Making My Old Cooking Utensils Look...Old.

I am sure that I mentioned that I love colorful,

vintage 

kitchens.


I have been working at making my kitchen

what I love
with usable "vintage" pieces,


so here is a simple one that helped improve its area.


First,

my Farmer is a proponent of

Tipjunkie.com: Free-Friday-use-it-up-quote

He has a point.

(It's a bit dull,

but it's a point,
and sometimes it forces colorful alternatives).

I received this utensil set for a wedding gift.

It is a sturdy set that has lasted pretty well,

although a few of the pieces have broken
and my own "most-needed" pieces seem to gather here as well.

 Through the process of need and elimination,

I gathered my most useful utensils.

However, something about the look of them...

was not culinarily inspiring.

If you have been visiting here very long,
I am sure you already know

that I love Annie Sloane's Chalk Paint.

 Using my never-ending can of Antibes green

I painted my utensil handles:

wood, plastic, and metal alike.
I added a white line of acrylic paint for some detail.

I let them sit for a day afterward

so the paint was cured well,
then roughly sanded off some of the paint.

I used Fiddes and Sons clear and rugger brown wax:

Here you can see the difference between the waxed utensil

and the one still waiting.

Truly, the wax seals the paint

and reinforces its permanence.

After waxing,

the piece looks dingy and dry,...

 like this.

 After buffing with a lint-free rag...

it then looks like this.

Here's a sample of it,

mid process,

on the wooden nail peg rack I had painted with red acrylic paint.

I have used the utensils for the past two weeks,

and I'm happy to say they still look as good as the day I finished them...

and I am not one who is light on her utensils.



Handy, matching, and

vintage

(Okay, cheater vintage).

Now I can cook like the best of 'em.


(A woman can dream, can't she?)