LET THE SUN SHINE IN yellow dresser

I absolutely adore this dresser and loved working on.

It also has beautifully lined drawers.

A link to how I won this Historical French Floral Birds Victorian can be found here.

Supplier is D. Marie Wallpaper Interiors.

Shes another piece available at this years Mothers Day

 Spring Show in South Surrey this Friday May 6th

 & Saturday May 7th full information can be found here

Some other items available at the show can be seen

 at the following links:

HANDPAINTED DRAWER KNOBS

COLOR COORDINATED FRAME SETS

WHITE COUNTRY BENCH

FARMHOUSE RED CHEST

There is still more to come ...... 

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PRINCESS DOGWOOD nightstand

 

Ive been having a devil of a time lately finding good pairs of bedside tables to work with,

but I do have a couple of singles sitting around here so I got to working on them.

 

 

Nicknamed Princess Dogwood because this is the ultimate little princess bedside table

 

and for the Dogwood styled handles I stole from Georges Etsy Shop. 

 

The legs are straight off a rotten chair, and I mean rotten!

 

 

The legs were already falling apart and had to be repaired before I could think about using them. 

 

I needed a new top and unfortunately my new silverware drawer had the perfect piece.

 

 

 

The scalloped detail was popped of an MDF coffee table,

the back plate is an old door handle embellishment, and the detailed trim is from an old picture frame.

 

 

The inside of the drawers also got painted.

 

 

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HOW TO PAINT BAR STOOLS numbered country white stools

 

 

A good bar stool is hard to find!

These were labeled made in California, anything that was made domestically has my vote.

The steps I took while painting these stools should help convince you to get yours redone.

 

 

Always turn your painting projects upside down before you start, especially chairs.

I use the chain link fence to rest my chairs legs against and a make shift bench below.

If you are using a spray can it takes at least 1 whole can to do one whole chair.

Once all the undersides are coated turn the chair over and finish spraying.

DO NOT HOLD THE NOZZLE DOWN WHEN USING SPRAY CANS,

short bursts offer better control, less waste, and you do not get runs as easily.

 

 

I planned on painting these white and distressing back to the black

but you can stop at this point and have a nice new set of black bar stools.

Let an oil based spray dry for 24 hours before using or painting over.

 

 

I do the same steps with the next coat, turn the chairs upside down, coating all the bottom surfaces.

Then flip them over and finish with your white. I sprayed these chairs with a 50 - 50 mix of ASCP

OLD WHITE and PURE WHITE.

 

 

The seats were upholstered with this waverly numbered print.

 

 

Some upholstery tips can be found here:

http://blogspot.ca/p/how-to_9274.html

 

 

I distressed and waxed the white to show the black and a bit of the wood.

This can be done with fine sand paper (220) or wet distressing.

 

 

This whole process is an excellent method to deal with dining chairs that dont hold ASCP very well,

but for those who want to use it to achieve that silky velvety finish we all love so much.

 

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HOW TO TAKE BORING TO BEAUTIFUL tall white sideboard

I get asked often where I get the appliques I use on my furniture projects.

There is no one answer other than everywhere. 

This fabulous piece above was bought at a yard sale last summer.

It is a flat backed picture frame.

The hanger was unscrewed and the cardboard that was in it was removed,

then simply screwed to this door panel from the back side.

I customized this door panel for this vintage sideboard, it seems someone had an accident with

the glass that use to be there.

Minor repairs where needed from top to bottom on it but it is was a great find.

With my refined taste (wink) the interior of the full length drawer just wasnt going to pass muster.

Ink stains on plywood to the right and red felt sheading on the left, it was gross!

Never mind the large number of leftover sewing pins wedged in the corners,

that I did get attacked by.

I told George it was a rattle snake bite but he didnt buy it.

But when this is the finished result Ill let the snake bite fade away in my memory.

All the doors went from flat to fab with a bit of simple molding trim

and perfectly placed appliques.

The 2 side door appliques were found at a local RE-STORE.

 

 

The drawer and cupboard all got a pretty blue and white damask wallpaper lining.

This damask print can be found at Home Depot in BLACK, LIGHT BLUE, and LIGHT GREEN.

HEATHERs CABINET

The back was falling off so I decided to take it all the way off to line the interior.

Much easier this way.

More rogue sewing pins came out from every corner to play.

I was having none of it this time.

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