It's another tool we are using to get the word out about what we do here at The Shabby Attic. I had my coworker show me how it works, and I still don't get it. I have absolutely no idea what its all about, even after using it for two days. Just yesterday I finally got my account up and rolling with Instagram, because apparently that's where all the cool people hang out, and I like to pretend I'm cool and pretend I know what is going on and what is trendy, so I opened an account. The beauty of it is in the imperfections.
This look may not be for everyone, but those who love shabby will just adore it. I finished them off with shredded silk toile ribbons at the back. I liked the deconstructed, faded and worn look of it. The bed skirt was too long and hid the beautiful chair legs, so I tore the skirt to cut it down.
You may notice on closer look at the pics, that the skirt on the chairs has a raw edge. It just softened the whole touch of the fabric and the painted chair. Once the stenciling dried, I did another round of dry brushing over the letters, again, to make it look older and faded.After that dried, I did a layer of wax over the whole chair including the fabric. I chose some stencils I felt would give It a French feel, and sprayed on with brown spray paint. This creates a layered, more authentic, time-worn look. I rub it in until it begins to blend in and fade a bit, then dry brush on the cream color again over the brown. The antiquing wax can be very dark, so I only use a little. Then rubbed antquing over the entire chair, as well as sanding a bit to give the chairs some distressing. Next step, I rubbed in antiquing wax to crevases along the seams, just where dust and dirt would collect naturally over time. Then brushed some cream paint onto the skirt once the primer had dried. And paint that fabric as well as the seat. I was going to skirt the slip seat of the chair.
#Screwing around in my disney kitchen how to#
As soon as I pulled it out and saw the shirred skirt, I knew exactly how to proceed. For some reason I could never part with it even with it's damage, so I had washed it and stored it away in my bin. Sure enough, I came across an old Ralph Lauren cotton bed skirt that I had from years ago, that had gotten wet while in storage and the fabric stained and fell apart in a few places. So I removed the seat from the base, and dug through my scrap fabric box to see what kind of cotton/linen sheet I had hiding within. Something that looks like it had been in L'apartment dans Paris for quite some time. The look I was going for was faded, old world canvas, with a touch of french styling. Because the original fabric was straight out of an episode of The Partridge Family, meaning that it was course gold and green corduroy, I decided that painting over that was not going to give me the look I wanted. The dry chairs sucked it right up and the paint laid on perfectly. Because the finish was completely faded, I painted then with a satin cream, paint and primer in-one latex. I had to do the Shabby chickie thing and paint them off white. Recently, I found a treasure in these empire style dining chairs. So on my short drive to drop my son off to school, I always weave through the alleys of Lansdale to see what decluttered gems my neighbors have been leaving at the curb after weekend clean outs. After all, a painting is just fabric with paint on it. I did it years ago before it became an upcycle trend.
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