Leon Chandon Dresser

Happy 2014!!

 

 

This is my first post of the year.
I hope I will be able to do lots of furniture makeover this year.

More I refinish a piece, more I love doing it, so hopefully I can get better at it every time :)

 

 

 

My first project of the year was this antique dresser that my husband had found for me.

 

 

 

This is the before.

 

100% solid wood with great bones.

But it was scratched up a lot and some knobs were missing and all the drawer bottoms were loose.

It definitely needed a makeover.

 

My husband is great :)

He sometimes finds a good piece like this and

 even sands it for me, yep,I think I'm a lucky girl!

 

Sorry for a poor picture....

 

 

Then it was time for me to do the fun part, painting!!

I used Behr primer in one paint and ASCP Old White.

 

 

 

 

 

 

At this point, I thought I wanted to add some graphics to each drawers.

I did stenciling and Mod Podge transfer.

Hand waxed the dresser, added new silver spray painted knobs.

I also added sheet music on the drawers.

 

 

Here's the AFTER!

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was my first time doing Mod Podge transfer, I think it went well and I love the result!!
See how pretty the transferred image is???

In case you are not familiar with this method....

 

***Mod Podge image transfer***

 

Print out your choice of image with laser printer.

(I'm not sure if it works with inkjet because I only have laser printer but I don't see why not)

Be sure to REVERSE the image if there're any words on it.

 

Apply Mod Podge liberally on the printed side (not on the back)

and place it where you want the image to be, making sure there are no air bubbles left underneath.

Now, wait.

Let it dry completely,preferably overnight.

( or you can speed up the process by using a hair dryer)

 

Once it's dry, using a wet sponge or rug,

soak the image until it's wet.(do partially)

Now, using the tip of your fingers in very gentle circular motion,

try to rub the paper.

(sorry I didn't take any during pictures......)

You'll see the fiber of the paper breaks and starts to lift off.

Wet the image and repeat the process as you clean the fiber until you reveal the whole image.

 

Let it dry.

Then you'll see the image will go back to look white again.
(it's because the fiber on the paper becomes dry)

Wet it again and repeat the process until it doesn't become white when dry.

Apply a sealer of your choice ( mine is poly and wax) and done!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I'm working on a girl's vanity which will be ready very soon!

 

 

 

 

 



 

Yay!!!

This dresser is featured at

 

 

Thank you Deborah!!! 

 

 

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French Pub Style Dining Room Set

This is my last post for today and I'm all updated :)

We bought this dining set about 3 years ago, meaning to refinish one day...

It was a huge set with 7 chairs so instead of keeping it in the garage,

we brought it in our dining room( we didn't have our own either)
 and started using it and 3 years already have passed!

This dining set wasn't in my plan to do any time soon.
  My husband said he wanted to help me with my furniture refinishing.

You know, when I'm on my own I like to take it easy so

if I finish one small project in a week,I'm happy.

But he likes to work hard, do as much as he can during the day.

( he even skips lunch to get the job done!)

The other day he asked me if I needed his help to do this dining set.

I said " I don't feel like working on it right now".

He said " Do you want me to spray paint it?"

I thought about it....If I'm painting, it'll be hand painting.

( Spray painting is not my thing....)

If he spray paints, it'll be done much quicker......maybe....simply in black.

Yeah, let him do it then I don't need to! lol

So he started spray painting the set.

He's got an air compressor, a spray gun( but his didn't quite work so he bought a new one)

 and everything he needs and knows what to do.( he's a super handy man!)

He also sanded the table top so we could stain.

Then we brought them inside, stained, applied polyurethane and waxed the table top

and hand waxed everything else.

For the chairs, we reupholstered them with durable cute French script fabric.

He also installed an LED light inside the hutch.

Here are the completed project!!



(sorry no before pictures)

Man it's sooooooo hard to take good pictures!

I did a little stencilling for French taste :)

It was so much fun working with my hubby!!

I wish we can work on many more projects together :)

Have a great weekend!!

Pink Hexagon Accent Table

And here's my 3rd post in a day!

I'm doing all the catching up right now and hopefully I'll have some time to

visit blog friends and see what wonderful creative things they're doing :)

They are such an inspiration for me, so many talented people out there!

 

The other day, I got this side table.

It was very pretty hexagon shape and I liked the ornate design.

 

 

I lightly sanded and painted it in ASCP Antoinette & Old White.

Then I distressed it to enhance the details and to give it an old charm.

It's a hexagon table so I had 6 panels to paint!

I also painted inside white and here how she turned out.

 

 

I did stencilling on lower panels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have one more post to do, thank you for stopping by!

 

 

 

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French Provincial Dining set with Mirror

Hello again :)

 

This is my 2nd post today, 2posts in one day is a record for me! lol

 This one is about my French Provincial Dining Set I've just finished.

 

 

 

A friend of mine decided to go back to her native country Japan ( and I'm from there too) to raise her  2 beautiful daughters with her husband last August and she held a garage sale.

 I went there and spotted this table and 4 chair set and liked it right away.

It's always sad that your friends move far away,

I hope they're doing great and happy in Japan!!

 

 

Ok,here're the *befores*

 

After I wished her & family a good luck,my husband &I went for furniture shopping,

like I don't already have way enough furniture....lol

Then spotted this buffet & hutch.

 

Buffet

( Hutch is behind the table in the above picture)

They went well together, both in French Provincial style,

so I decided to refinish them as a set.

I painted them in bluish grey custom color and enhanced the details with white.

Distressed a little and hand waxed everything.

 

For the chairs, I chose dark French scripted fabric.

It's for upholstery and very durable.

aw....I didn't take any photos (again) so I can't show you but

removing old fabric and staples from chairs are a lot of work!

I did that and stapled the new fabric to the chairs.

 

And here's the finished project :)

 

 

What do you think???

 

I love how the chairs turned out.

 

I added some pretty designs around the apron, legs and the top of the table.

 

 

 

The buffet & hutch

 

 

Inside the drawers are lined with quality wall paper

 

 

 

 

Then I decided to do a mirror for this set.

Done in the same color and a bit of silver.

 

The black chair is for another dining set.

 

Take care everyone!

Thank you for stopping by :)

 

 



 

 

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