What is glazing and how can I use it on my furniture? Watch Amy's video and follow the steps below to learn about this technique. Glazing is so great because you get a beautiful finish and you don't need to seal it with wax!
Start By Painting Your Board With The One Step Paint Of Your Choice
Mix Your Glaze
One part Glazed Over, One part Paint, One part Water
Use a sponge brush to apply your glaze to a small section of your furniture
Bunch up a lint-free rag and pat your glaze
To Add Something Extra - Apply A Mesh Stencil To Your Finish
We used the A Makers' Studio Motif Stencil
We used Gold ChalkArt to take it to the next level
Amy showed you a number of color options in this video - check them out below!
Italian Silver With Palace Gray Glaze
Vintage Affliction With Kensington Black Gel Stain
Shaw Red With Kensington Black Gel Stain
Bauhaus Buff With Ambala Blue Glaze
English Boxwood With A Glaze Made Of More English Boxwood, Glazed Over, and a Tablespoon of Kensington Black Gel Stain
This finish is stunning and so fun to do. Use this finish on artwork, furniture, wallpaper, and so much more. The depth you'll get my following these techniques are divine.
Mix three parts Easy Street, one part Vintage Affliction, and one part Brooks Grey One Step Paint.
Step 2: Paint Your Surface
Using your custom color and a high density paint roller to paint your surface. Allow it to dry 20-30 minutes.
Step 3: Make Your Glaze
Remember your ratios for a glaze - one part glaze, one part water, one part paint. For this glaze we are going to mix one part Glazed Over, one part water, one part of our paint we mixed in the first step but we will also add a little Lady Singing The Blue Ones Step Paint and Black One Step Paint. We wanted to have a bit of a darker color for this glaze.
Step 4: Paint Your Glaze On
Paint your glaze on using a sponge brush or a roller. Apply it in all different motions - circular, organic squiggles, etc. Work in sections so you have complete control over your areas - you want to work fairly quickly so it does not dry. After applying your glaze to a section, bunch up a lint-free rag and pounce it on to the section. We don't want it to be too crunchy or to look like leather. Allow your glaze to dry.
Step 5: Lay Your Stencil Down + Mix Your Gel Art Inks
Lay your stencil down on your piece and press it down so that it sticks. These stencils are great because they will hold in place on your surface and then you can easily remove it. Wash your stencils in water, let them dry, and use it over and over!
Time to mix your Gel Art Ink - mix Metallic Gold, Metallic Silver, and Hush Your Mouth Gel Art Ink.
Step 6: Apply Your Gel Art Ink To Your Stencil
Apply your mixture in sections to your stencil using an artist brush.
Mix more blue into your other mixture and apply is here and there.
Use a ChalkArt spreader to start blending your inks around.
Add some Metallic Silver Ink and work that around the stencil.
Keep adding more gold and silver and blending until your stencil is covered.
Step 7: Remove Your Stencil
Remove your stencil and see your gorgeous design! Be sure to wash your stencil as soon as you can.
Love the look of Carrara Marble? Create this beautiful finish on your countertops, floors, the tops of furniture, and more with Amy's tutorial!
Supplies Needed:
Ballet White One Step Paint
Luxe Grey One Step Paint
Good Man is Hard to Find One Step Paint
Glazed Over
Wax
Turkey Feather
Instructions:
1. Start with Ballet White as your base. Using a foam roller feather out the paint so you don't see any seams. You want to do about two coats.
2. Now we are going to create various mixtures for our scumble:
Mix one part Glazed Over, one part Ballet White, and one part water
Mix one part Glazed Over, one part Luxe Grey, and one part water
Mix one part Glazed Over, one part Good Man is Hard to Find, and one part water
Mix some of your Glazed Over/Luxe Grey/Water with your Glazed Over/Good Man/Water
You are creating three colors which will end up being your scumble.
3. Take your sea sponge (a sponge the size of the palm of your hand is ideal) with your Luxe Grey/Glazed Over/Water mixture. Start by taking your sponge and working in a 45 degree angle on your surface, from upper left to lower right. You want to be using a hit drag motion.
4. Take a lint-free rag and start blending your negative space. This is softening the Luxe Grey paint, use a patting motion. This will make it so you can't see what tool you used for your scumble. Let this dry for about 20 minutes.
5. Now it's time to incorporate your Good Man is Hard to Find/Glazed Over/Water mixture. Take your sponge and create your organic patterns, be sure to leave open areas. Make a pad using your lint-free rag and blend the edges of your pattern. Leave some patches darker than others.
6. Now it's time to take your Ballet White/Glazed Over/Water mixture. This will give you a sheerness. Take a foam brush and put your glaze completely over your scumble. Take a lint-free rag and pat your Ballet White glaze, make sure to pat organically.
7. It's time for some veining! When you are doing veining, you want your veins to be sheer. For this you will create a mixture of 3 parts water, 1 part paint, and 1 part glaze. Pour your mixture onto a plate so it's easy to load up your veining tool, a turkey feather! Load up your turkey feather and offload it onto another plate. You are going to follow the line of your scumble to create your veins, starting in the left going to the lower right. Continue creating organic lines with your feather. Be careful to not create squiggles.
8. Use your Chip Brush to tap some of your veins so they are not so pronounced. Let your veins dry.
9. Take your Ballet White/Glazed Over/Water Mixture and your foam brush, glaze most of your area. Leave some of your darker lines without glaze. Blend with a lint-free rag in areas you want darker.
