Miss Isobel

Miss Isobel may be a vintage reproduction, but she is all french!

I generally get so excited to start something that I take really bad before pics.  Clearly I've pulled the drawers out and started taking the hardware off when I realized I should snap a picture.  But this is pretty standard 70s-ish awesomeness, check out that gold!!

I decided I would go back to my "roots" and use chalk paint on this one.  Mostly because the top is that crazy high gloss finish and I didn't want to experiment with milk paint and make myself totally crazy.

Off I went...

This is just one coat, but it covers pretty well, can't even see that gold anymore!

And a 2nd coat and it's completely transformed!  I did end up doing 3 coats total and a few touch ups.  I really only wanted minimal distressing on the edges.  I also decided where that once gold detailing was needed some attention.  Since I was doing the drawers in white, I wanted those areas to pop in white as well.

Just a quick tip....after trying to use a kid's paint brush with major error...think trying to stay inside the lines using your non-dominant hand with your eyes closed.  I discovered a Q-tip fit perfectly and my stress decreased 100 fold :) 

Love the contrast between the slate grey and creamy white drawers.  I did paint the hardware too, just one quick coat of the grey. 

Isobel is now down at Persnickety's, go check her out!!

She really is so pretty, and all her drawers glide like butter!!

Isobel has a sister, a long 6 drawer french inspired dresser that I will be working on soon.

Stay tuned!!

~Denniel



table redo part duex

So I've actually redone this table before but sadly I don't have any "original" before pics.  It's a great table but it just seemed kinda sad sitting in the shop not getting the love it deserves.  A few weeks ago Mandi and I kept walking past it and talking about maybe painting it again. 

 Right away my brain hit overdrive thinking about all the different color combos I could paint on said table.  Mandi suggested white, I had just finished a 2 tiered table in white and didn't really wanna go there again.  Then my sis in law also suggested white and I reluctantly caved.

  I pulled out my trusty sander and started to get to work....about 10 minutes in the little sander that could, just couldn't anymore. Poop!! Now what? Being that I am "frugal" I knew there wasn't any kind of budget for a new one.  Luckily I have pretty great friends and one that would let me borrow her sander.  So sand away the clear poly on the top and existing sage green paint I did! 

 Then I pulled out my batch of creamy white chalk paint and put 2 coats on.  On the top I did 2 coats of dark mahogany stain and sealed the whole thing with wax....after some light distressing of course.  Now I sorry I ever doubted the white suggestion.  This is another piece that I would gladly keep for myself :). But I guess I'll take it back to the shop and wait for it to find a good home!

This is 1 coat of paint and 1 coat of stain, big improvement, but not quite done.

Almost done!  Needs some distressing and a clear coat of wax!

Tada!  All done and in the shop now!!

On a personal note my laptop is in varying stages of dysfunction so I am learning the ropes of blogger on my phone.  Hang in there with me if you dare :)