simply vintageous...by Suzan: Coco

Good morning everyone !!!

When I last left you with this dresser I showed you the headboard that went with it

Often - more often than not actually - I have no idea where I'm going with a piece of furniture until I sit down in front of it - I know it sounds ridiculous but furniture speaks to me ( I'm a furniture whisperer didn't you know )

Sometimes the direction it takes me in is not a direction I would have considered at all - the brush has a will of it's own almost - and when it comes face to face with a petulant headboard all hell can break loose, I swear ( by the moon and the stars in the sky )

in this case it wanted to have a little fun
I argued with it
I told it it was being silly
I told it I had a reputation at stake

but it insisted

what the hell was it thinking?
this has to be the ugliest headboard makeover I've ever seen
stupid thing - and I'm even stupider for listening to it in the first place.

John says - I like it - I really like it
( well isn't that just typical ? )
Suzan says - I hate it - I really hate it
John says - Leave it a day - see how you feel tomorrow

Today is tomorrow - I hate it more

John says - Why don't you list it with the dresser and see what happens
Suzan says- I CAN'T do it - it makes me sick
John says - Why do you have to get so dramatic over everything? For God's sakes - just list it - if it doesn't sell - change it
Suzan says - Can we say YOU did it?

But I just couldn't live with it - I ended up changing it when he went to bed - it's blotchy because the paint is drying............not because I tried to make it look like brushed suede LOL

Ok the reason I'm showing you this fiasco is this.
It's OK to make mistakes - ( especially with chalk paint - because it's so easy to sand off )
It would be nothing to even bring it back down to the wood with this paint - so don't be afraid to try!
AND do not listen to furniture - listen to your gut - them's golden words friends :)

Here it is dried - and ready to stand with it's partner - the dresser ( you can see the dresser HERE - who, by the way, was far more complacent..............)

Headboard says- Hey stop it - what are you doing?
Suzan says - Ah - shut up already...............

Sometimes a little tough love is in order.

Well not that tough I guess - I did add a little something something in the end.

And that's the story of Headboards Behaving Badly - stay tuned - the 2 spoiled little end tables are coming up next

Suzan says - OMG - I forgot to paint the finials for the top of the bed posts - where are they?
John says- WHAT the hell is a finial?
John says - WHERE do you come up with these words?

God love him

You can see this transformation

to this ( HERE ) still my favorite one

Have a great day all
Much love,

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Well the disorder continues - day after day - without any sign of abating whatsoever -

Is there medication for this?

I don't think there's any in Canada - but maybe you guys have something in the States

that can help me out? We could smuggle it in with a can of ASCP and no on would be the wiser..................

Ok on to today's post.

Remember this beauty?

And this is really where I sometimes get too smug and think I'm some kind of pro or something - the visions are flying around in my head and the excitement starts to build and I'm practically doing a happy dance all over the place. Who do I think I am? Really? I'm just a " Suzan "............and every now and then things happen to remind me of that.

I wanted to do a reverse stecilled table top on this - like I did with the Anne of Green Gables dresser - with different shades of grays -

In comes one tin of Martha Stewart oops paint - a beautiful charcoal gray - now keep in mind I really only at this point use ASCP - so.......................completely not thinking I paint the entire surface with this beautiful paint WITHOUT PRIMING OR SANDING - because that's something I so rarely have to do anymore.

doesn't the contrast against the white look pretty?

Next I painstakingly applied the floral stickers.......................

than painted over the entire surface with Paris Grey ( annie sloan )

then very very carefully peeled away the stickers to reveal this

and this

OMG - really Suzan?

Can you really be that stupid?

You betcha!

Suzan says - JOHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

John says - What now?

Suzan says - Before you come in - I'm warning you that if you shake your head and tell me " I told you so "

I'll completely break down into uncontrollable tears - DO NOT COME HERE UNTIL YOU PROMISE ME YOU'LL HELP ME OUT WITHOUT A SCENE

John says - I think you're overreacting ( but he can sense my despair and very kindly says ) anything can be fixed ( which is NOT his typical response btw )

Suzan says - Ok come in - you're simply the best you know - I don't know what I would

John interrupts - What the hell happened here?

Suzan says - I didn't prime the table so the paint didn't take

John says - Well I don't understand - why would you skip such a crucial step?

Suzan says - I messed up - it happens you know - I'm not perfect

John says - Why the hell do you always have to go one step too far anyway - what's with the flowers - if I've told you once I've told

Suzan interrupts - YOU MADE A PROMISE - ok get out - with my finger pointing out of the room -

John says - You know you're getting an artist's temperment, you know that right?

Suzan says - I'm NOT an artist, I'm just a " Suzan "
John says - ok - what do you want me to do?

Suzan says - Could you sand the entire surface down for me honey bunny schnookums?

John says - I'm getting fed up of this - it's happening too often - I just wish you'd THINK before you start these projects....................FLOWERS DON'T BELONG ON COFFEE TABLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do your blogger friends know where you keep the sander? No I didn't think so! You don't tell them that I have to crawl under the dining room table to a box you keep under there and dig through it to find the sander, do you? You don't tell them I crack my head every single time, do you?

Thank God he doesn't read my blog - because he would kill me if he knew I posted this photo LOL

But because he really is simply the best - he took it outside and sanded the top down - brought it back in - plunked it down in front of me and

John says - Here you go Picasso, a blank canvas - please, though, keep all things botanical off of it.

So - starting all over again - it's gonna be rough - so rough - but we're gonna make it

Agghhh - get that bloody flower away from me - I'm sickened by it now

This time I painted the top with COCO ascp - and the base in Behr "paint and primer in one"

and left some of the details peeking through

Then I applied dark wax to the top and buffed and buffed and buffed until I had this

Suzan says - I'd like to keep this - it fits in our living room better then the one we have now

John says - Oh please don't start this again Suzan

Suzan says - Well I'll just sell the one we have for the same price I would have asked for this one - no difference is there

John says - GOOD NIGHT SUZANNE!!!

So - now this one is for sell lol

Far too big and chunky for this small room ( thank god we no longer have a basement - because it would stay as well )

Stay tuned for the next disaster I had last week - you won't believe it!

Meanwhile I'm going to sit on the chair - with a good book - and a cup of tea - and put my feet up on this

Have a great supercalifragilisticispialidocious kind of Sunday

XOX

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