This desk started off a hideous blue, so we could only go up from here!
It has great detail but I felt like I needed to add a little more. I was able to take apart the letter holder that mounts on top of the desk.
Out of all the stencils I own I did not have one the right size, so I used my new machine, the Silhouette to designs and cut out the shape I wanted. I use a little spray adhesive to hold the stencil in place.
I have this great product that is an embossing cream and it kind of looks like chocolate pudding.
I use a small pallet knife to spread it over my stencil
When you lift your stencil it leaves a raised design. You let it dry for a good 24 before you paint over it. It makes it look like there it carved wood detail where there was none.
Here is my painted lady!
I used Annie Sloane chalk paint. Colors are Versailles green and cream. I also added some more dimension in the paint by adding a bronze gold antiquing glaze to certain places.
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