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Bulk Trash Rescue {Paris Gray Vanity}

November 16, 2012 ·

This project starts off with a story.  An illustration of how life can be crazy and unpredictable and how God works in mysterious ways.  This vanity and the matching double bed shouldn’t have been ours. They wouldn’t have been ours if our friend’s car hadn’t caught on fire on the way to a youth event.  Let me…

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Filed In: Uncategorized / Tagged: Annie Sloan, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, Annie Sloan clear wax, bulk trash, chalk paint, french, gold gray, Paris Gray, Rub and Buff, Rub'n Buff, vanity

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

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