Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Arles


Arles |ärl|a city in southeastern France; pop. 53,058 (2006). It was the capital of the medieval kingdom of Arles, formed in the 10th century by the union of the kingdoms of Provence and Burgundy.
Note the correct pronunciation for this fabulous shade of yellow from Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™
We are admitting that when first introduced to Annie's color palette, we did not think it was a color we would ever use.  Crazy that it is the color we picked to do our piece we used to display in our vignette on the Annie Sloan American Tour!

A fun three drawer dresser was coated in 2 coats of Arles, slathered with a coat of clear wax and then finished of with some dark wax.

We also had fun with a few stencils.  We added a custom charcoal gray on the front and top corners.  Stencils are FUN and very addicting!  You will be seeing a lot more of them in our work!


Look at the fabulous imperfection she has! What should we name her? We are simply smitten!


She made a 630 mile round trip from Summerfield, NC to Leesburg, VA. 
 She was touched by Annie Sloan herself!  Oh what fun we had on the American Tour!  We hope to be sharing some highlights from our trip soon!  It was so overwhelming and packed with so much goodness and glory!


Want to see her in person? She's waiting to meet you at Total Bliss in Summerfield, NC! 


4 comments:

  1. I love it! Took a photo of it in Leesburg, and posted it to my blog too! http://twigandtwinenest.blogspot.com/2012/04/beautiful-furniture-on-display-at.html

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  2. Hey girls.....so happy that his was the piece you chose to bring to Leesburg. We loved it!!!!! I have loved Arles from the first time I opened the can and dark wax just takes it to a fabulous butterscotch loveliness. YUM

    Look forward to seeing you gals again...be well

    Janet xox
    The Empty Nest

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  3. I die for this. So lovely. Bythewayjenngray.blogspot.com

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  4. Just purchased this color it's one of my favorites. Nice job on the chest.
    ~ ~Ahrisha~~

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