Sanding, staining, mixing & flooding
I had great plans for today. I was going to get two furniture pieces finished and fit in e-mail and some photo shoots as paint dried. The day was going as planned until about noon. It’s been raining here for two full days. Hard. We’ve had a little bit of water seeping into our basement, […]
FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY – Favorites & Link Party
Good evening everyone! Thanks so much for all of the links last week. It’s so much fun for me to look through them and see people showing off all styles of furniture, techniques, paint, fabrics, makeovers and awesome finds. Each week is truly a furniture feast for the eyes, so thank you for that! I […]
FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY – Favorites & Link Party
Good evening everyone! Thanks so much for all of the links last week. It’s so much fun for me to look through them and see people showing off all styles of furniture, techniques, paint, fabrics, makeovers and awesome finds. Each week is truly a furniture feast for the eyes, so thank you for that! I […]
Say Hello to “Trophy”
The dresser with attitude is finally finished and photographed! As a recap – this is what it looked like before… …this is what it looked like during (aka – the ugly stage)… …and here she is all finished! You can read about how I dealt with the bleed through HERE and the striping technique HERE. […]
the dresser with attitude & other things…
This is the dresser with the attitude. Last we saw her, she looked like this… I dealt with the red stain bleeding through by sealing it with Furniture Wax and applied a second coat. Now, it was decision time. Those vertical trim pieces were bugging me, so I decided to deal with it by adding […]
Dealing with Bleed Through
When I bought this piece, I thought I might have some trouble with the stain bleeding through. Unfortunately, I was right. The piece looked like this… …I sanded it to give the surface some tooth… …painted it in MMSMP Trophy… …which is supposed to look like the color shown above – a tarnished silver […]
promises & the wedding
Soooo… I was at a wedding yesterday and then we drove home into the wee hours of the night. I woke up this morning to check on my blog and I see that quite a conversation had been going on about bloggers (me specifically) and sponsored posts. I have been sitting here for a while, […]
Petite Salon Chair
I think it’s been established and well documented that I love French chairs. That love encompasses the Gustavian/Swedish/Scandinavian varieties as well. I’m not particular when it comes to a pretty wood frame with panels of beautiful fabric. I mean…come on. Anyway, when Soft Surroundings contacted me about their new home decor line based on French antiques, […]