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If you can’t get down to the shop, here’s a little taster of what’s in store!

Annie Sloan Graphite on an old music cabinet, I tried a new stencil on the original bumpy glass. Used gold/black aerosol and it’s come up a treat!

You can get some cracking results by just painting outside at the moment – just lay it on thick and let Mr Sunshine do the rest! – Little bit of Clear/Dark Wax, little bit of sanding…

Sue’s been on at me for a while to make it a bit cosier around our wood burner – step in Old Violet Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan! We’ve already got a nice Chest Of Drawers in Old Violet that…

Annie Sloan was today’s mystery guest on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Radio 2 – starts at around 2.15 hours in, following the intro of: “one of the world’s most respected experts in the fields of decorative design and…

English Yellow (my first time!) with Duck Egg Blue on the stencil work.

Click on the heading for a bigger pic! Remember those legs I posted a few days back, Aubusson then some Brass leaf with Duck Egg Blue over the top – well here’s the finished piece covered in Charcoal Pastorale Toile…

Sunny and Hot at last! Due to a Delia-like run on Annie Sloan paint we have completely run out of some colours – and that’s a first! – but – we are replenishing our Paris Grey, Chateau Grey, Paloma, Old…

Loving this sunny spell – 3 hour makeover on this Chest Of Drawers, 1 coat of Antoinette where I wanted it to show through, 1 coat of Old Violet. Top sanded down and given a wash of Antoinette, just enough…

Sneak Peek – Inspired by a chair in Annie Sloan’s new book ‘Colour Recipes For Painted Furniture’ I’ve been trying out a bit of subtle gilding. Started with Aubusson base, bit of Brass leaf then Duck Egg Blue rubbed away…