Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Neon & varnish

While my husband has been working with fine sandpaper and oil on our kitchentable, I have been working in much smaller scales.

Painted

A little plate rack-ish shelf, which Emil and I found on a local fleamarket a couple of years ago, has been painted in the softest mix of light blue and mint - and has been waiting for knobs!
To prevent it from becoming too pastel, I decided to buy wooden knobs and paint them in neon colours.

Well, actually my first thought was to make crocheted knobs somewhat like these from Pickles. (A very cool idea if you ask me). But having looked long and hard for the right size of knobs without any luck, made me resort to paint instead.

Neon knobs


I like how they turned out, and now I just want to give the 3 of them a coat of varnish, so they can withstand a lot of pulling drawers in and out. Tiny drawers for bits and bobbins...


7 comments:

  1. Ihh hvor fint & ikke for tuttenuttet ;)

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    1. Tusind tak, Rikke. :) Jeg er også helt tilfreds. Tænk at der nogen gange skal så lidt til. Nu er næste skridt så bare at bestemme hvor den skal placeres. ;))

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  2. Det bliver rigtigt smart.... de hæklede greb er også rigtigt fine, men der ER nu mere spræl i de greb, som du har malet :O)

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  3. Jeg tror også at de malede fungerer bedst, Rosanna. Hvis de skulle have været hæklet, ville jeg ikke have figurer men bare en ensfarvet ting. ;)

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  4. Smukt, herligt og inspirerende som altid her hos dig, Ulla! - Kh. fra engens land

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    1. Neeej, er det dig Jeannette Mariae! DEJLIGT at du er tilbage. Jeg har savnet dine varme og kloge ord - både her og hos dig selv. :)) Jeg håber at i har det godt alle mand.
      Og tak for de søde ord. :)

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  5. Tak, Ulla... Og i lige måde... ;-)

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