Wokingham and Bracknell Lifestyle Apr - May 2020

Rust-Oleum
Slate Satin
Furniture paint
750ml, £14
Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Paris
Grey and Old Violet, anniesloan.
com and registered stockists
TIP: REPAINTING HANDLES
We were a little sceptical about this too, especially in
the kitchen, but we’ve found a good workable solution.
The key is priming the handles properly - especially
if they’re metal. We like Rust-Oleum’s All Purpose
Priming spray followed by your chosen spray paint. In a
recent renovation, we paired the Satin Finish Furniture
paint above in Slate with painted handles in Rust-
Oleum Gold Spray Paint - the end result was beautiful
and thanks to the priming, the coat was even.
Extra Tip: to make spray painting easier, stick handles
into a Styrofoam block
Clockwise from top
left: Navy Rye Snuggler
and Saltdean Portland
Velvet Rosewood Chair,
both sofasandstuff.
com; Muuto Outline
2 Seater Sofa, £3049,
somedaydesigns.co.uk
Rust-Oleum
Metallic
Spray Paint,
£11, diy.com
RENEW by making unloved kitchen
cupboards look new again with a coat of
paint. The beauty of paint is its changeability,
so you can pick some more ‘trendy’ colours
without worrying about longevity. Replacing
the worktops is a great solution too - wood,
laminate, quartz, granite, marble or composite
materials all look good against painted units.
If your doors are past the salvageable
point, or are too old-fashioned, you
could save money by buying new doors
and tops, and keeping the existing
units. This can have a dramatic effect
and can look like a whole new kitchen.
REFRESH your furniture. If you
still love the frame of your sofa, chairs or
bed, then look into re-upholstery to breathe
new life into it. If you’ve moved house and
the shape doesn’t work any more or simply
need a change, you could donate your old
sofa to charity and check out some of these
fabulous designs...
Oriental Black Floral
Headboard, £475,
rockettstgeorge.co.uk;
Kingsley Headboard, £550,
laresidenceinteriors.co.uk
TIP: SMALL SCALE
Rather than replacing your whole
bed, consider just replacing the
headboard. You can still get that
new impact you are after, but with
less upheaval and cost.
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