BROKEN TABLE and Old Cabinet door turned WINE BAR.

 Welcome back my Beauties. 
I have a fun little makeover today.
Come see how I rescued this old broken table and turned it into a Beautiful Wine Bar.

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 One day while I was at the thrift store they were carrying this table out off the floor.

I asked if they were selling it and they said "yeah, but the top broke"

I asked how much they were going to charge and they said a couple bucks.

I grabbed that sucker and stuck it in my cart. 

I instantly knew what I would use to fix it.

 

I went right out to my shed and grabbed this old cabinet door I had been saving.

It was the perfect fit. 

I quick gave it a light sanding and starting working on my project.

 

I grabbed some old hardware that I had been saving and grabbed my valspar copper spray paint and gave them a couple coats of copper spray paint and started working on the other parts of my project.

 

Next I grabbed my General Finishes Driftwood Milk paint and started painting the cabinet door.

 

Once it was dry I grabbed my Americana Gel stain in walnut and gave it an antique finish by wiping on and wiping off the stain.  

 

Once it was all painted I used my Black and Decker drill to drill some holes and add my hardware to cabinet door so it could be used as a serving tray for the drinks.

Once the handles were on the wine bar was ready.

The old door sits perfectly on top of the old base.

Perfect for serving and entertaining this holiday season.

I hope you enjoyed this latest makeover.

I was so happy to be able to save this old base by salvaging an old door that I had in my 

scrap pile.

Until next time.

Have a Beautiful day!

Beat up BUFFET turned Mint and Gold BEAUTY

Good Morning my Beauties.

I am super excited to show you the latest makeover.

I have been working on lots and lots of pieces but when I got this piece 

I couldn't wait to start on it, and even more so; show you guys the makeover!

 

 This is how it began. I went to my local thrift shop and they had just put out this beauty.

Now I know others wouldn't see the Beauty in her, but  could!!

 She wasn't much to look at at first but I could see beyond the beat up exterior and years of use and abuse.

I got to work stripping the top but it ended up taking the BIG GUNS to get it done!

Yup, you guessed it; The BELT sander!

The years of old paint wouldn't strip off so the sander had to get it done.

I got the rest of the paint stripped off the top and prepped her for stain.

 I used a nice dark Provincial for the top and got the base ready for painting.

As much as I loved the old pulls, they were not all there.

So I had to improvise.

I got started filling the old holes and then got to painting.

Once that was ready I pulled out my paint.

My Faux Real Mineral paint in Brava.

The perfect color for my Beauty.

I started to work on her.

I was so excited how much she was transforming already.

When she was dry I distressed, waxed and buffed her and then had to work out what I was going to do for the hardware.

 

 I found some old vintage pulls from an old project and pulled off the back circular plate that is usually behind them.

I sprayed them with one of my favorite gold spray paints and let them dry.

Then it was time to install them.

I loved how the round pulls accentuated the rectangular shape of the whole piece.

Now I hope you can see why I was so excited to show you guys the transformation!

As usual I almost kept this for myself,

but I got it out of the garage as fast as I could in order to save myself from MYSELF...:)

I hope you enjoyed the latest makeover!

Until next time,

Go make someones day BEAUTIFUL!

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Rescued Cabinet DIVA RED Makeover

Hello again my BEAUTIES!

Its Themed Furniture Makeover day here

with the DIY furniture girls.

This months Theme was RED, and did I have the PERFECT piece for it!


 (I even used some of the left over RED on a fun little craft you can see HERE)

 I rescued this sweet little cabinet and I knew that after everything that this

cabinet must have been through that it deserved to be

DIVA RED!

You can see from the top, she had a bit of a rough life

Someone had a good time grooving graphiti into her.

I used stripper twice on the top to get some of the old finish off,

but even after that she required the BELT SANDER.

I had to take it down pretty good to get all of the gouges out

but I knew she would be worth it.

