DIY VINTAGE BRICK WALL DECOR -QUARANTINE CRAFT EDITION

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Well, Welcome back my Beauties!
How the heck have you been?

I have been keeping busy and trying to be somewhat productive during quarantine, but some days I am more productive than others.

Actually, seems like some MONTHS I am more productive than others :)

If you remember it took me quite a while into quarantine to really start accomplishing any real projects.

You can see my DIY Mountain Wall Mural 

and read all about that lack of motivation there.

But once I did that I slowly started to work on more things.

I did a piece of furniture for my booth for when we can reopen and

I started working on smalls.

While I was working on those I started wondering what I could do with my old Vintage Brick artwork I had made

seen below.

We had changed up our Den and I had taken the dark brick wall art that I had made down.

I made them from Brick Paneling and stencils to look similar to my art studio that you can see below.

Play room turned ART STUDIO HERE ---> ART STUDIO

But I wanted to change out the dark brick on the artwork

before I added my transfers.

So I grabbed my General Finishes Seagull Gray Milk Paint

and covered up the old stencil art and lightened the brick.

When it was dry I decided on which transfer I wanted to use.

I picked the Vintage Seed transfer by Redesign with Prima .

I cut out which one I wanted and placed it on the brick.

I followed the instruction and rubbed on the transfer.

After I rubbed it on I lightly sanded it to distress it and the brick.

To seal it I used my Spar Urethane to seal it.

When it was dry I put the frame back on and now its ready for the booth when we open.

I just love the vintage advertisements and how easy it was to do this project.

Now I am trying to figure out what else I can put my transfers on.

I hope you enjoyed this quick little craft DIY and that you are all staying healthy! 

Until next time,

Stay Safe,

Stay Healthy,

and have a Beautiful day! 

Classic Campaign Dresser Makeover

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Welcome back my Beauties.

I am back with another makeover.

I am happy to say that this one just sold so I figured I should 

write it up before I forgot about it.

I picked up this classic style Campaign dresser at Goodwill 

for a great price and couldn't say no.

It was a beast and just needed a little love.

From the front it looks great but the sides and the top had big scratches and missing stain. 

I decided since the drawer fronts were in great condition I would keep those "as is" and just work on the base of the dresser.

I took out all the drawers and sanded down the base.

I wiped it all down and got to work.

The hardware also needed some TLC.

It had these weird blotches where the finish had worn off so I decided to remove those as well and fix them up.

I gently removed the corner brackets and the hardware and scrubbed them down. Then I gave a quick shot of some Rustoleum Metallic gold spray paint. 

While the hardware was drying I could get to work on the base of the dresser.

I decided to go with General Finishes Driftwood Milk paint since it played off the gold brown of the drawer fronts.

I gave it two coats. 

While it was drying I put the dried hardware back on the drawers.

Once the whole thing was dry, I could put the corner brackets back on as well.

Look how much better that hardware looks!

I love these kinds of pieces that don't need a ton of work to give them a fresh new update.

I am also happy to know that it's enjoying its new life in someone's home. 

That's all for me, for now.

I hope you enjoyed this makeover!
Have a Beautiful day! 

Vintage Gossip Bench given a sweet and simple makeover

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Welcome back my Beauties!

I hope the New Year finds you well.

Its hard to believe its almost the middle of January already.

(I never say that, normally January feels about 120 days long)

But I have been busy and that seems to make the days go faster.

I worked on this makeover before Christmas but just now am getting around to posting about it.

I have about 20 more of those kinds of posts too.

Funny how time gets away from you.

But anyway, lets get on with the makeover.

I was strolling through the thrift shop one day when I saw this cute little gossip bench.

Now it was covered in dust and dirt but the shape of it was just too cute to pass up. 

So I dragged it up to the cashier and loaded it in my car.

I had no idea what I wanted to do with it yet,

but figured inspiration would strike once I got it home.

And it did!

I had been wanting to try out General Finishes Milk Paints new color "Ballet Pink" and figured this was as good as any project.

It would keep that girly feel but not overly girly.

To give it a fun little punch I used my thrifted striped fabric that I had used on my Paul Mccobb MCM chairs HERE

You can see it looks better already just with the fabric change.

I made sure I sanded down the bench really well to get off any residues that might be on it, and then used a warm rag to wipe it all down and let it dry before painting.

Then when she was ready I gave her two coats of the Ballet Pink paint.

And here she is all back together again and looking as pretty as can be!

I  love how it played with the fun little details on the back of the bench and how the fabric kept it more updated and the pale pink paint kept it feeling vintage.

I hope you enjoyed this makeover.

Hopefully It won't be as long until the next makeover,

but then again you know I will probably get busy or distracted again.

That is something you can always count on. :)

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!