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Showing posts with label DESK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DESK. Show all posts
REDECORATING THE KITCHEN THIS WINTER - sign and window
Most people get to bring out the good china or display their collection of kitchen ware but for us it's the opposite.
VINTAGE VANITY TURN EUROPEAN DESK - working with what you have
Some of you know we host fairly good and definitely fun yard sales even in the RAIN! This year we ran out of time and stuff to sell. So I thought I would share an old yard sale makeover with you to help makeup for it.
BLACK HARP TABLE - paint and primer
This was a simple revamp I did on a wonderful find,
but this piece is anything but simple. Come take a look ...
MY SISTER'S DESK - white with dark wood top
Many years ago I created this desk for my sister. She is now changing her decor but before I get to that let me recap the
makeover I did ...
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.
VINTAGE DESK in VINTAGE TURQUOISE - mixing annie sloan chalk paint
Annie Sloan Chalk Paint has a high
volume of pigment in it. One benefit
of this is the ability to dye fabric with
it. Another advantage of the strong
colors is how little of a color you need
to mix new colors. I mixed a beautiful
vintage turquoise color using Annie
Sloan paints.
THE LITTLE UNWANTED DESK - white paint and fabulous hardware
This little desk made it into
a pile of furniture I had given
up on. It had been photographed
in it's un-cared for and ugly state
then advertised as a give away on
were no takers.
I HACKED THE HEMNES SECRETARY DESK
I'm not sure what constitutes an official Ikea Hack but check out what I did to an Ikea Hemnes Secretary Desk.
BEFORE & AFTER 2012 - recaping projects
For the very last post of this year I'm sharing 20 of the most dramatic Before and Afters of 2012.
CHANGING A WATERFALL - coco handpainted desk
I've never been a fan of water fall / art deco styled furniture, but it is made well and there is plenty of pieces out there. This desk/vanity came from The Gelco Furniture Company in Montreal circa 1950 - 1960.
BROKEN DRAWER SOLUTION - tsawwassen secretary desk
This is one of my favorite types of projects to work on. When someone asks me to save a piece of furniture that has almost no other chance for a new life. This one started out so bad she was going to the landfill.
A TALE OF TWO TABLES - recycling an antique table
What do you do if you have a beautiful hand crafted dining table and no room for it in the dining room?
THINGS I FIND INSIDE FUNITURE - ladies french kneehole desk
Every now and then something unusual shows up inside my furniture projects.
Like these curtain rods below. Now when I say inside I don't mean in a drawer,
I mean behind the drawers inside the cabinet somewhere.
Really ... how do curtain rods get inside a dresser?
If you know don't tell me it was a retorical question.
I've found a few Aussie coins and recently a 1965 German Schilling.
I don't assume they will make me rich but they do add interest to the projects.
Another interesting find was the post card dated 1919
but more often then not it's just someones missing puzzle pieces,
their discarded matches, a forgotten key, and quite often old receipts.
This one is dated 1976 and it's from England.
They seem to be quite polite when
dealing with overdue accounts, it actually says
"Fearing your account has escaped your
notice, we venture to ask the favor of
a remittance within the course of a
few days"
That was awfully nice of them!
Well now back to the project of the day ...
I know a few of you might be getting excited with these sneaky partial pictures,
but please don't get overwhelmed there is bad news coming.
A drawer that has dove tails on the back as well as the front.
Amazing what several hundreds of dollars can buy you huh?
Yes I spent a great deal more than I am use to on this one, but it's worth every penny in the end.
She even had a couple of surprises inside for me to find.
2 Golden Key Furniture Keys
I'm delighted with that little find, but now the trick will be to find a lock they will open.
Now for the bad news ...
This magnificent, over the top, gorgeous french desk (deep breath)
is already spoken for, but you can see a side by side before and after pic here.
I know that doesn't make up for it, I'm a bad bad person for teasing you.
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SHE'S A PRETTY SECRETARY - pink and white desk
She sure is a looker!
I started with a much shorter desk, I designed and built the top. Come see the before picture and read about how I created the finished look.
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