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 [...]
{New Shop Listings}
I just wanted to drop in real quick and let you all know about the new things that i just added to the Sweet Pickins Shop. Also – i set up an Etsy Shop for now just to make things a little easier :)
{My Bedroom}
I was doing so good trying to post more regularly, but then Santi went out of town for all of last week and i just got busy doing other stuff and i just didnt get around to posting – but im back now :) ……………………….. I am getting ready to do a little re-do on my room, nothing big. Just changing up the paint and adding a couple little things that i have been waiting forever to do. And i realized i have never shown pics of my room before… I couldnt find a real before pic. When we moved in we had white walls and nothing else. The only thing we brought with us from our old house was our bedroom set. As a quick fix i painted the walls April Thicket by Valspar. Then, when Santi was deployed and went to Iraq for about a year and 1/2, [...]
Little painting trick using vaseline
Long ago i posted about using vaseline (petroleum jelly) as a way to get a chippy paint finish. It just makes it so the paint doesnt stick to whatever you are painting and then when the paint is dry, you wipe away the vaseline. Easy enough. Vaseline can also be used to cover up things that you dont want to get painted. Such as hardware that you dont want to take off or cant get off! Hinges, key hole locks, glass, etc. Lets take this dresser i just finished up for example. The old key hole locks werent easily removable, too much old gunk and paint made them way too difficult to remove. My client had already painted them black when he brought me the dresser to paint. Because i wasnt able to remove the locks and didnt want to get paint all over them, i used vaseline to cover [...]
{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 [...]
New Shop Listings
I just wanted to drop in real quick and let you all know i just added 3 new listings to the Sweet Pickins Shop! Head over here to get more info! Girls desk with hutch and chair! Side table/Nightstand Vintage Footlocker
{My Favorite Things In The Shop} – Useful Tools
Ive received an email or two or three… over the years about some of my favorite tools in the shop. While these pics arent necessarily tools (power tools i guess) – they are some of my most used, cant live without shop tools. There are of course so many more tools i use on a daily basis depending on the task at hand, but these are used the most. …………………….. In no particular order… My most favorite primer ever tinted to a dark brown. I talked about this product and why i use it here. Paint decks from Sherwin Williams and Ben Moore – you can pick these up for about $10 a piece – or free if your nice like me ;) Tack cloths – i use these every day. After sanding down furniture these are perfect for cleaning up all that dust. Especially important if you want to [...]
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