CAPPUCCINO BAR east van subway art

I have been involved in a few projects that have kept me from the usual routine.

One of which is finished but you will have to wait a few weeks to hear about that fun.

Another of the projects is ready to be unveiled.

The Apothecary cabinet was acquired for a new cafe in the DTES of Vancouver

The cafe supports their non-profit program, Project Limelight Society

and they needed a cappuccino counter as well.

Thats where this cutey comes in.

It was painted a bright canary yellow with a vibrate blue top and bubble gum pink knobs.

I assume for a childs room once upon a time but time has passed.

The cappuccino counter needed castors so I abliged.

It also needed a much bigger top, so I removed the vibrant blue one

and the ladies from the cafe supplied me with a 1.5/8" thick oak slab to be painted.

This piece of a tree was so heavy I couldnt move it around myself.

Everything was painted in ASCP Graphite before I customized the East Vancouver

subway art they requested for the drawer faces.

If anyone wants to see either the Apothecary cabinet or this Cappuccino counter

in person they are proudly owned and in use at:

EAST OF MAIN CAFE

223 E. Georgia

Vancouver BC

OPENING SOON

AND FINALLY ...

The winner of the firstfinds Etsy $25

CANADA DAY & JULY 4th giveaway is

Gail of the blog titled Crafty Runner.

Congratulations!

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HOW TO PAINT BAR STOOLS numbered country white stools

Kamis, 03 Maret 2016

 

 

A good bar stool is hard to find!

These were labeled made in California, anything that was made domestically has my vote.

The steps I took while painting these stools should help convince you to get yours redone.

 

 

Always turn your painting projects upside down before you start, especially chairs.

I use the chain link fence to rest my chairs legs against and a make shift bench below.

If you are using a spray can it takes at least 1 whole can to do one whole chair.

Once all the undersides are coated turn the chair over and finish spraying.

DO NOT HOLD THE NOZZLE DOWN WHEN USING SPRAY CANS,

short bursts offer better control, less waste, and you do not get runs as easily.

 

 

I planned on painting these white and distressing back to the black

but you can stop at this point and have a nice new set of black bar stools.

Let an oil based spray dry for 24 hours before using or painting over.

 

 

I do the same steps with the next coat, turn the chairs upside down, coating all the bottom surfaces.

Then flip them over and finish with your white. I sprayed these chairs with a 50 - 50 mix of ASCP

OLD WHITE and PURE WHITE.

 

 

The seats were upholstered with this waverly numbered print.

 

 

Some upholstery tips can be found here:

http://blogspot.ca/p/how-to_9274.html

 

 

I distressed and waxed the white to show the black and a bit of the wood.

This can be done with fine sand paper (220) or wet distressing.

 

 

This whole process is an excellent method to deal with dining chairs that dont hold ASCP very well,

but for those who want to use it to achieve that silky velvety finish we all love so much.

 

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