaky finishes are perfect for getting an ultra chippy, distressed, weathered look. I gave it a good sanding with my orbital sander to get all the loose paint off. Then, i skipped the primer since the bench already had a lot of texture and i knew that my paint wood stick. Plus i was going for a highly distressed, chippy paint look anyways – so i didnt need the primer. After giving it one heavy coat of paint, i let it dry and then took my orbital sander to it to give it a heavily distressed finish – my favorite finish of all After [...]
I finished up this antique wrap around bed a couple days ago and think it turned out so cute! I would love to have this is in my little girls room, but sadly her bed is a queen and this one is a full. I think its the sweetest bed and would be perfect in a room filled with white furniture and white ruffly bedding filled with vintage pillows – wouldnt it be fun to paint a room full of furniture, add in bedding and decor and then sell it as a whole set…. …………………………….. Anyways, i got this bed a few years ago and worked on it at one point but then got busy with other projects and never finished it up. I finally painted it about a year ago with plans to get it finished, but once again got busy with other painting projects and it sat [...]
So, I never shared these photos with you guys, but when we painted our dining room a few weeks ago, we went ahead and painted our kitchen, too. As a quick reminder, here’s how the kitchen looked before the new … Continue reading →
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Our foyer has been evolving since we began revamping our home from dark to light. A couple of years ago… [...]
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