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Showing posts with label WHITE. Show all posts
HOW TO DEAL WITH DAMAGED VENEER -delftware blue & white cabinet
I definitely had some fun working with this antique washstand. And absolutely love the Delftware Pottery look I create on the face of it.
MY GREEK COLUMN SOFA TABLE - build with old bed posts
What can I say about my most favorite piece of furniture. I use it every single day, and it couldn't be more me. I built it with salvaged furniture parts.
SHABBY CHIC VANITY SET - painted with annie sloan
IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR
When I organized and
re-arranged this winter
I found a vanity set. All three of these pieces, the
mirror, the table, and the
chair were in different
places of our home
and for the most part
up-cycled already.
THE RIGHT CABINET HARDWARE - white nightstands
It is always tricky to pick new hardware for a painted furniture project. You have to consider the style you trying to create. A size that will look good, and a color that will tell the new story.
PAINTING BEDROOM FURNITURE - using annie sloan chalk paint
It took my husband some time before he
agreed to let me paint our dark wood
bedroom furniture. Like most new
couples we went out and purchased an
expensive set of matching furniture as
our first thing together. I quickly found
it difficult to decorate in the style that
made me happy when all the furniture
was so dark and heavy.
PLATE WALL DISPLAY - shabby chic style
"BUY IT WHEN YOU SEE IT BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT"
I have always found the key to
creating successful & wonderful
wall displays has always been to use
the things I love and have collected
over time. But more importantly
when I want to get to work building
a display I look for items that have
been stored out of sight and out of
mind, like these plates stacked in a
pile in the back of a cupboard.
ASCP WHITE NIGHTSTANDS - large bedside cabinets
I created another pair of
bedside tables similar to
my own. They are big &
gorgeous with some
incredible details I'm
happy to share with you.
HOW TO GET THAT PRETTY TURQUOISE LOOK - paint layering
for creating distressed and layered
finishes so I used it when I wanted
to create a layered color effect on a
thrift store jewelry box.
HOW TO PAINT A SMOOTH FINISH - using annie sloan chalk paint
Anyone who owns a piece of my work
or has visited and touched the finish
on my furniture usually comments
about how smooth it is. There are
many different things you can do to
get a smoother ASCP paint finish
when using a brush and I am sharing
some of the secrets I use.
BEFORE AND AFTERS OF YARD SALE FURNITURE
We had a yard sale to clear out some extra furniture pieces. A few
kind people sent photos to us showing the
makeovers they performed on the treasured pieces they found.
OUR FRENCH COUNTRY BEDROOM - wall hooks
Sometimes I look at other blogs and
see photos of beautiful homes that
make me question if they are real
or not. I wonder how could I ever
achieve that. The finishes cost a
fortune and my fortune is dedicated
to more personal things like groceries.
OUR FRENCH COUNTRY BEDROOM - curtains & chandelier
Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful woman who inspire,
nurture, and go way beyond.
Today is the day you should do NOTHING. Rest, relax, rejuvenate, and relinquish the
reigns to someone else today
and see if the world does explode.
OUR FRENCH COUNTRY BEDROOM - bedside cabinets
This has been my bedside cabinet for years and
there is a boy version to match it for the other
side of the bed. It was a short, dark, typical
furniture outlet piece before I gave it a complete
makeover.
ANTIQUE SHOE CABINET - curved glass
This piece was passed on to me
from someone who knows what
I do. I was super excited the day
I loaded this cabinet into my
truck. I have always wanted to
makeover one of these cabinets.
Little did I know so much time
would pass before I could get
started on it.
from someone who knows what
I do. I was super excited the day
I loaded this cabinet into my
truck. I have always wanted to
makeover one of these cabinets.
Little did I know so much time
would pass before I could get
started on it.
TURNING A DESK INTO TWO BEDSIDE TABLES and painting them with annie sloan chalk paint
I found a solid wood desk on the road-
side the morning after we got home from vacation. It was a wonderful
WELCOME HOME!!!
I would never have found the desk if we didn't have to go back to the airport to retrieve our luggage.
DARK WAXED WOOD TOP - white bedside cabinets
My first experience using wax wasn't on
furniture but polishing my Sunday dress
shoes. As I got older I learned to wax and
buff cars. As a young adult setting up
house I learn to wax and polish wood
furniture. Now most days I wax paint but
for this project I used Annie Sloan Dark
wax a little differently.
ADDING LONG LEGS - white annie sloan chest
Somewhere along the way I lost interest in finishing the makeover on this little two drawer chest. I know it looks like three drawers but the bottom drawer is double deep. To add to the unfortunate situation, the cost of it was high when I first bought it.
HOW TO BUILD A CONSOLE TABLE - furniture recycling
This will feel like deja vu to some of you that the last post about the first gate leg table I did. I had two of them marked at $5 at our yard sale yet neither sold. I always feel bad for the stuff left behind and it some how re-invigorates me to find the time to give things a second chance.
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