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Furniture Makeovers

furniture feature friday | favorites & link party

I had a lot of conference calls, administrative duties, e-mailing, etc. to take care of this week, which is necessary, but it sometimes bogs me down. So, today I took some time to work in my basement on furniture. I’ll show the pieces I was working on in a few days, but I spent the bulk of my time on the phonograph I picked up in a furniture lot I bought for Lucketts. The phonograph was sort of an add on, but it was the piece I wanted most. I’ve wanted one for years, but couldn’t take the $400 price tag on something that was just for my amusement. This one had a lot of water damage. The wood was dry and the finish was flaking, but it was still in working condition and I knew I could give the TLC it needed. The bottom 12-18″ of the veneer on all sides

July 17, 2014 8 Comments

Before and Afters

glass glitter milk bottles

Before I get into the project, I want to share that Miss Mustard Seed’s Glass Glitter (used in this project) is the Decor Steals daily “steal” today! They are offering Tiara Silver, Fallen Snow and 14 Karat. I’ve partnered with them for a long time, so it’s fun to see them carrying a product with my brand on it. As always, it’s offered at a discounted rate due to their savvy shopping skills, so this is a good time to buy… I’ve been browsing Pinterest a lot over the past few weeks and have been pleasantly surprised to find a lot of glitter projects and products out there. Hmmm…is glitter trending right now? Some of the glitter went a bit too far for me, but it was fun to see all of the ideas. I love glitter, but I prefer it in small doses…as an accent that adds a little sparkle.

July 15, 2014 43 Comments

furniture feature friday | favorites & link party

I’m so sorry, again, for not picking favorites last week. I got sidetracked, and just didn’t get it done. I’m sure you all know what that’s like! Anyway, I had a wonderful time looking through the furniture that was shared last week. There was some really good stuff…too many to feature all of my favorites, really. Here are the three I settled on highlighting… I am so in love with how simple and pretty this chair by Zoey’s Uber Chic Loft is. The caning, the curvy French style, the blue & white ticking and free form cushion…wow. I also am digging that chippy siding “backdrop.” Melanie of Lost & Found created some really beautiful finishes with the Vaseline resist technique. I’m telling you…that technique is so easy and it always surprises me with how awesome it looks. I have a soft spot for Empire dressers. They are old, sturdy, chunky and

July 10, 2014 12 Comments

Hand Painted Furniture

a full look at the hutch

I shared a preview of the hutch HERE, but many of you were asking for a full view of it. So, here you go! It’s smack by my front door (in the living room) right now, so it’s not in a great place to be showcased. Now, my usual rule is that if I don’t have the perfect place for something, I don’t keep it. It’s getting a little tough now, as our house in on the market, so I have given myself some liberty to keep things that might work for our future home or studio. I have the perfect place for it in the house we’re hoping to buy, but we have to wait for our house to sell, first. Patience…patience… So, it’s just hanging out now, but I really love this piece. I did paint this piece in a custom-mixed MMSMP color, but had to be very

July 9, 2014 32 Comments

Before and Afters

hand painted wardrobe

I realized I had a furniture make over from Lucketts that I never shared! How in the world did that happen? Well, I’m fixing that today. This wardrobe was by far the worst piece of furniture I purchased to sell at the market. I bought it in a furniture lot that included two dressers, this wardrobe and a victrola. All of them showed signs of neglect and had some degree of water damage. This wardrobe seemed to be exposed to heat as well, that eventually loosened the glued joints. So, the back and sides were almost separated. It had good bones and a pretty shape and I have a handy husband, so I took a chance on it. Jeff and his dad glued, clamped and screwed that wardrobe to sure it up, which was not an easy task. The wardrobe was a little wonky and you had to pull it

July 7, 2014 32 Comments

furniture feature friday | favorites & link party

Ah! I got a little side-tracked tonight as I was picking favorites and I looked up and realized I was late to my own party. Well, so here we are without favorites. Well, sometimes things just happen that way. I’m sure you’ll all enjoy the party, anyway. Can’t wait to see your projects for this week. I’ll be pinning some of my favorites, so follow me on Pinterest if you don’t already! Here are the rules for our furniture get-together… 1.) Your post has to be about furniture. Please, please, please…just furniture. If you find your link has been deleted, it’s not because I’m mean, it’s because your post was not about furniture. You can share makeovers, awesome finds, favorite pieces, furniture arrangements, or even pieces on your wish list! Built-in furniture like kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities qualify as furniture. 2.) Post a permalink (the link to the post),

July 3, 2014 11 Comments

Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint

finding layla's mint

A while back, I sent Layla some Shutter Gray MMS Milk Paint to paint a newly acquired secretary desk. The funny thing is that I had the identical secretary at one point. Identical, I tell you! Anyway, she painted it in Shutter Gray and it looked amazing in her sun/music room. It’s now been moved to the kitchen and Shutter Gray isn’t playing nice with her freshly painted island, so it’s time for a new color. (photo courtesy of The Lettered Cottage) We chatted about it a little and she requested a mint. I can do mint. I just need to find the right combination. So, I took some time to play around with that today. I grabbed Boxwood, Lucketts Green, Eulalie’s Sky and Grain Sack to start with. I tried a few different combinations with Boxwood, but it was just going too sage. So, I started over with

July 2, 2014 26 Comments

Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint

flow blue photo shoot

Whenever I hit an antique store…or really any store, for that matter…I look for props I can use in photo shoots. There are some things that are staples and I use again and again, but I really prefer to buy something that catches my eye, use it for a while and then sell it and buy some new props. It gives me new inventory and it keeps my photo shoots fresh. When we were in the Poconos recently, I found this pretty antique butter dish (minus the dome.) Since it was missing its other half, I was able to get it for only $6.00 and I knew it would be perfect for a MMSMP Flow Blue photo shoot for our upcoming look book. And here’s the result… I love how the water wakes up the blue pigments. It makes me smile every time! Now, I know what some of you

June 27, 2014 19 Comments

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