Kayboo Creations

Friday, August 24, 2012

Union Jack Dresser

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted on my blog.

I'm blaming it on vacations and trying to squeeze in as much summer fun before school starts.

It's not like I haven't done anything,

I've been VERY busy.

(a new bookshelf, an ombre dresser and a Union Jack dresser)

Just finished this this morning and I couldn't wait to show.

Found this very plain and boring dresser at a garage sale and knew with it's flat drawer fronts that I could easily put a pattern or stencil on them.

So I brought it home and primed it up.

Painted the top and sides Krylon Smoke Grey.

(almost forgot the before shot, too lazy to put back 3 of the drawers,

again blaming it on summer)

Taped off the "Jack"

(starting to be a pro at this)

Used tester pots from Behr and coloured them "Cranberry Whip" for the red and "Windsor Haze" for the blue. I also went with "Hi-Ho Silver" from Cloverdale for the white.

I was better prepared for the bleeding under the tape this time and knew just what to do.

If you have bleeding you let the whole thing dry and paint then with a poly acrylic.

Once dried you tape off for the white lines. The tape sticks cleanly to the painted and sealed poly parts and then you have perfect lines.

See....

The bottom white line is crisp and perfect.

I wasn't sure I was going to use the old wooden handles,

but once I painted them with Rustoleum Aged Bronze,

I loved them.

Here it is.

I think it's beautiful.

I love the clean lines and how those ugly wooden handles now look like metal.

Just one more look.

Perfect.

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Monday, July 16, 2012

Union Jack Coffee Table

Here is a coffee table that needed to come out of the 80's and into the year 2012

(the year the Olympics are in London.)

Sanded that orange

varnish off

just

"not my cup of tea"

and not what I had envisioned for this piece

. Denied the chevron pattern that wanted to be released.

(see my chevron side table)

a little dusty....cough.

"crikey"

can't breathe

Taped off the Union Jack.

I was worried that I wouldn't get it right so..... I took my time and looked up here how to do it accurately.

Such a big help.

stained with vinegar and steel wool

wanted to leave the natural wood to read as the white on the flag.

Took off the tape and saw all the bleeding under,

"fiddle sticks"

(wanted to cry)

looked like

"rubbish"

Decided to not give up and taped and painted

the lines back on all nice and crisp with a colour called

HI HO SILVER.

(to the rescue)

...really that's name of the paint colour.

( Lone Ranger)

I also primed (KILZ) and painted the body Smoke Grey (Krylon).

I ended up sanding the legs, because they were solid wood and staining them with the
vinegar and steel wool stain.

Sealed it all with a poly acrylic.

and.....

Take a "gander" at that

Gorgeous.

or should I say

"cracking"

I loved how it turned out.

Looks like a "posh" piece from Restoration Hardware.

I wasn't planning to make it for my house, but the colours look so good.

maybe....

I love the pop of the silver grey lines,

which I don't think I would have gotten if I had left it natural wood.

Life Lesson:

sometimes things happen for a reason

So,

"Bob's your uncle"

and

"cheerio."

I think I'm going to go and have some "bangers and mash" now.

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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Vinegar Stain #2

Call it

stubborn,

adamant,

bullheaded,

determined,

firm,

headstrong,

persevering,

persistent,

relentless,

single-minded,

steadfast,

unshakable.

but I WAS going to get this vinegar stain right.

and I'm proud to say that I did.

A nice dark smokey brown

(almost like a black walnut)

Here was my mistake.

When I did

this side table

I follow the instructions and used

apple cider vinegar,

which if I would have continued reading produces a reddish brown.

Whereas plain vinegar with steel wool will produce

a smokey brown.

YEAH!!!

This is the little side table before transformation.

that price tag says $5.00

(oh yeah)

The top was in really bad condition.

So I sanded it right down to bare wood.

Flipped it upside down to protect the top while I primed and painted the legs.

Then I flipped it back over and noticed

that it already had a

chevron pattern

staring at me so I taped it off.

I did the edges too and then pulled out the middle piece of tape because I'm lazy and didn't want to get out a tape measure and I saw someone else do this. Thanks someone else, I'd love to give you credit if I could remeber where I saw you.