Recently, I posted about my knotty pine bedroom and how I was painting it.
Here it is today. We think it's an improvement. The peeling brass-effect wall lights are going to be changed.
(The photos are dreadful because I have Done Something to my camera and can't Undo it without the instructions.)
The old Ikea laminate bookcase got a makeover too. House of Thrift, us.
Next on the list will be a very old chest of drawers, a large Edwardian one, battered and with its white paint chipped. Then the banister. Then the shelf in the hall. Then the wicker trunk. Then the dining table... then... then... the possibilities are endless.
I have Paint Fever.
Is it Mr Pooter and the bath all over again? Nice work so far, though.
ReplyDeleteIt's looking good Rachel. No stopping you now...!! Love the colour of the bookcase too.
ReplyDeleteIt's looking good Rachel. No stopping you now! Love the colour of the bookcase too.
ReplyDeleteYou painted a laminate bookcase? How does that work? and what color is that? Your painting project is beginning to spill over to my house... especially the bannister which we already covered with paint some years ago, but it's looking worn. Love your bed!
ReplyDeleteWell done it looks great! X
ReplyDeleteWow, were they all done with the chalk paint?
ReplyDeleteLooking good. Hopefully you'll inspire to to some action not just admiration.
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Rachel, dear, you have CABIN fever! Painting is merely a symptom.And it's not even winter yet!
ReplyDelete(But it does look crisp and clean)
Now I know what happened to those buskers you see covered with silver paint. Keep moving, Gardener, unless you want a career change.
ReplyDeleteMemo to Rachel: Flossie is black. Cats are ... cat coloured. If it can move at all (even if it happens to be asleep at the time) DO NOT PAINT IT.
ReplyDeleteWhat the veg artist said - with knobs on :)
ReplyDeleteviv in nz
They look great. It all has a very cozy cottage look.
ReplyDeleteAll the assorted pine is looking very snazzy , so I might come and loiter in your house . I could do with a makeover .
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As they say on FB...
Love the results!
ReplyDeleteI think Annie Sloan chalk paint sales must have gone through the roof thanks to bloggers. I am thinking of joining in with a Billy bookcase makeover, it all looks very fine indeed.
ReplyDeleteSaw this and thought of Flossie
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Are the animals keeping moving ? and still paint free?
I can see the temptation for a matching set.
We gave the collie peacock blue highlights this summer (entirely accidentally I hasten to add :0) )
Great job on the furniture! I know you totally did NOT ask for decorating advice, but I'm giving it to you anyway. Lose the brass wall lights and the off-centered picture frame. I'd suggest some really cool LARGE wall decoration over the bed (maybe an old, weathered door, turned sideways, or a huge piece of driftwood). If you really need reading lights on the wall, then get a two-directional fixture that is centered over the headboard. Two wall sconces directly over two table lamps is two much. 8-)
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