White Chic Coffee Table

Hello everyone, I hope you are having wonderful spring!!!

I've done a lot of furniture makeovers but never done anything in white.

Can you believe it?

Refinished (and for me, distressed) white furniture has such a classic look
and I love them so much,
especially when I see all the lovely white furniture on the Internet
it always makes me want to grab a brush and start painting!!

However, I've always chosen colors other than white...I don't know why....

But this time, I finally did a makeover in white :)

It started out like this.

Good old sturdy coffee table which had seen better days.

To tell you the truth, I first decided to paint it in black with silver detailing.

.......and I hated it!!! It looked like a piece from the 80's.....lol

So I repainted white over and....I forgot to take any during photos so....

Here's the finished product :)

White color is Forget Me Not from General Paint
( I'm a member so I can have the paint 20% off, even if it's on sale)
and the grey is custom color.

I made both into my usual homemade chalk paint.
Before painting, I lightly sanded the entire piece to have a smooth surface.
I painted it, distressed it, then applied polyurethane on the flat surface
and hand waxed the entire table.

Stencils on top and the bottom

                                              

                                 



Distressed front,edges and corners :)

Here's a little bit of color,

it's Carribean Blue from FAT Paint.

I just bought the paint and had to try it!

Front door slides to sides for more storage.

I know...it's a picture heavy post :)

↑This is the back,same look as the front.

 

My kids all like how this coffee table has turned out and say 

we should keep it in our living room :)

( It's always good to hear your own kids like what you do!)

But I like this coffee table and this one has broken chicken wire front

so I can't sell it ( it's only my excuse to keep it)....

I'm selling this one and hopefully someone will love it:)

Have a great week everybody!!!



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Twice Lovely~ Princess Chest~

This princess chest is one of my first projects I did back in 2011.

 *The beginning*

It was for my then-9year-old-daughter.

She picked the colors and I lovingly restored it

and she had been loving this chest ever since.

*During*

*Finished*

Now my daughter is 11 years old and she's more into cool colors.

Her favourite color is turquoise, not pink anymore...

So she decided she wanted me to paint another dresser ( in turquoise of course),

and let this one go :)

This had been used by a 9 year old, so I think it's only natural that

this chest had some nail polish spilled over and some candy stuck on it.

I decided to refinish her again, but this time,

I wanted to make her a little more grown up.

I decided to paint her top & front drawers white,

added some stencils on her,

and she is ready to be loved again :)

And the great thing is, she's already found a new home!!

Put it for sale today and she is on the way to her new home right now,

she'll live in the nursery with a baby girl who's due in June:)

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Blue French Cabinet

Happy Tuesday!!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week, I know I am:)
Spring is here and the sun is bright, flowers almost start to bloom,
 spring makes me happy:)

Today, I'd like to share with you my latest project I've just finished.

It started out like this.

It was an all wood, simple yet gorgeous piece.

First things I thought were that I'd change the pulls and

 add something on the front to make this cabinet more special.

Then I remembered I had 4 of these plaques.

I bought them a long time ago thinking they might come in handy one day.
And the day has come :)

Originally they were all gold in color and I had painted them white while ago.

I liked the frames around but not the flower basket insert.

So, I used my Dremel to cut off the inside.

....15 minutes later....

I love my Dremel, it was pretty easy to do :)

Then I glazed them and distressed to make them look aged.

I painted the cabinet in custom blue

 ( Storm Chaser from General Paint and white ),

added some stencils and lines.

Inside, I painted the door yellow

( Period Charm from General Paint)

and added French toile images on the door.

I applied Polyurethane and hand waxed the entire cabinet.

And here's how she looks right now.

The top

The bottom

The side

The pulls

I chose flower knobs for the door and

 painted them in the same blue

 ( as the inside of the frames,just more white to Storm Chaser)

and white color,

then distressed them and waxed.

Now they look like pretty pansies :)

The inside

When I got this cabinet, it came with a removable light inside

I thought it was neat so I kept it.

By the way, I used my usual homemade chalk paint,

I love how it blends in the wood :)

Have a great rest of the week everyone!!!

Yay!!

This cabinet was featured at

http://www.redouxinteriors.com/2013/03/link-party-97-almost-to-100-and-the-fab-features/

&

http://pjhdesignsoneofakind.blogspot.ca/2013/04/transformed-tuesday-33-features.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+PjhDesigns+(PJH+Designs)





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