Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Free Graphic Wednesday #78



 
Hello my friends. Are you busy today or like me did you manage to get out of most of the Thanksgiving cooking?

My sweet daughter-in-law invited us over to her home this year and all I'm required to bring is one of my coconut cream pies which is always a necessity for the male members of my family. So the stress level around here is pretty low thank goodness.

 I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and everything works out smoothly for you from traveling to cooking that turkey. 

Now on to your free graphics this week.







One of my favorite Santa images is this lovely Father Christmas. I was so excited when I won him in an auction.








Once again I'd like to wish you all the best this Thanksgiving. I'm more than thankful for many things but you, my followers, are one of the best things that have come my way this year. Thank you for liking what I do.

Hugs,


Here are the rules for using these images.

  • The above images are free and for personal use only they are not for re-sale.
  • You may use the images as part of  a single project to sell but you may not sell the images or multiple projects using the imagesIn other words no mass production of items with my images.
  • International viewers please check the copyright laws for your country.
  • I do research the graphics to check if they are copyright free to the best of my ability before I share them with you, and because I am providing the graphics for free I am not legally responsible if you use these images and are sued for copyright infringement. It is totally your choice to use or not use the images.
  • All other images on my blog are copyrighted. You may pin them or share them on your social networks but any other use is prohibited.
    All images that are not listed as "free" on this blog are copyrighted and not for public use. Copying my images without my permission is subject to suit.



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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Free Graphic Wednesday #77



 Hello my crafty friends.  I hope your week has been going well. 

I have been working on a buffet using the same green I used on the hutch I shared with you last week.

I'm using these knobs on the doors on each end.


Now I'm trying to decide which ones to use on the drawers in the center. Which one do you like?


By the way, the left one is a clear cut glass not pink.

Now on to your free graphics this week.


Wouldn't this make a great invitation, which is what I believe it started out as, or what about a birth announcement?






















I hope you find these images useful as you prepare for the Holidays.  Enjoy.

Hugs,


Here are the rules for using these images.

  • The above images are free and for personal use only they are not for re-sale.
  • You may use the images as part of  a single project to sell but you may not sell the images or multiple projects using the imagesIn other words no mass production of items with my images.
  • International viewers please check the copyright laws for your country.
  • I do research the graphics to check if they are copyright free to the best of my ability before I share them with you, and because I am providing the graphics for free I am not legally responsible if you use these images and are sued for copyright infringement. It is totally your choice to use or not use the images.
  • All other images on my blog are copyrighted. You may pin them or share them on your social networks but any other use is prohibited.
    All images that are not listed as "free" on this blog are copyrighted and not for public use. Copying my images without my permission is subject to suit.


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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Free Graphic Wednesday #76



 
My this week has gone by fast. I hope you had a wonderful hump day. 

Did you see my post on the green hutch I recently refurbished?



You can see more pictures and the details of how I accomplished the transformation here.

Now for your free images for this week. I have some really pretty ones to share with you.











Does this look like the turkey's wishbone with ribbons to you. LOL


















Until next time all the best.

Hugs,



Here are the rules for using these images.

  • The above images are free and for personal use only they are not for re-sale.
  • You may use the images as part of  a single project to sell but you may not sell the images or multiple projects using the imagesIn other words no mass production of items with my images.
  • International viewers please check the copyright laws for your country.
  • I do research the graphics to check if they are copyright free to the best of my ability before I share them with you, and because I am providing the graphics for free I am not legally responsible if you use these images and are sued for copyright infringement. It is totally your choice to use or not use the images.
  • All other images on my blog are copyrighted. You may pin them or share them on your social networks but any other use is prohibited.
    All images that are not listed as "free" on this blog are copyrighted and not for public use. Copying my images without my permission is subject to suit.



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Thursday, November 7, 2013

How To Give Your Stock Kitchen Cabinets A Vintage Look

 
Hello Remodelaholics' followers! How are y’all? Good I hope and ready to learn how to give your cabinets a distressed, vintage, furniture finish. 

