Pantone named Emerald Green the Color of the year for 2013
Well you can imagine my excitement then, when I saw the first case of CeCe Caldwell’s Emerald Isle Paint on my pallet.
I’m sure the guy on the dock thought I was totally goofy when he saw me beam from ear to ear. After we offloaded the pallet, I grabbed a dresser from the workshop and busted into a can.
In this picture the paint is drying, the drier parts are lighter.
This is what it looks like after a coat of Emerald Green sealed with Clear Wax.
I decided I wanted to antique it with dark wax. You can see the difference where I’ve applied it.
This isn’t a very good picture, it looks all funky because the dark wax isn’t completely dried. I was losing light, so I’ll try to get some better pictures tomorrow.
I think the close up shows it best.
Well, what do you think? Do you have somewhere you can add a splash of color?
I thought Valentines Day was a great day to share the king size bed I painted in CeCe Caldwell’s Traverse City Cherry.
I decided to paint this in my living room so I’d have lots of room to spread out all the pieces. LOVE working in here, so much nicer than my TINY workshop, this king size headboard never would have fit!
I could totally get used to using this space ~ wonder what my husband would think of that? hmm…
I gave it a quick base coat of CeCe Caldwell’s Virginia Chestnut but you can also use American Paint Company’s Wild Horses for this deep base. I wanted a deep espresso to show through when I did the wet distressing.
Virginia Chestnut has a funky color to it when it’s dry like it is in this picture, but when you wax it ~ it is fabulous!! Traverse City Cherry freaks people too out when they use it the first time because it has a definite pink cast to it when it dries. For a more warm, rich red, I recommend American Paint Company’s Firework’s Red. If it would have been available when I did this set, I definitely would have chosen that over the Traverse City Cherry.
Here she is after the wax.
It’s rich and scrumptious!
See how pretty the brown and red look now? Happy Valentines Day!!!
Now that you know how easy it is, go try it and have a blast making over your first piece!!
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The storm that’s rolling through just dumped another foot of snow on West Michigan ~ you know what that means ~ SNOW DAY!!!
No worries though, ‘cuz my cousin Matt of Pro Mow Landscaping is to the rescue!
The kids are still nestled under their heated blankets
Little do they know when they wake up, it’s operation “clean the house ‘cuz it’s another furniture painting workshop weekend” at the Andrade house.
It’s been so cold and we’ve had so much snow this week that I’ve decided to move the workshops that we normally set up in the garage to the luxury of our toasty warm living room. We only heat this part of the garage for the workshops but the part of my workshop that I keep heated year round is small ~ VERY small. It works great for a dresser but even something like a buffet is too wide for me to easily work around.
I decided to paint their bedroom furniture in our living room, OK OK, the furniture actually sprawled through our living room AND dining room when you tack on several other projects I’m working on.
Guess what? I LOVED it!! Call me crazy, but this may just be the new norm. I actually got the idea when I started painting a king size bedroom set a few days ago.
Anyway… in the middle of my makeover, I got a wild hair to show you how easy it is to wet distress CeCe Caldwell’s Paint with just a damp rag. Here goes! Never mind that it is totally unedited ~ you’re getting Shelly here, up close and personal. My hair isn’t brushed and apparently I can’t put my pj’s on right side out ~ lol! Enjoy!!
Learn How Easy it is to Wet Distress with CeCe Caldwell’s Paint
Here’s how it looks after being wet distressed
I did this right in the comfort of my living room since it doesn’t create any dust like sanding does and CeCe Caldwell’s line is completely all natural ~ 100% green.
Now that you know how easy it is, go try it and have a blast making over your first piece!!
a hui hou, Shelly
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