simply vintageous...by Suzan: Painted dresser

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Dressers are Red, my love ........................

Morning everyone!!!

I don't have a before for you this time - guess I deleted it before I should have :(

But I had decided this too needed to go red long before I dragged it home to do it!!!
But it looked very much like this one

red,emperor's silk,annie sloan, french provincial, dresser, makeover

This is the third one I've done - and the third one that's sold right away ..............this color is magic - it
may become my new signature color !!!

As most of you know Quebec has a majority of French speakers................and Red is the color of passion
Maybe that's why? And Oh how those romantic people love RED :)

Most of my Paris Grey and White's are bought by English speakers LOL

The depth

red, dresser, emeror's silk, annie sloan, chalk paint, original hardware

The richness

red, emperor's silk, dresser, makeover, chalk paint, brass handles, annie sloan

speaks to their hearts I believe

and doesn't it look like one big gigantic heart?

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint - Emperor's Silk

dresser, clear wax, dark wax, emperor's silk, annie sloan, makeover,

ASCP, red, emperor's silk, clear wax, dark wax, makeover, dresser

Have a great Tuesday everyone!!!

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

THINK PINK ( a princess dresser )

Once upon a time.......................
I found this on Craig's list

and saw such amazing potential - we got it home and I quickly turned it into this

using ( my almost signature color at this point ) a mix of ASCP Duck Egg Blue and Old White - and the drawers in Pure White - ( sorry the photo doesn't show the handles )
and then I waited
and I waited
and I waited some more
until it became quite obvious that no one else loved it as much as I did and she definitely was not going to the ball

so last night I did a quick transformation - and I really am hoping someone loves it as much as I do - because I have to get rid of this baby! Is it fit for a princess do you think?

and hoping this once upon a time quickly turns into a

Monday, September 17, 2012

Forever Young...................

Good morning everyone :)

A couple of days ago I told you I had a furniture week from hell, right?
And I showed you the disaster that happened when I tried to paint my My Coffee Table -
Well there was one other disaster that I'm about to show you, I'm not sure what happened with this one
because I PRIMED it - then actually painted it with Annie Sloan chalk paint - and normally I can paint a dresser in a few hours and have it ready to list that night, hope the calamities are behind me for awhile lol

Ok - so I started off with this gem

and couldn't wait to get started on it
here I was going to do my letter technique ( same one I do for my subway dressers )

Too cute, right - next I painted over it in the prettiest mint green - and then started to carefully remove the stickers.......................

Wow - just loving it - can't wait to paint my stars all over the place - better remove the last two sets of stickers

What the??????????? Really? 2 times in one week? I've done quite a few subway dressers and reverse stencilling and have not seen anything this severe ( just going to chalk it up to Crap Happens )

Suzan says - Johhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnn
John says - oh oh - don't like the sound of that
Suzan says - It's happened again - I'm ready to quit this whole painting furniture thing
John says - Hold on, I'm coming
John says - Oh my God - CAN YOU PLEASE JUST PAINT FURNITURE WITHOUT ADDING ALL THESE DOO DADS TO EVERYTHING?????????????
John says - I suppose I have to sand this down too?
John says - I may as well just wear the sander on my belt loop
Suzan says - Thanks John - I really do appreciate your help

And here we go again

This time I painted it with my trusty Duck Egg Blue and White combo - and decided to put faded ( by dry brushing ) white stripes on the drawers -
I held my breath putting the tape on let me tell you - and completely stopped breathing when I pulled them off lol but it worked this time and I ended up with this

These drawers are bowed
Which you really can't see in the photos ( the stripes are making an optical illusion? )
I used the same hardware but painted it white - and the sanded them so they look old and chippy

I so wish I was a better photographer - because these pics just don't do this piece justice at all -
And I did a little something something on the inside

I made this as a nursery piece - because there seems to be a big demand for nursery pieces in the last few months -
But we all know how much Murphy loves to play with me, right?
Let's see if he throws his law at me this time!

And in the midst of all this chaos - I decided to to create a little something for John - just to keep harmony - and because he really is so good about helping me out when I mess up
I hung it in his closet so it would be a complete surprise

John says - SUZANNNNNN - can you come here for a second?
Suzan say - coming!
John says - What the hell is this exactly?
Suzan says - I made that for you - isn't it obvious what it is?
John says - no, not at all- and I don't appreciate it either
John says - stay out of my cupboard please
John says - you're driving me insane really
Suzan says - but you said you may as well wear the sander on your belt

and that's the appreciation I get for creating his very own sander harness -
there's some weeks you just can't win

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