Showing posts with label Beach style Thunder Bay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beach style Thunder Bay. Show all posts

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Paint pouring Supplies, Cottage Paint at The Camellia, Thunder Bay, Canada.

paint swirls on canvas, paint pours from Pexel


You may have a bare spot on your wall and you've heard about Paint pouring...why not try it? 

What is Paint pouring?  First, it is best to paint your board white. You will need some plastic squeeze bottles ( the kind you put ketchup in which you buy at the Dollar store). Mix your Cottage Paint colours with the Pour medium ( we'll show you this shortly) and water.  You can use the original Cottage Paint, Serenity , Urban Paint and Colour and Seal which is semi transparent.  Your paint should be the consistency of melted ice cream.  Watch the video below...

If you doing a Pour on a Table top, make sure your table top is level (use a level) - the formula is 1 cup of pour mixture per square foot of table. It takes 24 hours to settle and a week to dry. Wear gloves and tape off edges of Table. White is heavier, and all paints  have different weights, so don't mix your paint until you are ready to pour. Cover your work surface as this can be messy.  You will be tilting your table, and doing some disturbing. You will get a marble, veined look. Check your edges which you may have to touch up with a paintbrush, putting it on nice and thick. Keep checking your pattern, and tilt your Table top. Let it dry for a week, then put 2 good coats of Cottage Paint high gloss varnish on to protect, putting on a heavier coat of varnish, which should be dripping down the edges ( paint varnish on with a brush).
Once again, make sure you watch the above video! Have some shims and blocks on hand. You can also try this technique on mason jars or old glass vases. Use baking foil pans as a drip tray. You may need a hair dryer to help push the paint over, if your piece is too big to tilt. 


Texturline Prime Glaze pouring medium

This is our pouring medium which has a faster drying time, the usual medium  we would use is Easy-Glaze. Priced at $36.00 Canadian for a quart size. You can purchase at The Camellia in Thunder Bay. p 807-475-3551
For a step-by-step Marble pour, read this blog post below!



Marble tabletop Cottage Paint pour, Antweek studio




Urban metallic Cottage Paint, The Camellia
This is Urban Paint made by Cottage Paint, it is metallic and we have used it to redo metal light fixtures. It comes in several colours. 

Serenity Cottage Paint cans, The Camellia

This is Serenity Cottage Paint, which comes in 60 colours. you can purchase Cottage Paint at The Camellia in Thunder Bay. 



Cottage paint pours, Pexels image

For information on Paint Pours and Cottage Paint, visit The Camellia, at 30/32 Hacquoil Rd.
Slate River, near Thunder Bay, Ontario. 
Open Wednesday through Sunday, 
12-5p.
p 807-475-3551

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Caribbean Beach style, Part 1, the Camellia, Thunder Bay




The Beach ..warm tropical breezes, sand crunching under your toes, sunshine, relaxation... 






The look this Spring is Beach ...water, blues, aquamarines, ivorys, sisal, jute, seashells, huge lanterns.
This was taken at Rick's Cafe, in Jamaica. 












The Palm tree more than anything symbolizes the Tropics. 






To achieve this look, you need lots of flowering planters, this is a bouganvillea vine. 





Caned furniture is a must, allowing ocean breezes to cool a person off. As seen at Iberostar Rose Hall Beach.






Colour is a must, perk up winter-weary rooms with punches of bold colour in cushions and accessories. 















Jamaican mangoes..... very sweet and juicy. 








Fresh fruit juices served at breakfast made from real fruit - at Iberostar Rose Hall Beach, Montego Bay, Jamaica.









Decorate with seashells - lots of them, these are mostly caught by fishermen out in the ocean. 









Sunrise in Montego Bay, in Jamaica 'mon.  

Come visit The Camellia, for Caribbean styled accessories, seashells, and other goodies. 
open Wed. 11-5, Thurs. 12-5, Fr. and Sat. 11-5, Sun. 12-5
During the week of March 9th - March 16th. hours are variable, call and listen to the recording

p-(807)475-3551
30/32 Hacquoil Rd. Slate River, Thunder Bay, On. Canada.