MY CANADIAN THANKSGIVING - grey and white buffet

This wife was refinishing a buffet on thanksgiving

while her husband was preparing to serve a turkey buffet.

This pieces was up for auction recently and we eventually got it at a reasonable price.

Before

This is one of those pieces that makes me long for more space, a more traditional home,

or even a double wide trailer.

I think you all know what would happen if I had more space ...

Sprayed in a soft grey

I would use it in my shabby chic livingroom for the TV console.

After

 I mixed this color using old white, provence, and graphite, all chalk paint colors.

It's a very soft grey and exactly what I wanted.

 

The hardware was all removed and painted with a flat bright white paint.

I also hand painted the all the trim details.

I sat quietly painting the white trim and occasionally I would feel the warm sun on my back as the sun played hide and seek with the clouds thru the day.

When he had the time George would come sit with me

and enjoy a few moments of the day and before he would have to run back to the kitchen,

he would always lean in and steal a kiss.

The entire piece was finished with wax and buffed to shine.

With some gentle distressing in the right places and the white against the soft grey,
the whole piece just looks amazing.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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A TABLE BUILT FROM PARTS - double pedestal dining table

Recently I built and painted a large double leaf dining table

with parts from 2 different tables I had.

This solid 1.5" thick pine surface came from my sister's home.

I've been doing my best to pull together some of my sisters decorating ideas and

Last month I did up a beautiful Regency table for her dining area.

So as a fair trade I got their old table to work with.

The pine oval wasn't just really substantial it also comes with 2 large leaves.

The apron however was 3" deep thin milled pine mounted in a rectangle with 4 straight corner legs.

The metal and wood pedestals and decorative apron came from another table we had.

That table top was made of MDF and had horrible water damage to the surface.

You can't see it in this photo but out it went!

The apron took time to retrofit to the new pine slab but it ended up working out nicely don't you think.

I layered the painting and distressing in white to show off her age and wood grain.

I think she is so cute when she is in her single round stage.

Today I'm also over at Finishing Touches Interiors:
http://finishingtouchinteriors.blogspot.com/2011/10/friends-feature-friday.html
with a guest post on graphic transfers, go check it out.

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PAINTED HARDWARE - single white distressed nightstand

I finished up another cute shabby chic bedside table

I added a set of cabriole legs.

Painted her in old white chalk paint.

Distressed and waxed her so she is super soft to the touch.

But this post is about how I got the fabulous look of the new handles.

I swapped the original hardware for these provincial handles

that I had already painted and given an aged look.

I did them when refinishing a tall boy last month

http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.com/2011/09/different-looks-euro-tall-boy.html

I simple left the handles on the dresser when I sprayed the turquoise color.

Then lightly distressed with a few hits from the sand paper.

Dark Walnut stain was rubbed over them to add the aged look.

Wax was then applied to bring back the vibrant turquoise color before removing them

from the highboy and letting them set.

Now on the back-drop of the white paint they look marvelous.

I used 4 of them to finish a set of tables that have already found a new home,

 and the final 2 to finish this single night stand below.

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WHITE ON RED - distressed chest

A different look was achieved when I used white paint

over red on this vintage dresser.

The color it sported when we came across it was a rusty red. 

Carrie at the Passionate Home was showing me some of the sample boards

of chalk paint colors and waxes, and we discussed the different layered looks

of colors that could be used. That got me thinking.

I don't like struggling against the furniture I found

and up to this point wasn't 100% on the right direction for this rusty piece.

I have done red over black before very successfully

but what color could I do over red and be just as happy with?

I really enjoy how choosing old white worked with this piece.

The lightness of the white changes the color of the rust to a richer burgundy look.

I had a customer come to pick up another dresser and

when she saw this one almost bought it as well.

Some vintage heart shaped ring pulls painted in a two tone cream

and white to the drawers finished it off perfectly.

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