When I first started on my picture perfect project… I shared that I didn’t get the cabinetry painted; but I did brush paint on every door…so that I. WOULD. FINISH! 
SEE?
You’ll be happy to know… IT WORKED! I GOT THEM PAINTED! 
I mixed up a little bit of Ooops! Paint and blended in a few other colors until I came up with just the shade of WHITE I liked. This color happens to resemble *news print* in color and then I mixed up some plaster of paris and made some DIY CHALK PAINT!!! I liked it. But I thought it lacked detail. 
Here they are after GLAZING—or basically, brushing on some tan paint I thinned down with water. I just brushed a little layer on and wiped it off with a damp rag. 
I did the same thing with the sink vanity.
I really like how it this turned out. The sink is marble; it’s not white instead, it almost an alabaster color… So the paint and glaze toned it down and blended it together nicely. 
You can see the contrast between the marble sink and the *news print* base here-
…And the difference it made here!!
I’m also noticing in these pictures that the door on the left looks a little less glazed… DOES IT LOOK LIKE THAT TO YOU?
I’ll have to go and check that out. I’ve not waxed any of these yet…so I can probably have a do-over on that door.
Lastly--- I went ahead and painted the corner shelf over the toilet too. It did look like this… 
See?
Now it looks like this!!!! (Smile)
Yes… I’ve got the same items on my shelf before, during and after! I’ve not really gotten that far yet---
I will probably shop the house and do some re-arranging. But that will come when I’m completely finished.
*** Useful Tip # 1: JUST BRUSH SOME PAINT ON THEM AT RANDOM!
You’ll get sick of looking at them and HAVE TO PAINT THEM.
You don’t have to thank me now. Thank me later--- when the paint job is finished… {wink-wink}
~ God bless you and Thanks for reading!
SEE? You’ll be happy to know… IT WORKED! I GOT THEM PAINTED! I mixed up a little bit of Ooops! Paint and blended in a few other colors until I came up with just the shade of WHITE I liked. This color happens to resemble *news print* in color and then I mixed up some plaster of paris and made some DIY CHALK PAINT!!! I liked it. But I thought it lacked detail. Here they are after GLAZING—or basically, brushing on some tan paint I thinned down with water. I just brushed a little layer on and wiped it off with a damp rag. I did the same thing with the sink vanity.
I really like how it this turned out. The sink is marble; it’s not white instead, it almost an alabaster color… So the paint and glaze toned it down and blended it together nicely. You can see the contrast between the marble sink and the *news print* base here-…And the difference it made here!! I’m also noticing in these pictures that the door on the left looks a little less glazed… DOES IT LOOK LIKE THAT TO YOU?
I’ll have to go and check that out. I’ve not waxed any of these yet…so I can probably have a do-over on that door.
Lastly--- I went ahead and painted the corner shelf over the toilet too. It did look like this… See?
Now it looks like this!!!! (Smile) Yes… I’ve got the same items on my shelf before, during and after! I’ve not really gotten that far yet---
I will probably shop the house and do some re-arranging. But that will come when I’m completely finished.
- What a difference a little DIY chalk paint can make,huh?
- What a difference a little Glaze can make,right?
- What a difference a little finished project makes,too!?!?
*** Useful Tip # 1: JUST BRUSH SOME PAINT ON THEM AT RANDOM!
You’ll get sick of looking at them and HAVE TO PAINT THEM.
You don’t have to thank me now. Thank me later--- when the paint job is finished… {wink-wink}
~ God bless you and Thanks for reading!
3 comments:
This turned out wonderfully! And my kitchen has some "paint on each piece so I'll finish", too, LOL!
Pat
It turned out great!
It's so fresh looking!
ohhh what a great tip! (slap some paint on, then you HAVE to paint them) You don't know me very well! hahaha
your vanity and corner shelf look fabulous!
gail
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