PAINTING A GLAZED DARK FINISH ON KATHRYN & SEAN'S KITCHEN CABINETS & STAIR RAILINGS & LINK TO PAINT COLORS & TECHNIQUE EBOOK

 PAINTING A GLAZED DARK FINISH ON KATHRYN & SEAN'S KITCHEN CABINETS & STAIR RAILINGS & LINK TO PAINT COLORS & TECHNIQUE EBOOK

Kathryn and Sean asked me to paint their kitchen cabinets and stair railings.

Both were that pickled/whitewashed oak.  

I showed them some samples and this finish is the one they chose for the kitchen cabinets.

It's several layers of paint and sealer.

This finish looked really good with their granite and backsplash tiles.

Their floors were stained concrete and the cabinet finish looked great with the flooring, too.

My hands get a little messy with these cabinet finishes.  But, they clean up just fine.

They were very happy with the way the kitchen turned out.

Then, I showed them a couple of samples for the stair railings.  They chose the one on the left.

Sean had stained his front door a really dark color and they wanted the railings to be dark, too.

The dark railings look so nice, now.  

Doesn't that look nice!

The "before" pictures are below.  The paint made such a difference.

One of their friends stained their concrete floors and put this design in the entry.  

It's Fiesta time in San Antonio.  You can see Kathryn's Fiesta wreath on the front door with lots of brightly colored ribbons.  Fiesta is a really big thing here.  It's fun! fun! fun! for several days.

Yesterday, I saw a lady with each one of her fingernails painted a different color. 

FIESTA!!

Stair railing "before".

Kitchen cabinets "before".

(original post 4/17/15) 

Here is a link to my new instructional eBook with paint colors and technique to achieve this finish.

PAINT A CABINET IN GRAY BROWN TONES INSTRUCTIONAL EBOOK

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HOME WHERE I'VE BEEN PAINTING SPECIAL DISTRESSED FINISHES ON ALL OF THE CABINETS

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HOME WHERE I'VE BEEN PAINTING SPECIAL DISTRESSED FINISHES ON ALL OF THE CABINETS

Finally, I have organized enough pictures that I can show you the wonderful house where I've been working.

From the open kitchen, you look into this huge room   I'm not sure if they call it a living room or a great room.  Up on the right, is the open hallway leading to bedrooms.  I'm pretty sure the railings will be wrought iron.  It's open on both sides and it was open (no railing) while I was going back and forth working on the bath cabinets in each bedroom.  It was a little scary walking on that narrow, open breezeway.

This is the other end of the great room.  The open kitchen.

I love the way they made the cabinets different heights.  

Looking from the kitchen, this is the dining room.  And, that is the ceiling medallion that I painted and shared with you, earlier.

LINK TO CEILING MEDALLION I PAINTED TO MATCH WALL COLOR

The kitchen with the brown primer.

I painted a white distressed finish over this color.

LINK TO WHITE DISTRESSED FINISH ON THE KITCHEN CABINETS

I believe they left the ceiling the natural wood color.  Not sure if they even sealed it.

This flooring is "to die for"!!

It has gray brown tones and each board is 9" wide.  It truly looks like old barn wood.

Doors.

Alex

This house is around 6,000 sq. ft. of beautiful.

Those garage doors are stained wood.

Several times, I tried to get good pictures of the copper on top of the house.

Real copper is covering the top of the chimney stack at the very top of the house.

And, there are two of those little dormer windows on either side of the very high entry.  There is a 4" or 6" strip of copper around the top of the little dormers.  The copper will patina with age.

Next post, I'll show you more of the cabinets I painted.

Isn't this a beautiful home!!

MY NEW VISE-GRIPS ~ MY NEWEST FAVORITE TOOL

MY NEW VISE-GRIPS ~ MY NEWEST FAVORITE TOOL

I was mowing my yard and the muffler on my lawn mower started smoking.  It was really rusty.  I tried to remove the muffler so I could take it to Lowe's by my house and get the exact same one.

I tried and tried to take that rusty muffler off and it wouldn't budge.

At Lowe's I found the replacement muffler and asked the guys how I could remove the old rusty one. 

They said I needed vise-grips.  

Some of them had a smaller width opening and this one is really large so it could fit my muffler.  It can also be adjusted to fit something smaller.  They were under 20.00.

I came home and used those vise-grips and could not believe how easy it was.  You punch that round silver button to adjust the size and then just turn whatever you're trying to loosen.  

I think this will be one of my favorite tools.  I bet I can even open jars with them.

Maybe you already knew about vise grips.  

But, I wanted to share this great find with you, just in case.

HAND PAINTING ART ~ A BEACH SCENE MURAL FOR A NURSERY & PAINTING A PALM TREE TUTORIAL

HAND PAINTING ART ~ A BEACH SCENE MURAL FOR A NURSERY & PAINTING A PALM TREE TUTORIAL

My client asked me to paint an ocean beach scene for her new baby boy.

His name was Jackson.

  I love his name!

She asked me paint the ocean on three walls.

And, paint a sky ceiling.

And, a lighthouse.

A place to sit out of the sun.

PALM TREE TUTORIAL

Palm trees are really easy to paint.

Just draw and paint the trunk.

Draw a line for the middle of the palm tree fronds.  Place them where you want them to be.

Then, use a flat artist brush and paint lots of curved fronds.

Paint them larger at the base of the tree and smaller toward the end.

PAINTING GAYLE'S MANTEL FROM PICKLED/WHITE WASHED OAK TO BLACK DISTRESSED

PAINTING GAYLE'S MANTEL FROM PICKLED/WHITE WASHED OAK TO BLACK DISTRESSED

Gayle has such a beautiful home.
A few years back when I was painting for her, I suggested that she let me paint her pickled/white washed oak mantel black and distressed.
 I knew it would be so beautiful with her peaches and off white colors around the room.

She said "ok", so here is the finished mantel.

Isn't her living room just wonderful!!
To visit the original post and more pictures and information, visit this link:
PAINTING GAYLE'S MANTEL
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COUNTRY HOME WHERE I'M PAINTING SPECIAL DISTRESSED FINISHES ON ALL OF THE CABINETS

COUNTRY HOME WHERE I'M PAINTING SPECIAL DISTRESSED FINISHES ON ALL OF THE CABINETS

Here are some pictures of the beautiful home in the country where I've been painting for several weeks. 

And, that's me painting the kitchen cabinets.  

Actually, I was sealing them today.  Two coats of sealer.

In this house, I have painted special finishes on the cabinets in 5 bathrooms, den, large laundry, kitchen and pantry.  

A whole lot of hard work!!  But, I love working with these guys.

They wanted everything to look old.

Here is the mantel over the stove (to be).  The cabinets in this kitchen are staggered and this area is taller than the other cabinets.  

My dream kitchen!

Here, I'm standing in the garage entry or I guess it might be a mudroom.

The opening on the right is the dining room and on the left is the kitchen.

The next one is the huge front door on the right and the great room on the left.

Just before the stairs, a guest bedroom on the left and office on the right.

I think this house is probably around 6,000 sq. ft.  

Mario is installing subway tile in the pantry and in the kitchen.  

This is the white granite and I'm amazed that my flash keeps picking up all of the "way deep" undertones.  This granite is actually mostly white with a very light gray here and there and a very light brown here and there.

Actually, the subway tiles are the color of the granite and that's why it is absolutely beautiful together.  

I'll be sharing more pictures of this WONDERFUL country home.

I feel privileged to get to work here.

The native bird sounds are everywhere in the tall oak trees. 

And, there are deer grazing as I'm driving into the neighborhood.

Does that sound dreamy, or what!