A few weeks ago, i scheduled a much needed week of no custom orders. In some ways i love customs, but it does limit me as far as trying out new paints, techniques, products, etc. Sometimes i just have to be free of deadlines and trying to give people exactly what they envision so i can do my own thing and play around a little :) Ive used milk paint in the past and really like it (i posted a cute sofa table here, its actually the same color that i used on this desk). Im not a fan of chalk paint, but i love milk paint. Its very unpredictable and hopefully it gives me the chippy look that i love so much. I will do a post another day about my thoughts about milk paint vs chalk paint. Anyways – i got this solid wood heavy duty roll top [...]
{Layering Paint Technique} – using spackling paste
So – about 3 years ago i seen this most awesome piece of furniture at a local boutique here in Utah. I took pics at the time, but ive switched phones a couple times since then and the pics are gone. It had the most awesome painting technique done too it. It looked like layers and layers of old paint, but it wasnt. You could tell that the paint had been layered on using some type of product with some kind of tool – the finish was really textured and had tons of colors in it. And what i loved about the finish, was that it had lots of “lines” in the paint, it wasnt just painted on and then sanded off, the “lines” really made the piece look awesome. So you got that visual in your head!?! I know, i know….i would love to be able to find a [...]
{Before & After} – Ultra Distressed Bench
My dad found me this sweet little bench a couple weeks ago. It was one of those that i loved right away and couldnt wait to get it painted. I loved the lines of the bench and that the paint was already really flaky – flaky finishes are perfect for getting an ultra chippy, distressed, weathered look. I gave it a good sanding with my orbital sander to get all the loose paint off. Then, i skipped the primer since the bench already had a lot of texture and i knew that my paint wood stick. Plus i was going for a highly distressed, chippy paint look anyways – so i didnt need the primer. After giving it one heavy coat of paint, i let it dry and then took my orbital sander to it to give it a heavily distressed finish – my favorite finish of all :) After [...]
{Before & After} – Antique Bed
I finished up this antique wrap around bed a couple days ago and think it turned out so cute! I would love to have this is in my little girls room, but sadly her bed is a queen and this one is a full. I think its the sweetest bed and would be perfect in a room filled with white furniture and white ruffly bedding filled with vintage pillows – wouldnt it be fun to paint a room full of furniture, add in bedding and decor and then sell it as a whole set…. :) …………………………….. Anyways, i got this bed a few years ago and worked on it at one point but then got busy with other projects and never finished it up. I finally painted it about a year ago with plans to get it finished, but once again got busy with other painting projects and it sat [...]
{Antique Hutch} – super distressed!
Oh guys - if you follow me on Facebook, you will know that i am in deep, deep mourning over my beloved super distressed antique hutch! Seriously – im really sad over this! You see, i had this piece in my house for about 7-8 months or so but i found another piece i liked better for the place i had it in and i just couldnt find another place in my whole entire house to put my blue hutch! After my “Great Clean Out of 2013” – i moved this piece downstairs to the furniture graveyard and thats where its been waiting until i could find somewhere else for it. Sadly…there was nowhere. So it went up for sale @ Reclaimologists and Other Crafty Chicks (where i am one of the contributors and have been listing my furniture for sale) and sold within minutes and i had a line [...]
{Before & After} Antique Dresser w/Denim Treatment
You guys miss me? Feels like forever since ive posted…clearly i go in spurts, i will try and be better about posting cuz there is lots going on, just nothing is ever finished! Story of my life :) I actually havent really even been on the computer at all this week – i feel like i am missing out! ……………………… When i went to start on this cute little dresser last week, i couldnt quite come up with an idea of how i wanted it refinished. Its super plain and needed something fun to make it unique. So i was putting away some laundry in Kdins room and it hit me that i should try the denim treatment that is on his walls on a piece of furniture – and this dresser would be a perfect candidate. (Old pic w/my old blog name!) I havent showed too much of kdins [...]
{Vintage Record Cab} – before & after
About a month ago i got an email from a super sweet reader saying that she was getting rid of this record cabinet and wanted to know if i wanted it – of course! I brought it home to the garage and couldnt decide what i wanted to do with it. Either take the record/radio stuff out and make room for storage as well as maybe making it so the speaker doors could open. If i did it this way, i was thinking that it would be perfect for a media console and someone could hang there TV above it. OR leave it as a radio cabinet and just refinish the outside (the record/radio work!). I posted the “what would you do” question on Facebook and boy did you guys have opinions!!! If i ever want an opinion about anything, FB is the way to get one fast! The verdict [...]
My table re-do with new wood top!!
Oh – you guys, i am SO excited to show you my transformed table! I love it so much and after wanting to make the change for a couple years, am so glad i finally did it! It was a fairly easy re-do with a big impact, i dont know why i waited so long! Anyways – its done now :) This is the last pic i took of my table. It was a good decent table that wasnt exactly cheap so i just didnt want to get rid of it, plus i really like the lines of the chairs. But what i hated so much besides it being black, was the table top. It had all these lines in it to mimic wood planks and trying to keep it clean (on top of being black) was a nightmare. Plus the black was so heavy and just didnt flow with [...]
{Vintage Footlocker} – Before & After
I love these quick makeovers that take just a few minutes and have a big impact – kinda like this old footlocker that i got about a year ago. This is one that is so easy that i almost didnt post about it, but i think its def worth sharing, because who knows who may have one of these laying around waiting for some inspiration to strike :) Like i said, i got this about a year ago and havent done anything with it until a few days ago. Actually, i did give it a fresh coat of white paint, distressed it and then just put it away for a year. I didnt really have a vision for it, so i just pushed it to the side. When i got it, the finish was perfect, but it was just really dirty and beyond what a good cleaning could take care [...]
{Working with the dirt!} – before & after
I finished up this table a quite a while ago but just found some pics of it while going through some stuff. I really loved the way this table turned out and have always love the finish and the color. I meant to post about it so long ago…but you know how it goes :) One of the reasons that i loved the table so much was how the finished texture was. It looked like the table had been painted for years and had a very authentic worn look to it. To achieve the finish, i just left on all the old build up dirt(i think this table must have been stored in a garage or barn for sometime, thats why so much dirt) and flaking lacquer while i painted. Yup, thats right, left the dirt right on it! No cleaning or prepping here! Dont scrape, sand, flake off or [...]
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