tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52895478734609977052024-03-12T23:00:13.768-07:00From the Old InkWellFrom the Old InkWellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267256837056940585noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5289547873460997705.post-48355231746206093522014-03-03T11:21:00.001-08:002014-03-03T18:09:06.803-08:00Sprucing Up with Ironstone<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nature is trying its best to make some changes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here in Tennessee, it can't make up its mind, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Making some changes inside too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm working on several projects while nature makes up its mind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like updating here and there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I've had an idea to fill an old china cabinet I already have with ironstone </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">so I've been collecting a piece here and there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In the meantime, I thought a few pieces would look good on the shelves </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">against the black beadboard at the end of my kitchen island. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The problem is I keep finding places for the ironstone I've collected </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">so I'm never going to have enough to fill my china cabinet. <em>{sigh}</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had cookbooks stored in it before.</span></div>
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From the Old InkWellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267256837056940585noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5289547873460997705.post-80159297592436872702014-02-28T11:51:00.001-08:002014-02-28T11:51:04.007-08:00Hanging Memories<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Y</span>esterday, in </span><a href="http://fromtheoldinkwell.blogspot.com/2014/02/watercolors-oils-quick-and-easy-really.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this post</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, I showed you how you can make <span style="font-size: large;">art</span> out of a photo in Photoshop Elements by clicking on Filters, then Artistic. After doing this post I thought about something I'd done in the past using this technique...and well, I thought you might be interested.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few years ago, Cigar Man and I went on a Mediterranean cruise. Of course, we took lots of photos. After we got home, I started thinking of ways I could display our photos other than just in a photo album. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, one idea I had was to edit my photos in Photoshop Elements using the technique I told you about </span><a href="http://fromtheoldinkwell.blogspot.com/2014/02/watercolors-oils-quick-and-easy-really.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Then display them as art on my walls which I'll get to at the end of this post. Just hang with me for a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The photo below is a an unedited photo I took in Rome. We were coming out of a restaurant and there behind me in an alley was this beautiful old wall rich with patina and these delightful flowers hanging from the window sills.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Really, I was breathless! I thought you only see this kind of thing in books. They don't really exist. But they do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">romantic Venice.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And another photo from Venice, unedited. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trust me, I have a zillion! I promise not to show them all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After editing my photos, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I printed them on</span> </span>8.5 X 11 photo paper </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought 8 X 10 canvases at Hobby Lobby when they were 50% off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I painted the edges of the canvases with acrylic paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After letting that dry, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">following the directions on the bottle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And lastly, I hung them on the wall!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Sharing with <a href="http://www.commonground-do.com/2014/02/be-inspired-178.html">Be Inspired</a>.</span></div>
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From the Old InkWellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267256837056940585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5289547873460997705.post-18260165190559418992014-02-27T06:07:00.000-08:002014-02-27T06:07:37.718-08:00Watercolors, Oils - Quick and Easy - Really?!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinggiVxKKmDc_KK1SiujtdTCZsx79dvEQoBQosqwA6QHduiyvpdW86UNhMcr3LSg4Vuvqmizn_CL7Oj1RVCTK2HvzTR_HweYWd0ZlV4bmleodU-P9kr9jyUDD6r6KhtrX-UC_inteWVo/s1600/water+way+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinggiVxKKmDc_KK1SiujtdTCZsx79dvEQoBQosqwA6QHduiyvpdW86UNhMcr3LSg4Vuvqmizn_CL7Oj1RVCTK2HvzTR_HweYWd0ZlV4bmleodU-P9kr9jyUDD6r6KhtrX-UC_inteWVo/s1600/water+way+2.jpg" height="424" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What a pretty setting this would be </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What if you could do it with a click of the mouse?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This watercolor of the first photo was done </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">by going to Filters, then Artistic, then Watercolor. </span></div>
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From the Old InkWellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267256837056940585noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5289547873460997705.post-91024563966869811422014-02-19T17:22:00.000-08:002014-02-19T17:22:05.530-08:00Antiquing Again and A Weekend Away<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do you ever pretend like a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We just have to slow down long </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">enough to enjoy them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Heart of Country Antique Show was going on in the hotel last weekend and so we took advantage of that too and I have a few photos of the show later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We pretended to be in New Orleans here. <span style="font-size: small;"><em>{hehe}</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I mentioned, the annual Heart of Country Antique Show was showing in the hotel and there were so many unusual antiques and interesting booths. Here's just a couple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh, I loved this dormer and could have easily brought it home with me, but remember, Cigar Man was with me. <span style="font-size: small;"><em>(you know what I mean?)