Another coffee table makeover

Hello !  ( is it me you're looking for ? )

Ok before I type up this post - I have to tell you this -

I had this piece of hair ( bangs? ) that kept getting in my eyes all day - and I kept blowing it out of the way - finally I tried to clip it all back - but this hair kept falling into my eye - it was just a strand - just one single piece of hair - but it wasn't growing out of the top of my head.
IT WAS GROWING OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF MY FOREHEAD - WTH???????????
It's happening - I'm becoming a witch - just waiting for a wart to sprout out on my nose..............

Here we go -
which wicked witch made a coffee table switch

This table is huge - think dining room table with short legs ...............seating for 8 easily

Perfect spot for a cauldron actually ( but alas it's not mine )

After cleaning it with TPS - this lady took 3 coats of paint

after 3 coats and finito !

a little sanding here

and there

 LOVE the " pitting " that was already on the table top

It now looks like the paint has worn off after many many decades of cleaning - updated but keeping the look of an older piece ( which it is NOT by the way  - this is clearly a reproduction piece )

Annie Sloan chalk paint - old white - 3 coats
Annie Sloan clear wax

And not only is it hard to get rid of things that I do - it's now getting hard to give things back things that don't even belong to me !!!!!!!!
It's far too big for this place and yet ...................
I want it LOL

Have a good day my pretties -
I've got some serious plucking to do

Much love

p.s.

If I have to become a witch - I want to be her

not the one below ( sorry - most of you won't know this particular witch - but she's the premier of my province AND I don't like her OR her politics - which are so divisive that she has neighbors hating neighbors - family members arguing with family members - communities distancing themselves with communities.
People screaming at people on the streets to PARLE FRANCAIS - people screaming back - THIS IS CANADA - I'LL SPEAK ENGLISH IF I WANT - awful - really just an awful time in this province's history and very very heartbreaking to be a witness to it all.  Civic unrest is in the air.  People that once switched back and forth from either language now stubbornly refuse to speak the other.  It's like a modern day West Side Story - except without the choreography.
I know you have your problems in the States - but really - I'd take yours any day of the week over what's happening here right now.  We have an election in a couple of weeks - and though she's trying to make this a secular state ( no religious symbols allowed to be worn by government employees AND hoping employers will ban it in the private sectors too ) I can guarantee you there will be a LOT OF PRAYING going on for the next week or so - one big fat hell of a lot - that she's voted out of power.
She's the head of a Separatist party - hell bent on removing Quebec from Canada.
If people can't speak French it's their problem.
If people can't speak English it's their problem.
If people want to wear a cross - or a scarf - or a kippah it shouldn't be any of the governments
business.
Other then the garb that covers the complete body and face - for safety purposes - I could care less what people wear or believe.
It's a different world now - something a lot of people have a very difficult time with - but until we learn to embrace the new way - we are hell bent to live one miserable existance.
I don't see such a difference in a government that MAKES people wear religious symbols - and a government that MAKES them take it off.
You can't - you simply cannot - leglislate RESPECT - you have to earn it Madame -
Ask Putin .........................

I may or may not be arrested for calling her a witch in English instead of French - so this next sentence is for her

MADAME MAROIS - VOUS ETES UNE SORCIERE  (by law - all French words have to be larger than English words - think I'm joking?  )

I'm counting on all of you guys bailing me out - if and when I'm arrested for this  ( think I'm joking? )

In the meantime - I'm working on a musical - entitled, what else?
QUEBEC - THE MUSICAL..............
I wonder if these guys are still available?

And if I have any Separatists that follow me - and who may be offended by this - well you can simply
SEPARATE from my blog - no referendum required to do so.

Please keep in mind this is not about French People - or English People - this is about a government and the percentage of people who voted them in.  The French and English - for the most part - get along incredibly well - there are many many French people in my world whom I love dearly -
The Government?
Not so much
xoxo

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A day in the life.......................

of a furniture painter.................

1) Search all the sites that sell furniture - 

search

sərCH/

verb

1. 1.

   try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly.

2) Negotiate a price ( haggle ) 

ne·go·ti·ate

nəˈgōSHēˌāt/

verb

1. 1.

   try to reach an agreement or compromise by discussion with others.

