The ugly dresser

Another dresser re-do! This little number was such an ugly duckling before. It had a heavy coat of the ugliest shade of pink when I got it.. No wonder why no one wanted it. but when I was offered to buy it 90% off the regular price it had....I couldn't say no! 

So here she is... The before! She was very dusty and old! and the drawers were lined with newspaper dated back to the 40's... house listings!

 Since the dresser had a very thick coat of pink, i had to strip the whole thing. It was not easy. I applied stripping gel, let it sit for about ten minutes and then got to work!

After 2 days of scrapping.. And sanding..

 

She looked like this.( If you can tell, I already stained the top and painted half the body.)

and I finally found use for the original knobs from the dresser I redid here.

And finally the after!

The body is painted a custom light grey color and the drawers are stained dark walnut/jacobean along with the top. I finished the drawers and top with a semi-gloss poly. and the knobs i decided to paint them white finished with dark wax.

 

Not a bad makeover in my opinion. She looks totally different and is ready for a new home!

Priced at $200.

Thanks for looking!

-Kyra 

ps. I know I gotta work on staging the pieces better.

 

The Secretary Desk

Finally! after a whole month trying to work on this piece I am done! I've started to work on this single drawer secretary desk on the last week of November but with all the Christmas chaos happening from then till last week it has stalled the transformation of this piece... 

This is the before photo. (I forgot to put the drawer back in!) it was so plain before and its half solid wood half compressed wood! but I thought it had potential, its shape is so simple yet elegant (probably because of the legs).

 For this piece, I wanted to paint it a light color so I chose a custom color of a very light grey. It practically looks white in the photos but its not. I closed the 2nd holes where the handles used to be so I can finally use the knobs I bought from Hobby Lobby.. Amen for that store! The whole piece is waxed with Briwax's clear wax. I also distressed it with the wax. I found out if u rub it constantly with an abundant amount of wax on your cloth it will give it a natural distressed look.. Which looks cool in my opinion.

This piece will be for sale in our booth 

$150.00

Kyra 

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Chalk paint

This is going to be the first time I use Annie Sloan's chalk paint. I got this small desk from a lady when I went to pick up a writing table, it's not wood, but I could not resist as she practically gave it to me. She was moving out and needed to get rid of a lot of stuff.

Since I paid very little, I decided to use chalk paint on it, and chose duck egg, a daring color.  Here is a photo of the desk before. I will post a photo of the after and my experience with the paint.

The Twins

Here are two really cute nightstands, both hand painted with a custom made color by mixing white with a hint of grey, their tops have been striped and stained with dark walnut by Minwax as a base coat and then topped with two coats of weathered grey by Varathane, as top stain.  I love how the stain came out, and I will try it again on another piece without using a undercoat first.  I did wax their bodies with Annie Sloan clear wax for protection and both tops got three coats of water base poly by Varathane, (my new poly) I found that this stain does not turn yellow.  I left their original handles, but painted them with Oil Rubbed Bronze spray can and then used just a hint of silver leaf Rub 'n Buff magic on them.

Here is a before....

and after....

(Some day I will get a good camera...sorry for the I-Pad photos)

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Writing table and chair

I have been working on this great writing table and chair.... This what they look like right now...but I am not done yet....(stay tuned)

1 down 2 to go.

So we've been working on the working area where we refurbish our furniture.Organizing, reorganizing, dusting , sweeping, moving... Storaging... Trashing.. It's been a disaster because of the rain! but we managed to get all the tools, sandpaper, paint, and what not back in one place where they're supposed to be. Well, at least the majority of it... and we also managed to pull out a small cluster of furniture we had on one side of the house..(there are bunches of furniture throughout the backyard...)and that's 1 down, 2 to go for us. We need start working and make room for more pieces!

These pieces are very old... Very scratched up and yes some of them do have that umm... old smell.... But they are beautiful!! . And will be in our inventory list. I really can't wait to see their transformation but for now... We wait patiently as they air out by nature.

Kyra(: