Comments on: About As Custom As You Can Get http://manolohome.com/2010/05/06/about-as-custom-as-you-can-get/ Practical Lifestyle Advice for Homemakers and Home Owners Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Heather http://manolohome.com/2010/05/06/about-as-custom-as-you-can-get/comment-page-1/#comment-9553 Heather Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:00:58 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=3235#comment-9553 So it's 2 weeks later and we've since tried to paint over the drawn sheetrock. Ew. The marker bled through 2 coats of Kilz, 2 coats of dark primer and 3 coats of paint UNTIL we asked our friendly neighborhood hardware store guy and he said to paint shellac of it and then put the regular paint on. Problem solved! But you'll dig the texturepainting...add paint to drywall compound and slather it on the wall with different concentrations of the same paint. superawesome looking. So it’s 2 weeks later and we’ve since tried to paint over the drawn sheetrock. Ew. The marker bled through 2 coats of Kilz, 2 coats of dark primer and 3 coats of paint UNTIL we asked our friendly neighborhood hardware store guy and he said to paint shellac of it and then put the regular paint on. Problem solved!

But you’ll dig the texturepainting…add paint to drywall compound and slather it on the wall with different concentrations of the same paint. superawesome looking.

]]> By: Christa Terry http://manolohome.com/2010/05/06/about-as-custom-as-you-can-get/comment-page-1/#comment-8552 Christa Terry Mon, 17 May 2010 11:32:43 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=3235#comment-8552 @Heather That's fantastic! If the paint goes right over the drawings, they'll always secretly be there, a reminder of what your house was like before it was finished! @Heather That’s fantastic! If the paint goes right over the drawings, they’ll always secretly be there, a reminder of what your house was like before it was finished!

]]> By: Heather http://manolohome.com/2010/05/06/about-as-custom-as-you-can-get/comment-page-1/#comment-8509 Heather Sun, 16 May 2010 19:14:00 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=3235#comment-8509 We live in an unfinished house and have let the kids mark the sheetrock walls. Eventually it gets textured and painted (or texturepainted!) but until then we draw in extra windows and make family trees on the wall, etc. I like the idea of doing it on furniture. We live in an unfinished house and have let the kids mark the sheetrock walls. Eventually it gets textured and painted (or texturepainted!) but until then we draw in extra windows and make family trees on the wall, etc. I like the idea of doing it on furniture.

]]> By: raincoaster http://manolohome.com/2010/05/06/about-as-custom-as-you-can-get/comment-page-1/#comment-8195 raincoaster Mon, 10 May 2010 10:17:54 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=3235#comment-8195 My god, how I love this. But only if the kids are talented and not foul-mouthed. I'm the only one allowed to drop F-bombs on my furniture! My god, how I love this. But only if the kids are talented and not foul-mouthed. I’m the only one allowed to drop F-bombs on my furniture!

]]> By: Christa Terry http://manolohome.com/2010/05/06/about-as-custom-as-you-can-get/comment-page-1/#comment-8169 Christa Terry Sun, 09 May 2010 16:47:43 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=3235#comment-8169 Love love love the outdoor furniture idea! You could probably even do Sharpie on plastic furniture and then Mod Podge (or something similar that's waterproof) over it to protect it from the elements. Love love love the outdoor furniture idea! You could probably even do Sharpie on plastic furniture and then Mod Podge (or something similar that’s waterproof) over it to protect it from the elements.

]]> By: Kai Jones http://manolohome.com/2010/05/06/about-as-custom-as-you-can-get/comment-page-1/#comment-8038 Kai Jones Thu, 06 May 2010 16:51:20 +0000 http://manolohome.com/?p=3235#comment-8038 Oh! I might upholster a rocking chair and have my grandkids doodle it! That's a great idea. Would be cool for outdoor furniture too--use permanent markers on outdoor fabric. Oh! I might upholster a rocking chair and have my grandkids doodle it! That’s a great idea. Would be cool for outdoor furniture too–use permanent markers on outdoor fabric.

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