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Showing posts with label #video. Show all posts

Video 41 Painting Shadows & Highlights Part 3




In Part 3 of this video series, Painting Shadows and Highlights, I show you how to seal your chalk paint finish, and discuss the benefits of using wax vs polyurethane..... Read More and View Video

Video 40 Painting Shadows & Highlights Step 2



 

In this video, I’ll show you step 2 – painting a solid first coat of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® Duck Egg Blue and adding shadows and highlights with chalk paint...... Read More & View Video

Video 39 Painting Shadows & Highlights Step 1




In this video, I’ll show you step 1 for prepping a chest of drawers for chalk paint. Prepping is really not complicated, so I share my thoughts about why I’m going to paint it....... Read more & Watch Video


Video 38: White Washing with Chalk Paint® Step 3





In this final video on White Washing with Chalk Paint®, I seal the finish using Annie Sloan’s Clear Wax and I show you how to accentuate the carvings and details with Annie’s Dark Wax...... Read More and View Video

Video 36 How to Chalk Paint® WhiteWash: Step 1




In this video, I’ll introduce this piece and show you step 1 for prepping an oak end table for a Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® white wash using Old White....... Read More and View Video

Video 34 Chalk Painting Fabric - Step 2




In the second part of this video series on chalk painting fabric, I use a new chalk paint, Classico, by Pure & Original Paint to give a fresh look to my fabric covered chair seats....... Read more 

Video #30 Let's Do Terra Cotta - Adding Age & Patina






In this last part of our terra cotta series, I show how to layer blues and greens to give age and character to our painted terra cotta garden planters......Read More

Video #29 Let's Do Terra Cotta




Now that our plastic planter is prepped, we can paint it with Chalk Paint. I’ll show you how to mix colors and layer to get the look of real Terra Cotta.......Read More

Video #28 Prepping Plastic Pots from Home Depot for Chalk Paint




I thought it would be fun to take some inexpensive plastic planter pots from Home Depot and show you two different finishes with chalk paint. In this video, I’ll show you the........ Read More

Small Step Stool Video #27




In part  3 of our video series  on a child's step stool,  I complete the finishing process with wax and ...... Read More

Small Step Stool: Video 26




In this Part 2 Video,  I demonstrate how to layer chalk paint colors to create a Restoration Hardware style finish... Read More

Small Step Stool: Video 1




In this Part 1 video, I show how to do a quick prep on our small step stool to ready it for painting with Chalk Paint in a Restoration Hardware style finish.......Read More

Video #24: Adding a Liming Wax Finish





In this video I show the last step in repurposing our Antibes Green Child’s Chair: finishing with wax. I demonstrate how to apply Liming Wax as a way to further enhance color and grain in the wood, as well as..... Read More

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Colorways grew out of my love for art and design, and my passion for paint and color. I feel confident about my abilities in those areas, but admittedly blogging is more of a learn as I go endeavor.... Read More

Video 23: Painting A Child's Chair Antibes Green





In Part 2 of this 3 part Video Series on repurposing a vintage children’s chair, I show how I paint our little chair using Chalk Paint. Specific techniques include.....  Read More

Video #22: Old Chair, New Life



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Vintage children’s furniture offers a unique way to add personality and charm to your home decor, but often requires some basic cleaning and preparation before it can be repurposed. In the Part 1 of our 3 part tutorial, I show the initial .........Read More

Brass Chandelier Makeover and a Surprise Delivery




This week I posted  all three parts to our new tutorial series, where we take a brass chandelier and transform it with Chalk Paint. I thought I would share a  a few more photos from....Read More

Video #21: Transforming a Brass Chandelier with Chalk Paint and Wax. Part 3 of 3




This is the last installment of our 3 part video series where we transform an ordinary inexpensive brass chandelier using chalk paint. In this tutorial I demonstrate how to add the final touches.....Read More

Video #20: Chalk Painting a Brass Chandelier




In part 2 of 3 in my Brass Chandelier video series I add Chalk Paint directly to the metal surface to create an old world........Read More