French Door Makeover

Good morning !

It's Friday - do I hear a Hell Ya ?

I've been working on this job for 8 days straight and am still not finished.

When a client contacted me about painting this door I thought it would be a breeze - a piece of cake - a walk in the park - nothing to it, right?

Wood lovers better AM - SCRAY - just giving you a heads up!

And I'm just going to let you all know that these doors were in pretty rough shape - so no tears shed please!

Anyway the client wanted it white - and this little job turned into one of the most frustrating - tear my hair out jobs I've ever done.
The detail involved with all those panes - were a real pain in the glass.................

Oh my gosh - I just noticed the details on their radiators - amazing -
ok - where was I ?

Oh yeah - I almost lost my mind with this job - these doors are very old - and the bleed through was the most severe I've EVER had to deal with in my life...................I shellacked and shellacked and primed and primed and attempted to use chalk paint - but after using 3/4's of a tin and still not finished one door  ( in the end it would have cost a couple of hundred dollars in product alone ) - I switched to BEHR floor paint - I bought the same one as I used on my bedroom floor actually - since that's just about as durable as paint comes. 15 panes of glass on each side - so 30 panes of glass to scrape clean !!!  ( including varnish that was probably on it for 50 years because it took me days to get that off - but here we go..............

These doors have beautiful details - gorgeous really - and they're much nicer in person where you can actually see those details  ( too bad you're stuck with my lousy photography skills ) Here's a close up

There's such pretty curving in the corners - and they're very deeply beveled
and of course the key hole is just perfectly vintageous

It took forever to do - really it did - so when I finished I took a deep breath
.
and started the next one ( didn't I mention they were a pair? )

so now let's see - 15 panes on each side - so that's 30 a door - X 2 doors - ok 60 panes to scrape and clean.................

phew -  they're done..................I can snap a couple of photos

before starting on the THIRD one...............OMG - what was I thinking lol

Ok Class - tell me how many panes we're at now - Teacher is too tired to count

90 of them?

In case you're wondering why I didn't tape the windows - there wasn't any use in going to all that work when after the tape came off I'd still be left with this on almost every window !

It was on every window - both sides - and was NOT obvious when they were dark brown.............
Fresh paint can be scraped off like butter - old Varnish?  Well I'm not exaggerating when I tell you
I used over 75 blades on these doors :)
I have no feeling in my left hand right now LOL.

I DID, however, tape the etched part on the glass -

I never want to see a french door again ( well except for the 2 I have in my own house that desperately need to be painted - think I'll just replace them - toss them on the curbside  LMHO )

These have to be delivered tomorrow night - and that last one isn't finished yet - so you all know what I'll be doing for the entire day :)

Oh and did I mention they belong to the most gorgeous house I've ever stepped into ( and I've stepped into a LOT of gorgeous homes )  This place puts my " I WANNA live there Wednesday " series to shame !

Have a great day - and an even better weekend all
Kisses & hugs

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A dresser for my bathroom Vanity !

Good morning everyone !!!

Hope the sun is shining in your neck of the woods...............it's not as warm here as I'd like it to be :(

John says - Funny that the silver dresser never sold?
Suzan says - Well sometimes it happens
John says - I thought that one would fly out the door
Suzan says - So did I
( I never listed it..................couldn't do it )
Suzan says - Well since no one wants it I think I'll use it for the bathroom vanity downstairs
John gets a horrified look on his face - picture this with his British accent please
" A BATHROOM VANITY??????????????????"
" IT'S A DRESSER !!!!!!!! "
" YOU'RE COMPLETELY OFF THE WALL "
" IT'LL LOOK RIDICULOUS "

He's serious too..............dead serious...............thinks it's absolutely ridiculous.
Dressers are to put clothes in -
They can't be used as Islands or Buffets or VANITIES - they're meant for clothes.

John says - Why don't you ask your readers what they think of the idea - because you don't listen to me
Suzan says -Half the bloggers out there have dressers for vanities !!!
Suzan says - Sandy ( a friend of ours ) has one and you told them you loved it !!!
John says - Well theirs looks like a vanity

I can't win - I keep trying and I. JUST. CAN'T. WIN.

Anyways.........................

If everything goes according to plan ( but you know what they say about that right?  " all well laid plans
always often go awry " ) we should be renovating the downstairs bathroom in the fall.

As economically as I can.

And part of that plan will be using this dresser

 as a vanity.............

It already has a fitted glass top - so would just have to have it cut out for the drain

I'm thinking of going entirely white - floors - wall tiles - and perhaps have a chandelier instead of regular bathroom lighting - put some glam in there :) and a couple of wall sconces  to match
Love these ones from Thomasville -

And I could always add a little drama with shades

I'd love to up the ante and include a towel warmer while I'm at it -

source

And that's the way my brain works - we have 7 rooms still to finish - and I'm dreaming of bathrooms.

(If anyone is looking for instructions on how to turn a dresser into a vanity - this is a great site
 for it ! http://houseandhome.com/design/custom-vanity )
OR http://bathsolutions.ca/how-turn-cabinet-into-bathroom-vanity/

A lot of you will remember this dresser ( I did it over a year ago ) but for those of you that don't here's what it looked like when I picked it up............

and if you'd like to see the first 2 transformations you can see them HERE lol - because this one was
Once - Twice - Three times a lady.................finally painted with Modern Masters Pewter - just brushed on with 3 coats of water based polyurethane for protection

Have a wonderful day all -
I'm scurrying to finish a custom job - will try to post photos tomorrow :)

Love ya

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