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Pad: The Guide to Ultra-Living (My favorite decorating book)

Dumpster Diver Decor & Home Craft Insanity by MmeExxxedrin

Putting Paint in Places You Think You Can't

MVC-022F.JPG (61590 bytes) MVC-006F.JPG (42500 bytes) MVC-005F.JPG (13344 bytes) We wanted to make a tile splash board for the kitchen sink, and so did practicing with oven-hardening china paints on thrift store china before starting the big project.

more samples: MVC-003F.JPG (28996 bytes)   MVC-004F.JPG (47630 bytes)

The china that inspired the splashboard project

MVC-015F.JPG (47173 bytes)

The painted tiles of the splashboard in pieces:

MVC-001F.JPG (40577 bytes) MVC-002F.JPG (32562 bytes) MVC-003F.JPG (34211 bytes) MVC-004F.JPG (55475 bytes)

Where we wanted to put it:

 MVC-005F.JPG (61412 bytes)

Edging tiles made to match: MVC-017F.JPG (68029 bytes)

Debbie Travis' Painted House: Paint Finishes for Furniture Made Easy

The Art of Faux : The Complete Sourcebook of Decorative Painted Finishes

Debbie Travis' Painted House: Decorating with Paint Made Easy

Stenciling on a Grand Scale : Using Simple Stencils to Create Visual Magic

 tilepanel2.jpg (61605 bytes) how it looks in place.

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tilepanel3.jpg (113953 bytes)

 Yes you can paint on your pillows:  MVC-012F.JPG (54219 bytes)  

Pillows made from old artist canvasses MVC-011F.JPG (42418 bytes) MVC-012F.JPG (50299 bytes)  MVC-013F.JPG (48634 bytes) MVC-023F.JPG (45321 bytes)  

Painted wall plates MVC-022F.JPG (25620 bytes)  Stamping designs on the walls MVC-023F.JPG (39666 bytes)  Painted metal clock MVC-024F.JPG (31094 bytes)  

Painting the back and sides of a fishtank  MVC-012F.JPG (46736 bytes) 

 

 

China painting on tile of Dracula's greeting to his guests:  MVC-008F.JPG (57207 bytes) We keep this at the front door, and nice normal people always remark on how nice a quote it is (!)

Painting with rubber stamps on the bathroom tiles. MVC-019F.JPG (36896 bytes) MVC-020F.JPG (33862 bytes)  

Painting the metal mailbox This has held up without peeling for 5 years..MVC-002F.JPG (76887 bytes) MVC-003F.JPG (92258 bytes)

 

 

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This page last edited on 05/07/2007