Standard kitchen worktops get a new look....
Originally oiled and much richer in colour than this they had faded and I quite liked the faded look.
We lightly sanded the worktop and then used a small sample pot of Fired Earth 'Malm' paint diluted half and half with water to colourwash it - applied with a brush then rubbed in with a cloth - a bit hard to get it even (but it doesn't need to be perfect...)
I like this greyed look....easy on the eye.
The postcard of Grace Darling arrived appropriately enough on International Women's Day. I can remember reading about her heroic efforts helping her father to save the victims of a shipwreck when I was in primary school, and can still see the illustrations clearly in my mind's eye. It is hard to believe the reports today of health and safety rules preventing people from going to the rescue of others because they have not had the right training....
A true heroine.
I enjoyed looking out things which went with the new colour - a tea towel from Sweden and a hand made gift tag from a few Christmases ago which I couldn't part with..
Scroll down two posts - this is the same kitchen that appears on 7th March...