Thursday, April 5, 2012

Blinded by the light ( revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night )

I will not name this post with the joke that goes with this piece -
I simply refuse to - it's too tacky - too obvious -

John is picking this up tonight ( already went once but it did not fit in the car ) so it will be a runner in the night ( isn't it dressed up like a deuce? )


Whoa - enough orange for you guys?  Even the floor looks orange doesn't it - I wonder
what color their curtains are?  My sunglasses broke yesterday so I cannot possibly go with
John to pick this up - I am afraid my sensitive eyes would be " blinded by the light "
BUT, looking away from all that ( and please do - this was only meant for a quick before post )
check out the legs - and the small upper drawer - and the fitted glass on the top - and the handles - and the orange paint and the orange floor and the orange wall...........................

Am I cheesy enough to say the next thing? - don't say it Suzan -
DO. NOT. SAY. IT. SUZAN.

too bad - here it is
Orange you glad I'm going to make this piece over??????
( Well I didn't use it as my title anyway ).

Hugs,
Moi

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

deSTRESSED OUT

Remember this dresser? ( where John feared for his life picking it up? )

CAUTION: Heavy photo content!

sorry you have to twist your head - I keep fixing it and it keeps showing up on it's side

Well I was going to try to match it to this one that I had painted for my bedroom -

And it turned out like this





B - O - R
I - N - G
you need
personality
( can you picture the pom poms?  I would have made a great cheerleader )

for some reason it does not look as nice as the dresser I wanted to " mate " it with ( so they could create little end tables ha ha ) that rope trim was screaming for some work so I started distressing it


very gingerly at first - and then I got a little braver


hmmm, not feeling it yet at all


the white looks too pristine - and so I distressed some more..................


at this point I am thinking I should have just left the whole thing alone -
I ended up adding waxing with clear wax and dark wax and still it was missing something.
I still had a little duck egg blue and old white which I mixed with some water and dry brushed
the combination until it looked like this














I love it - but it absolutely does not belong in my bedroom now lol
So another one for sale.

Have a great day
xxx

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