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The DIY Paint Bar...Old Doors, New Paint & Good Times!

23/1/2017

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We love playing with paint and we thought it would be fun to create a space to play, experiment, test new colours and just have fun!

Here's how it all started...
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We admit to being door-obsessed.

​These vintage beauties were ready-and-waiting to be painted in diverse shades of Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint before being used to line the walls behind the DIY Paint Bar.
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Before
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After, from left: Eulalie's Sky, Artissimo, Mustard Seed Yellow, custom mix Apron Strings
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A pretty good result, right?

The colours are so delicious they cannot help but inspire!

Next up are these maddeningly "vintage" (perhaps in this case I should just call them OLD??) timber horses found on the side of the road.

​Wobbly and well-worn, just how I like them! 
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Old wooden horses were an awesome roadside rescue!
A few well-placed brackets and screws, a coat of MMS Milk Paint in Apron Strings before sealing with Hemp Oil to maintain the rustic, matte finish and let all the old stains and bits come through...

All that variation and history makes me weak-in-the-knees!
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Stained with MMS Milk Paint and sealed with Hemp Oil
I tried, but couldn't find a second hand door straight and flat enough, so off to the hardware store for this "green-eco-wood" piece of raw pine.

I used Old World Paint in Turquoise Sea to stain before finishing with Fusion's Tough Coat Sealer you could also use Old World Aqua Sealer.
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Raw Timber tabletop to be stained with Old World Clay & Chalk Paint


​Here's a quick little work-in-progress video showing how easy it is to stain using Old World Clay & Chalk Paint (or any of our natural paints!):
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Love the difference sealing makes to Old World Paint



​The piece de resistance was our awesome custom-made sign . . .
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Custom made "DIY Paint Bar" Sign
We got to work painting right away with Old World Clay & Chalk Paint in the cool-white toned colour Lighthouse.

​No priming, no prep needed, one coat with an artist brush to get into the tight corners.
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Using an artist brush to get into the tight spots

Old World Paint dries and begins to harden quickly...this made it easy to start the next step...
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Old World Clay & Chalk Paint in the colour, Lighthouse


We used our gorgeous patterned paint roller in wood grain with Lumiere Metallic Paint to create a subtle and shimmery timber effect on the sign.
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Using the wood grain pattern in the patterned roller kit
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Patterned Paint Roller Kits available in various patterns
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Closeup detail of the wood grain of the Patterned Paint Roller


​While the patterned dried, I mixed a bit of metallic sparkle into Fusion Clear Glaze to give a final protective coat to the sign that had shimmer and movement!
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Adding a bit of sparkle with metallic paint and Fusion Clear Glaze


​Now...how fun is this?! A spot to play, explore and exercise the creative muscle we all have! Welcome to our DIY Paint Bar!
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It's all here...for the love...
Sada

1 Comment
Jayne Whittles link
29/3/2017 10:11:18 pm

Beautiful! I especially love the doors, gorgeous :)

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