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Thursday, August 11, 2016

Another dresser re do like the crack house dresser

 I was surprised at the interest in the crack-house dresser that I had painted.  I had listed on CL and got quite a few calls. I even had multiple buyers for it on the same day. The person asked me if I was going to be doing any more like it.  So, when I came across these two siblings, I thought I could paint one in the same fashion.  So I did! 
  Like my garage??? 3 dressers (four if you count the one you cant see) a hutch and a buffet....all awaiting my time.  Yeah, ok, sure...Ill get right on that.  The two siblings are on the left with the oh-so fetching coat of arms brand-thing is what Im working on.  The one below is the smaller of the two.   I dont even know what that green/yellow monstrosity is, even the owner didnt know what it was. 
All I know was that it had to go bye-bye. Some wood filler and a good sanding, and away it went. 
                      So...here it is,,,,crack-house dresser paint #2!
This one was in far better shape.  I refinished the top and shined up all the brass hardware.
 The top was refinished with Varthane gel walnut, wood sealer, and dark paste wax. I used the same turquoise and orange paint.  The yellow was just something I had laying (lying?? I always get those mixed up...dogs lay, people lie..What about paint?? Hah!) around.
 The Hub polished up all the hardware on his polisher. Almost looks as though they brass plated copper! 
              The little brass studs were solid black. They shined up pretty durn good!!
I thought this fabric went perfectly with the colors. 
                                                This is a really nice shot of my cats butt.
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Saturday, August 6, 2016

5 chair re do!

I found this little antique dealer place down by the beach. He has all sorts of stuff. He offered this
chair to me for 5 bucks! Such a deal!!! Im decorating my sons girlfriends bedroom in shades of gray and white and black w/accents of purple. So I figured she could use this chair at the desk I re-did.
I will post photos of the entire room next week, but for now, here is the chair.
The cushion was in great shape. 
 Did a couple coats of CeCes in white and distressed. I have since distressed the cane
part so its not quite so stark white.  And the purple in the photo looks quite, well, um purple. 
Like something Prince might wear. Its actually more subdued in person. Little more on the lavender
side! 
                     A little black trim to tie it into the grays/blacks in the room decor.
 I wish the guy had a few more of these!  5 BUCKS! Unreal. 
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Do Over

Been working like my hairs on fire. Just a quick little post to show a re-paint of this solid maple side table.  I guess people arent into peacocks ;)   It sat in my space for a very long time.
So.....Sanded this puppy down and applied a navy latex semi gloss w/gold dipped legs and a new knob
D-U-N
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Sunday, July 10, 2016

Vintage Desk re do w Stencil

I found this nice little vintage mahogany desk the other day. It was a little beat up, but
nothing that I couldn't handle with sanding and wood filler and my magic! 
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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Crack house Dresser Re do!!

So a few weeks ago I saw this dresser listed on CL. Hubs went by and took a look at it for me. It was wayyyyyy beyond needing some TLC. The lady said she got it from some crack-house with the intention of refinishing it! Um, dont think so! Hubs paid 15 bucks for this beaut. 
                   I honestly almost said, "forget it" and trashed this hunk. 
                                   So glad I didnt! Im in love with how these colors turned out!
When he got it home I thought, "Good Lord! What the heck can I do with this?" Most of the guides of the drawers were gone and the bottom drawer fell apart when I took it out. 
There was some sort of melted rubber stuck to the top.
Maybe used as a lion scratching post???? WTH??
I had to completely re-glue the entire bottom drawer.  And for whatever reason, the front legs were different. Someone had shaved one side, and left the other original. We had to do some surgery to make them match.
 So after a ton of sanding,
I uncovered a somewhat intact
wood top! Yay! It appeared to be a Honduran Mahogany wood, which has a nice reddish undertone to it.  I refinished the top with a gel stain and sealed it with a shellac base seal-coat.
 Heres the natural wood color. It wasnt in good enough shape to leave it, so I decided on very distressed look.  Ive been wanting to try some different colors and I figured since I only spent 15 bucks, if it didnt work out, no biggy!  So I made my own chalk paint again and used Martha Stewarts "yam" mixed with some other orange and golden yellow. I just coated the whole thing with that color and then went over it in MS "Hosta" mixed with "plumage" and a little green.  I used a sanding block and went to town.
 Everything got finished with Minwax dark wax, which really deepened the colors and brought out the wood tones beautifully!
Her front feet match now! 
I lightly dry brushed the top with the paint (I had already refinished and applied a seal coat)
Urban Outfitter knobs
I couldnt reuse the original hardware because there wasnt enough.So, I had to fill in the all of the inner holes and re-drill in order to accommodatethese pulls I got from Hobby Lobby. 
And to think I was actually considering just throwing this away!  Never think the impossible      cant be accomplished! 
I had fun doing this one! 
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

New Buffet Re do

So, as if combing through my local Craigslist isnt enough, I also am sick determined 
 to look at other states!  My husband went to Prescott AZ to visit his parents last month so I figured, "Hey, let see what kind of stuff they have there!" He was kind enough to go to a few places and came home with this buffet and two small tables (that I havent even had the time to get to).
Sorry for the out of focus pic. Dont know what happened.
             
                                             
And here she is all spruced up!
So this buffet wasnt in horrible shape. It just had that worn and tired
finish. Since I love to refinish wood, I couldnt wait
to start on this to see what was underneath this old finish. 
                          So heres what the top looked liked after a final sanding. Not bad.
And here is the top after I stained it with my custom color mix of walnut, red mahogany and ebony. 
I put on a seal coat and gave a light brush over with some steel wool and then finished
it up with a dark paste wax.  I was going to use a poly, but I would have had to roll it to avoid
brush marks. I just didnt want to mess up this finish and have to worry about re-sanding and 
applying three coats. The dark wax, in my opinion, finishes off better than the poly. Its silky smooth
and shows off the wood beautifully. 
                     
Some of the small trim was missing in spots, so I had to fabricate the pieces using wood filler.
 I made my own chalk paint using "Divine Pleasure" from Behr.
You can find the how to on my version of chalk paint here...
Spray painted the original hardware with ORB. 
I got this to sell, but it really fits nicely in my dining room area. 
Ive been wanting a buffet.  Hmmm, cant decide
if I want to keep it or sell it. 
How much would you guys list this piece for????
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