Monday, December 7, 2009

See what a little bit of paint can do...

Yesterday, while playing around in photo-shop, I made some big decisions about Marshmallow Manor! I decided to repaint that ugly blue couch.....and I'm thinking I want to stain the 'fireplace' with something that contains a green tint.
The couch and chair were really easy to paint. First I gave the whole thing a rough sand...then I painted it Brown (I used Liquitex, Basics acrylic paint) .....I pounced the brush over where the material on the couch would be to make it look like leather...

Then I painted all the trim black.

I just can't begin to tell you how much I LOVE MY NEW COUCH AND CHAIR!!!! I am so glad I took the risk and painted my 30 year old toy a new color! It just looks soooo much better than the blue did!!

And while I had the black paint out, I went ahead and painted the inside of the gourd. See how good everything is starting to look!

.....and Now , about them floors......
((they need to be shiny!)) Let me see what I can go do about that.....

Until next time.........

8 comments:

Ara said...

Everything looks so good! I love playing around with colors in photoshop! Its a good way to get an idea before diving into something head first! Love it! - Ara

Lize said...

Better than new!

Kim said...

Wow- Katie- the couch and chair do look like leather- they look wonderful- and the gourd looks fantastic too!! I can't wait to see more :)

Sans! said...

Best transformation ever! From wood to leather in 1 stroke! Its really great job. Varnish for shine?

CA Verstraete said...

very nice! I know sometimes it's so hard to paint something - but it usually improves it and gives it a whole new look. wow, that looks like nice leather furniture now! the gourd will look great too. excellent idea!

Ana Anselmo said...

that´s great Katie!!!! always your imagination working. What i love most is the gourd as a chimney, we have those here but I never imagine to do such a thing with it.
hugs from Portugal
Ana
PS: still with lots of work at the lab, I hope next 16th of December I will be free, at least of these projects LOL.

Mercedes Spencer @ Liberty Biberty said...

Well, that couch and chair look great Katie!
Mercedes

A. Wright said...

They turned out fantastic. Can't wait to see the gourd. Those are some lucky bunnies