I always enjoy getting ready for a show, so I have a reason to work on a lot of furniture!  I finished the jelly cupboard this week and I finally get to reveal it… This is how the jelly cupboard started… It’s an old piece…most likely mid-to-late 1800’s.  I always love working on old pieces that have been neglected for a few decades.  This piece had been painted a rather sad brown and was really dirty.  The hardware was broken and had been repaired, but the repairs weren’t holding.  It was sturdy and had great bones, so I was excited to bring it back to life. You can read the process of how I painted it HERE, but in a nutshell, I painted it in Artissimo MMSMP, then used the Wax Puck as a resist, applied a coat of Flow Blue, distressed with two different grits of sand paper and

I have always loved sharing my furniture makeovers here and I know they are what put my blog on the map, so to speak.  Now that I have this new space to work in, I’m more inspired than ever to work on pieces in my stash and it feels good. I started working on this empire buffet a few days ago.  I shared the refinishing, painting and waxing process HERE.  And here’s the end result… I envisioned the piece being very light, with a faded quality.  I don’t know why I saw it that way when it started out so dark and heavy, but that’s how I pictured it!  I was planning to use the original knobs, but the brass piece that held the glass looked really dark against the pale gray milk paint and “bleached” top.  I used some new glass knobs that disappear a bit more and allowed the hand