Can I tell you how much my heart went pitter-pat every time I saw a piece painted with Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint in last week’s party?  We are starting a revolution!!  Well, maybe not, but it’s really exciting.  I think next week I’ll have a special link party for chalk paint makeovers in addition to our regular party.  Sound good?  Because of all of the gorgeous chalky pieces and Frenchy pieces and just amazing pieces, it was especially tough this week.  I had about ten links bookmarked, so while I had many favorites, I just picked three to highlight.  Miss Bee from Bee at Home painted this pretty French buffet.  I’m just a sucker for anything Frenchy, curvy with a painted base and a wood top.  I’m pretty predictable, aren’t I? Ginger from Cottage on Rosewood transformed this FREE French beauty with SW Magnetic Gray finished off with distressing and

Good evening, my friends.  Oh, how I loved browsing through your furniture posts this week.  There were almost 200 links!  Wow!  I couldn’t visit them all, unfortunately, but I am thankful for the thumbnail parties, which allow me to get a sneak peek of all of them.  You girls are so good.  Here are some makeovers that particularly caught my fancy… Flo from Goin’ with the Flo painted this super old dresser in a Wisteria inspired finish.  I think the distressing, the color, everything is just perfect.  I even love the cracked bottom drawer. I know I’ve featured the folks from European Paint Finishes before and I try to spread the love, but this piece is so impressive.  I love the mix of distressed white paint with the warm wood.  Can’t you imagine this filled with an ironstone collection…maybe a boxwood wreath tucked in somewhere. I’ve been into grass green lately,

Hello all of my furniture-lovin’ friends.  I’m so glad that spring is (almost) here, so yard sales can hit full swing.  I thought surely spring was here when the daffodils bloomed and I spotted some green peeking out under the leaves on my hydrangea bushes.  Well, it snowed last night.  So much for hitting yard sales this weekend!  For now, I can live vicariously through all of the links from warmer climates.  Next week, Furniture Feature Friday will be a little different.  We’ll have our normal link party, but I will add an additional featured link up for those who made slipcovers following my video tutorial series and would like to show them off.  It’s OK if you’ve already linked it up in the general party, you can link it up again to strut your stuff. If you’re working on your slipcover, hurry, hurry!  Have it finished, so you can link up.  OK? 

I’m sorry about my linky flub last week.  My bad.  Anyway, I’ve got it sorted out for this week.  I got a lot of great inspiration from your posts last week and I’m looking forward to what you have to share this week.  Here are some standouts for me from last Friday: Stacy from Red Door Home found these amazing chairs at an antique shop.  Aren’t they super cool?  I don’t even mind the orange.  Love these, Stacy.  What a great find! Sarah from Diddle Dumpling turned an old desk into an awesome kitchen island.  Clever girl!  I love the paint color and finish and, of course, the glass knobs.  Suesan from Frou-fru-gal made this incredible ancestral map settee that was a true labor of love.  This is so creative, resourceful and really unique.  Wonderful job, Suesan!  I tip my hat to your skill and patience! Thanks to all who

For those of you who have been curious about my new very favorite paint in the whole wide world, you can read about it in the post below. As always, you girls (and an occasional guy) amazed me with your furniture link ups.  Isn’t it so cool that we can all gather here once a week…people from around the world who love furniture?  So cool.  I love seeing the posts in German and French and other languages.  Awesome.  Anyway, I decided to feature some really unique and beautiful pieces that stood out to me last week.  The girls from Twice Lovely always turn out beautiful pieces of furniture, but this desk is so unique!  I love the curves of it, the carved details and those legs.  I am definitely a “leg girl” and I would whistle at these.  Wonderful job, Ann Marie.  Talk about killer legs…look at the carved, painted