Name: The FAT Paint Essentials
Start: 2017-12-10T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2017-12-10T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Bluebird Upcycled Style

The FAT Paint Essentials

Erin Rochon is a Interior Decorator, an avid upcycler, thrifter, and furniture refinishing artisan. She has passion for creating beautiful spaces by merging the world of upcycling and DIY together with Interior Design.​With her eye for finding beauty in the unexpected, she can often be found hitting up her local thrift stores to find tired but unique furniture and décor.  Or at her studio painting furniture while listening to 90’s Hip Hop, running her business Bluebird Upcycled Style and  spending time with her husband and 2 teenage boys in Ottawa, Canada.Erin worked for many years in Child Welfare and Community Development field, with the intention that this would be her life long career. Erin took the leap, became an Interior decorator and threw herself into the upcycling and design world.Within a few years of starting Bluebird Upcycled Style, Erin has built a successful business and has become a creative force in Ottawa, inspiring others to upcycle and create through her workshops and classes. Often appearing on CTV Ottawa Morning Live and Daytime Ottawa, sharing current design trends with a twist, Erin loves incorporating upcycling and thrifting into designs trends, teaching viewers  through her vlogs and blogs. She was thrilled to be a guest blogger for Celebrity Interior Designer Amanda Forrest as her first blog . Erin continues to blog about her passions; thrifting, Interior Design and painting furniture and has recently been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 50 Interior Design blogs and is a Creative Expert for Salvation Army Canada.Head to our website for more information at www.bluebirdupcycledstyle.ca

Bluebird Upcycled Style

Do you ever scroll through pinterest and wonder how you can create some of the beautiful finishes on painted furniture? Come out to our FAT paint Essentials workshop and we will take you through the 5 most popular techniques in furniture refinishing today. You will learn 5 different techniques, modern, rustic, 2 colour distress, wash and wet distress using the highly-sought after Canadian made chalk-style paint. You will have the opportunity to try each techniques on a sample board and keep as reference for your own future upcycling projects.

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