PAINTING WHITE BATHROOM CABINETS TO LOOK LIKE STAINED WOOD

PAINTING WHITE BATHROOM CABINETS TO LOOK LIKE STAINED WOOD

My client remodeled her bathroom and asked me to paint a special finish on the cabinets.

The cabinets were painted white and she wanted them to look like stained wood.

She wanted the edges and insets of the doors to have metallic paint on them to dress them up. So, after I painted the cabinets I painted metallic gold to outline the inset of the doors.  And, I painted metallic silver on the outer edge of the doors.  It looks very, very nice and was a nice touch.  My camera flash makes the silver look like a white line around the doors, but it really doesn't look that way.  It is much more subtle and does look like transparent metallic silver.

This is a close up view of the finish on the medicine cabinet.

This is a view of the new finish on the cabinets with their new granite.

To finish off this great new look of their brand new bathroom they had me paint some molding to match the cabinets.  They used this molding to frame the two mirrors that went over the two new rectangular sinks.  The clients were very, very happy with their new bathroom!

REPAINTING MADI'S ROOM AND ONE WALL WITH CHALKBOARD PAINT

     This is the fourth time I've painted Madi's room and she's only 14!!  The very first time was just before she was born.  They just love to decorate and I'm really happy about that!
     This time, she got a little more sophisticated with her colors.  She chose a beige for her walls and ceiling, which took two coats over what I had painted before!!  I'll show you those (really cute) colors, below.  And, she wanted one wall to be chalkboard paint.

Madi's mom found this brightly colored chalkboard paint online at hudsonpaint.com.  They have lots of really nice, intense colors.  The company told me the colors were more intense so the chalk would show up.  The paint didn't turn out to be the color they thought they had ordered, so, I worked with it a little bit to lighten it, so it would match Madi's bedding.

Hudson Paint told me that, after you've been writing and erasing with regular chalk, a patina would form that would lighten the paint a bit and look really nice.  I haven't seen it since I finished, but am looking forward to seeing Madi's "writings on the wall".

This is how Madi's room looked before:

They chose and I painted all of the walls and the ceiling different colors, to match her bedding.  Her mom looked online and found a company who would cut the black vinyl circles.  And, Robin and I attached them to the ceiling.  Madi's room looked sooo cute, but it was time for a change!

Just in case you want to make your own chalkboard paint, Martha Stewart  has a formula on how to make it at marthastewart.com.

Oh, and while I was working at Robin's house, Mitsy was watching me from a very safe, secret place!

PAINTING RED, METALLIC SILVER & STAIN ~ A SPECIAL FINISH ON A KITCHEN ISLAND

    PAINTING RED, METALLIC SILVER & STAIN ~ A SPECIAL FINISH ON A KITCHEN ISLAND

 Debbie has such a beautiful home!  She  loves decorating and it shows. 

     It was time for a change, so she asked me to do a couple of things in her kitchen.  She wanted my "antique silver" finish on her vent-a-hood.  For her kitchen island we discussed a couple of colors and finishes. Her kitchen, breakfast room, stairwell and living room are all open and connected.  I looked around and knew an "interesting" bright shade of red would look really nice on her island.

I painted the red and swiped a metallic silver on the corbels and tiny trim.  

Then, stained and sealed it all.

I love this shade of red.  It's kind of a salmony orangy red,  A little different from Debbie's decor, but I thought it looked really, really good.  And, it's not really this bright in her kitchen...my camera flash made it look brighter than it is.  

I love the red and silver combination!

This part of the island faces the stove and vent-a-hood. The vent it has a fleur de lis on it.  

So, I embossed this fleur de lis on a couple of  the island door fronts and

 added the metallic silver.

This island is not distressed, just painted and stained.

Thank you, Debbie!

