One week until school starts again! Winter break just flew by, but I'm kinda ready to get back to my normal routine {I'm sure it has nothing to do with the 2 year old driving me up a wall daily!} I also started my 10-day Cleanse yesterday and OF COURSE it rained alllll day long and rain + cold weather makes me want to sit home and eat all day. To keep my hands and mind busy I decided to paint some end tables for my new bed :) I guess I could have cleaned, but that didn't sound as appealing!
I saw on another blog, ReNew ReDo, that she painted with Rub N Buff. Interesting, so I thought I'd give it a go. I went to Micheal's and they only had Silver, Gold, and Patina colors in stock so I went with Patina because y'all know I heart me some turquoise!
I saw on another blog, ReNew ReDo, that she painted with Rub N Buff. Interesting, so I thought I'd give it a go. I went to Micheal's and they only had Silver, Gold, and Patina colors in stock so I went with Patina because y'all know I heart me some turquoise!
I started out with both nightstands being white so the color would be brighter.
I squeezed some Rub N Buff in a cup and poured a TINY bit of deglosser in and mixed it up, don't put too much or it will be watery and won't stick.
The waxy Rub N Buff gives a cool finish, very kinda shabby and white washed, does that make sense? I like a little white showing though, but thought it needed something else so I glazed it with some black glaze.
I adore this color!
It took about 1 tube per table.
I had a hard time getting good pictures because there was no sunshine out, but it looking like no sun again today either :(
Also for all my fellow fitness buffs you need to try out the BCx Bootcamp Workout, I saw it over at Journey to a New Me {plus she looks amazing so it must work :)} I did it out in the driveway the other day and I burned 650 calories plus worked some muscles I haven't felt in a while! Do it!
Happy Tuesday!
28 comments:
pretty!!! i really like the frenchy one!
Those looks so awesome!! I had never heard of this technique before but I'm really loving the finish.
well how cool is that. i have several small projects in mind for rub 'n buff, but i never thought to paint with it. i can't find silver anywhere locally though so they are all on hold.
I love those! Darn you for adding something else to my to do list!
Wow! Beautiful transformation. I love the color!
i've never heard of rub n buff...that is so pretty...i'm a fan of turquoise too...love it!!
Pretty color! You're such a risk taker! I love it!
Love the color! And the second one (curvier one) I I have 2 just like it I need to redo for our bedroom :) just cant pick a color...
They look great. I never would have thought that rub'n buff would give you such a nice finish. I like that you glazed it, it added lots of depth.
love the tables. I hope they have this stuff in Canada so I can try it out. Might be emailing you for some advice.
That is awesome! I had no idea you could do a whole table with 1 tube. Deb
Great tables!
I started a bootcamp today. I need to work on my diet issues still (cutting out soda mainly) and my dinner at a Mexican restaurant didn't help today but I started! That's huge for me. I need to keep it up now so you'll be my motivation! I think I'm about the size you were when you started your weight loss and I would LOVE to look like you!
Man those look AMAZING! I'm really digging that finish. I've never even heard of that before...hello...where have I been!!
Those are some seriously cute tables !!!
BCx is killer huh! Thanks for the shout out girl ! :)
ROCK IT OUT ! WHOOP !
These turned out awesome! I have used rub in buff a couple times in crafts. It was pretty messy for me!I want to try it on furniture now! I love the turquoise color you picked.
I feel ya on crafting over cleaning. I always choose crafting over cleaning. In fact a choose most things over cleaning ;)
Oh these are beautiful too! Feel free to link these up as well!
OOh cool! I haven't tried that color. It looks great! Thanks for mentioning my rub n' buff project!! I just did a long post on the tips and tricks I learned while working with Rub n Buff. How to get a more solid looking finish and stuff like that. Here is a link you can check it out if you'd like. http://renewredo.blogspot.com/2012/01/rub-n-buff-tips-and-tricks.html
Smiles!
Sammy ~ Renew Redo
ooops! I didn't proof read that comment! Hope it's ok! LOL
Sammy ~ Renew Redo!
Those are GOREGOUS. Love your bold style, girl!! I want those tables ;) xo
I think I just found the stuff I want to use when I paint Ellie's night stand. I need to get on that. Although I did tell her that she could paint it herself. We'll see. LOL!
LOVE that color! So bright and bold!
The color really pops against the linens! Thanks for sharing!
Oh Megan, that table is adorable!! Very anthropologyish and I'm loving that color.
They look amazing. The best part is that they don't match. This one time this girl I knew looked at my mismatched side tables and said, "when are you getting a matching set?" I said to her, "Well, according to an interior designer I saw on TV that is too Mom and Dad's house so probably never". LOL. I have a matching set now but only because I got a steal of a deal.
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This turned out amazing love it.So nice to meet you just found your beautiful blog and so happy I did. I have enjoyed looking around and I'm now following you, wonderful to meet new friends. Hope you find a spare minute to visit me sometime follow back if you like. Sending you special wishes for a wonderful New Year I’m looking forward to keeping in touch in 2012.
Always Wendy
I love the pop of color those add. I'm all about turquoise right now too. :-)
Love it..
What a great idea! I never would have thought to use R&B this way, but it's a great alternative to glaze or stain and there are so many different color options! Your tables turned out very pretty!
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