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)

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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....

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 Thank You Rachel!

Easter Projects!

In an effort to get my home decorated for Easter I had to get thrifty! Check out these cute projects we threw together!

This was from the first round of thrifting, found some cute owls, birds and candle holders!

Cute owls! UGLY color! (I'll fix that)

 

Cute little birds needing an update...

Priming!

 Enter a bit of turquoise, yellow and white spray paint!

 Add a bit of heavy duty apoxy to some dollar store vases and glass candle stick holders and you get apothecary jars!

Here I added a thrift store white candle stick to a dollar store plate to make a cake pedestal.

 

Some simple brass candle sticks added a pop of color for my dyed Easter Eggs!  (found those at a thrift store for $3.50 for the set of 6. SCORE!)

Another brass candle stick plus a couple of glass holders....

 

Dollar Store bowl and plate plus a thrifted glass candle holder.....CHIP AND DIP Bowl!

Total: $2.50!

Thrifted glass canisters and candle sticks created a set of apothecary jars for my bathroom!

Total: $ 6.00!

 

And this cute butterfly snack project I found here:

White Chocolate covered PEEPS tutorial found HERE:

Thrift store frame and chalk paint!

I love me some milk glass!

 Carrot plastic-ware tutorial found here:

I LOVE EASTER!!!!!!!!