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About that expensive chalk paint~

6/21/2013

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This stuff is gorgeous. I mean GORG-US!! Its thick, its rich, its like painting with thick, heavy whipped cream. (I love me some whipped cream... cooking with it put 15 lbs on my fanny.) But alas, this paint is expensive and I can't afford it.

Much like the "chalkboard paint" that you actually use chalk on, this stuff is out of my price league. (To make that, add grout to your latex wall paint.) How much??? I dunno... "some". I never measure, either. 

The whole thing about chalk paint is that while it can be painted "perfectly", the beauty of it is to show all those character lines, dents and folds on the furniture that you already have or acquire 2nd hand. I guess its creator thought like I do, "Why hide its history? Like you, its life is what makes it beautiful. No 2 are alike."

Anyway, to make the stuff, you can add regular chalk to any latex paint. What happens when you do that?? You get a matte gesso. I'm not sure where you can get chalk at, probably online somewhere, but the deal is that ANYTHING really porous will work. Some people have used whiting (can't find that anymore), cornstarch (I've used that successfully myself) and plaster of paris (has been used for fresco painting for hundreds of years- the paintings themselves last hundreds of years, too, so you know this stuff is good).

I do know that cornstarch will NOT change your paint color at all, but will
1. increase adhesion: so you won't need to use a primer, either
2. make your paint matte (like chalk paint)
3. increase porosity (which increases adhesion, etc.)

I did not use primer under the stuff I made and it stuck like crazy. I wopped it in a few places, tried to chip it and it won't come undone.

My next batch will have plaster of paris in it... and I'll post pictures. Note: be careful to only add a little to paint you intend to use because this stuff will set up and get hard to use! Please remember that, I don't want you wasting paint, time or money.

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Ok... are you ready for this? Decorate with TINFOIL!

6/21/2013

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Tinfoil. Its for more than alien-thought-shields and dish-washing avoidance these days :)

Here are the befores....

After patch-plastering stencils, playing with Moroccan bottles filled with plaster, sticking on tinfoil and doing an India Ink wash, here goes...

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End Table or Night Stand 1

6/21/2013

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Vintage end-table hand-painted custom-color green. Click image for price info <3
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Ordinarily, the "before" would go before the after... but if I did that, you might be turned off and not look! because this thing was so BUTT ugly. But,  it had great vibes and since I can't stand to see a good challenge go to waste, I wondered how it would turn out. It did not let me down.

This is chalk paint I made, including color, and is totally durable and washable. The only thing missing right now, glass tops, are coming soon. Unless you actually want the '80's tinted glass tops :) (Nah, didn't think so).

It feels good to save trees from being cut to make more furniture, feels really good to give this poor thing a new life (and someone who hopefully loves it) and also to save the Earth from more waste.

Ok, are you ready for the before pics??? Here they are below!

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Rock a Bye Baby Cradle

6/21/2013

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Hand painted one of a kind baby cradle based on the lullaby Rock a Bye Baby, in the treetop... and when the wind blows (or a loved one rocks it) the cradle and the treetop really does rock. Nothing is breaking on this one, however, it has metal "boughs". I have it listed at a negotiable price of $315.

Click on Cradle image to see video of the treetop rocking and other views of the cradle.
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Unisex sunset colors chosen to belong with most baby accessories.
All painting designed and created by artist Linda Hill.
Product features blessing under cradle mattress (mattress not included)
to wrap your child in love and safety.
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Mirror 1.

6/21/2013

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New Orleans inspired hand painted mirror in UV resistant finish, complete with color shifting pigment and glitter in the "peacock" feathers. Click image for more views and price information, too.
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