Art Guide: Color Recipe Roundup

Aug 20, 2021 | 0 comments

I want to share some of my FAVORITE color recipes (AKA color combinations) from my furniture makeovers. Most color recipes are exclusive to my email list but a few of them were too good not to share…

So enjoy a few color recipes from the vault and be sure to sign up for my mailing list for exclusive, never-before-seen color recipes to inspire your next piece!

My Favorite Color Recipes

Antoinette 

(Click above for the blog post!)

Color Recipe

  • Cherry Picked
  • Petticoat Pink
  • Cowgirl Coral
  • Kissing Booth
  • Queen Bee
  • Salty Kiss
  • Water Lily
  • Blue Iris
  • Copper
  • Golden Ticket
  • Clear Wax
  • White Wax

(PS There is a 10-part series available on YouTube that chronicles the Antoinette journey. Click here to check it out!)

Misty Meadows

Misty Meadows Color Recipe

All paint colors are from DIY Paint, available on my website.

  • Queen Bee
  • Mint Chip
  • Monet’s Garden
  • Bohemian Blue
  • Prom Queen
  • Fancy Farm Girl
  • Cowgirl Coral
  • Golden Ticket
  • Clear Wax

Magenta Acrylic paint

Click here for the playlist on YouTube!

Monet’s Watercolor

This one was a Creative Connection exclusive tutorial but it’s too gorgeous not to share

Color Recipe:

All paint colors are from DIY Paint, available on my website.

  • White wax
  • Old 57
  • Rags
  • Water
  • Blue Iris
  • Monet’s Garden
  • Kissing Booth
  • Mermaid Tail
  • Clear wax

Sunset at the Pier

This is one of my favorite recipes of all time! 

Color Recipe:

All paint colors are from DIY Paint, available on my website.

  • Black Velvet
  • Marquee Red
  • Summer Crush
  • Liquid Sunshine
  • Mint Chip
  • Blue Iris
  • Bohemian Blue
  • Salty Kiss
  • Pennies From Heaven Liquid Patina
  • Clear Wax
  • Verdigris Wax ( Shipwrecked )

Parisian Blue Vintage Hutch

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You may recognize this beauty from… well, my house! I fell in love with this piece HARD and it lives in my house year-round. Blue Iris from DIY Paint is the primary color for this piece and one of my signature favorites.

Color Recipe:

All paint colors are from DIY Paint, available on my website.

  • Blue Iris
  • Water Lily
  • Kissing Booth
  • Monet’s Garden
  • Firestarter
  • Liquid Sunshine
  • Golden Ticket
  • Dark brown wax

More Color Recipes

I hope that these blog posts can give you some more ideas and inspiration for color recipes!

If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel where you can find tutorials for many of the pieces seen above! 

What will you make next?

 


 

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