ANOTHER HEADBOARD MAKEOVER!

Good morning everyone !

Before you wonder what I'm doing painting with everything else that's going on - let me explain that I started this piece on Thursday - before I got the call that Evan was preparing to make his way into the world :)

It was a piece that I had started LAST summer and never quite finished - it was tucked away in my storage room and dragged out again last week.

And so any moment that I wasn't at the hospital - I'd grab the brush and work a little more on it.

It's extremely therapeutic for me ( and we all know how much I desperately need therapy LOL ) 

I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint ™ - Antoinette and Pure White - with clear wax and a little distressing

I wanted it to look a little shabby and a little fairy tale ( ish ) 

Wouldn't it be so pretty in a young girl's bedroom?

Well better than it would have looked in it's original state anyway - it wasn't very " girly " at all

Ok - off to make some more dinners for the new Mommy !

There are other things in this world besides painting furniture after all - like staring at a newborn baby :)

Have a wonderful day everyone - it's supposed to be a beautiful week here in Montreal !

Much love,
Me


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COUNTRY DRESSER AND END TABLE MAKEOVER !

I'm tired !
Too tired to write up a proper post even - so I'll just bombard you with photos ( that's easier than actually thinking

I've had a paint brush in my hand every day now for 3 weeks..................

The knobs look like different colors
They're not ( just lighting ) !

2 dressers
2 mirrors
2 end tables
1 armoire
1 mantel

Done and delivered

That's NOT including a headboard and sewing table I redid for my daughter somewhere in the middle of those 3 weeks :)

Now on to the 5 pieces that are sitting in the porch waiting to be done :)

Have a wonderful day everyone
HAPPY CANADA DAY TO MY FELLOW CANUCKS !

And CONGRATS to the American Ladies Soccer Team - Go Go Go !

Hugs,
( not very tight ones because of all the waxing and buffing I've been doing - but hugs none the less ! )
Me



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BEFORE & AFTER PAINTED ARMOIRE

I couldn't budge this even 2 inches to get a decent photo................but here she is finished
( shadows and all )
My Son and SIL brought it in - I painted it exactly where they put it - and they took it back
( and brought 2 more pieces to be done while they were at it )

The family I painted these pieces for wanted to refresh their daughters former bedrooms - so that the grandchildren could sleep in the same rooms when visiting - with the same furniture as their Mom's had - just updated a little !

I distressed all of the molding to make it look like an old country armoire

and now on to the dresser and end table :)

Life is usually crazy busy around here - but between trying to get ahead with house reno's and outdoor work and furniture - well -  these last few weeks have been a little more so - sorry for posting and running but here's me signing off rather abruptly because I have a line I have to cross

SOURCE

and it feels about a million miles away :)
Have a wonderful day everyone !
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SHABBY PERFUME DECANTER AND TRAY

My daughter inherited these from her Aunt Dawn..................
These were huge in the 70's - and I remember these sitting on her dresser !

2 perfume decanters

and 2 picture frames

My daughter gave me one set - and after telling me she was going to make one of the frames a tray -
I decided to copy her idea by removing the " stand " part on the back of the frame and covering the insert
( the piece behind the glass ) with some pale aqua tissue paper I had - just wrapping it like a gift basically
Actually much messier than that - but the same concept lol

And of course painting ( dry brushing really ) the entire piece with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint ™ - in pure white
Then I moved on to the decanter - with the same paint - and added a monogram by using a stencil and scraping the paint off so that the monogram is in glass  ( yes, you can definitely paint glass with chalk paint ! )

It's perfect for one of the guest rooms - a place to drop jewelry etc..............

It's about as shabby chic as you can get don't you think?

Ok time to stop playing - I have an armoire to paint !!!

Have a wonderful Thursday 

Hugs,
Me



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BEFORE & AFTER END TABLE !

Good morning everyone !!!

Someone contacting me about painting a bedroom set a couple of weeks ago - we picked it up last weekend and so this is what I've been working on all week

Here's the end table - the dresser's not quite ready

and here she is now........................

I don't know why the distressing is not showing in the above photo !

