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Carte Blanche: September 2014
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Monday, 29 September 2014. Graining and Marbling Extravaganza. 3 Award Winning Teachers in 4 days! Painted Faux Portoro and Mahogany. Graining and Marbling are techniques executed in paint that imitate marble and wood. They are almost the foundation skills of the decorative painter. Learning these techniques gives you core abilities in the manipulation of paint that you will continue to use throughout your decorative career. Class at Lynne Rutter's studio in San Francisco. Then we will have the great ple...
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Carte Blanche: January 2014
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Wednesday, 8 January 2014. We have done a lot of work in the last year at Fasque House in Kincardineshire a wonderful wedding and conference destination that has been created in the house and grounds former home of Prime Minister Gladstone's family. A little part of Fasque's estate hidden down in the then dilapidated kitchen garden was the sweetest building originally called the "Apple Store" now known as the Garden Rooms and sometimes referred to in documents as Fasque's Gothic Pavilion. Using tradition...
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Carte Blanche: June 2013
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Sunday, 30 June 2013. The Ultimate Furniture Painting Class. Do you make some or all of your living from painting furniture or has it become an important part of your life? See more details on our website here. And book in the shop here. And there is a great discount if you pay in full before April 22nd of 10% off. Opt for full payment and use the code UFP10 at the checkout. A student's cabinet elegantly finished in eggshell, and gilded and stencilled. It's not rocket science granted, but a little knowle...
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Carte Blanche: September 2012
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Sunday, 30 September 2012. Questions Questions - Answers to the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ Questions Part 1. I get a lot of emails asking me questions about the application of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™. And when I check my website statistics I see a lot of times that people are searching. For “Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ how to use? 8221; or “Annie Sloan paint tips” and lots of other similar questions and I thought."but it is so easy, why would you even ask? Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. No Annie Sloan Chalk Paint&...
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Carte Blanche: March 2014
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Saturday, 22 March 2014. General Finishes - What is is GOOOD for? We have been using the products for an absolute age.they are a truly professional product range that I never thought to bring to the DIY market but as soon as I had the call it was like a lightbulb moment. So what does this product range offer the painter? A fully versatile easy to use paint and varnish range. Both these projects have lasted an absolute age.High Performance is really High Performance. GENERAL FINISHES MILK PAINT. Consisten...
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Carte Blanche: March 2013
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Sunday, 17 March 2013. Questions Questions - Answers to the questions about Chalk Paint™ decorative paint by Annie Sloan Part 2. This is part 2 of a set of answers to questions that I see regularly coming up as search terms in my website statistics with regard to using Chalk Paint™. This set deal with waxing and although I have written an extensive piece about using the wax. Antibes Green antiqued with Annie Sloan Dark Wax. Can you put a sealer/another paint over wax and Annie Sloan Soft Wax? Let me repe...
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Carte Blanche: January 2012
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Monday, 30 January 2012. How to Use Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. I have been meaning to do a stage by stage; step by step Annie Sloan Chalk Paint because while I talk about it a fair bit in my blog . have I shown you how to use it? No I haven't. Have I even explained to you why it is probably the best paint in the world? NopeI don't think I ever did. Have I introduced you to the inventor of the paint? How remiss.let's start there. Meet Annie Sloan. Annie Sloan is an interior designer, artist, writer and.
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Carte Blanche: September 2011
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Thursday, 15 September 2011. Tutorial - Quick and Easy Marble Finish. This was a finish I have been meaning to post for a while and I took stage by stage photos while I did it especially so I could do a little tutorial but it has taken me an age to get round to it. Those that read my blog or follow Carte Blanche on Facebook ( http:/ www.facebook.com/carteblanchedecorativepainters. The furniture before it left the workshop. Then use painter's plastic dust sheet and press it into the paint and do this in a...
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Carte Blanche: Apple Store
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Wednesday, 8 January 2014. We have done a lot of work in the last year at Fasque House in Kincardineshire a wonderful wedding and conference destination that has been created in the house and grounds former home of Prime Minister Gladstone's family. A little part of Fasque's estate hidden down in the then dilapidated kitchen garden was the sweetest building originally called the "Apple Store" now known as the Garden Rooms and sometimes referred to in documents as Fasque's Gothic Pavilion. Using tradition...
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Carte Blanche: November 2011
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Thursday, 10 November 2011. Colour Schemes.for my new studio. So I am enjoying Pinterest.if you haven't heard of Pinterest. I have been pinning ideas for the new studio. The ceiling is so awful. And I can do nothing about it, so I want to draw attention to the floor and I couldn't decide what to do with it till I started seeing one particular colour scheme that I LOVED and it kept popping up everywhere. Check how that reddy pink pops.all a bit too much of the Teal but hey.then I found this. Have run my o...
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