But first let me introduce myself. My name is Peggy Hale and my blog is PJH Designs. I love to do home remodeling projects and restore vintage and antique furniture.  Here are some of my followers' favorite projects.

How to build your own butcher block style counter tops. Which I have also shared here on Remodelholic. You can see it here.

One of my latest furniture redos was a 1970's china hutch that I transformed into a vintage, jelly style cabinet. You may see that post here.

Now on to the post I'm sharing with you today. I'm not going to kid you about this project it is very time consuming and can be tedious. But so worth it when you're finished. 

For this project you will need:

  • 1 quart of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Pure White and one quart in Paris Gray or colors of your choice. One lighter and one dark.
  • A quart of your choice of glazing medium
  • A cup of black tint (this can be latex or acrylic)
  • A paint brush
  • A soft rag
  • Sanding block
Total cost for this project is approximately $75 worth of paint and I spent around $100 for drawer knobs and pulls.




This is how my kitchen looked when I was finished.


And here is how my kitchen looked before the remodel.

kitchen2


Let's get started.



Tip: When you remove the doors and drawer fronts number them so you know where each one goes when re-hanging them.

So here is what I started with--your basic oak finish. I gave the top cabinets a lighter finish than the bottom ones. 

I'll share how I finished the top cabinets with you first.

To start I painted them with Annie Sloan Chalk paint in Pure White.




Next I mixed black pigment with a glaze and brushed it on. (You may use a black acrylic or latex paint.)


Don't panic you are not ruining your paint job. Smile

I then took a dry rag and removed the glaze. (If you want a lighter color in the end before applying glaze give your cabinets a light coat of clear, soft wax and let dry.)



After I had removed most of the glaze, leaving more in the details, I decided It was not light enough for me and I wiped it again with a damp cloth to remove more glaze.



After they were dry and re-hung I still wanted the top cabinets lighter so I went back and dry brushed more Pure White on them.  Finally, I was satisfied. Smile


I then used ASCP clear wax applying it with a brush and wiping off excess with a rag as I went.  After letting the wax dry for a few hours I distressed them and when they were totally dry to the touch I applied another coat of wax. To finish I buffed them to a light sheen.



Tip: It takes a total of at least 28 days for soft wax to fully cure until that time your furniture should be handled carefully to prevent scratching.

My bottom cabinets I wanted a little different so I started by painting them with ASCP Paris Gray.  I then followed the steps above except when I applied the black glaze I sort of slopped it on every which a way so that when I followed up with dry brushing the white on I would have more texture.



Here are the pictures showing you the steps.





First one with glaze and the one at top after wiping with dry cloth.






The end of bar after glaze had dried.




By the way these are the front of the cabinet drawers they pop off which made them much easier to paint.  This one is after about two coats of dry brushed Pure White. 

Dry brushing is a method of using a dry brush with most of the paint wiped off.  When you first start applying the paint you are barely touching the surface and as most of the paint is used you will press harder.  You never want to get a solid
looking brush of paint on the wood.

After each coat dries you continue adding the white with a dry brush until you get the look you want.   I think I applied a total of five coats in this manner.




Now here is where the bottom cabinets start to really look different.  Next you wax them using the soft clear wax wiping off the excess with a dry cloth.  I then took one of those gray sanding blocks and started distressing them. Resulting in the gray paint showing through in spots like they had worn over time. 




You want to distress anywhere you think they would naturally wear. Around the handles and pulls, on the corners, at the base, etc.  After all that scrubbing and rubbing they look like this








Corner top cabinet showing new bottom trim around cabinets.

To finish them I used different pulls on the top cabinets, the drawers, and the bottom cabinet doors to look as if they had been added at different times.




Oh yes, by the way, here is the inspiration picture I used to base my kitchen cabinet remodel on.




Now here is a picture of my finished kitchen.






Well, how did I do? You like? You can have the same look in your home. Its not that hard. If I can do it so can you. 

I'd like to thank Remodelaholic for allowing me to share this tutorial with you. Thanks so much.

All the best with all of your future remodeling projects. 

Hugs,





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