FRONT DOOR AND TILES – painting projects with Frenchic Paint

I am Kirsi, a passionate restorer and vintage enthusiast.

I am Kirsi, a passionate restorer and vintage enthusiast. My paid work is in the interior and furniture industry, and my free time is pretty much spent in the same spirit. One of my Insta friends even calls me the "project queen" 😊.

I couldn't live without these DIY things of mine – they are also therapy for me, allowing me to relax and disconnect from everything else around me. When you always have "a hundred irons in the fire" and a couple of new projects in mind, time really never gets boring.

I have promised to show you some finished projects that I have completed with Frenchic Paint products.

Hopefully, these will also inspire you to pick up a paintbrush and boldly try something completely new!

I have been painting with lime paints for several years and have tried almost all the lime paints available in Finland.

I have found Frenchic Paint paints to be the best – not only because of their composition and coverage but also thanks to the wonderful color shades, which surely include the perfect paint shade for any project.

Everything I have painted with Frenchic Paint Al Fresco interior and exterior paints

Finland's four seasons are harsh on exterior paint surfaces, so it really matters what paint you use on garden furniture or outdoor buildings.

I chose Frenchic Paint's Al Fresco paint for the new finish of my house's front door. The old white paint had worn and faded over about twenty years, and I also wanted to change the door color.

Green front door

I have always admired English entrances with their bold colors and beautiful door knockers. Since my house has a red tile roof and the exterior cladding color is a light meringue yellow, I chose a jewel tone for the door color, emerald green, which can be found in the Al Fresco color chart under the name Victory Lane.

The name of the color itself already refers to a magnificent Victorian street, so this was the perfect choice for this whole. My neighbor personally came to compliment the door color after seeing the result. So the color impressed others besides me.

For preparation, it was enough to wash the door carefully with Frenchic Paint Sugar Soap cleaner, wipe it with a clean cloth, and protect the handle and hinges with painter's tape.

To get an even paint surface on the door, I applied four thin coats of Al Fresco paint with a soft and round Frenchic brush, letting it dry between coats. I also tested two different rollers – mohair and superlon – but neither left as beautiful a finish as the brush.

I attached a brass door knocker I found at a flea market to the finished door, and my perfect English front door was ready to be admired.

Painting tiles with Al Fresco series paints

Last summer, a small greenhouse made from recycled materials rose in my garden. I got the windows from a coworker and my sister, and the wood partly from a prop storage. The best part of such projects is the finishing.

The finishing touch is like the cherry on top of the cake, and that's what keeps you going through the boring phases too. Since the greenhouse project was done on a small budget, every purchase had to be carefully considered. The polycarbonate roofing had to be bought new, so for the floor I chose affordable wash concrete tiles.

Next, I headed to the Frenchic Paint online store and added a can of black Al Fresco paint called Blackjack and a fleur-de-lis patterned stencil in A4 size to the shopping cart. The products arrived in a couple of days, so the project could continue quickly.

I didn't want too systematic a pattern on the tiles, so I laid them on the ground and planned the rhythm of the patterns. I painted some tiles so that the fleur-de-lis is cut in half – I used these on the edges of the floor.

This project used only a little paint, and I was able to use the rest in other jobs. For stencil painting, I used a sponge brush and painter's tape to keep the stencil in place.

A small job, but a big impact on the final result – what do you think?

Everything starts with the walls – what I have painted with Frenchic Paint wall paint

The first time I got to know Frenchic Paints was through wall paints. I was looking for the perfect old green shade for a kitchen renovation to go with William Morris's Pimpernel wallpaper. At the Uniikkitehdas store, I compared shades and ended up choosing the Green with Envy color.

And wow – I immediately fell in love with the paint's workability, coverage, and velvety matte finish. What a stunning combination with that wallpaper!

Frenchic Paint wall paint also surprised me with its coverage. I bought a 2.5-liter can, but used only a little paint. Later, I also painted the hallway, which had just undergone a small transformation.

The hallway's beadboard closet finally got a new surface, and I found a perfectly shaded old brown door on tori.fi. The combination of green and brown is timeless and fits perfectly with my home's style.

After this project, there was still some paint left at the bottom of the can – more about using it later!

Hopefully these tips will inspire you too to pick up a paintbrush and boldly try something new!

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