~

"Antique Silver" Faux Finishes For Debbie:

"ANTIQUE SILVER" ON WALLS & TWO CABINETS

"ANTIQUE SILVER" ON BEDROOM WALL

PAINTING ARTWORK ON CANVAS DROP CLOTHS

PAINTING ARTWORK ON CANVAS DROP CLOTHS FOR HALLOWEEN & CHRISTMAS

My client goes to different shows to sell her merchandise.  She needed something special as backdrops for her shelving and displays.  We were heading into the holidays and she asked me to paint some artwork for her Halloween and Christmas shows.

She went to a paint store and got several large canvas drop cloths.

These are the ones I painted for fall and Halloween...

This is the one I painted for Christmas

Just a whimsical Christmas tree and glass balls for the tree (so easy to paint).  After painting the decorative balls and star, I painted glitter on all of the artwork for an extra sparkle.  And, the beige brush swipes in the background are with metallic gold paint.  You can't see the metallic shining because of the lighting.  But, it does sparkle back at you.

These backdrops are for any occasion...

I was able to spread these out on my driveway for painting.  I used several wide brushes and swiped color here and there.  It was very easy and very colorful.

If you want to paint these for a Halloween party, you could use them as table cloths, drape them over a hedge or anything you can imagine. 

 Painting a witch and broom and then putting twinkle lights on it would be really cute!  You could hang it from a tree limb.

Have fun with your project!!

PAINTING ARTWORK ON RUSTY OLD CORRUGATED ROOF TINS FOR RUTH

PAINTING ARTWORK ON RUSTY OLD CORRUGATED ROOF TINS FOR RUTH

Ruth built a new home way out in the country. 

 She had me do several things for her new home and I really loved working for her.  She had the most beautiful country acreage with flowers and butterflies everywhere.

She found some old rusted corrugated sheets of tin roofing and asked me to paint some colorful artwork on them so she could hang them from a great big tree down by the shed.

So, this is what I painted. 

 I worked on them in my backyard.  The roof tins were so easy to paint and it was fun creating something bright and colorful for Ruth's beautiful garden.

I wasn't sure if she was going to hang them side by side.  So just in case, I painted the yellow lantana kind of like it was one big patch of yellow.

To paint on these roof tins was Ruth's idea and such a unique one!!

She is a great decorator and I loved everything she did in her new home.

In her last home, she wanted me to paint her kitchen cabinets and I begged her to let me paint them red.  She had touches of red in her living area close to the kitchen and I knew the (browny) red would look sooo good.  She was reluctant at first and then absolutely LOVED her new red kitchen.  She loved it so much that she painted the same shade of red in her large new country kitchen and it looked wonderful!!

Thank you for letting me do this awesome project for you, Ruth!

PAINTING AND DISTRESSING AN OLD CHEST FOR A BATHROOM, GRANITE AND SINK

Kim was building a new home and had me painting lots of furniture, cabinets and ceilings with special finishes.

This old chest was green with a black top.  I primed and painted it to an old, distressed finish.  I painted the trim a dark coffee brown for contrast. 

Kim had everything planned out, all of her colors and a place for everything!  This chest was going in one of her guest baths.  When I finished the painting, it was installed and the granite guys put a beautiful dark granite and sink on it.  (I have photos of that, somewhere! and can't find it.  I'll post it, later.)

I love doing old finishes!  And, I love seeing all the furniture, cabinets and ceilings that I've done, with everything in it's place...furniture, mirrors, accents...the finished product.  It's a very rewarding feeling.  ALWAYS a LOT of work, but very rewarding!!

PAINTING A METALLIC BRONZE DINING ROOM CEILING

My client had a white ceiling in her dining room and wanted me to paint it a bronze metallic finish.

After painting the ceiling, I stenciled a bronzy brown leaf scrollie design on the white crown molding, just under the bronze ceiling.

She had a beautiful crystal chandelier and it showed up BEAUTIFULLY!! with the dark ceiling background.

(Remember, metallic paints reflect, so they reflect where the light is shining on them. I think the flash of light from my camera made this show up really well.)