Mint by michelle

The very first piece from which the Mint by Michelle Decoupage Range was born! I created the authentic aged look by using moulds to create the frame for the image around the piece and on the legs. A lot of gold, Annie Sloan’s Honfleur, Arles and Tilton chalk paints were placed under the image to help give it an aged look.

Designed for a client with a penchant for Japanese art, Hokusai’s unmistakable ‘Great Wave Off Kanagawa print was decoupaged on to the front of this cute chest of drawers. Our first commission piece for a teenager, we ensured the remainder of the piece was kept simple with simple white cigar legs a navy body and modern white hardware.

Painted in Annie Sloan Chalk Paints® Graphite, Honfleur and Burgundy plus a custom mix of numerous other Annie colours. The front has been decoupaged with the Mint by Michelle ‘Mother and Child’ decoupage paper and completed using an oil-based finish. I’ve added a lot of gold gilding and texture, blending and stencilling to bring this piece together. If you’re interested in some of the techniques used, visit our ‘tips & techniques’ page for more information.

This timeless piece has been painted in Annie Sloan Athenian Black Chalk Paint® and enhanced with our exclusive Mint by Michelle Renaissance Flowers decoupage paper. The lovely timber legs and rim around the top have been finished in shellac.

A piece created during the 2020 lockdown period, it was created to bring light, love, fun and frivolity to an unknown future. I needed to occupy myself with something that conveyed cheer. The body has been painted in Annie Sloan Firle Chalk Paint® (my favourite Annie colour by the way!) and the flowers are all hand painted in every single Annie Sloan chalk paint colour in the range!  And it makes me happy!

Another from my vintage stereo series. This punk rock stereo echo’s the anarchic attitude of the punk rock never mind the bollocks, sex pistols generation. Just like Johnny Rotten, I’m all for a ‘fuck the establishment attitude too! Painted in Annie Sloan Napoleonic Blue, Original and Emperor Silk.

This piece was spray painted in Annie Sloan Athenian Black Chalk Paint® to give it a clean and flat appearance. The flowers were applied with Annie Sloan Image Medium using a decoupage technique and created by using various coloured tissue papers applied to the surface. The different coloured tissues are applied thoughtfully to create a 3D effect giving depth and tone to the flowers.

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Painted in an ombre style starting lighter at the top and finishing darker at the base. The colours are Annie Sloan Provence Chalk Paint® at the top and and graduated to mix of Aubusson Blue and Pure colour paints. The stencil is a singular stencilled flower painted in Annie Sloan Pure Chalk Paint using a stencil brush and repeated across the piece. I have created the feeling of depth by applying the paints powder very softly to harder application for more pronounced flowers.

Rock & Roll people. This stereo is one of my favourite pieces! It embodies all things I feel about ROCK … attitude, sex appeal and angst. It’s painted in Annie Sloan Athenian Black, Pure White and Emperor Silk Chalk Paints®. The image is a black and white custom print with the ‘pop’ set of lips painted in Annie Sloan Emperor Silk.

This retro set of MCM drawers was the perfect piece to apply a pattern of different and odd shaped pieces of colour to the front and leaving the blonde timber to the frame and legs to offset. I’ve used a range of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® blues and greens – some mixed with white to tone down the shade. The colours have been graduated from dark to light from top to bottom and tied together with one singular Pure White chalk paint shape near the centre.

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A recent piece using the Mint By Michelle Swans Decoupage Paper. A piece that will inspire whimsy and serenity wherever it's situated. The colour scheme was a blend of White chalk paints and Old Violet on the legs. Stunning on the inside with Barcelona Orange.