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Master Bedroom In progress

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Master bedroom before

The first picture shows the dull wall color and beige berber carpet.  (Along with my dad and my daughter.)










Below, you can see the new wall color and new door into the den. The den has lost it's paneled wainscoting and it's wall paper.

Bedroom, with no carpet, but with new paint color. 

 

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Chalk Paint Makeover

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I picked up this dresser at the flea market that supports our local Catholic school. While my kids don't attend, and I am not Catholic, my son-in-law is an alumnus and I think it is a good cause. Anyway, I shop there a lot and find lots of goodies that I use in my home. This dresser is the perfect size and shape for my guest room. Unfortunately, the finish was shot and the drawer fronts and top are made from laminate. Nasty, chipped laminate. 

I thought about finding some gripping, stain-blocking primer, but then I heard about chalk paint. We don't have a place in town that sells Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, and I didn't feel like driving to Little Rock to buy paint that is over $30 a quart, so I talked to my sister in law, who sells restyled furniture in her shop, Dog and Butterfly in Portland, TN. She uses chalk paint, but makes her own with plaster of paris and latex paint. 





I applied three coats of chalk paint to finally cover the dark "wood," but the texture was so rough. Not only did it look "handpainted" it looked like a old house painted with lead-based paint, over old paint. So I took some 60 grit sandpaper and sanded it smooth-ish. Of course, this exposed some of the edges. Then I took some sanding sealer and dabbed it on those areas. After it dried, I poured some latex paint into a tray with Floetrol, and painted a coat with a foam roller. After that dried, I put a coat on just the exposed edges. I'll go ahead and put one more full coat on, then seal it with polyurethane. I'll post after pictures when I get it all dry. 

 

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Chalk Paint

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I am dying to get a chance to try chalk paint. I've done some work on one of the bedrooms, and should post pictures, but probably won't.

Anyway, my sister and law gave me the recipe that she uses for chalk paint:
1 cup water based paint
1/4 cup plaster of Pairs with a little HOT water mixed in


 

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Flickr Goodness

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I am loving the Shabby/Vintage Chic pool on Flikr.

I found this, and this, and this (see the suitcase as an accessory?),and this spice rack.

I also like this before and after refinished buffet.

This is an awesome kitchen.

I love this fabric storage idea!

I thought this was a framed fragment of quilt, but instead it is a mirror propped on a quilt. I think I liked it better, though, as a fragment. I have a couple of quilts that I've picked up at yard sales that have seen better days that have bits of them that could be salvaged.

 

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