French Harvest Mudroom Bench Makeover

Good Morning my Beauties! 

Do I have a fun little makeover for you guys!

I have had this one completed for a while but was saving it for

this special roundup of  Themed Furniture Makeovers. Todays theme is

Words and Numbers Makeovers

with some of my fellow bloggers.

You can see here what I started with.

It was an old outdated pine ....SOMETHING???

It had wheels but it was a bench and I have no idea if it was suppose to be a moving

media stand (aka TV STAND) or

a bench...I decided...It was gonna be a BENCH  :) 

I started with some Americana Decor

Chalky finish paint in Cameo.

I loved the deep orange red color it had.

It warmed this piece right up.

But it still needed more.

I decided to pull out my also AMERICANA stencil in French Script

and Lace Paint.

I stenciled the script on leaving space in the middle.

I then used the Lace colored paint to give a shabby Grain Sack stripe right down the middle.

When It was all done I coated the whole thing in 

Americana Cream Wax to seal it.

It went from blah...to BAM!!!

I just love what  a little bit of paint can do!

 Want to see some more Themed Furniture Inspiration.

Then check out my friends below!

An InLinkz Link-up

http://www.redouxinteriors.com/2014/10/redouxinteriors-and-the-handmade-hangout-week-20/ http://meeganmakes.com/inspiration-monday-party-3/

The best of 2012 Furniture, Paintings and Crafts

 

Good Morning my Beauties!~

It sure has been a busy year hasn't it?

I can't believe everything that has happened in the last year.

Its funny when you look back and I think I did some of these projects a couple 

years ago and realize they were just a few months ago..where

others seem like they were just yesterday.

This past year has had many ups and downs..but I am happy to say 

More UPs than Downs..:)

So lets get started. One of my shining moments was this little beauty up above.

She was a rescue project done for Fenner Nature Center.

You can see the full post of her Before and after HERE

 

Another out of no where project that I had fun doing and trying to remember when it was hot and sunny (its snowing here now) is this old Entertainment Center turned

into my potting shed. Full post to see the transformation can be seen HERE

 

One of my most enjoyable, freeing, exciting projects that was JUST FOR ME

was this oil painting...I called it all my "all my days" it was inspired after a beautiful run through the

trails of Lake Michigan. You can see the evolution of the painting HERE

 This one was a project that was hard to let go. Another Rescue project that I sold..it was a
free dresser that I transformed with some paint and some Krink Paint pens.
You can see the full transformation HERE

 

Some more fun with some HOME MADE chalk paint. When you don't have the money to pay for all those expensive paints there are ways around it...and here is the key...the recipe for HOMEMADE CHALK PAINT here

 

One of our Downs this year was something we experienced a lot this year...We lost too many good people and one of them was our 46 year old cousin. This painting was dedicated to her.

Its titled "no thanks, I think I'll walk" after years of being in a wheelchair..this was her time to walk...You can see the full emotional story HERE

 

My fun little yellow warbler painting can be seen HERE

 

Another rescue was this French Franc bar stool..taken literally out of a dumpster

and turned so chic...You can see that transformation HERE

 How about bringing this 70's table back to the future by updating it with some fabulous paint and distressing and making it fit right back into now...you can see the transformation of this lovely little table HERE

and Last but not Least...one of my biggest projects this year...was my Kitchen Makeover...What a doozy!!!! You can see that full Transformation HERE

I gotta say..when you look back on life...its kinda fun to do it this way...looking back...I am having a hard time remembering the hard times...but find it very easy to remember the good. I have been so blessed to be able to do so many things that I love with so much support from those that I love and love me back. I count all of YOU among those people. Because without you I would just be working...but you make it FEEL like Playing!! So THANK YOU, and have a BEAUTIFUL New Year!!!!!   Much Love and hugs............Karin


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