3) Maneuver your way across the city to pick it up

ma·neu·ver

məˈno͞ovər/

noun

1. 1.

   a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.

   "spectacular jumps and other daring maneuvers"

4) Load the piece into the van

load

lōd/

noun

1. 1.

   a heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried.

5)  Maneuver your way back to your destination 

( see number 3 ) 

6)  Unload the piece

( see number 4 ) 

7)  Sand if necessary - fill if necessary - fix broken 

drawers, scrape, etc................repair repair repair

re·pair¹

riˈpe(ə)r/

verb

1. 1.

   fix or mend (a thing suffering from damage or a fault).

1. 
   

8)  Sanitize the entire piece - 

san·i·tize

ˈsaniˌtīz/

verb

1. 1.

   make clean and hygienic.

9) Purchase ( EXPENSIVE ) paints - waxes

pur·chase

ˈpərCHəs/

verb acquire (something) by paying for it; buy.

1.   

   

   

   
   
   

10)  Paint the piece 

paint

pānt/

noun

1. 1.

   a colored substance that is spread over a surface and dries to leave a thin decorative or protective
2.  coating.

11)  Distress - (or antique - or color wash - or add 

graphic or stencil 2 or 3 of these techniques may be 

applied to 1 piece of furniture )

1. dis·tress

   disˈtres/

   noun

   1. .
   2. give (furniture, leather, or clothing) simulated marks of age and wear.

      "the manner in which leather jackets are industrially distressed"
   3. 
      

   

   
   

   

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2. 
3. 12)  Finish the piece using a substance - e.g. a sheer coating or wax - if using wax the final step is actually buffing

buff¹

bəf/

verb

gerund or present participle: buffing

MY MEANING OF BUFFING

To rub a surface until your arm is ready to fall off - object

should be finished when the sweat dripping into your

eyes no longer allows you to see object.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST - HAVING THE EXPERIENCE AND THE KNOW HOW TO IMAGINE THAT THIS

CAN BE TRANSFORMED TO THIS

2. ALL TO HAVE SOMEONE CONTACT YOU & ASK - 

"CAN YOU COME DOWN IN PRICE ? - YOU ONLY 

PAINTED IT AFTER ALL "

NOT that I'm complaining ( and I'm really not - I love what I do ) 

Which is only painting ( after all ) lol


Have a wonderful weekend everyone - 
Much love,

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To distress or not to distress...................

As you know furniture talks to me ( sometimes it sends me mixed messages - and I have to start all over again - other times it's clear as a bell - right from the beginning )

There are pieces I do where distressing would take away from the beauty of the piece - and so they are left as is such as this one ( HERE ) instead of distressing I did a " driftwood " finish on top using wax and left the body clean

Some pieces are content with just a quick white wash ( super easy white wash HERE )

or dark wax for a quick " antiqued dirty look " HERE

And then some pieces ask for distressing ( " cheating " distressing HERE )

and every now and then one whispers  "please, go all the way " ( HERE )

But the piece I'm working on right now?

It was begging for just a little distressing around the corners and details - and to precisely do that I used my sander and tilted it to an angle that would only " outline " the edges................
Of course you can do it by hand - but this took seconds for each drawer ( as opposed to precious minutes LOL )

There's something particularly beautiful with ASCP Graphite and small bits of wood peaking through -
the old worn look is so Restoration Hardware ( ish )  -

it's not even waxed yet and you can see how this looks so naturally aged, right?

and the great thing about this is that IF you decide you DON'T like the distressed look - it's simply a quick coat around the corners and it's removed in minutes.  I think a lot of people are afraid when painting furniture - but there's nothing you can't fix - absolutely nothing :)

oh oh - it would appear electrical sanders speak to me too - I can hear it yelling from downstairs -
" hurry up will ya - come finish this piece already "

I'm coming - I'm coming !!!
Sorry have to sign off now - these things are very temperamental :)

( I had to google temperamental - spell check kept correcting me - who else thought it was spelled
TEMPERMENTAL LMHO??????????????

I hate spell check - it's removed another false belief I had in myself..................

Much live leve luve LOVE,

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