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Olive You! {Baking Soda Paint Recipe}

August 24, 2012 ·

After a slew of not so happy DIY chalk-like paint finish recipes… #1 {Two-Tone with a Twist} = too runny #2 {Old Pickup Blue Dresser} = too clumpy….Really.  This recipe hardened as you worked with it flaking little balls of plaster everywhere! …I’m on to recipe number 3. DIY Baking Soda Chalky Finish Paint 1/2 cup baking soda…

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: DIY chalky finish paint, dresser, gold, green, Minwax, olive, refinish, Rub'n Buff, Wipe On Poly

Wednesday’s: Want this look? {Tufted Teal and Ruffles}

August 15, 2012 ·

Teal, tufted, ruffles!  Peruse the links to create this look in your home.  inspiration image via cre8tive designs 1. $399  Tufted Arch Queen Headboard, Velvet Caribbean2. $709  Tufted Arch Upholstered Queen Bed, Velvet Caribbean3. $481.80  Skyline Furniture Wingback Headboard in Linen, Teal4. $79.99  Simply Shabby Chic Smocked Duvet Cover Set, Full/Queen5. $99.99  Simply Shabby Chic Heirloom…

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Filed In: Uncategorized / Tagged: bedroom, french, Paris, Paris lumbar pillow, teal, tufted headboard, Tufted Teal and Ruffles, Wednesday's: Want this look?, white, white ruffle duvet

Old Pickup Blue Dresser {another DIY chalky paint finish recipe, leg reconstruction, and my very own goofball}

August 14, 2012 ·

Let’s get straight to addressing the post title. Exhibit A: DIY Chalky Paint Finish Recipe Formula #2 5T Plaster of Paris 2T H2O (I added more) 2 cups paint 1. Mix plaster and water until lumps disappear. 2. Stir in paint. This particular recipe thickened up sooooo much, so quickly!  I had to keep adding…

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: Benjamin Moore, DIY chalky paint finish, dresser, Old Pickup Blue, refinish, two-tone, wood filler

Card Catalog Styled Vanity

August 7, 2012 ·

A $15.00 Queen Anne’s vanity with little cubby hole drawers was the perfect piece to recreate into a card catalog style vanity/desk! The vanity started out as an ink-stained, maple wood colored, boring mess. The finish was created with 2 coats of CeCe Caldwell’s Maine Harbor Blue, some clear and dark wax to seal and age…

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: blue, card catalog, CeCe Caldwell's, dark wax, desk, Etsy, gold, Joann Fabrics, label drawer pull, label holder, Lillian Olive, Lowes, Maine Harbor Blue, Rub and Buff, vanity

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