I'm thinking of a color.........Campaign table anyone????

 Here is my new little feral friend that has been keeping me company while I'm

 out in the garage at night working. His mama brought him around a few months ago for grub. He used to have 3 other siblings. After a few weeks, this is all that's left. ;(  

 My house is surrounded by the highway, hills and lots of coyotes, owls, etc....  Tough life for feral cats. I've tried to catch him, but he's pretty quick. Then it takes me weeks to earn his trust back so that I can barely touch him again.  He's a cute little guy. 

Here is the latest project. A Campaign side table....with a horrendous paint job. 

I'm figuring maybe the three blind mice and Helen Keller were in on this.

 Notice the paint over the brass

accents. I mean seriously??And the handles too. You're too lazy to take out two screws?? 

I used my best stripper...soy gel. Totally no-toxic and cleans up with water. 

 Look at how this just peels right up after 30 mins!! I usually hate stripping furniture, so I rarely buy pieces that are already painted.  But this went fairly quickly.

So, here is the nice African Mahogany veneer after stripping. The drawers were easy but the 

top took a little more work. I hit it with the 80, 150 and 220 grit sandpaper on the sander. 

And this is what I ended up with all sanded. Complete raw wood! If it had been solid, I 

might have left it. But it was all veneer and nothing to leave Earth for.  

So what color????? Hmmmmmmm

    I thought about black. And I know white would sell. But I hate painting with white. 

Soooo boring. 

 Emerald Green???? I used this on another piece and it looked great. I left the legs and drawer fronts because I just think having some of that great wood as a contrast looks good.  If the green doesn't work out, I can always paint over it with black or red or any other dark color.  

                    Whatcha think????  

Empire in Peacock

I picked up this cool empire style dresser in tiger oak and it sat around until I figured out what

to do with it. It barely hits me at my hip. Were people super small 100 years ago or what??

This is a perfect piece for a little person. 

 The wood wasn't in the best condition and I ended up replacing one of the drawer bottoms. Plus, the top is not solid. It's a veneer tiger oak. (Did you know that tiger oak and quarter-sawn is the same?)

Anyhoo, Since it's so low, I thought about doing a cool peacock mosaic on top. I must have a 

bazillion mosaic tiles in every color. 

I used two of my favorite colors of milk paint; peacock and the wonderful turquoise color (labeled as cobalt) from the Real Milk Paint Co. 

I am partial to their paint because it mixes so easily and the colors are beautiful. 

I've tried another make, and I found it to clump way too much. 

I layered on the turquoise first and then painted over that with the peacock. 

Sanding just melds them all together.  And of course the tung-oil just makes the colors

pop! 

Look at how the beautiful the "tiger" shows through! 

Here's a cool close-up of the detail in the corner. I love how milk paint accents the wood.

I thought about replacing the knobs but just painted the originals instead. 

Obviously the far right is the finished one! Tung-oil makes it shine!

Had to stage it with my peacock photograph!

Linking up at my fave parties!! :

Kammys Korner - Trash to Treasure Tuesdays

Domestically Speaking - The Power of Paint Party

The Shabby Creek Cottage - Transformation Thursday

Miss Mustardseed - Furniture Feature Friday

Redoux - Friday Link Up Party

Homespun Happenings - Rustic Restorations Weekend

Funky Junk Interiors - Saturday Night Special

1929 Charmer - Sunday's Best Party

Knick of Time Interiors - Knick of Time Tuesday

Elizabeth and Co., My uncommon Slice of Suburbia,

Savvy Southern Style. Weds, Beyond the Picket Fence, PJH Designs

From my Front Porch to Yours,  The 36th Avenue,

Between Naps on the Porch
                                                   The Dedicated House,-Mon
                                         Redoux

Do-Over....

Been working like my hair's on fire. Just a quick little post to show a re-paint of this solid maple side table.  I guess people aren't into peacocks ;)   It sat in my space for a very long time.

So.....Sanded this puppy down and applied a navy latex semi gloss w/gold dipped legs and a new knob

D-U-N

Lucilles BBQ has my stuff!!!

A few weeks ago I got a call from a woman who wanted to take a look at my "stuff"!

She had seen my blue buffet (below) on Craigslist and wondered if I had similar items. 

After inquiring why she wanted so many items, she advised me that she was decorating 

a restaurant.  Which one? Well, it would seem that Lucilles BBQ is opening up a new

one in Las Vegas, inside the Red Rock Casino!!!! There just happens to be one 5 miles from 
my house, so I know my things are going to a great place with very good food!!
Since their theme is "Old Time Southern, many of my items fit right in!

She very much liked my work and went on a purchasing spree!! 

          She liked my blue buffet and my red milk paint dresser, that I have not been able to sell                                         for over a year!!

