The bedroom is a comforting place we spent each night and having a set of bedside cabinets that are tall enough for the modern bed can be challenging. Here is another way to lift up older nightstand without buying expensive pretty legs.
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ANOTHER WAY TO ADD HEIGHT TO FURNITURE - wood and ivory bedsides
The bedroom is a comforting place we spent each night and having a set of bedside cabinets that are tall enough for the modern bed can be challenging. Here is another way to lift up older nightstand without buying expensive pretty legs.
WHITE FARMHOUSE TABLE - made with thrift store parts
When I go to the thrift store I never know what I might find. For this project I was over the moon excited to find what I did.
HORSE MAKEOVER - snowy white
I first saw Snowy at a vintage market and it was love at first sight. He had two missing ears, a tail that was falling off, a bad paint job, and a cracked leg. I turned to GG and said "he needs me"
BUILDING A SMALL SPACE WORKSTATION - gold dipped and turquoise
Do you need a dedicated work place but live in a small space with little extra room? I have built a convertible workstation for exactly that, small space living. I used thrifted items and transformed them into beautiful decor.
A STENCIL, PAINT, DARK WAX, AND NEW LEGS - paris dresser
I made this dresser look
unique by using dark wax
only in certain places. In this
article I have explained how I
did it and included many other
resources to create this look.
DARK WAX ON WHITE PAINT - how to video for old world effect
DARK WAXING WITH STEEL WOOL VIDEO - AS Graphite Paint
Black paint finishes are tricky and hard to make look right, and I don't work with Annie Sloan's Graphite paint all that often but when I do I have a tried and tested method to get that great finish that I want.
I have finished two short videos to share with you
of me using dark wax on Annie Sloan Graphite Paint and
using fine steel wool to apply it.
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HAPPY DARK WAXING!
STEEL WOOL has been used by wood workers for decades.
FINE steel wool is used for buffing & cleaning, shellac,
lacquer & varnishes (use with wax or oil)
STENCILLED SIGNS - ideas, colors, and textures
This first cabinet door was painted with ASCP Coco
and stenciled in white. Dark
wax was applied only on the outer frame and edge and some heavy sanding was done to distress the whole sign.
MAKING FURNITURE TALLER - carved bedside tables
Sometimes you can add legs to
your furniture to get more height
but other times you can't. This time I had to come up with an alternative plan to get these
but other times you can't. This time I had to come up with an alternative plan to get these
bedside tables taller.
DARK WAXING BLACK PAINT - applying tips
I love to wax black paint! I really really do! I hope if I say it enough it might make it true!
PRIMITIVE CLOSET - fixing up an armoire
I hurt my shoulder a while
back but as it starts to heal
I start to get anxious wanting
to move around and create or
fix something.
back but as it starts to heal
I start to get anxious wanting
to move around and create or
fix something.
ANNIE SLOAN & THE PAINTED LEATHER CHAIR
That title sounds a little
like an adventure novel
if you ask me and the
story does have it's ups
and downs.
and downs.
THE THRIFT STORE PRICING GURU
When you are looking to buy a pair of
something second hand they can be fairly
expensive. Especially with nightstands,
ppl want pairs and the pricing guru in the
back of the thrift store knows it. Well
consider buying single nightstands at a
fraction of the cost and paired them
together. The pricing guru also knows
single nightstands take much longer to sell.
DARK WAXING A PAINTED DINING TABLE - hard wearing aged finish
I don't often get to work on dining
tables but they are not much
different than anything else I work
on. The finish has to hold up and be
beautiful. The finish on this table
held up as a store display piece for 3
years, getting piled up with all
manner of goods. It still looked like
the day I did it.
HOW I CREATED A RICH ESPRESSO FINISH - with chalk paint
BUT DOES IT COME IN BLACK?
We all know AS Chalk Paint doesn't come in black and I wanted a nice dark rich finish. I only had AS Graphite to work with, which is a flat charcoal color. How was I going to pull this off.
USING DARK WAX TO AGE A FINISH - royal crest cabinet
TAKING THE ORDINARY AND MAKING IT EXTRAORDINARY.
I would really like to do this again some day on another piece.
THE CAPTAIN AND HIS SOLDIERS PT1 - union jack set
Don't they look like the perfect soldiers lined up?
Color - Emperor's Silk
George's favorite color is red.
Every now and then (all the time actually) he wants me to paint something in red.
So far when George suggests something it's worked out pretty well.
SO I WENT FOR IT ... and was scared the whole time!
** Painted **
** Sanded **
** Dark wax **
Here's how these 4 beige 80's chairs started out and how they ended up.
Part 2 of *THE CAPTAIN AND HIS SOLDIERS* can be read here
Sharing with:
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Here's how these 4 beige 80's chairs started out and how they ended up.
Part 2 of *THE CAPTAIN AND HIS SOLDIERS* can be read here
Sharing with:
http://micheleravendesigns.blogspot.com
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