Furniture project complete- check

School vacation and good weather =

Furniture painting completed!!!

Moving day for my gal is fast approaching

and the furniture is ready to go-

LOVE the color she(we or me!!) chose

The dresser and nightstand are painted and waxed

The girly knobs are in place


Remember, it looked like this-

Her thrift store purchase- $30!

 

 

The nightstand was an orphan out on the curb-

 prime for adoption!

 

 

And this was the sneak peak at the color

Well, now this is it all dressed up and ready to go!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I even added some darling shoes to the nightstand!!

 

 

 

 

 

A little dipping never hurt anyone!

 

 

So pretty and ready for their debut!

 

 

 

The inside of the nightstand drawer had an added surprise-

 

A message from the furniture maker, Mr. Hitchcock himself!

"Choice of a Wife" - sweet and special!

 

 

 

 

My daughter loves it, and that's all that matters

 

The furniture is ready but not sure if mama is ready for her to fly the coop!

 

Take care, gotta fly!

 

Neighborly Love

My sister lives in a fab neighborhood about a mile from me-

I have to say, she has the best neighbors!

Earlier last year, she gave me a quick call early Easter morn,

 that her neighbor had put some furniture out to be tossed-

"Was I interested?"

No one who loves to paint furniture is ever not interested!

I zipped down and lucky me, I found a great table and 6 chairs-

all of the Pottery Barn variety!

It is still in my garage but that's not for me to makeover-

my daughter is claiming this for her apartment-lucky gal!

But, a few weeks back, the same lovely neighbor called my sis
 to see if I was interested in a desk she was getting rid of?

Sight unseen, I said, "YES"!!

It was a beauty with just a couple of repairs I couldn't wait to tackle!

 

 

a little putty here and there

 

a drawer needed some glue

So, after some glue and wood putty

and my fave Annie Sloan chalk paint and Martha Stewart's

 metallic silver paint for the hardware-

 

 

 

I even added some dollar store shelf paper inside the drawers!

I've gotta say-

this is just what the front hall needed-

light - bright- and storage to boot!

Take care, gotta fly

 

PS: Thanks again Megan- I'm always here to catch your throw aways!!

Tale of two dressers

I love a great piece of

painted furniture, don't you?

This dresser has been in my dining room for years-

It began its life in maple-

then it was painted black-

It was then "harlequinned"-

I got tired of it

you know what I mean?

I got my ASCP out and went to town-

my inspiration was from the Wisteria catalog-

eye candy to swoon over

I got busy-

First, I began with ASCP Greek blue,

then gave it a wash of ASCP Old White

and another

sorry about the night light effect-

it was really baby blue-

not the silvery blue I was looking for-

I searched the blog tutorials

with all the creative silvery effects but I

was in a time crunch-company arriving-

Don't you always get into a messy room project

when your expecting people?

That's usually when I'm most productive!

But....

it lacked the oomph I was looking for-

so

I "chalked" it up as a reject

I decided to lighten it up

and went with ASCP in Old White

and after all that

I love it-

it lighten up the room and the light wax

gives it a real finished look!

I painted all the black iron knobs the same color too!

Only thing I changed was the top two larger knobs-

ASCP covers anything-even brass lion heads!

Looks true white in this morning shot but so do the walls

and they are truly cream

It's a new fresh look that I adore-

my inspiration piece was a beauty

but I couldn't get the look of it

and I'm thrilled with this re-do!

Take care, gotta fly-


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