Carrie Caromal’s Her Coffee And End Tables…

Patty,

  Hi!  I have a couple of questions. I have a coffee table and two end tables just like the table you did in your shop. 

Warning: Before painting clean surface and remove small children

It is the one with the wisteria bottom and the top is a blend of colonial blue, bayberry, putty, and parchment.  My question is:  my coffee table is black with a dark walnut top. How many coats do you think it will to cover the black and do I need to sand in between each coat?  I ordered all of the colors in the textured base coat line and have two coats of wisteria on and I can still see black through it.  Is this normal. I have enclosed a picture of what I am talking about.    Thank you so much.  I am excited to see how this project turns out!!!!    Carrie

Hi Carrie,

… Okey – so you’re table is dark  -  if you look at my finish, you can see some of the wood color coming through – yours could come through but just be darker…

If you want most of your dark color covered  then you might need 2 layers of dragging those colors -  and no, I wouldn’t sand in between – no need to… just paint it thinner…  

I love your table props!     My bottom was white to start with….   you’ll need more wisteria on your bottom -   brush another full coat of wisteria over that base – don’t water it down…  you should be white then…. 

Patty,
  I got all three tables done and they are holding up great!!  People are so impressed and I have been recommending your website and paint.  I am including a couple of pictures of the finished project. 

Thanks again for your help,
Carrie

Yummy!

Love them Carrie!

Thank you for sharing your project!

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Accent Table Just Needs A Topcoat…

Getting there….

I’m thankful for clients that  haven’t called wondering where their table is

After all, good things come to those that wait, right?

It would have been a faster process but the client wanted the color in the same family as this other piece of furniture she had,  took me numerous attempts to create custom color blends to get it close -

All it needs is a topcoat…

Think she’ll like?

This is when I  think, 

I wish I had a quaint little store where I could pitter putter all day letting my creativity loose …   Clients could visit to pickup their pieces, while window shoppers pop in to purchased finished store items.  Workshops regularly scheduled, Caromal paints on shelves for purchase……

POOF!

 Sigh….  I don’t have the money to chase that dream…  back to updating the resume…

Ocicat Keeping His Booties Warm…

Found Sebastian, our little Ocicat, in my daughter’s room the other morning -

hanging out on a hot heating pad SHE was supposed to be using…  he made me laugh -his little paws keeping warm…

Animals are pretty smart!

A Camera Purge Of Animal Antics….

I love my furry  boys – I say over and over, Ocicats are the best – and I mean that – they are the coolest, easiest cats…

And then there’s Bella…  (*snicker*)

Bella got a new toy that’s really cool -  a KONG Treat Wobbler

Bottom heavy, it wobbles around with treaty treats inside – kept her busy for quite awhile and stands up to her abuse -

Look at those big paws!

Waiting so nicely  – anticipating Nick’s arrival home from school…  dogs are so smart!

And then a funny car incident where she picked her bone up and just held it in her mouth for a couple minutes -

This was at a stop light and there she sat – the car next to us was cracking up and pointing at her   (these were off my Iphone)

I’m finding dogs mess up your car, though, you know?  Hair and drooled windows….

And of course, I can’t end a Bella related post without showing something she destroyed – this one miffed me – my Caromal sample that I LOVE to use to show the difference between glazed Wisteria and Parchment -  now, chomp marks on 3 corners…  I guess now it’s REALLY distressed!

and our most recent Netflix rental – she destroyed the return mailer. How are we supposed to send back the movie?