First time I’ve tried this – Brass leaf using a Dovetails stencil, and it works! I thought this box needed something extra after being painted in Annie Sloan Emperor’s Silk, so, using one of our stencils and being very careful…
Couldn’t resist taking a couple of tourist shots while in town!
Check out this nice little project. If you can get hold of any old industrial trolleys this is something you might like to try.The trolley has become a funky coffee table – after a thorough cleaning I just replaced the…
Ok – gonna give this a go, creating a Beetle on a Chest Of Drawers. First job, get your image and get it enlarged on a Laser Printer. The image has to be good quality to enlarge a lot… I…
Just discovered another wonderful thing you can use Annie Sloan Dark Wax for!. I used the Dark Wax on an old Leather Suitcase and it has brought it back to life in the same way it brings tired old dark…
Annie Sloan is a bit of a paint legend – there’s lots of interesting facts about her, how much is fact or fiction?
Here’s something I do to help me visualise a project sometimes – it helps me see if something is going to ‘work’ – it’s amazing what you can do with computers these days, this is the same cupboard with 3…
Any old scaffold boards laying around? – They’re quite easy to up-cycle into any number of things, here I’ve made a small bench. All you need is a saw, sander, screws and some Annie Sloan Dark Wax to get a…
I’ve had this chair with no seat for ages, and I’ve been wondering what to do with it – well, I painted it Louis Blue by Annie Sloan (didn’t wax it), fixed in a basket and Sue sorted the flowers…
If you’ve got some grotty carpet on your stairs and it needs replacing (like ours did!) – a time and money saving idea is to paint with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. All I did here was take up the old…
Bought an old box of mini drawers in a right old state at an auction recently – the before pic is actually after I sanded a lot of marks and stains off. The thing is, I’ve always wanted an Apothecary…
