School of Restoration: DIY Chalk Paint

Hello and welcome to another class in the School of Restoration! Yesterday my next tutorial was posted up on The Divine Minimalist. In case this is your first class, my name is Jesse and I post monthly tutorials that teach different techniques you can use on your furniture.  Today, I am so excited to be sharing the long awaited DIY Chalk Paint tutorial.  You've probably heard a lot about chalk paint lately, and if you haven't then you're about to.  It took me a long time to finally try this stuff, for no other reason than sheer laziness. If you have the same problem I had, then I'm here to motivate you to get to it.  This paint was easy, fun & is soo soft!  It sticks to almost everything which is why I knew it would be perfect for this roll top desk a friend gave to me.  Enough talking, let's get to it!

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Bar Stool Brainstorm

*** UPDATE: Finished stools HERE***

I recently finished up the Roll Top Desk using chalk paint for the first time, wow - that was great! So great in fact, that I'll be doing it again with these beautiful mission style bar chairs my sister picked up for me (thanks Denise!):

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San Francisco - Part 2

I've gathered up some more San Francisco pictures to share. I've been having so much fun with all the new photo editing capabilities in the new Picasa, I hope I don't get carried away! Collages. are. awesome.  Anyway, after we left Clear Lake last Thursday, we head down to San Francisco for the remainder of the trip. I love that city - correction, I love that city when I'm on foot.  Driving around there can be a real test on your patience, not to mention you  miss almost everything there is to see! Once we parked that car in the garage that's where we wanted to leave it for the next 3 days.  After settling into our home away from home, it was time to start exploring.  These Bromeliads caught my eye from about 40 feet away...

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Clear Lake & San Francisco - Part 1

Wow, vacation flew by! We had a lot of fun and got in a ton of sunshine & relaxing, I have the tan lines to prove it!  It's amazing how exhausted you can feel after a vacation though, I guess it's all the traveling, or the overdose on Vitamin D, who knows.  So for those of you who may have missed my vaca announcement, we decided to take a last minute trip up to Clear Lake, California and hit up San Francisco on the last leg of our trip.   So this will be a "Part 1" because I haven't collected all our pictures yet, as they are spread across my phone & camera, as well as everyone's phones & cameras we were with. You know how that goes! So for now I threw together some fun postcard-like collages to talk about.  We'd never been to Clear Lake, so let's start there:

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How To: More Sunburst Mirrors

I know, I know - I've talked about sunburst mirrors before, but I promise this will be my last time. I just love them!  There are so many different styles you could do, and the fact that most all of them are easy DIY projects brings them even closer to my heart. Ha!  So, for today, here's a gallery of a few favorites with links to their tutorials:

 Sunburst Mirror from Bamboo Sticks

 Sunburst Mirror from wood shims

This one is great because it's a little more attainable than the paint stick sunburst. As much as I loved that one, I am too nervous to grab 100 sticks or so! I feel like a larger mirror for the center would be great.

 Another wood shim tutorial

 Beautiful Chrysanthemum Sunburst mirror - from plastic spoons!

Wood Shim Sunburst - sideways placement

Another spoon mirror! I never would have thought they would look good when you hear it's made of spoons, but there they are! Lookin' pretty.  Alright, that's the last time I'll burden you with my sunburst obsession, well, until I make my own. I'm sure you'll hear all about that!  Since it's the weekend, maybe now is a good time to pick your favorite and start up a weekend project - there must be a wall in your home that is asking for one of these! Share if you decide to tackle the project, and have a fantastic weekend!

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