MCM Desk

Still on the mid-century craze, I picked up this desk set with a matching

chest of drawers (which I did in different colors). 

Not really a whole lot to it! It is solid wood and the drawers are made of cedar.

                    I must have looked at this for a month before I decided what to do with it.

Here's what the matching chest looks like. An aqua ombre. 

Just a couple of "smalls" I made for my space. 

reclaimed wood from my vintage fruit crates. Love the termite damage!

Kent Coffey find!

I scored this mid century nugget when a friend of mine was browsing through 

The Salvation Army.  She sent me a pic showing the name on the inside of the 

drawer. I couldn't call her back fast enough telling her to "GRAB IT!!" 

Who donates a Kent Coffey???!!! Thank you whomever!
Look at the cute little acorn hardware, which polished up quite nicely!! Use a fine steel wool and a good polish.

I gave the top a coat of aqua chalk paint with a celery green accent in the quatrefoil pattern.
I also kept the factory black paint by lightly sanding and then giving it a few coats of my
homemade black chalk paint. (I used 'Gliddens' in Onyx). 

      Ended up making my own stencil. I printed it out on contact paper and used an exacto knife.
                          Not exactly a 10 on my fun-O-meter, but I managed to finish it! 

                Solid mahogany drawers in pristine condition! Just a little tung oil to liven them up.

Reclaimed Wood "Herringbone" Ceiling room finally has furniture!!

So those of you who recall the reclaimed wood herringbone

 ceiling  project  (HERE)

that we did a few months ago, FINALLY can see the whole room with my

reupholstered furniture! 

Only took 7 weeks to get my stuff back!!

 I seriously need to get a pro-photographer. The pictures look so flat! 

 But this will have to do for now.

I'm not keeping the white chair in the corner. I will look for something different. 

But the Ikat fabric chair is one of my re-dos!! 

Vintage Pieces in varying colors!

I scored about 4 vintage dressers from the '60's. 

All solid wood and in pretty good shape. I tried some different colors

this time and this is what I ended up with~ (Pardon my garage staging!! I am out of room!!!)

This guy is made from solid Elm! Have never seen elm before. So I sanded off the old stain and 

found this gorgeous solid wood top! I think I put a light shade of walnut on it and used tung oil 

to finish it off.  Did a custom mix of my own chalk paint in different shades of blues.....Something different! 

                        Found some mother of pearl knobs from HL and used those on the left drawers.

Next one is a MCM dresser. Same thing. Sanded off the ick, redid the walnut fronts and top. 

 This one I used an oil base glossy white paint. About 4 coats! It's hard as nails when it dries!! Gave it some racing stripes for something different.  

Ok...and #3 is a different looking vintage dresser in Coral!! 

I had this oops paint for over a year and made some chalk paint with it. 

 Mod podged some frabic on the inner drawer fronts

 I used a darker shade of coral on the inner door both for contrast and because I used 

every last drop of the other shade on the body!! 

Shhh....still have to wax the sides! I soooooo hate waxing...... 

ok....So there you have my vintage three!!! A little something for every taste!!!

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Asian Vibe

I haven't been posting very much lately, not because I haven't been doing anything,,,quite the 

opposite! Between the ceiling, the floor and scoring on 4 separate MCM pieces, I have been

the painting fool!! I swear, I'm in the middle of 5 different projects! 

I got this really cool Asian inspired chest a few months ago. I knew I wanted

a glossy latex and finally settled on an emerald green (BM Emerald Isle to be exact). 

                           The flash totally wipes out this color. It looks really flat in the photo! 

I used some yellow in certain spots because I wanted it to show through the green when I 

distressed some of the spots. 

I just stuck it in my bedroom area for now. I'm still deciding if I want to keep it or not. 

Ditto for the recycled glass table we made. 

Groovin'!!!!

I'm soooo loving doing these mid century pieces!! I don't know what it is about them!

I don't have them in my house and I'm not crazy about 60's decor (I grew up with

it for God's sake!). But I just like rehabbing these pieces. They're fun. Kinda like the '60's! 

     These are nice and solid pieces they made back in the day. This one used to house a TV. How very

                     cool this must have looked! Love the tambour doors which were quite the rage back then.  

     I sanded the old coating off to reveal the natural wood veneer. Sanded smooth again. Then I applied

    a dark walnut stain to the areas I wasn't painting. (Yes I did sand that door,,,by hand,,,one groove at

    a time.....sigh)  I use a wood Seal Coat by Zinsser. It's a shellac base non wax formula. I swear by it.

     Look at how smooth it came out.  When you use the wood sealer, it's like painting on ice. The paint 

 goes on better and doesn't get absorbed into the wood. So if somewhere down the line, someone 

     wants to restore this, they can without having to hog down the wood.  Use the wood sealer before

you paint your mahogany. Stops the tannins from bleeding through. 

 I thought about covering the bottom in glass mosaic tile, but I don't think it would make much difference in the price. And that would have been hours of extra work. So I found some extra fabric, and adhered it to a piece  of luan.  Voila! 

 Goes great with my mosaic mirror I made eons ago.  I think I'll sell that too! 

Groovy man!