I added a little something on the interior of the door

Ok - back to the dresser !
Have a wonderful day everyone
Hugs,
Me


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A Clock Makeover!

Good morning everyone !

Someone " threw " this in with a piece of furniture I bought once...............last year

A perfectly fine ( in perfectly fine working order ) clock

Except it was way too woody for me................here it is all shabbified.

And that's all I have " time " for today -
We hit another snafu in the mud room ...............need to put on my thinking cap and step away from the computer for a little bit.

Plus every time I have a few minutes to spare I run back to mini secretariat
Whose sitting patiently on the kitchen table waiting to be finished

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint -
Pure white on body
Graphite around face

Hope you all have a wonderful day !
Hugs,
Me


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I painted my DIY Faux Fireplace

Good morning everyone !

It was 28 degrees in Montreal yesterday ( 82 degrees in " American " ) with a beautiful breeze.
I was in shorts and a t-shirt and my favorite footwear - flip flops.
It's simply glorious to be outside working on cleaning up the yard :)

But before I went out there I gave the mantel in my bedroom a quick dry-brushing of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint - in pure white.
(It was that or carry it downstairs and through the house and into the back yard.
I seriously considered putting it in our outdoor " dining " area - but I didn't have the energy it would require )

I wanted to lighten it up though if it was staying in the bedroom - you know, just because it's summertime and the livin' is easy )

John says - Are you going to paint it seasonally?
Suzan says - Maybe .................

I hung a magazine basket and wrote our names on each section

John says - Oh good I can keep my kindle in there
Suzan says - Nope, no room
John says - So why didn't you just write Suzan & Suzan?
Suzan says - Because that would just look selfish.

I mean if you're going to be selfish - it's best not to look it to the outside world, right?

They're a perfect place to keep a few books I plan on reading.  ( some for the first time - some again )

 I'm liking it so much better than the grey I originally painted it in

Doesn't it look a little more " summery " now?

That art work on the mantel?  I bought that at the Louvre about 5 years ago..........it's a print of a famous sculpture................I bought it so I'd look sophisticated.
Don't ask me who the sculptor is - I have no idea - because I'm not sophisticated.
But I actually saw it in person :)

UPDATE - Su from  Butterfly 8)(8 Bungalow pointed out the following ( because she IS sophisticated)

"The figures are Cupid and Psyche, and it's in the Louvre. It's the Kiss by Antonio Canova."
I feel just a tiny bit more worldly now LOL - not that I'll remember this information tomorrow.
Thanks so much Su !


I'll be working in the yard if anyone's looking for me today.
In my shorts..............and flip flops

DIY FAUX FIREPLACE TUTORIAL FOR DUMMIES ( AND I MEAN FOR DUMMIES ) HERE
DIY FAUX MARBLE MANTEL HERE

Have a great one,
Much love,
Me


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WHITE DRY BRUSHING...................

You know when you get to the bottom of the paint - I mean really at the bottom - scraping the barrel type of thing?
Well I usually find something to paint quick when I get to that point
Either by adding a bit of water to the tin to create a " wash "
Or dry brushing something......................

John says - WHY are you walking around with an empty tin of paint and a paint brush?
Suzan says - I have to find something to paint
John says - You sound like an addict - put the tin down - you can do it
Suzan says - No - I'll find something 
John says - They say you have to admit you have a problem before you can be helped
Suzan says - I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM !!!

Anyway I found something !

My layered tables in the living room - the bottom one was white - the top piece was wood.................
I thought it looked ok for the winter...........but truth be told it always seemed a little " off "

John says - Wow - I like it ( sounding very surprised
John says - It looks very Slavic
Suzan says - What does that mean exactly?
John says - It's a style isn't it?
Suzan says - Do you mean Nordic?
John says - Same thing.......................

Slavic Shabby?
Here's how it looked before - sorry the photo was taken at night................

It fits the room better I think

and the teeny tiny bit that was left on the paint brush at the end of it all?

a new project was born...................

Now excuse me - I'm off to the dollar store to buy a whole slew of these !

Paint used :  ANNIE SLOAN CHALK PAINT ™ - PURE WHITE

Have a wonderful Thursday one and all!
Much love,
Me



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