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Instagram Type tour of Dovetails
If you can’t get down to the shop, here’s a little taster of what’s in store!
Graphite and Gold!
Annie Sloan Graphite on an old music cabinet, I tried a new stencil on the original bumpy glass. Used gold/black aerosol and it’s come up a treat!
Some Like It Hot!
You can get some cracking results by just painting outside at the moment – just lay it on thick and let Mr Sunshine do the rest! – Little bit of Clear/Dark Wax, little bit of sanding…
Open Bank Holiday Monday
Annie Sloan Old Violet hits the wall!
Sue’s been on at me for a while to make it a bit cosier around our wood burner – step in Old Violet Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan! We’ve already got a nice Chest Of Drawers in Old Violet that…
Annie Sloan on Chris Evans Radio show
Annie Sloan was today’s mystery guest on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Radio 2 – starts at around 2.15 hours in, following the intro of: “one of the world’s most respected experts in the fields of decorative design and…
Bit of Brightness for a grey day!
English Yellow (my first time!) with Duck Egg Blue on the stencil work.
Nice Legs Annie Sloan – now see Everything!
Click on the heading for a bigger pic! Remember those legs I posted a few days back, Aubusson then some Brass leaf with Duck Egg Blue over the top – well here’s the finished piece covered in Charcoal Pastorale Toile…
Sunny days are here again!
Sunny and Hot at last! Due to a Delia-like run on Annie Sloan paint we have completely run out of some colours – and that’s a first! – but – we are replenishing our Paris Grey, Chateau Grey, Paloma, Old…
Viva Old Violet!
Loving this sunny spell – 3 hour makeover on this Chest Of Drawers, 1 coat of Antoinette where I wanted it to show through, 1 coat of Old Violet. Top sanded down and given a wash of Antoinette, just enough…
Nice Legs Annie Sloan!
Sneak Peek – Inspired by a chair in Annie Sloan’s new book ‘Colour Recipes For Painted Furniture’ I’ve been trying out a bit of subtle gilding. Started with Aubusson base, bit of Brass leaf then Duck Egg Blue rubbed away…