Woodworking Family Life Style: country

I used a little sea green milk paint to achieve a great antiqued or aged effect

on this country cabinet I finished.

It didnt start out this nice.

This photo below was taken after 12 hours of repairing, priming, and replacing hardware.

The upper shelving had a missing bit I had to manufacture.

The chest top needed some repairs as well.

Once I had it all primed I distressed it pretty heavily.

I then sprayed a splatter coat of the Sea Green Milk paint over the entire piece,

which even crackled around the handles.

Photo of the Milk Paint Coat was corrupted but you can see the cracking here in a final photo.

Next I tinted more white primer with turquoise

I used 2 pots never fully mixing it so I would have a varying finish in the color.

Sanding all the way thru.

I prefer to distress after each coat adding to the depth of the finish.

I used the backer board for the top off a spare parts hutch.

I sanded it, primed it, painted it, distress it, stained it, and finally waxed it all before installing.

Its much easier that way but I know it doesnt sound like it.

Before installing the backer I had to stained and wax the rest of the piece,

it did probably take over 2 hours, pheewwf.

Im giddy with how she turned out,

Double plate rail, you couldnt ask for anything more.

Look at those curves ......... in the wood I mean.

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Monday, July 11, 2016

COME SIT RELAX white country spindle bench

Take a moment to stop in and enjoy the fresh BC air.

Have a seat, stay awhile.

The longer you stay, George will have to put off

getting on his ride on lawn mower.

Would you like a refreshment?

The truth is I have wanted to take these photos for

awhile, and then when I turned my back George

actually start to mow the lawn.

Well I run outa the house, down the stairs,

waving my arms madly in the air.

STOP...........!!!

Well of course he thinks something is on fire but

does give me a helping hand to carry the bench out,

watches while I take the photos, and then as any

gentleman would, helped to carry it back. Im sure

he was just eager to get back to his ride.

Some of you caught a quick glimpse of this little

gem during an earlier post about wallpaper, a

highboy, and my new paint sprayer. If you missed

out you can find that here.

This cute country bench is one of the surprise items

held for the Spring / Mothers Day sale

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Sunday, June 26, 2016

Country

Happy Sunday to you....

Monday, May 16, 2016

TOILE UPHOLSTERY french country wooden chairs

The weather here has been so nice I have been running ragged working outside getting all sorts of

projects painted. Unfortunately not all of them get finished in order as the next day ends up with the

sun shining again so I start another, saving the final touches for colder wetter days coming. But I

have managed to get something finished to share with you.

A little birdy dropped off these 4 pretty chairs asking if I thought I

could make them over and have someone love them again.

I said ... "I think I can!"

I just adore the warm patina worn into the wood so of course I wanted to work with them.

I sprayed them black, sanded them smooth with a bit of distressing, and finished them with some wax.

I kept some of the beauty of the wood showing by not painting the seats.

I removed any old wood, upholstery, and all the nails.

I started to replace the seat upholstery with drop cloth stapled in place.

Add the right amount of cotton padding/wadding for a soft landing,

then cover that with a heavy layer of vinyl. The thickness of the vinyl will smooth out any lumps in

the cotton and be a strong layer to hold everything in place.

I chose a red toile for the finished look.

I cut and stapled the upholstery in place.

And lastly, hot gluing trim to conceal the staples.

I thought you might like to read a bit about TOILE fabric:

Toile de Jouy, sometimes abbreviated to simply "toile", is a type of decorating pattern consisting of a usually white or off-white background on which a repeated pattern depicting a fairly complex scene, generally of a pastoral theme such as (for example) a couple having a picnic by a lake. Toiles also often consist of an arrangement of flowers. The pattern portion consists of a single color, most often black, dark red, or blue. Greens, browns, and magenta toile patterns are less common, but not unheard of. Toile is most associated with fabrics (curtains and upholstery in particular), though toile wallpaper is also popular. Toile can also be used on teapots, beddings, clothing, etc. In upper-class (primarily American, but also northern European) society, toile is often seen on dresses or aprons used at such events as country-themed garden parties or tea parties.

Toile de Jouy originated in France in the late 18th century. In the French language, the phrase literally means "cloth from Jouy-en-Josas", a town of north-central France. Although it has been continuously produced since then, it experienced a marked upsurge in popularity around the year 2000. Previously only a decorating design, designers have been recently experimenting with toile-patterned apparel as well, although toile-patterned shirts were widely worn in the 1970s.
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