10. Time to seal! You have so many options for this. You could use Bright Idea Lacquer for a shiny finish, you could seal with Matte Sealer then wax it. These will give you a stone like finish. Enjoy The Bragging Rights!
Our new Color of the Month, Hunt and Polo, is here! This deep green would look gorgeous on kitchen cabinets, in a bathroom, on your front door, or on a piece of furniture. Watch as we paint a piece and add Glaze, the color completely transforms!
When you join our Color of the Month Club you receive a 32oz can of our NEW monthly color, FREE shipping, a 10% off coupon code, and training with an interior designer on how to use the color in your home. You will love it!
How to glaze with our Hunt and Polo One Step Paint:
1. Mix one part Gel Stain and one part water. You could use one part Gel Stain and one part Glazed Over if you want a longer open time. TIP: When Glazing, you are just adding a little color on top to allow the bottom color to show through.
2. You are going to want two brushes, your applicator and your finesser. We used a Chip Brush as the applicator and a Nylon Tapered Brush as the finesser.
3. Apply a very light coat of your Gel Stain mix with your Chip Brush to the piece. Make sure it's nice and even and you get all of the areas.
4. Take your finesser and start brushing out the stain. Then take a lint-free rag and start pouncing the piece. Use your finesser to pick up puddles down in the crevices. This is all adding a gorgeous texture.
We recommend pairing this color with Lakai Blue, Weybridge Classic, Spa White, and Vanderbilt Gray. If you decide to go with Ambala Blue for your cabinets, paint the inside of the cabinets with one of these complementary colors for a fun surprise!
On this #FinishFriday Amy sat down to go over Toscana Milk Paint, which is also her favorite finish! This video is great for beginners to learn what you can do with this amazing product.
Toscana Milk Paint allows you to easily recreate the iconic historic patina found on European antiques. Each carefully curated pigment is sourced from Italy and the South of France to provide superior finish, color, and vibrancy. Whether you are a beginner or an expert purist, you are sure to fall in love with Amy’s favorite finish!
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1. Begin by cleaning the top and sides of the nightstand using a lint free cloth and Clean Slate.
2. Then use the Wedge Specialty Brush to apply Cranley Garden One Step Paint, using nice long stokes and always painting into a wet edge. Be sure to paint in the direction of the grain as well.
3. Once dry apply a second coat of paint.
4. Next, add painters’ tape to the front of the dresser at an angle. If it crosses over a handle you can tape it off to paint partially as well.
5. Then continue the angle below to any crossbars but also taping off the legs. Be sure to burnish the tape (rub firmly) so that the paint doesn’t leak underneath it.
6. Use your cloth and Clean Slate again to wipe down the area you will be painting.
7. Then paint those areas using the same method as in steps 2-3.
8. Lastly, carefully remove the Painters’ Tape and allow paint to cure.
9. Optional, you can seal using one of the Amy Howard At Home Waxes or Sealants if you would like for added protection, durability, and sheen, but it is not necessary.
This Cracked Patina Vase is so chic and would be the perfect addition to your home. You'll be able to enjoy fresh flowers and plants in this beautiful vase while enjoying the bragging rights!
1. Begin by cleaning the vase using a lint free cloth and Clean Slate.
2. Then use your Nylon Brush to apply one coat of Toscana Sage One Step Paint.
3. Once dry, use a Chip Brush to apply a thin layer of Cracked Patina, making sure the entire surface is covered but that it is not too thick anywhere.
4. Let that dry and then use another Chip Brush to apply a layer of Parisian Gray. Be sure to go over the surface only once or twice and no more. You want to avoid holidays yet not go over an area too much or leave it too thick. If working with a larger vase, work in sections.
5. Once the paint begins to crack, use a clean Chip Brush on its side to begin moving and lifting off the paint.
6. Next, go back with your fingers to further manipulate the textured surface.
7. Allow to dry and then use a fine sandpaper to smooth any rough spots.
8. Now repeat steps 3-7 using the last paint color, Serengeti Gray.
9. Once dry, use a Chip Brush to apply the Light Antiquing Wax.
10. Then, once the wax has come to tack, apply the Dust of Ages allowing it to sit on the wax as the wax completely hardens. After that you can gently remove the excess dust.
Amy answers all of your burning questions about Glazing on today's Finish Friday! What is glazing? When would I use glazing? Do I have to wax after glazing? Watch today's video to get all of those questions answered.
Love napkins with a little flair? Well take your leftover One Step Paint and DIY! These napkins would be perfect for Thanksgiving dinner, a lunch with friends, or just a weeknight meal.
1. Begin by cutting your foam sheet into small strips the same length as your block.
2. Then use your hot glue gun to first glue two pieces of foam together and then glue them onto your block, leaving a gap between each strip.
3. Mix 1 part water to 2 parts paint of each color.
4. Using your Foam Dome Brush, dip in each color and begin to offload using an up down motion.
5. Then, using the same up down motion, apply the paint to your homemade stamp. Try to apply the darker color (Cherborg) on one side, the lighter color (Barefoot In The Park) on the other, and then a mix of the two in the middle. This will give you an ombre effect.
6. Next, place the stamp down starting on the corner of the napkin. Apply firm pressure.
7. Carefully lift the stamp up and then repeat the steps alternating the direction of the stripes.
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