simply vintageous...by Suzan

Saturday, September 15, 2012

And I'd like to keep this too, please

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

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Let's make a deal

It's done!
And I want to keep it - except as you know by now John is insisting we sell it - so we've made a deal -
I'll list it for sell for 2 weeks - and if no one bites - than it's mine - I have to be fair after all.
He doesn't have to know that I'm going to list it for 4000,00 dollars, does he?

Here it is in all it's filthy grimy dirty state!
Oh let's get a before ( I almost forgot I'm so excited to see if you guys like it as much as I do )

I swear this picture almost hurts my eyes - that's the brightest orangey wood I've worked on I think
After you look at the after photo - come right back to this one and you'll see what I mean!

and NOW

Ok - I thought I could hide it - but as you can see I didn't finish the bottom of the legs yet lol - couldn't lift it, so have to wait for John -
And I haven't dirtied up the far left hand side of the dresser yet - God I can't get away with anything, can I?

What do you think?
Do you want to see some close ups now - oh I'm so glad that you do because do I ever have close ups for you!

This is my Batman photography skills - and not the movie versions you " under 50's " - the t.v. version from the sixties - they used to angle the shots............................

This is my " special lighting effects " photography skills

My " up close and personal " photography skills

My " bird's eye view " photography skills

John was walking by as I was taking this shot

John says - What the hell are you doing standing on the dining room table?
Suzan says - Trying to get a bird's eye view shot of the dresser
John says - Why? You going to try to sell it to an eagle?
Suzan says - If that's your attempt at a joke you'd better go to bed John
John says - Why - you think you're the only one that can be witty?
Suzan says - THAT was not witty - that was just stupid really - not funny at all
John says - Bet you'll tell your bloggers what I said though
Suzan says - No, I'd be too embarassed to tell them that actually......................
Suzan says - I'm not happy about listing this John - I want to keep it
John says - 2 weeks Suzan - 2 weeks - that's all I'm asking for 2 weeks
Suzan says - You sound like a parakeet
John says - What?
Suzan says - forget it ...................

And one last time!

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

And I'd like to keep this too, please

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Let's make a deal

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