Be Gone, Pumpkin

The chalk paint nightmare is over. Why I ever went with a fad I'll never know, but I did and lived to regret it. I have never really known the best way to go with the kitchenette tv unit and I thought a nice zingy pumpkin orange interior would be good. The colour was good but I disliked everything about the paint so I got no further. 

before

Not wanting to throw good money after bad I used some emulsion we had in the garage, it's the colour I used for the spare bedroom which is a really really pale grey, called Nantucket, it was a New England paint from B&Q I don't know if they still stock it. In the north-east facing bedroom is looks pale blue-grey, but in the living area it appears to be pure grey and gorgeous. 

during

I've painted furniture with emulsion before, I did the dining chairs and table legs and was impressed with how robust it has been, especially as the set was a pretty cheap and cheerful one from Ikea. 

still during

The interior needs another coat and I need to clean up the glass and give the exterior a coat of wax but it looks so much better, Dan loves it too and it was a zero cost project. 

You may notice evidence of another project on the chair!