French Bistro Sign

I love this little $2 find....reminds me of an old tavern sign...complete w/ beer tabs as the hardware for hanging. I kid you not. Someone was quite resourceful.

I dry brushed on some white to give it a weathered look and painted the lettering in Wrought Iron then sanded it down to tone it down. I used a freebie font site and  my projector to enlarge the font. I had the stencil laying around and it seemed to go perfectly w/ the Frenchy Message.

Ohhh La la!

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Mirrors, Mirrors and Little Table

I have been busy, busy over here. The beginning of last week unpacking from our Boston trip then packing for our happy 2 week beach trip. As much as I LOVE it here, I miss painting and projects when I'm away. So, I scrounged around the garage for a couple of small items to change up while away.

In between the packing and unpacking, I've been working on a few things...a couple of mirrors and a little vintage table. Should have saved the mirrors for the trip.

Love the scrolls but the gawdy gold had to go.

A little turquoise paint and metallic silver followed by black glaze.

Another gold beauty.

Just a little peek because all the full mirror pics looked washed out.

I love these little demi lune tables.

Off to the bakery for some yummy crumb cake and buttered rolls then parking it on the beach! Buttered rolls are a must at the Jersey Shore. Snookie however, is not.
Have a great week and stay cool, it's going to be a hot one!


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Drop Leaf Table

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. I spent mine in Boston for my son's college orientation. He will be going to Northeastern but studying his first semester in Ireland. I'm nervous about him being so far away but hear Ireland is a wonderful place. Has anyone ever been? I would love to hear your thoughts.

Now onto this cute drop leaf table. The guy selling them had 2 and I was an idiot and only grabbed one. If I told you what I paid for it, you would say I'm an idiot too.

I started sanding and then remembered to take a pic.

Restained in walnut and painted my favorite shade of blue then glazed in charcoal.

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The Vaseline Trick

I love the chippy look of furniture and couldn't wait to try out Kim's vaseline trick. If you aren't familiar w/ Kim, well she does some awesome furniture redo's over at A Brush of Whimsy. 

I found this awesome dresser at the flea market....$30...cheap finds are my favorite! Some of the casters were missing so I just yanked them all off.

Mixed up some blue paint....really wanted it to be a little grayer but that always seems to happen to me. Primed w/ Kilz spray primer 'cause I'm lazy and just want to get down to painting. I put down the vaseline before I primed and was careful around those areas when I painted. Won't get into a big long explanation of the vaseline trick 'cause Kim has already done that for you. Check her out! Sanded the top down and stained w/ Minwax Dark Walnut.

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Plank Pine Table

Quick and easy....I needed a side table to go w/ my new beachy family room. This was a freebie....LOVE FREE.. who doesn't? Sanded off the top and restained w/ Minwax Dark Walnut. Painted w/ an oops white, distressed and lightly glazed w/ dark walnut.

Just love the rustic plank top furniture!

Happy Monday!

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Shutter Upcycled

Shutters remind of quaint cottages in beach towns where someday I hope to find myself living. But for now, I am stuck in suburbia. I found a few at a garage sale and sprayed this one blue. Not the blue I was going for but it was the only one on the garage shelf. I dry brushed it w/ white to tone it down and sanded to give it a more weathered look. Painted the words, Cottage...by the sea, while watching the Republican debates last night. Yup, who would have figured me for a girl into politics... my soon to be poly sci major son can take credit for that.

A starfish was added 'cause I just love them!

One more time...I want a beach house....someday :)

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Decorative Painting Not So Pretty

I found this when I scored the big haul at the flea market a few weeks back. It was loaded w/ white paint and embellished w/ a poor attempt at decorative painting. It got a good stripping w/ Citrastrip which BTW was a huge pain in the ass you know what.

The top had the same pretty floral motif as the shelf. The legs were adorned w/ this garland like thingie.

After the big boring somewhat therapeutic stripping....I stained the top w/ Minwax Dark Walnut, painted it w/ a pretty blue oops paint, distressed and used the stain again on the distressed areas. Ahhhh much better!

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