</em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The owner of this booth, Simple Iowa, was so friendly. She </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">told us a little history. It came from an old barn in Iowa. It's in pretty good condition for being exposed to all kinds of weather for years. If she doesn't sell it, she's going to use it herself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We got into a discussion on styles and such. She told us people want to decorate their homes in a certain period or style like French Country or Early American, but in reality the original homes of these styles were very eclectic. They might have items of varying periods. They weren't able to pitch what they didn't want and start over. They had to use what they had. I thought this was probably very true and an interesting fact.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">If you're ever in the Nashville area, I would recommend dropping by the Opryland Hotel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Even if you don't stay there, it's a sight to see!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've had this table with the wonderful wood tones </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">for a long time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, the wonderful wood tones just weren't suiting my purpose. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I put on a pot of green beans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wiped the access off with a strip of tee shirt fabric. Dabbed a mixture of clear and dark AS wax over the table and drawers with a brush. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After finishing, my little table landed </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in my office </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was thrilled to find these rosettes </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">to the <span style="color: red;">Antique and Garden Show in Nashville</span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The theme this year was "Be Inspired" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and the large chalkboard behind it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We're celebrating a birthday and Valentine's Day at our house this weekend. Since I'd already placed a <a href="http://fromtheoldinkwell.blogspot.com/2014/02/creams-and-whites-and-ironstone.html">centerpiece vignette</a> with ironstone and an old pitcher on the dining table, I just added a little more for our family celebration. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I saw these pink buds at Hobby Lobby and they screamed to go home with me. Pink buds and Pussy Willow branches pair up nicely in this old pitcher and then, I remembered I had this heart shaped grapevine wreath to add.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">At each place setting, I tied a personal tag, each is a little different. The guys are not so fancy and frilly. I used store bought tags that I purchased at Hobby Lobby. I stained the tags with Valspar Mocha Glaze. <em><span style="font-size: small;">(you heard that right. I use that stuff for everything.)</span></em> Then, I stamped a message and added little trinkets to personalize. The pink ruffle on the edge is made from colored raffia. I gathered it on the sewing machine and glued it to the tag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">From the buffet, my faux lady Santos is looking on holding a heart for Valentine's Day I'd like to believe. I hope she likes what she sees. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://jannolson.blogspot.com/2014/02/share-your-cup-thursday-90.html">Share Your Cup Thursday</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span><br />From the Old InkWellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267256837056940585noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5289547873460997705.post-36610186043175641502014-02-02T17:07:00.002-08:002014-02-07T18:29:07.550-08:00Creams and Whites and Ironstone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lately, my decorating taste has leaned toward the subtle shades of cream and white. I guess this would explain my renewed attraction to ironstone. I say renewed because I loved ironstone even in my early days of housekeeping. I hate to think how long ago that was, but you can probably guess when I tell you I had a set of Johnson Brothers Heritage Ironstone. I am sorry to say I sold that entire set in a garage sale. All I can say is, I hope the lucky recipient is cherishing it now.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I found these two pieces at a local antique store. They weren't a set, but I loved them together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another item in my vignette that is very old is the pitcher. It originally came with a large bowl that it fit in, but the bowl has disappeared over time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The books were an afterthought. I love the look of old books with the binding worn off, but instead of searching and buying these at an antique store or specialty shop, I tore the binder off a few books that weren't that important to me and got the same look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shopping today, I found something that warmed my heart on this COLD day of 15 degrees in Tennessee. So I brought it home.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This bouquet of tulips not only warmed my heart but warmed my home. The color got my attention. I don't know if you can tell in this photo, but they are a burnt orange, almost rust - a perfect compliment to my kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://jannolson.blogspot.com/2014/01/share-your-cup-thursday-89.html">Share Your Cup Thursday</a> at Mrs. Olson's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recently, we pulled the sofas, tables, lamps, everything out of our front "sitting room" and started from scratch making it into an office. Since we have, what I call, the gathering room to "live in", we never used the front room as it was. Below is a before photo:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We sanded down this old table, used tung oil to finish it, no stain. I love the patina of the three old poplar planks this table was originally made from close to a couple of hundred years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We brought down a couple of used chairs we'd stored in the attic and had them recovered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inspiration Party at My <a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/mega-inspiration-party-giveaway/">Uncommon Slice of Suburbia</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://jannolson.blogspot.com/2014/01/share-your-cup-thursday-89.html">Share Your Cup Thursday</a> at Mrs. Olson's</span></div>
