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Welcome back my Beauties!
I have a super fun makeover for you guys today!
This was an on a WHIM makeover that actually re-ignited my
love of makeovers.
With everything going on in my life, and after having done this for many many years I was starting to get a bit burned out.
Don't get me wrong, I still love what I do;
but I just hadn't had the UMPH I was usually getting
when I was making old things pretty again.
In the beginning I used to put original artwork on my furniture.
But most of the people around this area, didn't want to pay the price for ARTWORK and Furniture.
So I went back to just painting the furniture and selling the artwork separately.
I painted lots of furniture and sold many paintings,
and I was very happy.
But sometimes a girl still needs to be creative.
And this piece and what I used allowed me to still be creative,
while not putting OVERTIME into my pieces.
Let me show you how!
First things first....PREP..
Wouldn't you know I was cruising along prepping the dresser and I get to the LAST knob and that sucker is LIQUID CEMENTED on.
I had to pull out my HACKSAW
and cut that baby off.
Once it was off, I could lightly sand the whole piece.
It had lots of fun stickers all over it, and even though I got all the adhesive off, I wanted to make sure there wasn't any residue anywhere.
After the light sanding I wiped it down with a damp cloth and pulled out my General Finishes Milk Paint in Persian Blue
.
I gave it two coats and let it dry.
Now here is where the inspiration and creativity kicked in.
I have been watching for WEEKS while people were using these fun color transfers. So on a WHIM, I decided to order one from Amazon
to see what they were all about.
I ordered the Iron Orchid Designs Farm and Floral transfer
.
The BIGGEST one they made.
The BIGGEST one they made.
You can see here on INSTAGRAM me applying the transfer.
That was it...I was hooked.
I mean...look how COOL that looks.
It had those vintage colors that I LOVE and it added so MUCH to this simple little dresser.
Once it was all on I just used my Americana Acrylic sealer in Matte
to seal the transfer.
AIN'T she a BEAUT!!!
I fell in love with these transfers and plan on using more in my future. (who am I kidding, I have already done 3 more with about 4 more waiting.)
Best of all, my customers love them too!
This baby sold and and is now enjoying its new life, in its new HOME!
I hope you enjoyed this latest makeover!
I know I did.
Until next time,
Have a BEAUTIFUL day!
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