Cottage Side Table

Just finished this cutie on Friday and I must say..."I am very pleased with it"!!

It was in great shape when I got it...Forgot to take before a before picture but it was painted white and...

Just need a little "freshing -up"...

So I grabbed my favorite Martha Stewart White...

Added some plaster of Paris to make chalk paint...

And painted the outside.

The drawer and the inside got a couple coats of rainwater ( I think that's a M.S. color too.... I get it at Home Depot).  I lightly distressed it and the gave it a clear coat of wax.

The drawer pull had a 70's look and I wasn't in love with anything I had at home so I decided to make my own...What do you think??  I really like it!!

I twisted two strands of twine...ran it threw washers and then threw the drawer and tied a knot on the back side.  I used crazy glue to glue the washers to the drawer...Just to keep them where they belonged.

I will be selling it at Valley Vintage Market this weekend on Central Valley Road here in Poulsbo...Come say hello!!

And as usual I will be linking up to Parties on my sidebar...check them out too!!

Denise

Curbside Dresser

Don't cha just love a freebee on the side of the road???  They're my fav!!  :)

Speaking of favorites...One of my AWESOME girl friends is always finding things for me...She is a long distance runner and I swear she's everywhere.  :)  She's probably running right now as I sit at the computer with my cup of coffee typing...well at least my fingers are in shape!?!?

Anyway, she called me up one evening saying she found a dresser and I might want to take a look at it.....

Needles to say I grabbed my husband and off we went.

It was missing it drawer pulls and a bottom of one drawer, but other than that it was in great shape...so home it went.  :)

I mixed up some homemade chalk paint  (i use plaster of paris in mine) and painted it white....It had been a lovely green, so after the paint was dry I distressed it so some of the green showed through.

The cute drawer pulls came from World Market

For a bit of whimsy....I painted the sides of the drawers with random yellow dots to match the pulls.

I still need a little some thing so I headed over to The Graphics Fairy and downloaded this darling french bee design ...

Printed it out and used Mod Podge to transfer it.... You can find my tutorial on how to transfer on my side bar.  :)  Don't you think it was the perfect touch?

Here it is down in my little space...Needless to say it wasn't there for long.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Denise

I will be linking up to many of the parties on my side bar...Do check them out!

Little Green Bookshelf

Well I finally painted that little bookshelf I got last fall Summer???...I can't even remember when I purchased it!!  But I do remember I got a great deal on it ...$3.00 at the GW!!  :)

So here is what it looked like before...just a plain, boring, beat-up, dark brown stain...

I already had a little "tester" jar of Martha Stewart Paint in Salvia...

So I deiced to add some Plaster of Paris to it...making my own Chalk Paint,

(2/3 paint to 1/3 Pof P plus a little warm water to thin it a tad)

After letting the paint dry for about a week or two (did I mention I have a hard time finding time to craft)...I added the word read with these VERY OLD Stencils my mom had given me...Well the paint ran under the stencils and some of the cardboard stuck to the case when I took them off (not sure stenciling is my thing), plus I probably should have watered my paint down some.

Hmmmm...

So I deiced to hit it hard with sand paper and see if that helped

Yup...it did!!  :)

I then waxed it with Briwax in Golden Oak and considered it done!!!

Yea!



Now on to other projects...

(right after I link up to those awesome parties on my side bar).

Thanks for stopping by!!

Denise