This is an adorable wine rack which can be repurposed into whatever your creativity imagines. I rethought it into a dressing or bedroom shelving/storage piece with jewelry hanging from the slats and scarves from the rings. The shelves can hold collectibles or books - think cookbooks and pottery if using in a dining/kitchen area. It is painted in a white chalk paint on the body and a satin metallic for the metal design. I also added an appliqué on the drawer front. I dark waxed the piece and distressed it to clinch the shabby chic mood. The inside of the cabinet is painted in a pale spring green, and the drawer in a deep plum. Great piece to grace your space.
Think outside the bottle.... This is an adorable wine rack which can be repurposed into whatever your creativity imagines. I rethought it into a dressing or bedroom shelving/storage piece with jewelry hanging from the slats and scarves from the rings. The shelves can hold collectibles or books - think cookbooks and pottery if using in a dining/kitchen area. It is painted in a white chalk paint on the body and a satin metallic for the metal design. I also added an appliqué on the drawer front. I dark waxed the piece and distressed it to clinch the shabby chic mood. The inside of the cabinet is painted in a pale spring green, and the drawer in a deep plum. Great piece to grace your space.
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This is a vintage Conant Ball Colonial Reproduction Hutch/Buffet/Cabinet. A true New England beauty! Solid gorgeous maple with awesome detail and craftsmanship. The literature for the furniture, which survived over fifty years, speaks of it's maker as bringing "new elegance and a stately personality to maple colonial reproductions." I definitely concur. It is so fun when I find original paperwork and information for the pieces, especially when someone has cared enough to preserve it. Call me sentimental or corny, but I truly enjoy jumping back in time to the eras from which these items were made and the homes they once occupied. I refinished the body of this in a luscious silver sage chalk paint. This color is a heavenly combination of green, blue and silver with not one color dominating the others, but blending together to enhance the subtle shades of each. I love this color, and previously painted my foyer and stairway with it. The top of the buffet/cabinet portion I sanded down to bare maple, then applied a two step stain technique to create a gentle rustic tone. It is slathered in four coats of durable satin finish polyurethane to complement the satin wax finish of the body. Keeping the original reproduction hardware, I stripped them then painted them a soft glistening satin nickel. The hues in the nickel draw out the lovely silver tones of the paint. Light distressing accentuates its fine lines, curves and detail. It is a fairly neutral scheme that will look absolutely divine in any room with any decor. As always, I could see this versatile piece being used with books on it in a den, library or bedroom, or as a stunning dining piece with great serving capabilities, or in a living room perfectly displaying and storing whatever you choose. Just completed and available to grace your place, it separates for easy transporting. $695 Dimensions: As one unit - 56 1/4" W x 18" D x 70" T Top alone is 10" D
Linking with: Wow Us Wednesdays #217 Feathered Nest Friday furniture feature friday | favorites & link party Think and Make Thursday Link Party- No. 28 Before: This antique dresser was a custom design for a client which she chose from my inventory. I love her color choice for her baby girl's room. I changed out the top knobs for glass ones and painted the rest of the original pulls in a satin nickel. To highlight the beautiful original appliqué, I lightly distressed the contours of it just enough to bring it to attention. The color blue chalk paint is soft and dreamy. I lined the drawers with a happy floral material which perfectly compliments the adorable piece. This is one of my favorites to date! I got quite a bit of bleed through from the original finish so I needed to apply three coats of primer to the body and drawer bottoms before painting or laying the material in place. You never know what's in store until you begin the process, and sometimes more work is necessary to complete a quality finish. So worth it in the end to see everything true to tone and design. I hope this little girl loves her princess dresser! Before: I am happy to present this vintage country-chic solid pine cabinet to you. I bought this during the summer and have been hanging on to it wondering exactly how to refinish it. It had glass in the doors and I just thought that was a bit boring for this little cutie. Maybe it was all that plain brown, I don't know. Anyway, I then decided I rather liked the glass, but had a nagging itch to replace it. So it sat. Well, I eventually hauled it out and got ready to paint it after deliberating which color to use for a week. While I pondered what to paint it and if I should actually replace the glass, I spied a little crack in the left panel which could not be detected by feel, but would spread and smash. A little sneer sprouted from my lips as my eyebrow twitched a peak. I would replace the glass with beloved chicken wire. Itch scratched.
It took me another week to decide whether to paint or decoupage the inside back. I couldn't shake off the decoupage monkey clinging to my back, so I coddled it. And love it. I think it is so sweet and adds a delicate touch to the chic misty gray. It puts a chipper cheeky smile on the cabinet's face. It is painted in misty gray chalk paint, then clear waxed, then dark waxed and lightly distressed. I also dark waxed the decoupage to give it that vintage vibe and tone down the contrasting white bringing the flowers into the spotlight. I liked the inside bottom cabinet revealing the original pine so I did not alter it. Now the beautiful crown molding shows itself as a pretty tiara up top, and the lovely inset carved door fronts also get their turn to shine. Very versatile and cute, I could even see this in a child's room to hold collectibles, books and stacks of games in the bottom. It would also be great in a living room, family room or foyer. Think outside the kitchen if you want. Here it is, ready and available to grace your space: Dimensions are 36"W x 78" H x 12 1/2"D |
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