PAIR OF WHITE NIGHTSTANDS - easter bunny


The Easter bunny has been spotted and so have a new pair of nightstands.
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WHERE DO U GET UR LEGS - nightstand


One question I get asked a lot is "where do you get the legs you add to furniture?"


The answer is everywhere.
Most of my legs are salvaged from other vintage pieces but sometimes
I can find new legs at Hardware stores. Legs can be cut from bed posts,
pillars, table legs, and chairs.

NOTE
I only take legs from pieces that are not worth keeping together.


I bought this chair just before I got sick and planned to show you how to take it apart for all the
 useful parts. That plan went out the window with the oncoming fever I was sporting a few hours later.

I knew I wanted it just for parts, and look at the stained underside of the
chair who wants to work closely reupholstering that.
Eeekkkk!!!


I was able to use both the front and back legs from the chair for this nightstand.










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SILVERED AND WEATHERED CONSOLE TABLE - layering paint

 
This console was painted in layers. The focus was to play with the paint finish and I had a fun time doing it, mostly. Finding the right balance of color to enhance shape and techniques to achieve age is a job in it's self.  Let me share some details with you ....

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DREAMING OF THE SEASIDE - blue clock and console




I'm certainly in the mood for a vacation it seems. Dreaming of the blue ocean waters, the sound of the shore birds, and my favorite sea shells.

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PAINTING UPHOLSTERY - grey and white french chair






I did it .... I painted a whole chair from the frame to the upholstery. Everybody else is doing it why not me.


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ANNIE SLOAN CHALK PAINT INFO - west coast desk





I first heard about Annie Sloan Chalk Paint while on vacation in Florida 2 years earlier. It took a while for ASCP to get here, but as soon as it arrived I purchased a can and tried it right away.
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HOW TO MEASURE YOUR HANDLES - tutorial




How to measure for replacement handles and mounting screws.


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OVER SIZED COFFEE TABLE - livingroom side tables

 
March is here and so is the sun!
We had a nice fat rain storm on Saturday which seemed to wash winter away.
 
 
I was able to get these 2 chunky side tables outside and get them sprayed.
They are finished in a creamy white over dark oak.
 
 
George found this pair somewhere in his travels.
I will admit I didn't care for them at all but he pleaded with me to rework them.
They were so dark and dungeon like and the drawers were all wonky.
So to make the man happy I fixed & replaced the broken bits and did a heavy and chippy distressing.
 
What do ya know they look amazing now, maybe he's learning something?
 
All the girls around here like to say
"We all need a George"
but I got the original!
 

 
If you push them together side by side they would make an amazing overside coffee table as well.

 
Great tv remote storage, they each have a long drawer I added a vintage blue and
white wallpaper liner and a rustic iron ring pull to the front.
 
 
 



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