How to paint your bathroom tile

I knew when we moved in that this house, had a lot of things I wanted to change.  Our master bath has got to go!! (even our arctitect said it was one of the weirdest/ugliest master baths he had seen) and he's seen a lot! The master bath  however its way way far down on the list.  So I took matters into my own hands and decided to paint the tile.  It wasn't too hard to find the tile paint I needed, there are a ton if you look it up on line.  I decided on zinsser primer and then crossed my fingers it would work.

The first step is to clean the tile! and I mean clean!!  get out the rubber gloves and really scrub it up. Don't leave any soap build up or scum anywhere.  Mine was pretty easy to clean because it is a surface that doesn't get too wet.  I don't think I would ever try this for a shower or counter top.  And I would never  do this if I didn't know I was ripping this whole thing out in a year or two.

After you have cleaned your little heart out then its time to paint.  They suggest using a foam roller which is exactly what you want if you don't want any lines in the finished produce.   I wanted my tile to look like the beautiful linen tile I have for my laundry room floor, so I chose to paint with a very expensive brush.  I had to put on two coats of the primer mainly because I was covering black.  Then I picked the color of paint I wanted.  a beautiful creamy white and painted 3 more coats. I did a wet sand in between the coats on drip mark or a stray pieces of lint, and I was done. 

 But wait there is the final step.  As some of you might not know paint needs time to cure.  It gets harder and harder as days go by.  So for about a week or two don't get it too wet and don't set any cute glass jars or deco on the surface.  this is just to ensure that it wont chip or peel.

I think it turned out great, its not a perfect fix but for now a few dollars of paint and a few hours of time have made the biggest difference in my bathroom.  Its so much lighter and brighter.  I can't wait to paint the walls a soft sea foam green in a few weeks.  Then I think I will be able to live with it for a year or so and dream about when I can get my free standing soaker tub, double vanity, quarts counters...........

how to spray paint... well anything

 I was hired by a client to make over her lacquer vases/jar/things...  I was a little worried because they were so shiny and and well lacquered.  She wanted them white for her new spa and I said ok lets see what we can do.

So I gave them a little bit of sanding and then two coats of primer.   I got a good heavy spray paint (krylon white gloss) and sprayed and sprayed and sprayed.  I took me lots of coats because you have to turn it to do the back, tip it upside down to get underneath.  Lets just say I sprayed sprayed and sprayed till it looked covered.

They looked great but they weren't as shinny as I would have liked so i wet sanded them.  I love wet sanding.  You do have to get a special sand paper from Home Depot or Lowe's.  You get the paper wet and the vase a little wet to and lightly sand a way...

Kinda hard to see but there are little dust flecks and bumps.

After sanding for a few min it buffs those pesky bumps right out, and if you sand for a long time it gets really smooth.

Still it wasn't super shinny so I sprayed a coat of gloss sealer 

 that added more shine,  then decided to silver leaf the edges of the lids and base.  I loved how they turned out wish they were mine!

 Look how great they pop off the Walls. I love them!!

vintage suitcase

Oh Its all most the weekend!!! I love Saturdays Its the day for flea markets. Lacrosse games, and being outside in the yard.  This is the little number I acquired from a friends mom. I did pay more for this little hard case than I ever have (30$)  but I think it was worth it.  I loved the shape and size, but not the color.

 this coral is beautiful from the new Valspar line and I love the white trim.  I can't wait to use this one and the white one at a wedding I'm helping with on the 16th.  They are going to look Fabulous!!!

 I wonder how many I could stack on top of my armoir???

Winner

Congratulations to Jill Rowe you are winner of the silver leaf jars. Email me at michelleinkley@gmail.com to let  me know when I can get these to you!!  Thanks for watching.

Studio 5

Seriously I need to take a blogging how to class.  would love for you to just click on the photo of studio 5 and have it take you to the clip.... but can't figure it out LOL!  so just highlight this link and right click to open it.  Then you can leave all the funny comments you want about my crazy hair. Oh my gosh new cut with layers really its not usually that puffy.

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Apothecary jar make overs

Apothecary jar make overs.  That's what I'm going to call this  studio 5 project.  Cute Mindy wanted me to find a fun  take on DIY jars.  Ok with that being said I was still a little hesitant about doing this segment because face it I love my clear glass jars I have 10 all shapes and sizes and I'm not counting the 9 cloche's that are also stashed around my house.

 So I sat down and thought what would be my  perfect Apothecary. Jar???   I have always wanted little tiny jars for little tiny stuff.   So off I went to my fridge to look for little jars of artichokes and cherries.  I also wanted them to look different than the traditional glass ones.  So I got out my paint, glue, ribbon, and printer.

Here are the final projects.

