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If orange is the color you have been wanting to try on your latest find, see my posts, Doors from Italy, Opposites Attract, and Duck Egg Blue, for more inspiration.
What about Barcelona Orange?
If orange is the color you have been wanting to try on your latest find, see my posts, Doors from Italy, Opposites Attract, and Duck Egg Blue, for more inspiration.
Scandinavian Pink Over Arles
Some may say Scandinavian Pink and Arles are a bold color combination. If you are up for the challenge and need inspiration, check out some of my other posts, Golden Yellow Chest, A Warm Welcome, and The Colors of Carl Larsson
Eulalie's Sky
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Eulalie’s Sky is one paint color to use for a soft blue/green but you can also use Duck Egg Blue as I did on this French Chandelier, or mix Louis Blue and Provence as on this Flea Market Find or Rosewood Armoire. I also used a mix Florence and Old White together and painted a Mahogany Secretary for a similar effect.
Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint Colorways Swatch Book
Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint Color Swatch Book by Colorways
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If you want to compare these colors to my color swatches of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® you can find more color studies by clicking on the Tools tab or referring to my posts ASCP Colors + Tints and ASCP Colors + Shades.
Apron Strings
Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint. Apron Strings, Ironstone hand painted cherry blossom.
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If a hand painted or stenciled design on furniture is right up your alley check out my posts, Piero Fornasetti (my personal favorite), Inspired by Louis Vuitton, and Paint and Pattern II
Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint Colors
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Mixing standard colors in different amounts and combinations is a great way to create a diverse and unique color palette. To see some the custom colors you can make from Annie Sloan Chalk Paint®, see my posts, Mixing for Green, Mixing for Purple, and Mixing for Orange.
Flow Blue
New Colorways swatches, swatch books, color cards, and custom colors on the way……
For more color studies, color swatches, custom colors and color palettes you can click on ASCP Colors & Tints, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Colors + Shades and on the Tools tab
Modern Gustavian by Wisteria
Color Inspiration from Wisteria
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For more lavender inspiration see my posts, Passionate Purple, English Lavender, and Ikea Inspiration.
Country Console
Inspiration from Country Living.
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For more ideas to add a spark to your entryway console see my posts, In the Mood, Today It’s a Console, and French Sideboard. And if Arles and Graphite are favorite colors, just click on the swatches in the Color Palette.
New Tutorial: How to Paint a Wooden Bowl with Antibes Green
Scandinavian Pink
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If you love pink as much as I do check out my posts, Pretty in Pink, Secretaire Extraordinaire and Country Sideboard.
Chinese Apothecary Cabinet
Chinese Apothecary Cabinet. Read the complete post
For more ideas about large storage pieces see my posts, Chinoiserie Apothecary Cabinet, Swedish Cupboard, and Country Blue Wardrobe.
Rough Luxe
Recipe to add character to modern decor.
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For more cupboards to add personality and character to any decor see my posts, Not so Simple, Arles over Primer Red, and Vintage Chest in Hues of Louis Blue
Efex™ Architectural Frieze
While looking through the new Restoration Hardware catalogue, in the wall decor section, I found these Wall Carvings made from resin, plaster, and metal.
I also found similar pieces at Pottery Barn and Ballard Designs.
I love the look of real antique architectural ornaments, but these are very expensive reproductions and way over my budget. Being an avid DIYer, I saw this as an opportunity to be inspired to create my own work of art.
Enter Efex Furniture Appliques. I had used Efex on my Chinoiserie Cabinet and my Easy Picture Frame Upgrade and still had some pieces left over. I already had (from another project) a solid piece of wood 16″ x 24″ for the support and background of my frieze. I based my design (similar in style, not an exact copy) on a carved panel in St. Pauls Cathedral, London.
Efex™ Pieces
All you need to attach the Efex™ pieces is contact cement.
After the pieces were dry, I painted it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® Paris Grey mixed with Artisan Enhancements Fine Stone.
In order to give it a more aged patina, I dry brushed Graphite Chalk Paint in the crevices and Old White Chalk Paint on the high points. Since it will be hanging on a wall I didn’t feel the need to seal it.
I would love to know what you think. Is my Efex™ hand crafted frieze worthy of display? Considering how easy and inexpensive it is, would you make one? Here is a list of the Efex™ pieces I used, but honestly you could use any of the pieces in combination for your own work of art.
Efex™ Pieces: R61, SC14, SC16, L2, P13, 2 Rose 1, 2 Rose 2
Secretary Preview
Secretary Preview: Complex Green Finish
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You can see other color combinations for secretaries and desks in my January post, French Secretary, and a post from July, Secretaire Extraordinaire and also Old White and Pastels.
Modern Chalk Paint
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For more ideas on ways to use Chalk Paint in contemporary settings, see my posts, On the Bias, Antique and Mondrian, and Color Studies Lime Green.
Shades of Autumn
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Barcelona Orange is a strong vibrant color. For more ideas on colors to use in combination, see Doors from Italy, Bright Colors, and Barcelona Orange Color Palette. Or you can click on Barcelona Orange in the Color Palette to see all my posts where it is featured.
New Video Tutorial: Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® Color Palette
New Video tutorial: Introduction to Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® color palette
Swedish Gustavian Chest of Drawers
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For other ways to create a style and finish reminiscent of Swedish antiques, check out my posts Country Sideboard, Swedish Country Style, and A Carl Larsson Pink
Natural Aging
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Patina and verdigris come in many color combinations. For more ideas see Architectural Patina on an outdoor ornament, a luscious Turquoise on a cabinet drawer, a faux Verdigris painted with one color on an outdoor light, and a Weathered Zinc finish on planters and flower pots.
Ikea Inspiration
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If you love Duck Egg Blue as much as I do, you can see more ideas in my posts, Duck Egg and Louis Blue, Patina and Verdigris, and On the Side
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In The Mood
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Olive and red are used together in my post Primitive Red, and Chateau Grey is used in another green color palette, here,and here
Past Perfect
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If you would like some other ideas for using Florence Chalk Paint, you can see them in these posts:
Rococo Commode, Going Green, and Console Table