You will learn so much through this tutorial! Watch as Amy shows you how to create this crusty, gold furniture finish. Follow her steps below!

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Shop One Step Paint - Amy used Luxe Grey and Frankly Scarlet

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Shop Milk Paints - Amy used Amalfi Coast and Noir

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Paint Your Piece With Luxe Grey One Step Paint

Mix Up Your Cracked Gesso

Mix Your Milk Paints

Amy mixed 2 parts Amalfi Coast and 1 part Noir Milk Paint. Add your water - 1 part water and 1 part Milk Paint. Do not make this too thick! Continue agitating the paint and mixing as you are painting.

Paint With Your Milk Paint

Cover the entire piece with your Milk Paint mixture.

Antiquing Glaze

Apply your Antiquing Glaze with a sea sponge to your piece. Let it dry completely!

Time To Gild

Use Frankly Scarlet One Step Paint and roll it on to your piece with an artist brush to add detail. Then take your Gilding Size and dip your brush in, offload, and roll it on to your piece. Let your size come to tack. Lay your gold leaf down and burnish it. The more you burnish it the prettier your leaf will be! Burnish it by rubbing it with your hands. Take a chip brush and rub off the gold leaf. Take some steel wool to your piece to blend everything together.

Wax

Let your piece dry completely. Apply your Light Wax, Dark Wax, and Dust of Ages.

Enjoy The Bragging Rights!

 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

New to furniture refinishing or just want a refresh? Watch this video to learn everything you can do with waxes on furniture. YOU can do this. Watch as Amy teaches you the best techniques, how to choose which wax you want to use, and so much more. 

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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. 

Supplies You Need

Venetian Damask Mesh Stencil

One Step Paint in colors: Vintage Affliction, Easy Street, Brooks Grey, Black, Lady Singing The Blues

Gel Art Inks in colors: Metallic Silver, Metallic Gold, Hush Your Mouth

Glazed Over

Sponge Brush

Lint-Free Rag

ChalkArt Spreader 

Paint Roller

Artist Brush

How To

Step 1: Mix Your Paints

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. 

Watch and follow the tutorial below to create a gorgeous finish on glass. This is perfect for backsplashes, glass tabletops, light fixtures, and more. 

What You'll Need:

Lacquer Of Your Choice

Mica Powders

Glazed Over

Spray Bottle With Adjustable Nozzle

How To:

Step 1: Spray Your Water

Take your spray bottle with the adjustable nozzle and face it up and away from your piece of glass. Pull your trigger so that the water goes up into the air and lands on your piece of glass. Move the bottle around using various pressures as you squeeze the trigger and create droplets. 

Step 2: Lacquer Time

Shake your Lacquer for 2-3 minutes and then work in horizontal passes over your droplets. Turn your piece and do another pass horizontally over the piece. 

Step 3: Pat with a lint-free rag

Using a lint-free rag or non-textured paper towel pat your glass to create open areas from the droplets. 

Step 4: Mixing your Mica Powder

Mix the Mica Powder color of your choice with Glazed Over. You want the consistency to be similar to paint. Using a sponge brush, paint the Mica Powder mixture over the open areas. Then fill in the whole piece with the Mica Powder mixture. 

Step 5: Seal The Back

After your Mica Powder mixture dries, seal the back with another coat of Lacquer.

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Create your own unique designs on burlap that can be used for wallpaper, pillow covers, table runners, and so much more! Watch below to see the steps Amy used to create this design and shop below...

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Venetian Plaster

Milk Paint

A Makers' Studio ChalkArt

A Makers' Studio Stencils

Instructions

Step 1: Start With A Piece Of Burlap

Step 2: Mix Up Your Venetian Plaster

Mix your Venetian Plaster with warm water, you want your consistency to be similar to a thick sour cream. Apply your Venetian Plaster to your metal trough and spread it on to your burlap. Completely cover your burlap and let it dry overnight.

Step 3: Apply Your Milk Paint

Mix up your Milk Paint, it's best to mix this the night before! Brush your Milk Paint on to your burlap, work fast because the plaster will be sucking up the Milk Paint. Apply it the Milk Paint in vertical motions to your burlap. Let it dry. 

