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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FLOWER FROGS AND FLORENCE - new color and hardware storage

I picked up a tester pot of the new ASCP color called Florence.
It is a vibrant turquoise and I do love it. George has a collection of mason jars he has found at yard
sales, and when he wasn't looking I snuck off with several and painted them in a shade of this new
 color. He was so pleased he suggested offering them in the Etsy shop.

You can give your room a special pop of color with
vintage mason jars painted in your favorite color.

I mixed a small bit of ASCP Florence with Pure White to get this beachy color

and splashed it throughout our summer deck.

This weekend we had a very successful workshop on that same deck and everyone asked about the paint color.

 This is one of the projects I the ladies work on. They got to fill holes, brush paint, wax, distress,
drill, nail, and finally install new glass knobs.

Here is another use for vintage glass flower frogs.

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THE LIONS DESK - my desk

My new desk started with several broken or missing legs when I bought it.

I was able to removed what was there and repaired

what I could and these legs will be used for another project.

I've had a set of amazing antique claw feet waiting for just the right project,

(you can see them below)

what better project than my own shabby chic curvy white desk.

The desk wasn't a priority to work on as I had other furniture to get finished.

But then out of the blue I had a complete day of no creativity.

My Mojo was just gone!

It was unnerving, unsettling, and can you imagine how hard it was for George to be around me!

And what I mean is not a lazy day watching movies, I mean 0 creative ability yet tonnes of mess made.

Fortunately the next morning I was running full speed and created something unexpected.

I started working on this poor vanity piece that had it's legs cut short.

The pictures are deceiving, it is only 22 inches high.

I built a shelf display to add to the top with the intent it would be another great kitchen piece.

It looked good but I found there was a disconnect between the 2 pieces in style.

I white washed the back boards just before bring it in because of an impending rain storm. 

The only available place to put it while it was inside was on the new desk I was waxing.

In that moment we both stood back and agreed they belong together, and we were keeping it.

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TWO ENGLISH NIGHTSTANDS - made from a desk

Here is a list of the steps I took to turned a desk into a pair of nightstands.

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WHAT IS A DOERNBECHER - shabby chic white desk

I found a Doernbecher that needed my help.

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REVIST - creamy white secretary

Originally built back in the summer of 2010,
this is a desk I made to look just a bit better than when it started.

The bottom was a regular drop front desk needing a fix or two,
however I built the top part from several salvaged pieces.

I built this piece while working a full time regular job,
many late nights and early mornings.
All done in the middle of my little kitchen.

The main body of the upper cabinet was a old shelf that I customized.

 

- the doors are from another hutch unit.

- appliques were bought at a yard sale.

- vintage hardware from a discarded cabinet.

- crown molding was free on a local internet recycle site. 

 

I used tongue and groove boards on the back of the upper cabinet,

salvage from a water bed headboard.

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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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