Homemade Chalk Paint

I'm so excited that I found this recipe! Chalk paint can be hard to find (as I have discovered with most things), so this homemade recipe is great since the ingredients are accessible! I purchased the plaster of paris from DeSerres for $7.98/ 2kg bag.

Another Coffee Table

It took me a long time to figure out what to do with this table. I purchased it at the Salvation Army for $7.99 and it had a chip in the corner of the glass top. I decided to paint it with a slight crackle finish, using a green for the base coat and a nice vintage cream colour for the top coat. I also plan on antiquing the finished paint!

After sanding it down I primed it with the usual Sico primer, followed by 2 coats of paint in Pittsburgh Kitchen and Bath Satin. 


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Pie Cabinet

This Pie Cabinet has been around since I was little. My Mom found it at a yard sale and painted it white, which I eventually painted pictures of my toys on. After sitting in the storage unit for a while, my mom dug it out and gave it to me to flip!

 First I had to sand off the Beanie Baby designs so that the outlines didn't show through on the new paint. After giving it 2 coats of Sico primer I applied the base coat for my Crackle finish. I've never done this before and have always wanted to give it a try! For the base colour I used Fudge Truffle in Pittsburgh Pure Performance.

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My First Table!

For my first project I decided to go with something simple... a coffee table!

One idea I was really eager to try was tiling a table top. I was inspired to try this after my recent trip to Mexico with my Mom and Sister, where I saw a beautiful solid wood table in a restaurant which had ornate tiles covering the top. I gave the table a good look and decided it probably wouldn’t be that hard to re-create back home! So that was my plan for the first project - to create a Mexican inspired piece which was colourful and different.

First I found the coffee table in our local Value Village for $29.99. A little steep considering where I found it, but it had loads of character and I had to get it. (Read More...)