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Vintage Turquoise Desk- Shabby Chic Meets Industrial – Sold

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On a recent “shopping for treasures” outing, I came across  this fantastic metal, vintage desk. It grabbed my attention because I adore most vintage, industrial things.

Since I failed to snap a photo, let me just tell you what it looked like before the transformation. This circa 1960′s desk was solid and well made, all drawers glided smoothly and the top was in pristine condition, however, the finish was a problem for me. It had several chipped layers of paint, from the original grayish, green color, to orange and cream. I, myself, have an affinity for orange but I was not going to go back with that color for the entire desk. It would look like a giant tangerine! Soooooo, I decided to paint it my favorite turquoise color and then distress it to allow the other colors to peek through, see? best of everything.

I carefully taped and covered everything that was not to be painted. Sanded, sanded and sanded so the new paint would adhere nicely. Oh, and I used spray paint instead of brushing.

I even painted the inside and outside of the drawers a crisp white. (I like fresh).

See that wonderful orange peeking through?

LOVE IT!

What a hobby, I just love giving old things new life! Go make something extraordinary for yourself.

 

Shabby Chic “Anywhere” Cabinet – Sold

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Yep, it’s just ugly! Ugly-and-dated-and-ugly. It actually took me a while to do anything with this piece. I was ignoring it, hoping it would go away. At one point I was going to haul it to the goodwill. You know when you need to work on something, it helps to be in “the creative mood” and I just couldn’t get there with this cabinet.  I only picked it up at a sale because it was such a solid piece AND the price was right, that always helps. A few weeks back it clicked for me. I was feeling the love for this ugly old cabinet. I could finally see the real beauty inside. Here’s what I did to make it “focal point worthy”.

I wanted to add legs, because I like to add legs to most everything I refurbish. It really changes the look and feel of a piece of furniture. These “legs” are actually fence post toppers. I, (meaning my husband), attached a 2×4 “frame” underneath (sorry, no pic), so we would have something in which to screw in the new legs. Ahhhh, perfect!. Next I removed all the hardware, including the hinges. I don’t like painting around hinges; it does not make for excellent workmanship, besides, it only takes a few minutes to do it right and remove them.

Because this piece had shutter doors I dared not use a paint brush, What a mess, drips, drips and drips. No, it is best to use spray paint for shutter-door projects. I used Rust-Oleum Heritage White. After my neutral base coat, I brushed on a tea colored glaze to give it age and character. I also heavily distressed it with 100 grit sandpaper.

I gave this “anywhere” cabinet (because you can use it anywhere in the house see?) a new set of knobs and handles.

What a lovely transformation. :)

 

Average, Old and Rusty Tool Chest

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My love for refurbishing is not limited to furniture pieces only. I wanted to use my dads old, rusty tool chest for my paintbrushes, sandpaper, small stencils (and more) but NOT looking like this! It was way too plain-o and tool-like.

Just a little paint, some sanding and WOW! a new tool chest more to my liking!

Bling for the Bedroom – A Silver Nightstand – Sold

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What a fright! This little diamond-in-the-rough had seen better days. The previous owners “wallowed” a hole in the back, I assume, for a clock cord, or something else??? Anyway, it was solid mahogany and the shape was adorable so I snatched it up for my “bling” project.

After repairing the hole in back, I lightly sanded the entire piece. The finish on the drawer was “crazed” (covered with fine cracks) so I left that alone. You’ll see why in a sec. Now for the crazy part. I actually used Rustoleum Spray Paint in a CHROME color to paint the nightstand. It creates an elegant look without the expense and labor intensive process of applying silver leafing.

I really like how the crazing looks with the chrome paint.

A coat of MinWax Paste was applied as a protective finish.  Pretty sweet!