Today, I wanted to show you how the marriage between the hardware cabinet and craigslist bookshelf look in the studio now that the piece had been organized and styled. When I first sketched out the idea, I thought it might work and it was at least worth trying. There was some doubt, though! When the bookshelf was set in place … Read More
The Mercantile in Knightdale
I spent Thanksgiving in Raleigh, NC, visiting Jeff’s family. The days were mostly filled with relaxing and visiting, but I did take advantage of my close proximity to one of my MMS Milk Paint retailers (In Sweet Time at The Mercantile in Knightdale, NC) and I spent an evening teaching a milk paint demo and signing books. The evening itself was … Read More
two-toned milk paint dresser | part three
The two-toned milk paint dresser in Layla’s Mint is finished and she is a beauty. Well, in my opinion, anyway! Before we get into the details of the finish, if you missed the first two installments of this dresser makeover, you can find them here… Part 1 – Prepping the piece & applying the first coat of paint Part 2 … Read More
little black dresser makeover | part 4 | reveal
When I last shared the little black dresser, it was distressed and quite honestly wasn’t wearing it very well! Blacks and dark colors generally don’t look great in a flat finish and they at least need a little gloss to bring out the richness of the color. This piece was painted in MMS Milk Paint’s Typewriter, so it definitely fits … Read More
prepping a piece of furniture to paint
I intended to get a post up last night and then this morning, but time escaped me. The mix of work, family, and church stuff has kept me busy. I still have a few more posts to write about my trip, including our quick stay in Florence, but today I’m going to share a dresser I have been working on… … Read More
hutch makeover in tuscany
I must admit, when we got on a plane headed to Florence, Italy, I wasn’t ready to leave Paris, yet. I loved our time there and it was tough to pack up our belongings and leave that apartment. I was excited about Italy, but Paris would be hard to top. Well, Tuscany was not going to be upstaged or underestimated. … Read More
makeover of the paisley chairs
I know some of you really loved the red paisley chairs as they were and, I agree, they were pretty. I’m sure they were beautiful for the first few decades they spent on this earth, but now they were only pretty if you didn’t look too closely at them. They were stained, watermarked, smelled a little musty from years of … Read More
painting the interior of the primitive hutch
It was on my “annoying project list“, so I got the interior of the primitive hutch in the dining room painted when I was knocking out all of the other annoying projects. Painting furniture is normally like therapy for me, but painting the interiors of hutches and cabinets is my achilles heel. It always takes more paint and more time … Read More
