Showing posts with label painted. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painted. Show all posts

Monday, March 5, 2012

Project 13 and 14 of 2012 French Desk & Cottage Book case

I have to admit I have fun with these projects. I still jump in without taking before shots  quite a bit.
I'll have to work on that!
Here is my latest  2 bits of creativity.
A pretty French Provincial Desk.
I am a bit behind on my posting this picture is under the Valentine's window
 That window is actually dressed for Saint Patty's Day now and looks like this:





And now lets peek at one wall of my booth and that bookcase I re-did



 I did take before pics of that.. a skinny shelf with good bones..and a dark side.. He needed help in being repurposed.
He had been used and abused.



And just a coat of white beachified him enough for me to fall in love





 I hated to part with this one, but i am sure he will find a happy home

With lots of aquas and greens in my booth for  the coming spring.

Pretty soon the adventures of Picky and Pickier will begin again!! Yippee!!
 With my upcoming annual trip to Florida  and I get to hang out with my sis, drink mojitos, and hit every junk shop on the eastern seaboard!!
hmmmnn maybe one of these is in my future...
Happy Trails to you!


Monday, January 9, 2012

Project #2 for 2012 a found Vanity

Project 2
This is one piece that spoke to me, one day as I walked with my grandbaby down the street from her house to mine. "Rescue me"it whispered, while 2 men were tossing things out of a house. so I stopped and looked and I asked if anything was wrong with this piece. They just had no use for it... so... back I walked to get my son's truck and rescue her I did.
But I did it again. Forgot the dark and oak-y shots...Got so excited and dove right in. Here is the finished product. Annie Sloan to the rescue on this abandoned vanity.



 This vanity was all dark oak.
Halfway through the paint application, I did the dunce move on my head.. :)
"You dope you forgot the befores"
So you may have to imagine a wee bit of the before. Here is a couple shots I stopped and took.

The whole thing was dark


Then I got back to work on it.

My Inspiration:
I really like the highly distress look of this bureaux, below that I spotted and photographed,
 at Home Goods
So I set out to do a similar finish.

A close up below of that inspiration bureaux.

And a close up of my vanity below when finished.




I'm pleased as puddin on how pretty she is.

And today she went in my booth in Cape May
I already had an admirer before I even got the tag on her.
That feels good.... I did take my time finishing her. 

It was off and on work for 3 days, cause my life gets in the way.
You know how that goes, with laundry and dishes, and God forbid, anyone should need to eat!
But.. got her done.

Do you like it?
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