Step 4: Sand and Stencil

Sand your burlap a little so you can see the texture coming through. Take your favorite A Makers' Studio Stencil and ChalkArt Color. Apply the Mesh Stencil and ChalkArt to your burlap. Create all kinds of fun designs based on what you want to use your burlap piece for!

Step 5: Distress

Roll up your piece of burlap to distress it. We want piece to crack off so squeeze your burlap as you roll it!

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Follow this tutorial to create a beautiful textured chippy finish to transform any piece! This color is so versatile and would work with any piece in any color palette. 

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Vintage Affliction One Step Paint 

Tick Tock One Step Paint

Cracked Patina

Amalfi Coast Toscana Milk Paint

Antiquing Glaze

Kensington Black Gel Stain

Matte Sealer

Get This Look By Following The Steps Below

Step 1: A Coat Of Vintage Affliction

Start this finish with a coat of Vintage Affliction One Step Paint. You can use One Step Paint over previously painted pieces! Apply a thin coat and let it dry for 20 minutes. 

Step 2: Cracked Patina

Take your Cracked Patina in a small cup and use a sponge brush to apply a thin coat. Be sure to go in long, clean strokes as you apply it. If it starts to fish eye, keep brushing it. We do not want any holidays!

Step 3: Mix it up!

Mix a bit of Tick Tock One Step Paint with Vintage Affliction One Step Paint. View the photos below to see the color we are going for. When using Cracked Patina we want to create a lighter and darker layer. 

Step 4: Paint on your lighter shade

Quickly paint on your mixture of Vintage Affliction and Tick Tock! You want to do this quickly because it will start cracking. 

Step 5: Lift The Paint

Use the base of your hands to start lifting the paint! Make sure you don't wait too long because you don't want it to completely dry before lifting. Now you can see the gorgeous darker color peeking through. Let it dry about 30 minutes when you are happy with how it looks.

Step 6: Sand Your Piece

Sand your piece going with the grain to soften the rough texture. 

Step 7: Add A Milk Paint Layer

Mix up Amalfi Coast Milk Paint - using the ratio one part Milk Paint to one part water. Mixing this the night before is ideal and storing it in the fridge. Apply your Milk Paint with a sponge brush, completely covering the piece. Let it dry!

Step 8: Antique Your Piece

Take your Antiquing Glaze and a sea sponge, it's time to antique your piece! Dip your sponge into the glaze and do a pass over your piece. This softens the paint and helps lift it. Next, take a lint free rag and lift some of the paint by pouncing your rag. Let it dry. 

Step 9: Add Gel Stain

Take your Kensington Black Gel Stain and thin it down just a little bit with water. Use your Kensington Black Gel Stain on top of your piece, applying a thin coat. Take a lint-free rag and pounce the stain so your paint is showing through. Go around the edges of your piece with the glaze to create a Halo. Let it dry. 

Step 10: Time To Seal

You can leave this finish as is, because the Gel Stain protects the finish. However, I like to finish with Matte Sealer for a beautiful matte finish. I also added a little Light Wax for a little sheen, let it dry for 20 minutes, and buffed it. 

ENJOY THE BRAGGING RIGHTS!

Make your furniture POP with our Color Transfers. We used our color crush this week, Hey Y'all One Step Paint, to create a French Country look. Watch as Amy shows you how to use Color Transfers...

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Hey Y'all One Step Paint

Color Transfers

Clean Slate

Matte Sealer

How To Use Color Transfers...

• Remove them from the backing and place the color (glossy) side up on the surface where you would like to adhere the transfer. 
• Use a wooden stick (included) to rub on the glossy top of the transfer, this will release the ink from the heavy plastic it is on, and adhere it to the surface you are working with.
• While our transfers are quite durable, if you plan to use them on a high-traffic surface and want additional protection, you can seal them with either our “Matte Sealer” or “Bright Idea” lacquer.
• For hard, flat surfaces (such as furniture or trays) apply our Matte Sealer with a foam roller.
• For hard, rounded or odd-shaped surfaces (such as lamps), spray with a coating of our “Bright Idea” lacquer.

This is a beautiful finish to learn and dissect. Create this gorgeous emerald marble look on a fireplace, countertops and more...

