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Bland to beautiful!
The black/wood combo is one of my favourites and adding the Iron Orchid Designs Astoria transfer to the top sealed the deal
Upcycling your furniture
A lick of paint is one of the quickest and easiest ways to update your home’s interior. That’s no different for furniture, which can be truly transformed by high quality chalk paint brushes. Whether you’re looking to revamp an old pine chest of drawers, an end table, bookshelf or a...
Using Iron Orchid Designs Decor Products
IOD Décor Stamps For anyone who hasn’t used the IOD Décor Stamps, they are essentially what they sound like. A stamp. Similar to a stamp that you might’ve used as a child- but magical. The IOD Décor Stamps have the power to transform an item that you found on the...
Getting started with chalk paint
Once your furniture is prepped and ready, what's next...let's do this!
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Prepping furniture for chalk paint painting
How to prep your furniture for chalk painting. A quick tutorial on what to use and how to do it!
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Creating texture & raised stencilling with cornstarch.
How to create texture and raised stencilling using cornstarch (cornflour) mixed into Frenchic Chalk Paint.
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IKEA Lazy Susan hack!
Ikea Lazy Susan makeover using IOD Decor stamps and Frenchic Paint Take one plain lazy susan from IKEA and see how you can make it into a unique home accessory using Frenchic Paint and IOD decor stamps. Create the paint effect of your choice as a background using Frenchic chalk...
Using IOD stamps to revamp coasters
DIY coaster makeover I had a few Christmas coasters left over in the shop stock so decided to revamp them using Frenchic Paint and IOD decor stamps. I chose Wedding Cake as the background colour and the Bohemia stamp with black ink for the print. Here's a quick video of...
Reducing brush strokes with chalk paint
The main reason you get brush strokes on your work are: Brush quality Too much paint on your brush Using too much pressure when painting. Here's a quick video talking through technique whilst painting with chalk paint: If you have any further questions please do join my Facebook Page Doodledash...
Preparing your furniture for painting
Before you paint with Frenchic: One of the beauties of Frenchic is that you don't need to use a primer before painting but you DO need to prep! By that I mean that your item needs to be clean and keyed, be it a PVC door, kitchen cupboards, Grandma's old...
Frenchic Finishing Coat
Frenchic Finishing Coat - The Magic Potion! Did you know that water resistant Frenchic Finishing Coat (FC) is nicknamed 'The Magic Potion'? Why? Because it has a multitude of uses! Yep, it serves as a Finishing Coat that can be applied over painted or unpainted pieces by using sponge...
2019 A Review
Looking back at photos on my camera of 2019 makeovers and these ones in particular were a lot of fun. Using Frenchic Chalk & Mineral paint throughout my upcycling projects (I'm a stockist, of course!) has made it a pleasure. Adding Iron Orchid Design products into the mix now is...
Kitchen Makeover using Frenchic Al Fresco
Our kitchens are the one room in the house that gets used and abused on a daily basis. It's the hub, where we all congregate and share food, drink and stories.
It's the one room that estate agents will tell us can help sell a house and it's the one room where it's common place to spend thousands.
But what if you haven't got thousands to spend? Does that mean that you have to put up with an outdated kitchen space? Not any more!
It's the one room that estate agents will tell us can help sell a house and it's the one room where it's common place to spend thousands.
But what if you haven't got thousands to spend? Does that mean that you have to put up with an outdated kitchen space? Not any more!
Pimp your pumpkins!
Halloween fun with pumpkins! So who saw the ITV This Morning programme with Phil & Holly the other day. They were pimping pumpkins and featured Frenchic Frensheen to help add a touch of metallic sparkle to your creation. I decided to have a go at doing mine and took photos...
Ombre and blending techniques - take your projects to the next level!
Ombre with Frensheen Metallic powders
Do you want to learn how to do this?
Check out my upcoming workshop list...you could learn these fab techniques and take your projects up a notch!
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Painting plastic furniture with Frenchic Al Fresco
Updating these faded plastic garden chairs could not be easier with Frenchic Al Fresco!
Revamp a vintage suitcase
If you've got an old leather suitcase, a very quick way of revamping it is to use Frenchic's virtually odourless, solvent and toxin free Browning Wax. Clean it down with sugar soap and then apply the wax all over before giving it a good buff up to a beautiful Frenchic...
Doodledash Stencilling Tips
I'm constantly being asked for perfect stencilling tips, so here goes . . . • Firstly, seal your piece and allow to dry. Sealing first will allow you to wipe the stencil off easily without damaging your paintwork if you make a mistake. • With your stencil in place (I...
Curing time for painted furniture
Curing time for painted furniture Whether you are a furniture painter or a purchaser of painted furniture you will have heard about a curing time. But do you really know why painted and waxed furniture has to cure and what that means? Do you know what happens during that elusive cure...
Pallet wood upcycle!
Create a unique upcycled pallet wood notice board with Doodledash Interiors, Banbury.