Before & After Projects

Today, I have a few new Before & After projects to share with you! There are so many ways to use the Amy Howard At Home products to Rescue, Restore, and Redecorate your furniture.

Chair

Before:

After:

Shawna

This piece was painted with the Linen One Step 
followed by the Remis Grey Toscana, 
the chair was then antiqued with 
the Light and Dark Waxes as well as the Dust of Ages.

Chairs

Before:

After:

Operation Magpie

Operation Magpie shared that they used the One Step 

to restore these chairs.

They then finished the chairs by waxing them with the Light wax. 

Small Side Chest 

Before:

After:

This little side chest was restored with the French Blue and Atelier One Step colors.

It was then finished with the Light wax. 

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Creating Colored Waxes with Milk Paint and Clear Wax

Did you know you can mix colored milk paints with clear wax to create an almost infinite number of furniture waxes?

I invite you to watch this video to see how easy and fun it is!

Materials list:

Toscana Milk Paint

Clear Wax

Carved Trim Pieces

Plastic "drywall" Spatula

Cardboard

2" Flat China Bristle Brush

Lint Free (T-Shirt) Rags

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One Step Color Mixing

I love to mix new colors using the One Step Paint®. I wanted to create a dark pistachio green so I mixed together the Palm Beach, Rugo and Get In Gear to create this beautiful color. 

Color Mix:

3 parts Palm Beach + 2 parts Rugo + 1 part Get In Gear

Inspiration:

Great green yet neutral bedroom

Antique chest

Bathroom vanity

Paint your chairs with the One Step Paint

Beautiful velvet chair as an accent in this bedroom

Kitchen cabinets are a beautiful way to bring in color

I know this is a little bit lighter but I love this beautiful pistachio green cake plate.

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Before & After Projects

Happy Friday and I hope you are looking forward to a great weekend ahead! I am always excited to share with you each week, a new set of Before and After projects we have received from our customers. I hope you are inspired to take on your own project!

Bench

Before:

After:

Adagio Antiques

This bench was painted with the 
Amy Howard at Home Ballet White One Step Paint®.

Vintage Typewriter Table

Before:

After:

Simple Vintage

Simple Vintage rescued two vintage typewriter tables 
using the Amy Howard at Home High Performance Lacquer®. 
The retailer shared with us "Another creative & gorgeous Before/After from my good friend Scout & Tag...Pair of Vintage Typewriter Tables refinished with our Amy Howard at Home High Performance Furniture Lacquer in Belgium Blue & accented with Citron. Forgettable to Fabulous! {be Inspired}
#‎enjoythebraggingrights‬ ‪#‎rescuerestoreredecorate‬ ‪#‎craftingabeautifullife‬‪ #‎scoutandtag‬ ‪#‎simpleVintage‬ ‪#‎beinspired‬"

Side Table

Before & After:

The Empty Nest

One of our retailers in Birmingham shared that they used the Linen One Step® to rescue this table.

Vanity

Before & After:

Reborn Interiors

One of our retailers shared that they used the Bauhaus Buff One Step® to rescue this floor. Clark said "Bauhaus Buff worked like a charm on our sun porch floors. Old oak parquet transformed!"



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Build it yourself : Sunburst Mirror

I am excited to share with you another one of our Build It Yourself  (BIY) projects! I have provided instructions to create the frame where you can then inlay your antiqued mirror.

Click here to download the instructions to Build Your Own Project: Sunburst Mirror.

Materials Needed:

1⁄4” Plywood
1 1/2” Poplar Planks
1 1/4 ” Poplar Planks 
Router
3 Flute Bit 
Flush bit 
Round Over Bit 
Butterfly Bit 
Rabit Bit 
Table Saw 
Jigsaw 
Miter saw 
Staples 
Stapler 
Wood Putty 
Wood Glue 
Sandpaper 
Tape Measure

Your beautiful finished mirror!

Related How To Instructions: Antiquing Mirror

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Antiquing Furniture with Milk Paint and Antiquing Glaze

I invite you watch this fun video where I use Antiquing Glaze with Toscana Milk Paint to antique a drawer from a Diamond Chest.

Materials list:

Toscana Milk Paint

Legno Gesso

Antiquing Glaze

2" Flat China Bristle Brush

2" Round Hog's Hair Brush

Light Antique Wax

Dark Antique Wax

Lint Free (T-Shirt) Rags

Natural Sea Wool Sponge

One Step Color Mix to Make Teal

"Teal is a low-saturated color, a bluish-to dark medium, similar to medium blue and dark cyan. It can be created by mixing green with blue into a white base, or deepened as needed with a little bit of black or gray color. The complementary color of teal is coral. (Which was on the blog last week) The first recorded use of teal as a color name in English was in 1917."

As seen in the Pantone's Fall 2014 color palette, bright cobalt has a little bit more blue but I wanted to create a beautiful teal color to fit in with the fall fashions. 

Color Mix:

To create this One Step Paint mix, 

I combined 2 parts Cherbourg, 2 parts American Dream, 1 part Get in Gear and 1 part Black.

Inspiration:

Gorgeous used as a wall color

Add an accent color for the back of your bookshelves

Kitchen cabinets

Beautiful tone on tone with the walls and cabinet

Kids Room

I love the addition of color to this white bathroom

This wall color looks gorgeous with the white ceilings and green 

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Build It Yourself: Antique Mirror Tray

I am excited to share with you one of our Build It Yourself projects. Today, you can build your own Antique Mirror Tray using the Amy Howard at Home Antique Mirror Kit. I have provided instructions to create the tray where you can then inlay your antiqued mirror.

Click here to download the instructions to Build Your Own Project: Antique Mirror Tray.

Materials Needed:
1⁄2” Plywood: 1 sheet 3’ x 3’ 
1⁄2” Poplar: 1 sheet 3’ x 3’ 
1⁄4” Round Over Bit: 10 ft. 
5⁄8” Pin Tacks 
1 1⁄4” Brand Nails 
Wood Putty 
Wood Glue 
Sandpaper 
Hammer 
Miter Saw 
Router & Flush Cut Bit 
Table Saw 
Jig Saw 
Tape Measure

Your beautiful finished tray!

Additional How To Instructions: Lacquer and Eglomise

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Before and After Projects

Today, I have a few new Before & After projects to share with you! There are so many ways to use the Amy Howard At Home products to Rescue, Restore, and Redecorate your furniture.

Fireplace Mantel

Before:

After:

This piece was painted with the Luxe Grey One Step 
followed by the Light Wax and Dark Wax.

Side Table

Before:

After:

Vintage Market

This little side table was restored with the Black One Step.

It was then finished with the Light wax. 
The piece was also detailed with the Gold Gilding Supplies.

Corner Table

Before:

After:

K & N Hunt Treasure

This corner table was rescued with the Eggplant Lacquer.

Chair

Before:

After:

Operation Magpie

Operation Magpie shared that they used the Charm School One Step 

to restore this chair.

They then finished the chair by waxing it with the Light wax. 

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One Step Color Mix: Orangey Coral

The One Step Paint® is a great product to mix to create any color! Although there are many color options, I love to make my own versions though color mixing. For this mix, I used three parts Massey Hill plus one part Table for One plus one part Charm School. I was looking to create a orangey coral color.

Color Mix:

Inspiration:

Beautiful accent wall

Gorgeous wedding bouquet

Chest that looks great with the gold hardware

Painted headboard

Again another accent wall with shelving 

Fun painted frames for a kids bathroom

I love this color combination!

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