Loft Ceiling

It's time for me to make a decision about the ceiling of the coffee shop loft.  Both of these images were found at Boston Lofts, a very inspiring web site!

 I could stain the beams.  

Or I could paint them white.

    

I mixed up some glaze this morning using 3 parts glaze to one part of my custom paint color.  Don't tell anyone that sometimes I use my real tablespoons to mix paint! 

I tried this glaze to see if I liked it. 

Yep.  Decision made. That was easy!  Wish all decisions were so simple. 

But then again, maybe they are not so easy?  :D

Hope you have a great day! 

Custom Floor Finish

I finally got brave enough to do a custom finish on the attic floor. :D


I tried several different "recipes" until I found one that I liked.

First I applied a golden oak stain. After that was dry, I sanded the floor lightly. Then I mixed 50% Benjamin Moore Chamois paint, 50% water and four drops of gray paint to make a wash.

I ended up buying a can of clear acrylic latex glaze. I have plans to use it on some furniture later. With a can this big, I can do LOTS of furniture and paint LOTS of flowers!


I added 1/3 part glaze to the mixture above. The glaze helps to extend your work time although this took about 3 minutes to do!

I used a one inch brush with just a tiny bit of my paint/glaze mixture to lightly paint the floor. While it was still wet, I wiped most of it off with a dry rag. Then I used another dry brush to clean up where the paint went into the grooves of the floor.

When that was dry I applied a clear satin finish. You will see how that looks later. I love it.

I'm hoping to get all of the trim painted today so I can install it. THEN I can actually start building my garage.



Thanks for following along with my projects. Hope you have a great day!