From the Old InkWellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267256837056940585noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5289547873460997705.post-41888828955761076112014-01-24T10:30:00.000-08:002014-01-24T10:32:54.055-08:00Happy Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From the Old InkWellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267256837056940585noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5289547873460997705.post-81079132555321111682014-01-23T14:53:00.000-08:002014-01-23T14:53:43.289-08:00Candle Lighting<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few years back I found a couple of my mother's candles. What makes them so special is that I gave them to her years ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you saw my last post, <a href="http://fromtheoldinkwell.blogspot.com/2014/01/mantle-redo-adding-character-and-old.html">here</a>, you know I took the plunge and altered my builder's spec mantle into one more my taste. Now I have an empty mantle so it's time to PLAY. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Before Christmas, this is what my mantle looked like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted something that complimented my distressed mantle more than the picture above so I started shopping around the house. Do you do that? Shop around the house? It's a lot cheaper than shopping elsewhere and Cigar Man is much more pleased with the former. I throw very little away. When I stop decorating with something, I store it away instead of throwing it away. Chances are I'll use it again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I pulled this pot from another room and added the grass. I love the way the curly branch climbs up the wall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I balanced off the other side with two pots. A little something else was needed so I added the greenery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remembering a flower arrangement I had stored away, I pulled some greenery out of it that I could use in my mantle arrangement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">filled my pot with greenery. Actually, this photo is my first try. After placing it on the mantle, I thought it was a little too much to suit me so I pulled it out and started over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So this is my final product. I love the simplicity after all the "foo-foo" from Christmas. I'll spruce it up for Spring, but for now I'll enjoy.</span> </div>
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From the Old InkWellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267256837056940585noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5289547873460997705.post-60838309497673649912014-01-21T14:13:00.000-08:002014-02-08T18:37:46.615-08:00Mantel Redo - Adding Character and Old Charm<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I played at a different blog a few years ago and now I'm at it again at the beginning of this brand new year with a brand new blog. I've never stopped drooling over other "home" blogs. I've enjoyed all your décor ideas, recipes, and DIY projects. Now that I'm retired, I have more time to spend on the things I love; creating, decorating, baking, and simply making my home uniquely me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, when you are retired, money is harder to come by so the challenge is to do what you love on a budget. That's exactly what I'd like to do with this blog. Having a blog to share my projects with other like-minds gives me incentive, makes me try harder, do a better job, and in the end makes me a happier person. If you already have a blog, I don't have to tell you this, you know what I mean...w</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">hich brings me to the subject of this post. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">While taking down Christmas decorations from my mantel and thinking about what to put there next, I had an impulse to paint my humdrum, builder's "spec home" mantel shown here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Of course, the next decision is what to paint it. I'd read about Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint and liked the look from some of your blogs like Kim's gorgeous work at <a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/">Savvy Southern Style.</a> So after reading different sources and watching a few how-to videos, I took off, for better or worse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana;">First step was to tape off around the mantle with blue painters' tape. Just to be honest I hate this step on any project and many times bypass it, but on this type of painting, I think it would be difficult to keep it off the walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana;">Since I was looking for an old distressed look with underlying wood tones, I painted the entire mantel two coats of Annie Sloan's Primer Red to cover the white existing paint. This paint dries really fast which is one thing I love about it. So by the time I had finished painting one coat of Primer Red, it had dried enough to allow me to start another coat. Another plus is that you don't have to prime with this paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">After allowing the second coat of Primer Red to dry, about an hour, I painted a third coat of Old Ochre. (Love this color!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next, I have to be honest, I was prepared to rub the mantle with Annie Sloan's Clear and Dark Wax to age, but I had trouble getting the dark wax off to my satisfaction. Luckily, I had Valspar Mocha Glaze in my paint supply from another project so I tried it and love it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">First, I tore up an old t-shirt into rags. I rubbed the glaze on a small portion at a time with one of the rags and then wiped it off to my satisfaction with a clean tee shirt rag working each portion into the next blending it as I worked. If you want more or less glaze left on your project, you simply redo that portion till you receive the results you want. It's very forgiving, which is another thing I love!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">After letting this dry, I waited till the next day to wax because I was tired. (Let's just be real.) Then I waxed with Annie Sloan's Clear Wax, putting the wax on with a brush that I already had and taking off with my clean t-shirt rags.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It consisted of a few steps, but I'm proud of the outcome. </span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">See my post on decorating the mantel, <a href="http://fromtheoldinkwell.blogspot.com/2014/01/decorating-my-mantle.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Joining the following link parties:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Wow Us Wednesdays, <a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2014/01/wow-us-wednesdays-153.html">Savvy Southern Style</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Treasure Hunt Thursday, <a href="http://www.frommyfrontporchtoyours.com/2014/01/treasure-hunt-thursday-140-highlights.html">From My Front Porch to Yours</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Home and Garden Thursday, <a href="http://www.adelightsomelife.com/2014/01/home-and-garden-thursday-64.html">A Delightsome Life</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Feathered Nest Friday, <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2014/01/feathered-nest-friday_23.html#more">French Country Cottage</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.ajoyfulcottage.com/2014/02/every-room-in-house-party-2.html">Every Room in the House Party</a></span></div>
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