by Sharon Hankins | May 20, 2023 | Artisan Paint, Blog, Chalk Paint, Furniture Makeovers, Furniture Restoration & Makeovers, Tutorial
From Golden Pine Chipped Varnish, to Modern Wash & Paint Combo Cotswold Green Bedside drawer beginnings … These bedside tables had served a great purpose for many years, when I received them from a friend who was getting rid of furniture recently. I would...
by Sharon Hankins | Mar 22, 2023 | Artisan Paint, Blog, Chalk Paint
How to Create a Sea Swept Finish with Salt Impasto Artisan Salt Impasto is a powder that can be mixed with any water based paint to form a paste. When applied to furniture or other decor surfaces, it creates a textured finish similar to the sea sprayed salt washed up...
by Sharon Hankins | Jan 23, 2023 | Artisan Paint, Blog, Chalk Paint, DIY Products
Easy Farmhouse crate I bought several of these wooden IKEA crates a while back, and have been using them as stacked shelving storage for some of my paint products. But since moving into our new house 6 months ago, we’ve built garage shelving for my paint stock,...
by Sharon Hankins | Feb 8, 2021 | Artisan Paint, Blog, Chalk Paint, Furniture Makeovers, Stencils
TV Tray Tables Before: We’ve had these TV tray tables since we received them as a wedding gift over 27 years ago! They’ve kept pretty well, although somewhere along the way, one was broken beyond repair. So we were left with three sitting on the stand that...
by Sharon Hankins | Nov 29, 2020 | Artisan Paint, Blog, Chalk Paint, DIY Hints & Tips, Style & Decor, Tutorial
This plain index card box was one of my recent op shop (thrift store) finds, and I thought I’d use it to show how easy it is to turn something so plain, into a beautiful French Provincial style decor piece. Supplies used for this project: thrifted index card...
by Sharon Hankins | Oct 12, 2020 | Artisan Paint, Blog, Chalk Paint, Furniture Makeovers
Piano prop before: When Bethany, Director of Alabaster Theatre, contacted me to see if I would paint a piano prop for their upcoming musical, I wasn’t prepared for what showed up at my studio. Bethany’s Dad took an old TV cabinet, pulled it apart and added...