 Here is the top after being belt sanded.

 and here it is with a nice rich coat of Provincial on the top.

I had already premixed up my custom DIVA RED and loved the dark wood with the red.

While the top was drying I painted the red on the base.

 After the base had been painted and waxed and buffed I knew she needed some

jewelry besides her knew shiny knobs.

So I pulled out a damask stencil I had and used a vintage silver colored craft paint to add the

detail. I made sure to wrap around to the top and side for added effect.

 I think you will agree, it made all the difference 

and she is INDEED a DIVA now!

As I was typing this up I realized how great this piece would be for a vanity

sink in a bathroom. 

I am so sad that we are redoing our small half bath by the laundry room

but this is too wide to fit in there.

 I love the total transformation of this piece!

She truly went from Dumpster to DIVA!

An InLinkz Link-up


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 http://www.notjustahousewife.net/2015/01/best-diy-project-of-the-year-contest.html

Rescued "HOME" Mud room bench Makeover

Good Morning my BEAUTIES! 

at least I hope it is for you! :)

I my friends am MAJORLY crabby.

The weather here seems to be a broken record...we are stuck on SNOW and hitting, if you can imagine record breaking numbers for snow fall. 

You know its bad when you start to see Gravel trucks with double trailers

having to MOVE snow out of town. (yes.....there is no longer anywhere to put the snow in parking lots or edges of roads. )

So if you can imagine all we are getting to see here in Michigan is lots and LOTS of white...and gray....and blah...(now you know why I am so crabby..LOL :)

So this has taken a huge impact not only on my PAINTINGS...but also the furniture I have been painting...NO WHITE for me!! I NEED COLOR!

I had this old bench sitting in my garage...It was a save from a friend..(the "come get this outta my garage before I throw it away" kinda save)

As you can see, It was a SARCASTICALLY gorgeous BROWN.. :)

Well that didn't take but a few minutes to change...I 

grabbed American Paint Company's Peacock Blue

and slapped on a couple coats.

I think it looks better already.....don't you?

Then it sat....and sat....and sat...One of the side effects of lots of snow and cold..

is things need to be done inside...Even with my furnace running I couldn't get the garage

to stay heated...So it sat...IN MY DEN...along with about 10 paintings I had just done...

I was so busy painting pictures, that I just couldn't decide WHAT I wanted to put on this bench.

I had thrown around funny phrases and ideas..but I wasn't feeling it..

Then inspiration STRUCK!!

Now me and my STATE are not exactly on speaking terms right now...

I mean..most of us here and pretty much DONE with winter...

but the blue of this bench had me dreaming of the BLUE BLUE lakes 

along the shores of MICHIGAN...the beautiful beaches..the sand dunes..the campfires of

the SUMMER....and I remembered why it is that we do love it here.

for all the heck we are put through in the winter...we do get our pay backs in the summer.

So I decided the perfect thing for the top of this bench was to make a vinyl stencil 

that said "HOME".

I used my silhouette to cut out the letters and use our MITTEN state for the O.

I used a pale white acrylic paint to put it on and when it was dry I distressed and waxed the whole thing and buffed it. 

Quite the transformation...

and then it was time to bring it to the booth.

Along with all the paintings I have been working on..

like my "WHIMSY  TREE OF LIFE"

I brought it into my booth..with all the other COLORFUL stuff

I have been loading it up with...

Plus I think she looks pretty good with my COVENTINA sitting above her

at the booth. :)

 So hopefully my BEAUTIES...by the time you guys read this..I will wake up to SUN

and blue skies...(but I won't hold my breath..or else I will be the same color blue as this bench)

:)

I promise to at least TRY not to be crabby about the weather...(I am crossing my fingers...)

So until next time...

Have a BEAUTIFUL day...

(and if you happen to have any extra SUN or WARM weather....please send it to Michigan..

You have no idea how many of us would be GRATEFUL)

HUGS,

Karin