Monthly Archives: May 2015

Shabby Chic Bureau no. 26 – Paris Blue with Butterfly Print

Hotel Papillon: Vintage Butterfly Print Transfer on Upcycled Bureau

Butterfly Print Transfer - Shabby Chic Bureau

When we found this bureau it took us a while to make up a plan for the makeover.

Kat came up with an idea to use new shade of blue, which would be soft and pastel match nicely with the graphics we printed to line down the bottoms of drawers. The theme is PARIS.

We mixed together ‘Luis Blue’ and ‘Paris Grey’ from Annie Sloan’s pallet to find the perfect shade which we called ‘Paris Blue’.
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How to make Shabby Chic Furniture #2: Texture – VIDEO TUTORIAL

How to create rich two colour texture

how to create rich two colour texture on shabby chic furniture

Creating Shabby Chic texture on furniture

Finally we have found some time to put together video tutorial on the technique we use for creating texture on our furniture. This video corresponds with an article we posted long time ago about comparing textures on two shabby chic nest of tables.

We had quite few questions regarding this technique, so there it is – a visual explanation. We hope you will find it useful.
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