Friday, October 26, 2012

Red...Yellow...Green

I am forever moving furniture around and changing things up.

My fall break has consisted of projects I have wanted to get to for weeks.

First thing Monday morning I painted this bench.


When I bought this cabinet,


I moved the red bench from the hallway and replaced it with the cabinet.

I put the red bench in our spare room, but a red bench next to a red sofa was overkill.

I was going to paint it yellow, but I like how this bench in our living room turned out after a neighbor suggested adding a yellow stripe.


My goal was to paint the bench yellow with red stripes, but after painting the yellow over the red on the top, I knew that wasn't the look I wanted.


Steve likes it, but I knew I wouldn't be happy.

I remembered seeing a wonderful green chair on someone's blog.

The color was Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Antibes Green.


Yesterday, I painted the bench green.

Today I sanded it and was actually happy that I had both red and yellow on the bench because both colors show through after sanding.


I have never used the ASCP wax and I love the way the wax makes the color pop.


And, I like the way the green table picks up the green from Steve's baseball paintings.


The green bench may be done, but the results are causing me more work.

I painted this table last summer taking it from red to blue, but I didn't have the wax.


Tomorrow I am going to sand it a little bit more and add the wax.

And, I now realize what is wrong with this white cabinet I painted in ASCP Old White.


I finally understand when I read blogs where people have painted furniture several different colors to get the desired look.

I am going to repaint the cabinet with yellow and then blue paint - maybe even a little red.

I don't have any green left.

Then I will paint it white again and sand it down for the other colors to show through.

My break is nearly over and I have a Saturday field trip next week, so it will have to wait for the Veteran's Day weekend.

I can't wait to see the results.

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9 comments:

  1. Love the green bench. I am one of the guilty ones of painting a piece more than once. It is great for the layers showing through.

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    1. I read a blog earlier this week about a woman who painted the same chair 3 different colors in a day. Now I get it. I am so excited about painting my white cabinet different colors and then going back to white.

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  2. I love the green bench! looks wonderful in there. I also love the floor in that room. Do you keep it bare all winter?
    we cover ours up with rugs....
    otherwise I get cold feet!

    have a great fall break wrap-up!Pat

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  3. Hi Carol - jut discovered your blog and love your style. I'm playing around with ASCP a lot lately too and love the what the wax will do to a piece. Have you taken a class yet? You can learn so much at a Boot Camp. The best trick I learned was to wax first and then distress - the wax helps the paint adhere and you get a smoother finish (plus less dust).

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  4. Wow, you almost lost me there....but, I think I caught up! Can't wait to see your white cabinet...or is that going to be blue? Just kidding, sounds like your having fun! Enjoy your time off!

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  5. Love that AS green, I would love to paint a cabinet or sideboard in it, and I love how the red and yellow shows through - lovely job Carol.

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  6. Love the areas you sanded through to let the other colours peek out. I love ASCP.
    Joy

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  7. I love how it turned out and can't wait for this weekend for 2 small projects. I want to do the same things with multiple layers.

    Thanks for dropping by.

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