Products Needed 

Easy Street One Step Paint

Bauhaus Buff One Step Paint

Black One Step Paint

Glazed Over

Bright Idea or Matte Sealer

Other Items Needed

Paint Roller

Sea Sponge

Sponge Brush

Heavy Duty Garbage Bag

Turkey Feather

How To....

Step 1: Use a paint roller to apply Easy Street One Step Paint. Apply two thin coats and let it dry.

Step 2: Create Your Glaze

Take Bauhaus Buff One Step Paint, Glazed Over, and Water. Mix one third of Bauhaus Buff One Step Paint, one third Glazed Over, and one third water. This will be your scumble, the scumble is the white area in the marble that makes it look like stone!

Step 3: Apply Your Scumble

Take a sea sponge - dip it in water, rinse it out, then dip it in your glaze. Start applying your glaze in a hit drag motion creating organic patterns all over your surface. Constantly move your sponge around and leave open areas - no snakey patterns! Take a lint-free rag and spread your glaze on the outside of your patterns. Keep repeating this small section by small section - working from upper left to lower right. 

Step 4: Make and Apply Your Black Glaze

Take Black One Step Paint, Glazed Over, and Water - use one part of each to create a glaze. Using a sponge brush - completely cover your surface. Apply it organically in X motions, not in lines. Work quickly so it doesn't dry!

Next, use a very fancy tool - a garbage bag! Pounce the garbage bag all over your surface and watch how your finish transforms. Be sure to use different areas of the garbage bag so that it remains a negative tool and not a positive tool. Let it dry!

Step 5: White Veining

Take your Scumble Glaze and cut it in half then add 2-3 parts water. We want a very thin glaze for our veining. Take your turkey feather and load it up with your glaze, be sure to offload. Start in the upper left working towards your lower right. 

Lay the turkey feather down, move it up, and work it so that you are only using the tip now. 

Continue, moving your feather, picking it up, and moving it down. Create various organic patterns with the feather. Move your wrist more than anything else.

Be sure to add in a vein going in the opposite way. This will add to your composition. Pat some of your veins with a lint-free rag so they are lighter. Let it dry!

Step 5: Over glaze

Take your Black Glaze and thin it out with water. You want to add another part of water. Completely cover your surface, then take a lint-free rag, make a pad with it, and pat your glaze. This sets your veins back so they are not too stark. 

Step 6: Seal

It's your choice on how you want to seal your marble. We recommend Bright Idea Lacquer for a high sheen finish - use about three coats. For a completely Matte finish, use our Matte Sealer. 

Dark kitchens are so trendy right now! Use our Good Man is Hard to Find One Step Paint to transform your kitchen. This shade is a beautiful deep gray that can be transformed with our various waxes. Watch as Amy and Gene show you how to paint your cabinets and how Cerusing Wax transforms the color. 

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Good Man is Hard to Find One Step Paint

Clean Slate

Cerusing Wax

Brushes

Instructions...

1. Start with Clean Slate. This will remove all the oil and residue from your cabinets that will prevent the paint from adhering. 

2. After the Clean Slate has dried, it's time to paint! Start by removing any hardware. When working on cabinets, start painting on the raised panel. Apply one thin coat, you may not get full coverage on the first coat. That is okay! This paint is called One Step because there is no sanding, stripping, or priming - but you may need more than one coat.

3. Continue by finishing around the edges of your cabinet. Give the paint about an hour to dry. Then work on your second thin coat!

4. Your piece should have full coverage and a gorgeous matte look after it has dried! Keep following to give your cabinets a new look with Cerusing Wax. It will go from a matte look to a specialty furniture finish!

5. For a farmhouse or Restoration Hardware look follow these steps...Take your Cerusing Wax with a Chip Brush - be sure to offload your brush. Then start applying a thin coat. Apply very little pressure with your brush. (Our panel has a piece of tape to show you the difference between the paint and the paint with Cerusing Wax). Let it dry for about 40 minutes. Take your steel wool and buff the piece, this will pull some of the Dark Gray out. Finish off by buffing with a lint-free rag. Enjoy the bragging Rights!

6. If you want a different look - try using our Light Wax! Apply a thin, uniform coat of Light Wax. Be sure to offload your brush! Buff with a lint-free rag one the wax has dried a bit. This will give your cabinets a nice sheen.

Enjoy The Bragging Rights!