Custom Gray Antique Dresser Makeover and a few words about my Blogging Anniversary

Welcome back my Beauties.

I know my posts have been few and far between lately, but I just seem to be in that stage of life. 

I still don't seem to be able to get into a normal routine and I am starting to accept that I may never get back into my normal schedule; at least for a few years. 

I heard the best quote the other day (said in an IRISH ACCENT it makes it sound so much more profound) "when you don't have a time table you can't be late, when you don't have a destination you can't get lost." It struck such a chord with me at this stage in my life. 44 still grieving my mother, 7 year blogging anniversary that I didn't even remember. I decided I was PUSHING against life to much..and now I am going to let LIFE do a little more of work now. I am going to see where Life leads me. It pushed me to be an artist and pull out my oil paints again and a blogger out of my comfort zone and sell in a shop. I don't know why I stopped and started pushing back against it; but I am finally starting to feel a little more excited to where life is going to take me. 

One thing that hasn't changed is my love for doing makeovers.

Even if I got out of the habit of writing posts about them.

So today I will show you one of the pieces I recently sold 

that I had fixed up.

I grabbed this baby at the local thrift shop.

It called to me because of its odd shape.

I knew from the bottom that it had at some point been cut down.

The legs were kind of MISSING but it still looked cool.

The only issue was the TOP was a mess.

So that's where I started.

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For the top I just used my Rockwell Orbital Sander to make short work of sanding the top

I sanded it down to take out all the gouges and "STUFF" off the top to reveal it's beautiful grain. Since I loved the grain as it was I didn't even stain it. I just used

Minwax Wipe on poly in Satin to seal it.

For the base I created a custom color using General Finishes Milk Paint

Driftwood Gray as the base with a touch of Emerald green and Sommerset Gold to warm up the gray and give it an earthy and more mineral color.

The reason I wanted to do a more earthy gray was to match to my 

Ceramic Stone finish Knobs that I bought just for the piece.

I love how the new hardware helped to transform the whole piece. 

It gave it a bit more of an industrial feel!

It got lots of compliments at the store and I know part of that was the simple paint with the fun earthy knobs.

I hope you enjoyed this latest makeover,

and thanks for listening to me kind of spill my heart guts a little.

Now I am off to work on some more makeovers

and see what life has in store.

Until next time,

Have a BEAUTIFUL day.

What's my DIY? Randolph's Midwest DIY Blogger Event

Good Morning my Beautious Beauties!

I am sure over the last few weeks you have heard me Non Stop Mentioning the

Randolph Street Market.

I have never been to, or been Part of a Blogger event;

so not only is this my FIRST event, it is also my first time

PRESENTING! 

You can understand my EXCITEMENT!

Click HERE To see the full EVENT DETAILS

As part of this Unique and Awesome Event you will get to see a bunch of us bloggers,
Presenting a DIY Demo.
One of the great things about this event is that all us bloggers are donating our
DIY projects to be SOLD during the MARKET and 100% of the proceeds will be donated in honor of Cory Swapp.
(You can learn more about this Fundraiser HERE)

I will be presenting on Saturday at 1:30pm
(can you say nervous)
Here is an explanation of what I will be demonstrating.

My DEMO will be turning an old Table into an Ottoman.
Now you have seen me turn THIS

into THIS!

 So my EVENT will show me in REAL LIFE
transforming THIS

Into something you would want in your home.
Having it sold to benefit a wonderful cause only
makes it sweeter!


So if you are a blogger and you are looking for a networking opportunity
please consider coming and meeting up at the Randolph Street Market
in Chicago.
If you are not a blogger, just come to shop America's Largest (and Liveliest)
Urban Antiques Festival.
It is sure to have something for everyone.

To register be sure to go HERE
and be part of a fun and Fabulous Weekend!
I hope to see you there!
until next time,
Go make someones day BEAUTIFUL! 

Exciting FUN News at the ART is BEAUTY Blog!

FUN THINGS ARE HAPPENING!
I have been hinting to this for a while,

but I can finally now SPILL the beans!

A few months ago I was asked by 

my friend Karen over at Dragonfly & Lily Pads

to take a chance on her and her idea.

She was going to get an event started for us Mid West Bloggers.

If you know anything about blogger meet ups they tend to be to out EAST or out WEST.

Not a lot of choices for us IN THE MIDDLE.

It means air travel and time away from family.

I have never been to a conference YET...I just didn't have the TIME..or the MONEY to make a big trip for blogging happen.

But now I finally can.

This event is part of a Randolph Street Market.

It is America's Largest and Liveliest Urban Antique Market with over 300 vendors.

In other words...HEAVEN! 

I get to do a DIY segment on Saturday Afternoon.

My KIDS get to come with me!

They get to be a part of what I do.

How great is that.

If you are a blogger in the MID WEST...this is a great opportunity to meet other bloggers and network.

Be sure to check out the LINK to the Event HERE

Or even if you are Local in the area, come out and say "HI" 

I would love to see some of my readers in REAL LIFE!

 So that's all for now!

I would love if you shared the event and

told your friends. 

We are a bunch of small bloggers with BIG dreams!

We would love to share that dream with you!
Until Next time;

Go make some ones day BEAUTIFUL!