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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A Fireplace Gets A Double Dose Of Caromal Colours…

I recently shared this post, Painting Trim and Fireplace Mantels,  which included a peak at my customer Nicole’s transformed mantel

Last week she stopped by the store and wanted to know how to change the tile surround -she wanted something more dramatic .

We worked up a sample:   Caromal textured basecoat Peppercorn,  first layer whizz rolled,   then second layer a mix of Peppercorn and Chocolate, both rolled on randomly, at the same time.   Toner brushed on and wiped off, then a poly for durability-

Nicole is the type that wants it done yesterday   As the sample was drying, we were ringing up her order.   That afternoon she went home and started!

The finished project – changed the whole look of her fireplace

She loves the leathery texture you can achieve from stippling on the texture basecoat, but told me she prefers stippling with a chip brush, not with the texture roller. She said the roller kept wanting to roll flat…

I think that might be from pushing too firm on the roller  – if you keep a light hand and just roll that painty whizz roller around, randomly, then re-dip and roll some more, it can create a great light texture, quick and easy…

How ever she did it, it worked!  The dark sets off the mantel better, don’t you think?

For more information about the Caromal Colours textured basecoats,  head here   distressing paints

For Caromal Colour makeovers

To order sample colors

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Oh, The Furniture You Can Refinish With Caromal Colour Paints…

I  have so many photos trapped on my camera disk  of play times with Caromal paints -  it’s time to share  some of them.

An inspiration of sort

Textured basecoat Peppercorn (black) with a metallic warm silver zebra stencil

Wasn’t this a a brilliant idea, designing a bench to transform into a table?

Other paints claim to be the best DIY paints on the market…. pssshhh

Maybe they haven’t tried these paints

Layering colors -  textured basecoat mix of Colonial  Blue/Parchment over a base layer of Wisteria (white) ,  and a walnut wax over the top to age and seal

You will NOT find a more durable DIY paint on the market

This coffee table was painted with textured basecoat Wisteria on the lower section, sanded back to a pretty weathered look

then a pretty mix of several textured basecoat colors, brushed on at the same time- Parchment, Bayberry,   Putty and Colonial Blue…

I tried to create a similar look to this  Ballard Design table

Not bad for one playful layer of brushed on paints,  caressed with Mr. Mouse Sander,  then topped with Liberon Walnut wax.     Does that sound easy to you?

  It was.

This was a typical oak coffee table that needed a new purpose in life.   First layer was textured basecoat Peppercorn,  sanded back for a distressed look,  then I used Paprika through a checker stencil.

I stenciled the other half of the table with textured basecoat Parchment, then gave the whole top a coat of Liberon Medium Oak wax to age and seal

It’s so easy to stencil with these basecoats –   they are thick enough that there’s no worry for bleed, and no need for adhesive,  just use a light hand.

Use it thick  or brush it thin,  drag it on with another color, stipple it to create some yummy leather texture…   there IS no other paint more versatile than the Caromal Colour texture basecoats.

This dresser (left) was in great condition – just not real pretty.

I dressed it up brushing on a few coats of textured basecoat Parchment, then sanded with Mr. Mouse

I painted right over the hardware this time – these paints bond to metal so it was a great way to update old hardware that I’d never have found a replacement for.

The cool, unexpected, was the paint reacted w/the metal of the hardware and oxidized (I think thats how you describe it) so the color changed to a light blueish greenish creme.

I  wanted this piece to stay light, so I opted out of any Toner or Glaze or tinted waxes.  But I did use the Toner to lay a soft allover stencil on the top and sides.  While stenciling in the Toner I also swirled in a hint of an aqua washed tint to tie in the pretty oxidized handles

A clear coat of Liberon Neutral Wax (clear) to seal and add sheen, and crystal knobs to complete the look

All these furniture pieces are living in my studio showroom, examples/visuals  for customers  that enter…

See what you can do with a brush and some Caromal paints?

Of course everything is available for purchase as well     The prices are quite reasonable, and if you pick up this month’s Instant Savings Magazine

you’ll find a bonus $50 coupon off a furniture/accessory purchase

Come in and get inspired to paint something of your own.   Better yet,  bring the piece here, every last Saturday of the month, and spend the day creating your own beautiful finish!

Oh the things you can do….

Nicole Transforms A Crib With Caromal Paints

Received a lovely email from Nicole this week -

Hi Patty,
Don’t know if you remember me and my table from over a year ago…but I thought I’d share another project that I did with Caromal Colours!  I always appreciate the many pictures and posts on your blog from enless projects.  They inspire me!  So, like before, feel free to use my photo’s/blog.  I wasn’t very good at getting photos of the process, so these are as good as it gets.  Hope you had a Merry Christmas!!
~nicole brown

To follow her story and see her transform this

to this

and this

head here,  the link to Nicole’s blog entry,

Thank you, Nicole, for sharing -  it turned out fabulous!!!