Wednesday, March 7, 2012

French Wreath Garden Panels

This is another one of my projects using stray cabinet doors, the kind you might find in a salvage yard or perhaps on the curb in your neighborhood.  I wanted to do a garden themed vignette at Aubergine Emporium, the little shop I am a dealer at.  Don't they look wonderful on this old chippy gate?  Just the look I was going for.
They started out as boring wood run of the mill cabinet doors.  My husband painted them a dark gray something akin to primer gray.
Then I picked a white I had on hand.  If you like Annie Sloan chalk paint, this is sort of like her "Old White" color.  Not a white white at all.  My intent was an old French garden look.  Then we used epoxy glue and attached the beautiful wreaths that I purchased at The Bella Cottage.  I use her embellishments all the time.  They are great quality compared to some other ones I have found.   When everything was painted white, I took my sander and heavily sanded the doors.  The paint I used must have had a lot of yellow in it because it revealed a yellowish cast in some areas.  Didn't bother me at all since I wanted the layered paint look.  Then I took the razor blade scraper and went to town chipping away some of the paint to reveal the bottom layers.  Now they are all ready for spring. 

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Here is the link to The Bella Cottage's website click here,


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16 comments:

  1. Those are adorable and boy would my sister-in-law love them.

    I am visiting from the Linky blog hop and I am a new follower.

    http://lovemy2dogs.blogspot.com

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  2. They are absolutely gorgeous. I'm going over to that ebay store to check it out.

    I'm your newest Linky follower!

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  3. Love them! How do you think of all these things? I guess that part of my brain hasn't turned on. :-)

    xo
    Pat

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  4. I love em, Maggie, and yes, they look fab on that gate.

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  5. love them. Thanks for the how to's.

    blessings
    barbara jean

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  6. Your projects always make me go hmmm.

    ~Bliss~

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  7. I love them!!! What a great way to recycle a cabinet door! You definitely captured the look. I am your newest follower. Hope you can visit me sometime

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  8. Maggie, These are really cute! I'll run over and check out the wreaths- thanks for the link. :-) Sue

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  9. Those do look great! I might have to copy this idea--they look so pretty!

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  10. These are just so pretty! Love the Wreaths!

    I tried to search for The Bella Cottage on Ebay and couldn't, and I couldn't find the wreaths either. I'd like to check out her stuff, could you post a link to her store?

    I'm also a Linky Follower!

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  11. They are very Shabby Chic...Love them , your newest follower...I invite you to visit my blog as well...Blessings Lori

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  12. They are darling!! Thanks for linking up at Feathered Nest Friday!

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