Chippy white hall stand

I started these little drawers as one of my Painter in Residence pieces, but after my recent trip to Sydney and time spent discussing my projects with the Annie Sloan team, I decided against it. These drawers are very much my style, but I now feel that I need to push myself more when creating my six masterpieces in the next few weeks!

 

Using the leftover green ikat fabric from the little Coco chest, the sides are a modern and quirky surprise!

 The structure of the draws were very bad condition, so I made the decision to glue to the fronts of the drawers into place. Not really ideal in terms of storage, but only the owner would ever know and the top still acts as great, rustic surface area! 

I stripped the top back to its raw state, and simply waxed it to a gentle shine, a gorgeous little piece in a cottage or beach home setting?

Funky blanket box!

I forgot to take a 'before' shot of this little chest, but it was coffee coloured with a high shine varnish, desperately needing facelift! It wasn't antique, but I thought it had an interesting shape and lent itself nicely to the decorative Chalk paints, by Annie Sloan.

 

 

 

 

I painted two coats of Coco on the outer section, 2 washes of Aubusson Blue (half paint half water) inside the chest and decorated the inside of the lid with a beautiful pale green ikat fabric.

A fantastic small storage unit, perhaps for the end of the bed? This piece has sold :)

Aqua corner cupboard

I'm pretty sure that this corner cupboard is oak. It was very mid brown and unattractive and need it either lightning, or painting in my opinion.

 

The carving was very sweet and appealing, I decided a custom mixed shade of aqua be the way to go.

 

 

 

I added some very sweet little red owl knobs, which contrasted beautifully. It found its way to an artist on the south coast very quickly after I listed it, she had been looking for a corner piece for a long time! Perfect :)

Mega exciting announcement for Drip Designs Furniture!

I am so very exited that I have been asked to be involved in Annie Sloan's new scheme, Painters in Residence!

Picture via Decomag

 

Painters in Residence is a scheme to promote high quality and interesting use of paint in the home, through the use of collaboration with different artists and Annie Sloan products. I have been invited to work with Annie as one of the first three Painters in Residence working between June and August. This is a residence in the sense of time, not place – unlike a lot of Artist in Residence projects.

 

Dovetail Vintage

 

Painters in Residence is a project that is being run worldwide, this includes the UK, Australia, North America, South Africa and Poland. 

Each photograph of our work will be watermarked with a Painters in Residence badge. The badge will also be given to us to use on our websites and online profiles – this shows that we have officially worked with Annie as a Painter in Residence.

 

I feel so very honoured that my work was spotted by someone, somewhere, sometime and thank that person wholeheartedly for this opportunity, they obviously have SWELL taste!! Wink.

 

 

Why not follow along with the Annie Sloan Facebook page.....

https://www.facebook.com/AnnieSloanHome?fref=ts

 

The other two artists that have been chosen at this time are -

 

Janice Issitt (UK) -  https://www.facebook.com/JaniceIssittLifeStyle

 

Alex Russell Flint (France) - https://www.facebook.com/ArfAlexRussellFlint

 

Really amazing talent and incredibly humbling to be working alongside them.

Op shop find turned chalkboard

I found this large, dated print in a second hand shop a few months ago which I knew would come in handy somewhere down the track. I have played with the idea of keep in the frame gold (LOVE a bit of gold!) but had a neater idea one night to cover the whole piece in Graphite....

 

 

This stuff is a beautiful, rich deep grey, more interesting than plain old blackboard paint. There are some great DIY chalkboards out there, a few of my favourites include...

Dear Lillie

Décor Pad

 

And here is mine...(complete with cranky angel ;)

 

Getting more into it..

I like how casual the piece has become with the graphite. Just got to find a wall to hang it now.

Minty cupboard love

 

I have been wanting to paint something in a mint green shade for AGES! I don't have a lot of this beautiful shade in my home to be honest, but it is definitely one of those colours that catches my eye whether it be furniture, home wares, room colour etc.....

Delovesdesigns.com

Making Home Base

 Interior Revolution

Refunkmyjunk.com

 

So this antique cupboard came home with me and it had a ghastly cherry stain on it. I decided this would be the piece to get mint-ed! I painted it all over, hardware included (which I don't often do, but love in on this piece) and sanded back the top to reveal a lovely mid-toned timber. I buffed a white wax into this to emphasise the weathered, beachy look and then simply lined the drawer.

 

 

 

 

She sold quickly, so there are some other mint fans out there for sure - i'll definitely paint in this shade again soon! :)

You know you need a shoe cabinet....

I was keen to start painting again when we returned from a beautiful break visiting family in the UK. Fuelled with masses of inspiration from the rich history & beauty of my home country, it was hard to know where to start!

I had purchased a small, antique shoe cabinet at the local auction house a few weeks before we left and thought that maybe a cute & petite project like this would be a good place to start. And we all love Annie Sloan's Duck egg ;)

 

 

 

This lil' beauty would double up as a really stunning hall stand or bedside...I hope it's neat size finds it's way to the perfect spot in someone's home soon :)