I had a client send me a pic of this hutch asking if I could fit this in my schedule to paint. I said yes and the process started. I asked her to drop it off here and send me a pic of what she wanted it to look like. What's so cool is that she found this piece right here in Franklin at The Bargain Barn. One of my favorite places to shop for vintage stuff. So she sends me this picture. No problem, I have seen this one floating around the internet for some time. Love it! This …
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Aged wood look with Heirloom Traditions
Aged wood look with Heirloom Traditions How do you take these boxes made from raw wood and make them look like aged wood? You take one of our gray paints. This one happens to be Repose. And wax with Dark Umber. This was for a local Hair salon. She also asked me to do some counter tops to go along with what she wanted to look like posts holding up the shelves in the pics above. Here is the gray with the dark umber going on. This …
Heirloom Traditions Synergy
Color of the day! SYNERGY I found this cute little chest in Round Top, Texas. I can imagined her in Tiffany Blue. So I settled on Synergy for the job. It's a beautiful aqua blue. Here she is before waiting to be transformed...... This is what it looked like after the first coat. While the first coat was drying I decided to try 3 different waxes on the Synergy to see which one I wanted to use. The first was I used was Dark Umber. It …
Heirloom Traditions Black Bean
Using Heirloom Traditions Black Bean This is my first of many posts using Heirloom Traditions Paint. I am in love with it. I now carry it in my booth "Inspired to Restore" at Chic & Shabby Collections downtown Franklin or you can order it directly here: Heirloom Traditions Paint and have it shipped directly to your doorstep. I was in a hurry to get this party started that I almost forgot to take the before picture. Here she is. A pretty french desk. I remember these growing …