Lovely in Lilac

I never thought I would be scared of color. I mean who doesn't love bold statement pieces?
But when a customer wanted a HUGE china cabinet in her dining room painted LILAC,  I'll have to admit,..... I kinda freaked. I was scared it would look like a big BARNEY in her room!
BOY WAS I WRONG. This piece turned out so stunning that I will never again questions a bold color choice. EVER. I am glad we decided to go way darker purple inside. It really set the piece off. See for yourself...

BEFORE: (I apologize in advance for the  horrible picture quality)

 AFTER:

She is actually S T U N N I N G!

Beautifying a Buffet!

I love it when clients love their pieces and come back for more! My fabulous client Rachel, was on the lookout for a buffet that I could paint to match her dining set that I painted for her last year.
I found this drab dark dresser/buffet and knew it would be perfect. I painted her up in Annie Sloan's Old White chalk paint same as her table and re stained the top in Ebony. I think she turned out fabulous....

BEFORE:

AFTER:

 Thank You Rachel!

Old White Solid Wood Dresser

I painted this cute solid wood dresser for a client. Old white bottom, dark walnut top. Just love the lines on this drawers and cute details. This color combo is so popular right now and its timeless!

Here is what she looked like BEFORE:

Yes she needed a makeover!

PICTURE PARADE!

Linking to:
Restore Interiors
Primitive & Proper
Shades of Amber

Ornate Chest of Drawers

Chalk Painted Chest of Drawers
Most people would have never touched this piece with paint. The tricolor stain and wood was already gorgeous.

But my client/friend, Angela and I knew what it could be with a coat of Annie Sloan Chalk paint in “Old White”!

Its unrecognizable! The details and lines can now be seen and she’s FABULOUS!
SO CLASSY!


LOVE!

Linking to:
Savvy Southern Style
Primp 

Two Tone "Old White" Dresser

I am really, really in love with this Chalk Paint. My favorite color is "Old White". Its so creamy and classy looking. Here is one of the first large projects I did with Old White. This was a Bassett Dresser, very well made and the bow front was gorgeous. I knew it would look great painted Old White! A little Oil Rubbed Bronze on the handles....light distressing. Gorgeous!

Here she was BEFORE:

The distressing really brougth out the details of this piece!

I just love the look of the stained top and painted base. Timeless!

2 Chair Reupholstery Projects

I wanted to quickly show you a couple of older chair upcycles that I did a while back in the summer that I just LOVED.  I used the same fabric for both and I think the black and white is totally classy!

The first one is a pair of office chairs with casters. This was one of the first upholstery projects that I did. I was fairly easy and I think they turned out FAB!  

Side by side After and Before:

BEFORE:

EWW!

AFTER!

This next one is a side chair I scored at a local auction. She was quite nasty with stained fabric and beat up frame. But she has pretty curved legs and caned back. Here is her BEFORE:

With a bit of paint and a freshly covered seat she is very  GLAMOROUS now!!

I really like to freshen up these side chairs! SO FUN!



Upholstered Headboard Tutorial!

I tried my hand at some minor upholstery on this project. I have done some light upholstery before and knew I’d ace these projects. A client named Amy (sweetest lady I ever met) ordered a pair of full size headboards for her two girls’ rooms. I scored these headboards at a local yard sale. I loved the curves and details of them! And the two high posts were awesome. They had 3! I of course snatched them up. She knew she wanted one black and one white! After a bit of delay and a minor fabric mishap I got them DONE!
Here is the BEFORE:

　
　
I painted the frames first (after some major sanding, scraping and priming) and sealed with a satin poly. The upholstery was a bit tricky but once we got the first one under our belt the second one was a breeze! We first laid the headboard out flat and placed batting over the headboard and laid the fabric on top. We trimmed up the fabric and batting a bit around the edges but not too much that you lose some inches when stapling. Then we stapled down both sides first to be sure it was even then started up one end towards the top making sure to staple close together and as close to the frame as we could get being careful not to scratch the paint. We had to trim the fabric and batting as we went because it would get bound up too tight around the details. It went fairly quickly with two sets of hands to pull tight!

　
Once the stapling was done we made sure all the excess fabric was trimmed away with a utility knife. We stapled the fabric underneth and screwed in a bottom wooden slat the finish out the bottom.

 Next we trimmed it out with decorative rope border. This trim bends so easily around all the details of these pieces! We simply used hot glue to secure the trim making sure it covered the staples completely. Look how nice they turned out!

Sewed the matching fabric for the cabinet insert too!

Can you say FABULOUS??!

I think I’ll upholster the third one for my spare bedroom!