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Furniture Makeovers

The Living Room – Before, During & Now

If you’ve been following along over the past couple of weeks, you’ve seen what my living room looks like currently. Let’s now take a look at the progression, shall we? Oh my. This was a photo taken when we first looked at the house. This room was a mess. The carpet covering the hard wood floors was stained and stinky. The walls hadn’t been painted in years…maybe since the house was built in the 1940’s. The dark pine trim and dusty curtains only added to the gloominess. We ripped out the carpet, refinished the floors, painted the walls a peacock blue, painted the trim white and threw a bunch of furniture in there. The desk, curio and piano are still in the room, but I have sold the rest of the pieces. I made valances out of clearance fabric, which totaled $10 for the whole room, but I knew I eventually

December 27, 2010 46 Comments

Trumeau Mirror Transformation

Wood lovers…look away. I found this trumeau mirror at a yard sale in September and immediately fell in love with the shape. I wasn’t too in love with the 1980’s speckled finish, though. It looked fine from a distance, but it looked dated when you leaned it. It was also a little heavy visually for the room. I asked some opinions about painting it and received many pleas asking me not to. Well, I gave it a lot of thought and then I saw this picture… Photo Source (Thank you, Judy, for letting me know this picture is of the beautiful home of Desarae Crafts of Peeking thru the Sunflowers.) I love the colors of this mirror and knew I wanted to paint mine, so I did… …and I love it!. The finished turned out perfect and the color compliments the other blues in the room, but it’s not too matchy-matchy.

December 17, 2010 63 Comments

Simple Before & Afters

I have been busy getting some new things priced and ready for the next barn sale at Chartreuse and for a ladies shopping night at Wild Rose this Thursday evening. I finally got around to giving a few things I bought at the Raleigh Flea Market a makeover, so I could add them to the growing pile I’m assuming these wooden numbers were once house numbers. They somehow ended up in a flea market and I really loved the shape. The finish…not so much. A coat of red acrylic paint calmed down with burnt umber brightened them up. I finished them with a rub of asphaltum glaze by Valspar. I was really wishing I had a “2” and a “5” to use on my Christmas mantle, but this was all they had. I did buy papier mache numbers at Hobby Lobby today, though, to use for that purpose. The pair of

December 4, 2010 21 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – A Favorite and a Link Party

To be honest, tonight snuck up on me. We had a late dinner, I’ve been working on HGTV.com projects (another day of Halloween decor in November in my household), and I’ve been fiddling with my book. I did visit a bunch of the entries and decided to, for the sake of time, pick just one favorite tonight. A friend found this buffet for Cindy from Cameras and Chaos and she went for it even though she was looking for a hutch, not a buffet. She painted it a beautiful blue and updated the hardware with some oil rubbed bronze spray paint. And the best part…? …the price. …and it was 20% off. Don’t you just hate it when other people find really good deals on things? Have fun at the furniture party this week. There are some very talented girls out there and this is a great place for inspiration. Enjoy!

November 18, 2010 8 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites and Link Party

I woke up this morning (snuggled under my duvet, lingering as long as I could), planning to work on more custom ornament orders and getting a lot of things checked off my to do list. Plans changed. My hot glue gun has been cold all day and not one piece of sheet music has been cut or rolled. I have needed a new phone for months, now, maybe over a year and today we set out to buy one. Well, that turned into the decision to switch carriers and a wild goose chase to track down the phones we wanted. All of this ended with me getting a new iPhone and spending all of my evening playing with the new gadget. I’m setting myself up to Tweet, post, e-mail and all of that good stuff on it, but I am pretty overwhelmed at the technology. I’m computer savvy, but this

November 4, 2010 17 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites and Link Party

November 4, 2010 18 Comments

French Settee Makeover

Alright, all of you Francophiles out there…sit down, take a deep breath and look at this baby… Remember what she looked like a few days ago? Things don’t look too bad in this picture, but the fabric was worn and the finish was a dated blonde/pickled sort of wood. I removed all of the upholstery except for the seat. I knew I wanted to slipcover that, so it would be washable and durable. The frame received a thin coat of creamy paint, which was then sanded off. The result is a soft, aged and imperfect finish. The back and arms were reupholstered in durable canvas drop cloth with a bright white trim. I took my new pneumatic upholstery staple gun for a spin and that gadget is worth every single stinkin’ penny I spent on it. About 80% of the frustration experienced during my last upholstery job was alleviated

October 29, 2010 86 Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – A Favorite and Link Party

Hey girls. Well, I’m pooped. You saw how much I accomplished yesterday and today was busy as well. I spent about five hours out hunting for new treasures to bring to Chartreuse and Wild Rose. I came home with a van stuffed full of goodies. Ironstone, a couple of cabinets, a drafting table, an industrial wooden rack on wheels, a huge laundry basket, a large glass cloche, a bird and branch candelabra, a metal stool, a balance scale, and more. All of the upholstery and painting is starting to catch up to me and I’m tired. Anyway, I need to push through Monday and then I can take a little break. All of this to say that I browsed through the furniture entries last week, and although there were tons of really good ones, I just picked one favorite. This dresser painted and refinished by Between Blue and Yellow caught my

October 28, 2010 11 Comments

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