A whole bunch of afters

Tim for another link up with the wonderful Miss Mustard Seed!
Well, I've been completing a lot of projects lately and I wanted to throw them all out there to "show off" as it were. ;) I'm having so much fun with this new hobby of mine that it doesn't seem like work at all! And plus it's fun getting a little bit of money to use however I want (which usually means buying presents for our house).
Enjoy! And please let me know what you think!

This cutie was painted with ASCP Napoleon Blue and then before it completely dried I wiped off some of it to create a different look. It originally had six drawer pulls so I filled in four of them and only kept the necessary two, which I think looks better. I also spray painted the hardware black and I like that better too. This is really a great piece because it's so versatile. It will be listed for sale.






This precious little dresser was a fun and easy project. I gave it two coats of ASCP French Blue and then sanded it with my palm sander to smooth out the finish and really distress it nicely. I finished it out with some new wax (which I love!) and just popped the original hardware back on to finish it out. This has been a really popular piece and is also for sale.





This little desk was a really fun project! I picked it up off of CL for a steal and then realized it was over 50 years old! I sanded and then stained the top with Dark Walnut and painted the base ASCP Antibes Green. It sold in less than a week but I was a little sad to see it go.

Well, my little urchins are awake and needing me so I must dash. Enjoy!

Re-covered chair

Linking up with Miss Mustard Seed!!

Here's another chair that I recently snatched up to recover. I really loved the beautiful dark wood so I decided to leave it alone. No painting?! yes, it is true, I did not paint a piece of wood that came into my house. :)
The pattern gave me a few fits and at one point I definitely just went to bed to face it in the morning. It's a tad crooked but pretty hard to tell, especially if you're not looking too hard. :) I think next time I will definitely do the smart thing and take all the fabric off and cut the new fabric with it as a pattern.

Doesn't it look cozy?




I have another cute cane chair just waiting to be re-covered. Just waiting for inspiration to hit on that one but I'm leaning toward painting it white and covering it with burlap. Don't want too many patterns competing!
Here's the only good picture I could find of my next chair project. Look at those two cuties!!

Large dresser

Another Friday has come so I thought I would share another one of my recent projects over at Miss Mustard Seed's place. I've actually finished quite a few so that has been very fun and rewarding. I'm debating whether or not to sell this beauty, she is rather large which is nice for storing things but she also takes up a lot of room in our bedroom. Tim also has requested a different color paint so I'm leaning toward selling this one and keeping an eye out for a new one.
Either way, here is the before picture:




And a few afters.







Isn't she a beauty?!

The gentleman who sold her to me was very kind and helped me load her into my car, DANG is she heavy!!

The top was sanded down and stained with Dark Walnut (my fav!) and the base was painted in ASCP Paris Gray and lightly distressed. She came with a fitted glass topper so that's why the top looks so shiny although I did do three coats of polycrylic to make sure it was well protected.

I love it! What do you think?

China Cabinet

Linking up with the FABULOUS Miss Mustard Seed!!
Here is a craigs list china cabinet I painted with Annie Sloans Paris Gray and Old white. It really brought out the fun details on the piece and gave it a fresh look. Kept the old hardware because it just really fit it. Looks pretty with my china but I think I'll let someone else have this one so shoot me an email if you're interested and in the DFW area because it's for sale!
Love that chalk paint!!

My first chalk paint/reupholstery project!

Well, I've been bitten by the chalk paint bug! So I decided to link up with Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Feature Friday party! Here goes nuthin'!

I started out with this $20 estatehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif sale beauty:


I then ripped out all the little metal bracket things that were covering up the staples.

Then I painted it in one coat of Napoleon Blue and then after that dried I dry-brushed on another coat of Old White. This was the fun part. I really played with it to see what would happen. This chair was pretty much a giant experiment that went really well! After painting I let it dry and then did a coat of clear wax and distressed it a bit. I did more in some areas and less in others, I just really played with it. Then I did a bit more waxing and buffed it off the next day.



After I was done painting I was ready for the scary part. I have painted stuff before but I have never done any reupholstering. I was terrified. I didn't rip all of the old fabric off because I was hoping to just cover it with my new stuff. And I was mostly except for the back. That darn back! Well, here are some pics to show you.











This is my first experience with re-covering a chair and it really wasn't too terrifying! I was fully expecting to waste the fabric and have to do something else but with a powerful staple gun, much is possible. ;) I just stapled and then pulled and stretched and stapled a bit more until it looked how I wanted and then I filled that sucker with staples, I did not want the fabric to go anywhere! Then I covered it up with Miss Mustard Seed's favorite trim and it really framed it out well, I think! I'm pretty much in love with it.

My next chair is a bit more of a project so I'm going to do a little more painting and thinking before I tackle it. :)