The first little jars are going on my sons desk against a black chalkboard wall, so I needed a bright color to set them off and make them pop!  I love the littleness of the jars, again for little stuff. First you have to spray paint the color  you want on the lids,candle sticks, chair legs, and wooden balls.  (cause that's what i had in the house)  I absolutely  love the toppers, or handles if you like.  I used a sprinkler head, Scrabble tiles, and a plastic cow.  I glued them all on with E6000.  after the toppers are done and the bases are glued with that same magic glue.  your done.  now comes the fun part, making them personal.

I painted white dots on the big jam jar.(Using a template out of vinyl) a racing stripe on the little jar and just left the round cow jar plain.  I added tags so that my little guy would know what to put in the jar, done. So cute and almost free!

Next I wanted to use mason jars cause hey we all have a mason jar or 50 laying around.  I wanted to glam it up a bit so I used some of my silver leafing to leaf the jars the bases and the lids.  I loved how it turned out!!! you just dab the glue where ever you want the leafing to sick,  as I got further up the jar I used less and less glue.  Add a little rhinestone trim and a glass draw pull and you are done. Mason jars free,  2$ for both candle sticks, glass knobs 2$ each at hobby lobby.  I could so see little girls hair bows in these, but don't have girls so they may have to hold my chalk in my office.

This one is my favorite!!!  I have these glass flower vases they go straight up and down I think I got them at Ikea.  I've used them for a hundred things.  I loved the short crystal candle sick I used as the base, I got at the DI.  you probably could swipe one from your Grandmothers house. He he   The top was tricky it didn't come with a lid.  so I used a precut circle of wood from Joann's and painted it the color I wanted.  I glued a smaller flat circle on the bottom of the lid  so it wouldn't slip around. Added a pink drawer pull and this jar was done.  To dress it up I added extra left over metal flashing from my washroom cupboard doors and made a little cover for it.  I laced up ribbon on the back, and the best part is you can put any ugly thing in it cause you can't really see into the jar.  Love it.

I also needed something cute in my living room nothing to tall or bulbous like some apothecary jars can be.  I found these silver candle sicks at hobby lobby 8$ 12$ each but were on sale half off YEA!   I also got the jars there, they were 6$ but again half off Yea!!!  they looked so good together I didn't want to paint or mess with them in any way.  So  I  added window clings with cute spring sayings. How delightful would it be to have personalized messages for a party or shower, just saying.  You can find my  free printable at the end of this very long post.

The last one is so cute I love the clock drawer pull.  I used a little washi tape around the top to give it character or you could put a chalk board sicker on it or monogram your initial with etching cream.  Ok I could think up fun ways to personalize your jars all day long... The sky the limit, well depending on how many jars you can find in your fridge.  :)

this is the cute printable I made and used for the window clings and tags for my son's little red jars Welcome Spring!!!

Just copy and past this link into your browser and it will bring up dropbox, you can then just print it or download it to save for later.


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Silver leafed coffee table

 So I'm a little obsessed about silver leafing right now.  Its amazing!!  I have also dabbled in gold leaf as well.  It's such a fun way to make over rusty old things.  This is the base of my coffee table in the living room.  Its huge and it takes up  a lot of space.  I really wanted it to be a statement piece.

 The base was all ready metal but it was so rusty in places, and had a dull dingy look to it.  I wanted it a bit more glam.

so I started off by painting the adhesion glue all over the base. I had to let it sit for an hour before i could start silver leafing.  then the fun began.

 as you can see i laied out each sheet on the glue then using a makeup brush i burnished it to make it shinny.  look how different it looks.  I just love the fresh new look it gave to the base.  I'm not going to lie this stuff is messy and it gets every where. So make sure you have a vacuum near by and a patient husband. 

 next for the top I sanded off all the yellow/orange polyurethane which took for ever, until my hubby offered up to use the belt sander (hello 10 min later.)

originally I wanted the top to be gray but it just wouldn't get dark enough.  So i broke down and used some Ebony that I had  in the garage, and well I loved it!  

after it was all dried and sealed I took it in the house to spiff it up even more.I wanted to add racing stripes (I love strips)  so I taped off the stripes painted glue waited and hour and then added the leafing. I decided to to the edges around the wood, and I'm so glad I did it looks so polished.

 I wanted to add a vintage number and and something Parisian but then i thought why don't I personalize it?  so I stenciled our last name and the date we go married.  Its was so fun to pull out the wedding  photos when my kids asked about the date.  LOL

 So now its done it looks amazing and it was so easy.  I could have gotten the silver leather ottoman from Z gallery for 900$  but instead I made over an old GAP table (yes truly from the GAP) and now I have a piece nobody has.  I love it when things I own are original and unique, it make your house yours and not a show room from....... Well you know what i mean.  I'm in love love love with my new table!