I adore Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan and one of my favorites is Abusson Blue! I love the color itself & how wonderful it accents against almost every other color in the pallet Here's a page from our Annie Sloan color mixing workbook. We've mixed Aubusson Blue 50/50 with each of the other colors. Annie Sloan's Aubusson Blue was inspired by her early...
I love all the amazing Chalk Paint® Decorative Paint by Annie Sloan; I have been selling Chalk Paint® in my store, Not Too Shabby since July 2010, and I am completely addicted to how creative you can be with all of the colors, waxes, and techniques. I have been painting furniture for over 25 years, and I've tried lots of different kinds of...
Yoga Tuesday morning - Beginner 1-1/4 hour. I was only able to do about 1/3 of the poses. Hot, sweaty, slightly sore. Yoga Tuesday night - Vin Yoga, relaxing or Dessert Yoga is what some called it. I was able to complete 2/3 of the poses. Feel so much better, relaxed and stretched out. Wednesday morning - woke up feeling a little tight,...
I've been back a month & my mind is still over-flowing with paint techniques, finishes, fabrics, photographing tips, social media ideas, and so much more. Let's start with IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE ANNIE AGAIN! Annie shared more of her art background, her love of vintage finishes, and her start as a store owner. It just made me even more happy to...
Hard to believe but we've already been open 3-months at the new store. YEAH! It's been fun stocking different items than what weve stocked at Not Too Shabby, and trying out new sources. We're loving our Farmstead Flannels and laundry products. Especially their Linen Spray! Great to keep the scent alive on your Farmstead Flannel, or spray it on your sheets! And my...
This past month we've been really busy with lots of fun new items for all of us at Not Too Shabby. We brought in a great new line of linens. Sustainable Threads is an exclusively Fair-Trade, Eco-focused company that promotes handmade life-style products produced in partnership with low-income artisan communities in India. They are approved members of the prestigious Fair Trade Federation &...
We started with dirty white floor. Knowing that Chalk Paint® decorative paints by Annie Sloan will stick to almost anything, we mopped several times (I didn't want the paint sticking to the dirt & not the floor). Then we masked off the white baseboards.I really wanted to create a calm floor, with shades of blue. Like a calm tropical sea.So, I started with...
We picked up the keys for our new spot & now we can start making the store ours! First thing we did was take down the wall.Taking down the wall really opened up the space perfectly!Next after clean-up is painting the floors, fixtures, store counter & anything else that stays still😀😀😀.Thanks for visiting!B ...
