In Love

I'm in love with Depression-era furniture--wardrobes, waterfall dressers and vanities, and, most of all, buffets. So I've been on the lookout for the perfect weathered buffet for about a year. I wanted one that was in poor enough condition that I wouldn't mind painting over it.

This beauty came from Craigslist. We picked it up from a gorgeous old farmhouse in downtown Simpsonville.

I viciously sanded off the old, peeled veneer and applied a heavy primer coat...

And then fixed her up with two coats of my favorite shade of peacock blue. Seriously, who doesn't need a peacock blue antique buffet in their house? 

I always freak out at this stage of the restoration. The unglazed color is so bright and almost garish. But then the black glaze goes on...

Catching Up

 New Baby is due in just a few weeks. Along with like ten other babies at church who are all coming within just a couple months of each other. Poor nursery workers. So I've been doing baby bump cakes instead of painting. And participating in the Great Zucchini challenge chronicled here.

Zucchini and feta scones

I don't do the whole pregnancy thing very well. I have memories of my mom effortlessly popping a new baby out every few years or so, with very little said between the time-span of the noticeable bump and the arrival home from the hospital with another sibling. No big deal, this scenario implied.

Of Babies and Buns

Here's a lovely set I did for a friend's new baby boy. I'd rather not say how long ago I started work on these pieces. At the time, I told her about my average two week turnaround time.

But then the morning sickness hit. Yes, that's an announcement.

And our basement flooded. Twice. Like inches deep. I had to redo the bottom parts of all the furniture I had been working on down in the basement. Thankfully, nothing was damaged beyond repair.

I kept getting violently ill when I tried to glaze. Apparently the new Bun doesn't like glaze.

Sweet Cream #2

Here's another creamy dresser I did to match one in a recent post. As the mismatched look is agreeably in right now, my client and I found two similar-but-not-matched pieces for her daughters' room.

Sage Sophistication

This handmade little chest had lots of life left but just needed a loving facelift. Sorry, brass hardware--this is not your decade.

A subtle sage with a lovely burnt umber glaze lands this piece back in the game.

And new hardware dramatically updates the look.

What outdated furniture piece do you have lying around that needs a little loving? Get that sandpaper and paint out!

Sweet Cream

Here's the first of two dressers in this pretty marshmallow white that I'm doing as a set. This is how it started out--nice bones, just a little scuffed and outdated.

And this is how she ended up. A decided improvement for a cute girls' room.

The scrollwork is the icing on the cake...

And it came with a cute mirror...

A light tea glaze toned down the brightness of the white, and with a little distressing and the original hardware replaced, this piece has a new life to live!

Thanks for stopping by=)

Charming Twins

These country chic farm chairs were my inaugural project here at the stone house--and what a perfect way to bring on the upcycling to Hazelnut's new home! Here they are before:

Lovely old farmhouse pieces! We gave the wobbly one a little structural repair and went straight on into sanding and hiding the old, scuffed, mismatched wood with a lovely shade of black.

Then some moderate distressing along the wear lines gave that well-used, well-loved look!

The wood showed through beautifully in a couple different shades of honey and red.

Here they are, about to be on their way to their gorgeous red and black kitchen home! Thanks to Dee for a very fun inaugural project=) And thanks for stopping by!