Shabby Chic Duck Egg Blue Desk & Chair

                                                                    Hello!

                                 

                                 I’m getting so behind in this blog world,

                        these days I can’t seem to find the time to write a post

                            or visit other blog friends and write a comment.

               I don’t know how other people do it, taking care of a family,kids,house,

             refinish furniture and roam in the blog world? It seems impossible for me to do that!!!

                               If you have a secret how to do it all, please do tell me!!  :)

                          

Anyways, a while ago I finished this lovely desk and a chair.

                                           Both were love at first sight for me.

                         You know when you see something you really like and even before

             you check the price tag, you already know you’ll get it? These were one of those.

                                            Those *vintage* lines make me swoon!

      

*Before pic of the desk*  

                              

                                         I decided to paint them in ASCP Duck Egg Blue.

      Don’t you just love this color?

                                         It lookslike blue,it looks like green,it’s beautiful!

                                           I lightly sanded both and painted in Duck Egg.

                Added some French images and distressed them and clear waxed both.

 

  

                                                                

                                       From here,I just show you some pictures, no more talking......



Thanks for stopping by!

 

Yay!!!

 

This desk & chair have been featured at

 

 

 

Green Willow Pond

 

&

 

 

 

  The Dedicated House

 

 

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

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Green Willow Pond      

Mirrored Top Old Scandinavian Side Table

I hope everyone is having a wonderful autumn :)

I can't believe tomorrow is already Halloween,

that means after that, Christmas comes and before we know it,

it'll be a new year...and we all get one year older again...lol

Anyways,if you follow my Facebook page then you probably know this,
that I had been waiting for my mirror oder to be ready for a while.
( if not please visit and "like" it : https://www.facebook.com/VintageBreeze)
I finally got my mirror order which I waited for almost a month

( it was supposed to be ready in a week) due to their bevel machine's braking down and

my first one had a scratch, so they had to make me a second mirror.

I went to pick it up today, came home, placed it on my side table, and Voila!!

It's done :)

But before that, I'll show you the *before* picture :)

It's made by Delicraft, solid wood, simple, straight forward design with tinted glass on top.

I wanted to keep the top but there were many scratches

so I decided to get a bevelled mirror.(hence the story above)

I sanded and primed the table,

filled the holes for the handle on the drawer because

I wanted to change it to a crystal knob :)

( so I didn't need 2 holes,just one in the middle)

When yo start a project, what comes to your mind?

Colours,designs,theme, finish....choices are endless.

I wanted to make this look like an old Scandinavian piece.

For me, that meant faded white base and subtle blue design.

I painted it first in black for undertone,

painted white again,then distressed to show the black under.

After that, I randomly placed stencils and started to make patterns.

( believe me, my left fingers got all blue from the stencilling)

Then I distressed the whole table again.

.............................Then I waited for the mirror to be ready for about a month!!!.......................

My husband made a hole on the drawer front for me,

I added a crystal knob.

FINALLY PLACED THE MIRROR on it and here is the finished product :)

 What do you think?

I enhanced the colour on this picture so that you can see the design better,
the real colour is more faded.

Modern ( mirror) meets Old World :)

Painted inside the drawer as well.

Not bad, if you compare it with "before"???

Have a fun & safe Halloween everyone!!!
 

 

 

 

 

 

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French Country Cottage

Louis Blue 2-tier side table

I've been working on French provincial style dining set for a while now.

It'll include dining table with a leaf, 4 chairs,

buffet & hutch and possibly a mirror (if I decided to include one).

I found this cute side table the other day and

I wanted to do this one for a change.

It was a 2-tier, French provincial style side table and

I'll (almost) never say no to this type of furniture.

 Love the curvy lines :)

As you can see, the finish was peeling

so I sanded it really good.

Then I primed it and painted in ASCP Louis Blue.

It's my favourite kind of blue, light and airy.

Enhanced the details in white and distressed the table.

On the sides, I added & sealed French Toile image with Mod Podge.

Hand waxed the entire table and it's done!!





Distressed for Shabby Chic look.

French toile makes this piece a little special :)

Hope you enjoyed my newest project....

Now,I'll go back to the dining set....or start a new project,

I bought a lovely desk the other day and am so excited about it!!

So maybe I'll start on that one.....

Have a happy wonderful week everyone,

thank you so much for stopping by!

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Teal & Silver Console Table

Hello!

I hope you are having wonderful weekend :)

Here's another quick project I did....

It's a small console table, I love the shape of it.

Here's the before.

I stripped the top paint first.

Then I sanded the rest and primed the whole table.

When the table was dry, I did one coat each of a shade of grey and black

then heavily dry brushed teal over.

When that dried, I dry brushed again wiith silver.

I did stencilling on the top to give it a nice pattern :)

And here's how the table looks like right now.

To protect the top finish, I applied 3 coats of Polyurethane and

2coats of wax, it's really nice and shiny and I like how it turned out.

And today my son had a dentist appointment and we took a different way to get there.

While we were driving, I saw a yard sale and spotted nice buffet and the moment I saw it,

I knew it'll be  mine.It was priced reasonable too :)

So, it's sitting in my garage right now.

I wasn't looking to get any furniture today so it was a nice surprise!!

Can't wait to get my hands (or paints) on it :)

Have a great Sunday everyone!!



YAY!!!

This console table is featured at The Dedicated House !!!

 

 

Thank you Kathryn!!! :)

 

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