HOW THE MAGIC HAPPENS - blue, black, and white dresser

SO when the rain comes before expected sometimes my furniture doesn't get

photographed the way I would like.

Case in point this blue dresser.

On a lovely warm sunny day I'll pull something out of storage and start working in the yard.

I'll fix all the broken bits including drawer glides, and replace missing drawer guides.

Nailing a backer on, and glue a chipped drawer corner back in place.

At some point I decide what color I'm going to start with,

this day it was blue for a piece Shelly had done over at A LITTLE BIT OF SHIZZLE

I wasn't trying to reproduce her work of art,

it's just the piece that inspired the color choice of the day.

I've added a link to see more of Shelly's work at the bottom of this post.

Masking, spraying, distressing, and waxing all happens before installing new hardware.

A finish for the top gets underway.

Once finished but before I can move things around to style for photos,

the rain comes or even simple life happens.

So this is what happens .....

Photo editing!

It doesn't happen too often because I work hard at getting good photos,

but it is a necessary evil when you have bad lighting, bad weather, or limited time.

Pop over to see more of Shelly's masterpiece at A LITTLE BIT OF SHIZZLE:

http://alittlebitoshizzle.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-very-first-annie-furniture.html

BROKEN CHAIRS - six sheild back chairs

I happen to find a set of six vintage sheild back dining chairs ...

yahoo they are gorgeous however,

two of the chairs had serious breaks.

Do you think that was going to stop me!

 I love repairing wood.

I had to scrape out all the old glue from an early repair attempt.

 

All the repairs I made were secured with 3" screws conceiled in the frame.

 

Reglued, filled, sanded, and details recarved as you can see below.

When this chair had been repaired before somehow most of the details had been lost.

Here are the two chairs after being repaired.

I primed and painted the chairs in my signature white.

It's a semi gloss custom color.

Reupholstered the seats top and bottom.

I'm very happy with the results.

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THE LONG ROAD TO BEAUTY - black antiqued chest

This black chest started out as a second hand find George found last month.

It was one of those projects that went south right away.

I decided to get a better handle on the milk paint.

I did learn how to mix it better for the sprayer.

Over the course of that evening the paint started to flake ..... EVERYWHERE I had sprayed it!

This photo of the original drawer handle shows what was happening pretty well.

If you look closely it's not chipping shabby chic style it's flaking everywhere.

Fortunately I didn't spray the sides, which ended up saving me some time later.

I moved on to the hardware.

I didn't care for the style or placement of what came on it,

so I filled those holes in and found the right spot.

Searched high and low for a nice complementary set of 8 handles that would work.

But only found 2 sets of 4 so they had to be matched up.

In came the oil rubbed bronze paint by Rustoleum.

Now back to the drawers, measuring and drilling new holes.

I'll show you how nicely they turned out shortly.

Next thing needed was to remove the broken apron and do some repairs,

Before adding new legs bought at Windsor Plywood.

The milk paint was adhereing to the top surface better,

and was looking pretty neat with all the chipping and flaking that still occured there.

With a great amount of sanding and poly I got it to this point, and very happy with it.

So I decided to match up the sides to have the same look, but without using

the dreaded milk paint.

I used a black wash with regular paint and poly.

After a month of having it sit on the side lines it was now time to deal with the

crappy flaking paint on the drawer fronts.

So one morning I sat in the shade and hand sanded every inch of them,

before masking off the top and sides to get it ready for good ole primer.

and then a beautiful smooth black spray job.

New handles added,

a bit more poly and wax,

And she is shining like never before.

I did try out some distressing but both George and I liked the sleek black look better.

It has a great antiqued effect on the sides and top,

and with the wax and poly it is so soft and smooth.

She would make an excellent TV stand in someones living space.