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Tole
Painting Projects
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Some
of my favorite surfaces to paint on are vinyl, paper mache
boxes and terra cotta pots. I love angels, Santas, Teddy
Bears and bird houses, so I paint a lot of pieces with
these themes. My craft room has been slowly transformed
into a more "functional" space. Mike made me
an "L" shaped desk with filing cabinets on each
end (for all my books/patterns and paper goods), and I'm
trying to store all my pieces and parts in containers
for a tidier look.
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This
is my craft room. I've been doing a bit of work in it
to make it a nicer place to be (and more organized) so
I'll want to paint. I made the curtains the week after
Christmas, reupholstered the chair in a green chenille,
made the sheers, and started painting the wooden chair
you can see out front. Mike gave me a piece of plexiglass
for my desktop (and those paint spills). It's coming along.
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This
is the painting side....the desk is messy right now
(sign of creativity right?)...
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Here's
a photo of our kitchen when we first bought the house.
The cupboards were dark and the counter top, plain. We
painted the cupboards, tore out the counter top, tiled
it and the backsplash and put down a new floor.
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Here's
the after picture of our kitchen. I added a few birdhouses,
topiary plants, and vines on the cupboards. The tile
are green, though they look black in this photo.
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This
is the door leading into the basement from the kitchen.
I painted a potted plant on it as well.
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This
is a floormat painted on the back (paper side) of a
piece of vinyl flooring. It's a very nice surface to
paint on, preparation is easy, just basecoat with a
flat latex paint and you're ready to paint your pattern.
They wipe clean with a damp cloth and hold up great.
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Another
vinyl floormat in front of my kitchen sink (a heavy
traffic area). This photo shows alot of yellow, but
that was just the camera, the background colors are
actually green.
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Another
vinyl floormat I sent to my girlfriend, Denise, in Nova
Scotia.
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This
is a paper mache "hat" box. I painted one for
an exchange gift and one for Tiana. The picture doesn't
clearly show the colors, the background is a deep purple.
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