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Happy Friday! I dont know about you but Im so ready for the weekend.
Today I wanted to blog about a few cool pieces my hubby
picked up at an auction last weekend.
The first is this amazing 100 year old Hobart industrial coffee grinder.
This thing weighs around 90 pounds! And the best thing is that it works perfectly.
I had asked my hubby to keep an eye out for a cool vintage coffee grinder for our shop because we are wanting to have coffee available to our customers and I thought it would be really fun to freshly grind the beans in a vintage mill.
Then he came home with this beauty and Im not sure Im going to be able to give it up. :)
I love the lines.....
Another piece he brought home is this steamer trunk.
Weve always wanted one and he loved this one. It needs a few minor repairs
but I cant wait to find a special place for it.
And he also found these vintage wool Navy blankets. They are so soft, believe it or not. Im not usually a fan of wool but I love these.
I also wanted to share with you a new member of our family.
Im the first to admit, Im not a cat person, never have been. But a couple of weeks ago, when I went to open the blinds in the kitchen one morning,
this was what I saw on the table outside.
He seemed to be a stray and without a family and had made himself quite at home in my little toolbox. He was so sweet and we all immediately fell in love with him. I dont know much about cats but he is so lovable and really loves attention.
He crawls up in our laps whenever we sit down.
And whenever Im outside working on a project, I look down
and this is what I see every time....
Those sweet green eyes looking up at me.
He lays at my feet no matter what Im doing.
He has stolen our hearts, already.
And he loves to play for the camera.
Silly cat.... :)
Weve never had pets (except an outdoor rabbit)
because our kids always had allergies when they were younger.
Now that theyve grown out of them, weve decided to adopt this little guy
and they are so happy.
How can you not fall in love with that face?
Have a great weekend!
Diana
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The first project the workshop ladies tackled was to learn how I
use stain over my signature white paint.
and then how to finish the wood top with the same stain.
The table was finished in a typical medium wood color with a glossy finish.
(NO BEFORE PHOTO)
I started with showing them how to degloss the wood legs and apron to accept
primer and eventually paint.
The questions flowed easily for everyone especially Danielle.
Her good friend Nikki was so eager to get supplies at the end of the day
she was ready to drive off and leave Danielle behind.
We went over mixing and straining primer and paint thru for the sprayer.
Everyone got a chance to hold the spray gun and give it a try.
My experience running crews of 20 workers all the way down to a single
assistant is quite extensive however Ive never come across a group that
meshed so quickly and used each other so supportively.
They got to feel how wax can help move the stain around once it starts to set.
Kelley got right in where I left off doing a fabulous job.
A few ladies even tried the belt sander when we first started to strip the table top.
We still had to get to a drawer repair, changing out hardware, including spray painting it
and using wood filler so we had to keep moving on so I would get to finish this coffee table later.
That evening I sanded the edge of the top and stained it.
I started applying the wipe on poly the next day.
Sanding with 400 grit between many many coats.
This is how it look when you sand with 400 grit.
A very white chalky dust.
Once I got the thickness I wanted one last sanding before waxing.
The final coat of wax adds a soft warm feel to the finish.
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This solid maple table was painted with
10 min dry EXCEL spray paint in Oyster Grey.
Its a beautiful color and the paint provides a
remarkable hard, durable, and professional finish.
Unfortunetly it is hard to find and has a
very strong odor when first applied.
TEA ANYONE?
The view is amazing!
For more pieces finished in white:
p/white.html
Im sharing the view at:
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Once upon a time in land far far away
this chair I redid and ....
came to meet after living in the same village for so long.
You see the cool kids didnt like them so they would never
be invited home with them to play.
But when they met each other it was love at first sight and was meant to be.
The chair had been included in a black spray session a few months back
hoping to get some new lookers.
When I saw the table and chair together it only made sense to me to paint the
now desk top to match the chair seat.
I played with my paint color and brushed and sanded against the wood grain
to achieve a similar appearance to the burlap material on the chairs seat.
I then used dark minwax ...
before I hand painted and aged this fun coffee design to the top.
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