small bookshelf for bathroom?

 

This is a very sweet little bookshelf, again from a yard sale! 

 

 

 

 

I painted it for my niece.  maybe her bathroom as they don't have storage.  Graphite on the outside, duck egg blue inside.  I like the way it turned out.  I hope my niece does too!~   

 

 

 

 

I just re-painted the bureau in my last post. was not happy with the way that turned out.  will post new pic soon.  busy these days!  

 

 

 

My sister picked out this bureau for her daughter's bedroom and asked me to paint it. They wanted red.  I had planned to re-stain the top a darker color as well as all the space between the drawers.  HOWEVER, the stain and I did not get along!

I did buy a palm sander but I do not think I got off all the existing stain so when I stained over it it left some very dark areas and did not look good at all.  I planned to paint sides and drawers in "Emperor's silk" chalk paint and then clear and dark wax it. 

Well, I will tell you I had a whole can of "Versaille" paint color in my basement and it needed to be used.  I had to give some thought to how to make the bureau more interesting as it really just is very plain. 

I usually try to pick out older pieces with some decoration and more interest.  SO, if you don't have interest you have to create some!

I thought she spent to much on it so I did not want to buy paint but rather to use what I had on the shelves.  Well, I had plenty of "Versaille" green chalk paint and some old white.  so here it goes:

 Sorry for the lack of good staging!  it is in the garage and after a few attempts I quit!! it is versaille green, clear and dark waxed and has doubled up jute twine pulls.  drawers are lined with craft paper.  this is not for a "girlie girl" so I think it will work!  

ideas anyone!

Ok, so don't we all have at least one room in our home we just can't make quite "right"!
For me it is my dining room.  The furniture needs some updating!  It has been in my husband's family and we are not planning on a new set.

I painted the buffet in "Aubusson Blue" chalk paint and I clear and dark waxed it.  I think the window treatments are staying, at least for now!

So, how do I pull the look together?  Do I paint the chairs the same color as the buffet? Eventually I would like to recover the seats...something French looking, maybe grain sack? 

Any ideas from my friend's who are good at designing/decorating?  This room has always stumped me a bit!

 

 

end of summer flowers....bittersweet!

I was out in my yard today, mowing and pruning and admiring those end of summer flowers in full bloom.  I love the sunlight here in the northeast at this time of year.  it casts pretty shadows in the afternoon and is a softer light than in mid-summer. 

Can someone tell me how to dry these beautiful hydrangea?  I have not had much luck doing so in the past. 

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Finished!

Just finished this little bed-side table for my niece's room in "Antibes green" chalk paint. Great color. 

I gave the top two coats of clear wax to protect it and the rest of it one coat of clear, then I dark waxed the whole piece.  It really tones down the green and gives it more dimension. 

I love the coral knobs from Anthropologie.  They really have the greatest looking knobs, and not terribly expensive.  These were $10 each. 

This is the before pic!



And now after!

mirror, mirror on the wall!

Ok, I won't ask who is the fairest of them all.....might not like the answer!!!

I have decided I have a thing for vintage/antique mirrors. I am not sure why except I think the detail on them is so much more interesting than some of the newer mirrors. And like anything old, they have a history!  I wonder where they have been and who owned them! 

I found this mirror this weekend at a little shop in Uxbridge, Mass.  Not to far from me.  It is stuck right beside j & j automative.  The shop is chock full with some good finds.  You need to hunt and peck!

I loved the little medallions on this mirror.  It had three holes in the frame that needed wood filler so I am working on those.  I think I am going to repaint it in gold rather than another color.  not sure yet but I do like the gold, it suits the frame and looks original. 

I am also working on a little bedside table for my niece.  She chose "Antibes Green" chalk paint and picked out two gorgeous little coral knobs from Anthroplogie pictured here!  The girl's got good taste, what can I say! 

It is pine and I have already taken the original knobs off and cleaned it with mineral oil and denatured alcohol.  It does the trick.  I then ragged on two coats of clear shellac so that the knots in the wood won't bleed through the chalk paint.  you know what they say, or at least what my mom used to say, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"!!! 

So, will update when these projects are done.  likely soon! 

Thanks for checking in!  Good-day all!  xo

Long time, no talk!

Hi friends!  What with life going on and all I have not been doing lots of furniture hunts nor have I done much painting.  I am a bit frustrated with the marketing side of things and am taking a break!  I did just finish a vintage mirror.  It was very plain gold and really nothing special as you can see!

 

So, I took out my favorite Chalk paint color-"Old White" and gave it a quick once over twice!  It was so simple and I like how it shows the original gold through the "Old White".  There are things I have painted old white and then I have accented with rub n buff to do the gold highlights.  This time the "highlights" were already there.  Putting on Craigslist! 

 

 

What fun and easy projects have you done this summer?