Vintage Desk and Chair Makeover using Custom Blue General Finishes Milk Paint

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Welcome back my Beauties.

Boy has it been a while!

I have still been working on furniture like crazy,

just haven't done a good job of writing up blog posts about them.

Yesterday I was going through some google photos when I saw this desk makeover in my stash of photos and realized I better write something up about it since I had completely forgotten I had even done it! :)

It shouldn't be a surprise though. I had the desk and chair in my garage for 3 YEARS!

It was out of sight, out of mind, kinda like this makeover. :)

anywhoo..........on with the makeover.

I think one of the reasons I waited so long was because even though most of the desk was in great shape, It was a very outdated orange stain and had some DEEP grooves in the top that I knew would take some work to get out.

It was at that point I decided to pull out my handy dandy

Ryobi Belt sander.

It made short work of those deep gouges.

After I was done sanding I hand sanded it with some higher grit sandpaper to make it shiny smooth and wiped it down to prep it for some stain.

Since I had an idea of the color for the base I knew I wanted to go with a darker top.

I picked up my Varathane wood stain in dark walnut and got to work.

After it was dry I just used some satin wipe on poly I had in my garage to seal it.

Now it was time for the fun part.

Mixing up a custom color.

I decided to go with a favorite and picked 

General Finishes Milk Paint in Twilight and Westminster Green.

I have used this combo before as you can see HERE

I just loved the richness of the custom color!

While the paint was drying on the desk I gave the vintage hardware a makeover with a couple coats of my Rustoleum farmhouse gold paint.

Would you look at how great it turned out!
The chair got painted the same color and I just quickly recovered the seat with some fabric I had in my stash! 

I am happy to say the reason I had forgotten to write about the desk was that as soon as I brought it into my booth it went back out the door to get a new lease on life in someone elses home.

 

I doubt this desk and chair will be forgotten about now that it was made beautiful again! 

and if you are in the States, I hope you have a blessed Thanksgiving!

Stay Healthy, Stay Safe,

and have a BEAUTIFUL day!

Vintage dresser makeover using Fern Transfers and General Finishes Milk Paint

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Welcome back my Beauties.

I am so excited to to show my latest makeover.

I was working on a couple pieces and got totally inspired and finally started on this beat up old dresser I have had for 6 months just sitting in the garage waiting for some love.

It was obviously an old little girls dresser.

It had the old school transfers from way back when I was a kid and they had been scratched off in a bunch of spots and the dresser had tons of gunk stuck to the top and the sides. 

I knew I would need my handy dandy Ryobi Cordless sander to make short work of the old transfers and all the gunk that was stuck all over it. 

I sanded the whole thing down and then cleaned it with some warm soap and water and let it dry.

Once it was ready I chose to use General Finishes Milk Paint in Alabaster. I liked the white color of the dresser but I wanted to give it a clean but vintage white feel. I painted on two coats and then when it was dry I got to work on the rest of the transformation.

I had some left over FERN TRANSFERS 

from a previous project which you can see HERE

So I decided I would use the rest of it up on this piece.

I slowly placed the pieces where I wanted them and rubbed them on. When I felt it looked right I rubbed it all down with a cloth to burnish it even more.

Then I used some spray matte finish to seal the piece.

I love how it turned out.

I added the crystal knobs to finish off its modern makeover.

I picked the clear knobs so it wouldn't take away from all the fun of the fern transfer.

Its hard to believe its the same piece.

Its also hard to believe I got to photograph this outside without freezing my rear off! 

Heres hoping Spring is on the way.

I hope you enjoyed this latest makeover and I hope you have a

BEAUTIFUL DAY!

Coastal Blue Vintage Waterfall Dresser Makeover

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Welcome back my Beauties!

I didn't think I would be back so quick but the cold weather has me not wanting to leave the house, so I figured I would work some old pieces I did.

Its funny because not only did it take me a long to time to write this post, it took me a long time to work on this dresser.

I am pretty sure it sat in my garage for at least a year.

I bought it at a thrift store because I loved the veneer.

Its that paper thin stuff so I knew I couldn't touch it with sandpaper or it would disappear so I had to work out how I was going to still show it off.

The top was pretty gouged up and heavily stained so I knew I had to paint it. 

I lightly sanded the parts I was going to paint and wiped them all down real well and went to my paints to decide on a color.

I decided to go with General Finishes Coastal Blue Milk Paint because I loved how it played with the wood tone that I would be keeping.

Here you can see how it looked with just one coat on. I had decided to just really clean up the top drawer that had the most interesting grain and use paint on the rest to showcase that part. 

It had the original hardware which I just clean up and put back on.

And here it is in its Coastal Blue Beauty! 

I loved how the original hardware played off the dark blue and the wood tone of the top drawer.

(I also want to know how much I miss seeing GREEN GRASS;

I was for sure not made for winter) :)

This was a hard piece to bring into the booth because I wanted to keep it, but really had no place for it.

But happy to say its enjoying its new life in someone else's home.

I hope you enjoyed this latest makeover and hopefully I will get a chance to write up some new posts while I wait out the winter.

Until next time,

Have a Beautiful Day! 

Another Empire Strikes Back...the Saga of the Empire Style Lowboy dresser makeover.

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Welcome back my Beauties!
How the heck have you all been?
I have been working like crazy on smalls for the booth trying to keep up with the holidays.
Luckily when the weather was nicer I was able to work on a bunch of furniture projects to show you.
This makeover started in a galaxy far far away....
just kidding..it started in my garage. :)
If you follow me on instagram (which you can do --->HERE)
you would have seen in my stories the SAGA of me scoring this beauty at a thrift store and having to get it into my husbands hatchback :)
I always know if I bring the little car, I will find a big piece of furniture. 
It had seen better days but it was structurally perfect and such a cool piece.
Once I got it home I got to work.

The top had seen the worst of the wear. But since I knew I was going to paint it, I knew I just needed to scuff it up and clean it to prep it. I used my Ryobi cordless sander to rough up the parts I was going to paint.
Then I wiped it all down and got to work.

Since once drawer had already been refinished and was in great shape I decided to keep that one as it was and just accent the rest of the piece using General Finishes Milk Paint in Queenstown Gray.
I found some old hardware in my stash and just gave it a couple coats of gold spray paint and they were good to go.

Then it was time to put it all back together.
I think you will agree the deep gray and the gold played so nicely with the wood tones in the large bottom drawer.

This Empire dresser definitely struck back with its curved legs and sleek appearance.

I am really happy I was able to get this piece home and give it a new lease on life.

I hope you enjoyed this makeover.

The snow is already starting here but hopefully I will get a few more pieces done before it gets really bad.

Until next time,

have a BEAUTIFUL day!