Chalkboard and Coffee Chair Design

Coffee Crush Here.

 

Chalkboard Love a close second.

 

So how happy is this to combine the two!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm taking this little old lovely...

 

 

 

and bringing her into the "Starbucks" era.

 

 

 

Dry brushing white on black.

 

Transferring chalked back to painted surface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shading with Raw Sienna.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and rubbing antiquing wax on the edges.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because she needed a hip replacement,

 

I had to drill large sink holes

 

and then pilot holes with a smaller bit

 

to anchor the sides to the back with screws.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then using mattress foam

 

and a coffee sack I reupholstered the chair seat.

 

You can find details on padding a chair seat

 

on my other blog posts (high gloss white) Here

 

 and (coastal chair) Here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

where to sit ....

 

or to sell.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So a 1980's do goes 2013 trendy

 

with Chalkboard and Coffee.

 

Thanks for stopping by !

 

Deb

 

 

Link Parties:

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House of Hepworths 

Embracing Change 

 Stone Gable

The 36th Avenue 

French Country Cottage 

 Shabby Art Boutique

 The Charm of Home

Common Ground 

 Redoux Interiors

 Miss Mustard Seed

Show-licious 

 Cheerios and Lattes

 Funky Junk Interiors

Tatertots & Jello 

It's Overflowing

That DIY Party

Under the Table and Dreaming

Between Naps on the Porch

Coastal Charm

Cozy Little House

Home Stories A to Z

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

CedarHill Ranch

Savvy Southern Style

DIY by Design

A Stroll Through Life

Adorned from Above

House on the Way

Elizabeth & Co.



Custom Signs

 

 

Your signature style.

 

Personalized.

 

Custom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Painting custom signs is a large part of my work.

 

Here is an example of a House Number Sign

 

that you might like to make too.

 

 

 

 

 

I used the "Dip and Drag" paint technique.

 

Ha, sounds so complicated...it's just cardstock

 

dipped in paint and scraped onto surface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can read more about that Here.

 

Then you can make a print of your number

 

and chalk the back surface

 

using your window as a light box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer onto board from the front

 

with a pen or pencil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can see the light outline here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base paint white.

 

Shade a little bit with camel.

 

Drop shadow black with a liner brush

 

on right sides and bottoms of numbers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some other personalized Lake Signs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of these are large...about 3' x 4' or larger.

 

Larger scale for outdoor signs make such a nice visual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a smaller sign for a front door:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And this is what I'm working on today -

 

She wanted the 12 Gifts of Marriage

 

made into word art.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I still used the scraping (dip and drag) paint style

 

for the background but instead of stripes

 

I applied it in squares with a variety of

 

horizontal and vertical pull.

 

Here's a close up of the layered paint:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isn't that the best thing about being a DIY'er!

 

We can make it our own.

 

Just the way we like it.

 

What a fun and artful journey.

 

So glad to share it with you friends!

 

Deb

 

 

Link Parties:

Mop it Up Monday 

That DIY Party 

 Alderberry Hill

 Under the Table and Dreaming

Keeping it Simple 

Between Naps on the Porch

Boogieboard Cottage 

The Dedicated House 

Coastal Charm

Monday Funday Link Party

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia 

Cozy Little House 

 Creatively Tuesday

Savvy Southern Style

DIY by Design 

The Style Sisters 

The Shady Porch 

Beyond the Picket Fence 

 Stone Gable

 House of Hepworths

 

The Shabby Creek Cottage
The 36th Avenue
I Gotta Create
French Country Cottage

Repurpose Water Ski to Beachy Photo Holder

Here the calendar flips to April

 

and I'm already getting the water skis out!

 

 

Merriam-Webster thinks I will be

 

"planing over the water

 

being towed by a speedboat".

 

 

Not yet.

 

Today I'm up to something else.

 

 

 

 

I'm taking an old wooden water ski

 

and will repurpose it

 

for use as a picture holder.

 

 

 

 

Removed the boots, sanded,

 

applied white primer and then a white base.

 

Then I taped off the stripes.

 

The blue stripes are 5" wide.

 

The white stripes are 7" wide.

 

 

 

 

Mix white with Sea Breeze blue

 

and Neutral Gray.  Brush on.

 

 

 

After it dries

 

apply a white glaze mix to soften the color.

 

 

 

Here you can see the blue stripes.

 

One with the white glaze

 

and one without.

 

 

 

 

Then I used my liner brush

 

to paint a gray edge.

 

 

 

Sanded.

 

 

 

 

Fastened acrylic frames to the water ski

 

with a screw and washer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

D Ring Hanger on Back.

 

 

 

 

Then I added a dock cleat

 

to the front just for an extra lake doo dad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I could make a grouping

 

on the wall near the mirror.

 

 

 

or...

 

I could hang it on the lakeside wall.

 

 

 

 

It's a fun way to display photos!

 

You could also hang it horizontal,

 

or even put 3 or 4 dock cleats on

 

for a hook board ...

 

maybe for beach towels.

 

Lots of possibilities.

 

(unless you just want to ski on it)

 

Love that too.

 

 

Hope you all have fun paint projects

 

you're working on,

 

Deb

 

 Link Parties:

Savvy Southern Style

Southern Lovely

Crafty Misadventures 

 Home and Garden Thursday

I Gotta Create 

Beyond the Picket Fence 

 Stone Gable

 The 36th Avenue

 House of Hepworths

The Shabby Creek Cottage 

 Finding Silver Pennies

 French Country Cottage

 Redoux Interiors

Common Ground 

 Tatertots & Jello

 It's Overflowing

Funky Junk Interiors 

Cheerios & Lattes 

Too Much Time

That DIY Party

Alderberry Hill

Under the Table and Dreaming

Keeping it Simple

Craftomaniac

Between Naps on the Porch

Boogie Board Cottage

Coastal Charm

Home Stories A to Z

Creatively Tuesday

Cozy Little House

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