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Flexible or Heat Bendable Mouldings – Which is right for you?
At Chic Mouldings, we offer many or our designs in a "soft" flexible material. I decided to create a blog to help you decide which material is best for your project and budget. Hopefully all your questions will be answered here, but if not, drop us a line. For...
A “Tail” of Two Fishes
Sculpted clay Master moulding "How To". As all my friends know, because I declare it regularly, I am not a sculptor. However, since I took on Chic Mouldings, I decided I really wanted to bring some more unconventional appliques to the collection, and the best way to...
Turn your Moulding into a Masterpiece
Did you ever think you couldn't paint? Did you even screw up Paint by Numbers and do you color in over the lines? Well,who cares? Yes, you CAN paint, it's easy! Here is a little project I have just enjoyed doing. It takes no skill lat all. You don't even really need a...
How To Wallpaper Blinds – Elyse Press Major Shows Us How
A huge thank you to Elyse Press Major for being our Guest Blogger! We are delighted to be bringing you some of the Shabby Chic worlds most creative, talented, and awesome bloggers to our very own pages! First up, is the one and only Elyse Press Major, Otherwise known...
We Recommend Polyvine!
Why we LOVE Polyvine ~ We have searched far & wide for the perfect finish for our projects, and as our Facebook group can testify,Polyvine is one of the best sealers for Chalk Paint out there! We first let our secret Polyvine weapon out in our eBook, now it seems...
Bending Your Mouldings – Here’s How…
Plaster of Paris, wooden mouldings (or moldings if you are from the USA) even rubber mouldings. There are many different materials used by different folks to make decorative trims and corbels.We happen to use a plastic resin as it is by far the most durable and...
Shabby Chic Shop – Shabby Heaven or Hell?
Setting Up a Shabby Chic Shop? If So You Need To Read This. A Shabby Chic shop can be the ultimate goal for those of us that love painting furniture. But is it always a good idea to pursue this dream? Let's look at what's involved... The Shabby Chic look has always...
Don’t Wax or Varnish Over Chalk Paint Without Reading This First.
Wax or Varnish on Chalk Paint - All you need to know. Read this first! You May Be Making Work For Yourself - Don't make "another fine mess" with your choice of finish. I wanted to write about something that has been a burning issue for some time on our Facebook...
Best Glue to stick on Mouldings?…Sticky Subject!
Best Glue to Stick on Mouldings, The Contenders... One of the most common questions that we get asked here at CM is "what do I use to stick my mouldings to my project?". There are a lot of different glues out there We thought it was about time we did a bit of a write...
Shabby Chic Spraying..Is It a Time Saver?
Ah, this blog post is well overdue and I want to cover a subject that I get asked about regularly. I'm going to go into a lot of detail here so you might want to get yourself a coffee and get comfortable because we're going to be talking about spray painting your...