I picked up a few other things on CL, sent her a pic, and she liked those as well. 

This tiger oak buffet got the ok.....no painting tho...which was good because this baby is in

beautiful condition.  100 yrs old and somebody took care of this! All I did was strip the top,

match the color and re-polied!!

just a tad dusty! 

My next buffet was in horrible shape. Can you say, "100 years of grease and grime???"

                            Now it came with a black marble top and a mirror......see below......However,

my customer didn't want either top. And where she was going to place it in the restaurant, would require it being painted purple!! Hooray! I've never gotten to paint anything purple! I love it.

 I made up my own chalk paint with 3 different shades of the most gorgeous shades of purple by Behr. "Mozart" was the name of one of them and the one I used on the outside.

I love this color. I wish I could paint something in my house this color. Such a happy shade!!

   I painted over the hardware, lightly sanded and then used some gold rub n'buff to highlight.

 Lightly sanded and buffed with a natural wax from "Briwax". 

The customer said she found a different top. I thought a piece of carrara marble would be fab! 

The customer brought over a buffet that she had found. She said that this was going in the window and that the back would be visible. Would I be able to paint it and add a stencil??? 

Sure I would!!

 Forgive the blotchiness. It's the lighting. I used a satin paint. I even sanded and put a coat over the top.

So if you happen on into Lucille's in Vegas and see my stuff, you can say to yourself,,,
 "I know who did that!!!!"

Linking up at my fave parties!! :

Kammys Korner - Trash to Treasure Tuesdays

Domestically Speaking - The Power of Paint Party

The Shabby Creek Cottage - Transformation Thursday

Miss Mustardseed - Furniture Feature Friday

Redoux - Friday Link Up Party

Homespun Happenings - Rustic Restorations Weekend

Funky Junk Interiors - Saturday Night Special

1929 Charmer - Sunday's Best Party

Knick of Time Interiors - Knick of Time Tuesday

Elizabeth and Co., My uncommon Slice of Suburbia,

Savvy Southern Style. Weds, Beyond the Picket Fence, PJH Designs

From my Front Porch to Yours,  The 36th Avenue,

Between Naps on the Porch
                                                   The Dedicated House,-Mon
                                         Redoux

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Little dresser with owl knobs.....and a surprise waiting behind the drawer!!!

I picked up this cute little guy cuz I missed doing the old antique stuff!

I love working on the old wood! Thought I would do my stained flower thing on this one.

But Lord have mercy!! One never knows what one is going to find when removing the drawers!! 

           38D anyone?????  Dang. Not my size.  sigh..........

I used various shades of stain. I just kind of wing it as I go. Sealed with a semi-gloss. 

 I layered some yellow underneath. Custom color chalk paint in a tealy-bluish. lol

Love these little owl knobs!

Linking up at my fave parties!! :

Kammys Korner - Trash to Treasure Tuesdays

Domestically Speaking - The Power of Paint Party

The Shabby Creek Cottage - Transformation Thursday

Miss Mustardseed - Furniture Feature Friday

Redoux - Friday Link Up Party

Homespun Happenings - Rustic Restorations Weekend

Funky Junk Interiors - Saturday Night Special

1929 Charmer - Sunday's Best Party

Knick of Time Interiors - Knick of Time Tuesday

Elizabeth and Co., My uncommon Slice of Suburbia,

Savvy Southern Style. Weds, Beyond the Picket Fence, PJH Designs

From my Front Porch to Yours,  The 36th Avenue,

Between Naps on the Porch
                                                   The Dedicated House,-Mon
                                         Redoux

MCM with custom hairpin legs!

I picked up this piece for a good price, sans legs! Which is fine. I have been wanting

to order some hairpin legs and attach those to the right piece. 

 Looks pretty rough right?? Don't be afraid to pick up a piece that looks like this. Wood is so forgiving!

(Sometimes!) Although these are usually veneered, if the damage isn't too deep, you can sand it right off! 

Take a peek at the after! 

I was going to paint it. But the wood really turned out nice. Then I thought I would just paint the drawers. But they really turned out nice! Well I had to paint something! So I did the turquoise

on the insets, but it wasn't enough. So, I though I would try some graphic lines. Done! 

Frog tape! 

I did graduating grits for sanding, conditioned it prior to staining, used "Kona" to stain, another fine sanding, and then a semi-gloss sealer from "Deft". Used steel wool on that, and then a second coat! 

Look at how rich this walnut is!! I just love it with turquoise or orange. Plus it fits the era. 

I realize not everyone is into mid century modern. It's different. But I like to do all kinds of 

furniture. This is a complete 180 from the antique buffet I just did in milk paint. Two 

completely different techniques as well. But that's what I like. Variation.  And just like people, there

is a piece of furniture for everyone's liking!