Tangerine! Pantone color of the Year

"Tangerine Tango, " Pantone's 2012 Color of the Year!  I Like!



The fiery orange hue has been spotted on the runways and red carpet, but how do you incorporate it into your home?





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My contribution to the color of the year, is an Owl!  I love this color and I am sure I will be using it a lot more of it!

Before and After: Orange Chest

I am not doing so well at the taking the Befores.

So imagine a dirty grimy, spider filled old wood chest.

It needed cleaning and sanding and then some more.

most wouldn't see the potential, but just you wait.

The prep work is the worst part.

but it is the most important.

Painting is FUN!

AFTER

Old grimy chest now a treasure chest!

A mistint was used for the paint, so I can't tell you exactly what it was.

After we painted it, we did sand it good and used a  minwax jacobean stain.

We also sprayed the handles with a primer,

then finished them off with Krylon Oil rubbed Bronze spray!
we being me and Jake!

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Claw Foot Table! Before & After

My favorite special orders go like this,

Hi

I need a display for jeans for the store.

Covet Boutique

Do anything you want, any color you want,

I trust you!

Scary thing to tell a girl who LOVES color!

This claw foot table came to mind, and I could just see it decked out in Tangerine Orange and stained
with an almost black stain - Jacobean minwax. And yes we were so excited we started painting before we took a before picture!  Jake, my once in a while helper said, " Mom you need a picture."  A true DIYer!

Here is the lovely base - so solid and perfect for what we were going to do!

He is meticulous - I told  him I don't think we need to paint the underside of the table, but to finish nice, he said we did!

Look at this claw foot, so perfectly painted.  -  pretty pretty toes!       
 a little fluorescent.

Next we distressed it by using a piece of light grain sand paper wrapped around a sand block.

Then we brushed it off with a dry brush - good for the crevices

Then a cloth to remove the remaining dust

Some rags, one to wipe it on, a couple to wipe it off.  I recommend cheap gloves or your hands will look like mine - black!

Distress the edges and don't worry about doing it to much or to little - it all works out!

I stain a small section at a time.  Wipe it on generously, and wipe off quickly - it gets sticky fast.

The top is stained the and the bottom isn't - can you see the difference. .

When it is all done, you take a picture that makes it look miniature - whoops!

 The fluorescent tangerine orange is now a rich beautiful color!

another picture of the awesome, beautiful base.

I love the claw foot!

 The top, I am in Love - Thanks Laura for giving me your trust and letting me do something fun!

Ready for her jeans!

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