Before The Red by SK

This spacious kitchen was very utilitarian but lacked a bit of color and flash. I am here to fix that...We had remodeled this kitchen taking the 1945 kitchen space into this century.

The counters are now a chocolate concrete and the cabinets started out as white off the shelf storage. The pantry is a custom built 4'x6' country style cabinet which I designed and built for the space and then painted green. Dated...It needed a face lift and a exciting spot of color.

Cabinet Before Painting:
 Pantry Cabinet After Painting and Sculpturing

Kitchen Before Painting:

Priming the concrete counter tops

 After the base coat of deep chocolate was dry I began to stencil a damask pattern in several different colors of cocoa and light  cream. When this was dry I glazed the entire counter top with a deep chocolate glaze.
 The finished counters were given four coats of Spar varnish for durability. Sanding between each coat of varnish.  This will be as durable as a granite counter at a much lower cost. The once a year coat of varnish will take this beautiful counter into the next century.
Kitchen After Painting:

The cabinets were from several different decades and quality. We sanded and primed them with a bonding primer. These took four coats of high quality paint in the same red as the pantry.

When they were cured I sanded the edges back for a worn look. I then glazed them with a chocolate glaze and varnished.


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Painted Canvas Pillow Talk with SK

Painted Canvas and Burlap Pillows for A Special Client.

Jet black beading, fun buttons, painted ribbon and burlap flowers.
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Scrappy Pumpkins with SK

With a few canvas scraps left over from other projects, I was inspired by a cute no-sew pumpkin tutorial. Quick and easy for those of us who are challenged with more difficult projects.

Thanks to  Kristy at Three Peppers: http://3peppers-recipes.com/diy-painted-canvas-pumpkins/
for the detailed instructions.

I used burlap ribbon for my stems and curlycews. And green painted burlap for leaves. I loved the simplicity of the pumpkins without faces. I might paint a few scraps of burlap black and pin on faces for Halloween. Then for fall and Thanksgiving just keep them simple.

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Past Perfect

Amazing Past Perfect Dresser
I am anxious to re-create this look.  I would like to experiment with decorative paper and Modern Masters Metal Effects Iron Paint to get this look. Incredible color...

How amazing is this original hand-painted dresser? Take a long look at the original painted and papered artwork.

You can read all about Leslie's discovery of this beautiful piece. Thanks Leslie for sharing.


Re-Posted from Leslie Stocker at:
http://lesliestocker.com/past-perfect/

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