Friday, November 21, 2008

AWESOME transformation....




When I got this china cabinet it was in a sad, "dark" state. Because it had such beautiful detail on the sides.... a slightly worn, painted floral design, I decided to paint the cabinet but leave the floral pattern.....


Working with the colors in the floral... I painted it a bright turq, glazed it with an aging gel, distressed it a "bit", and added a slight touch of gold to the edges....


"Grandma" would NEVER recognize this one!!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

The Chair Transformation is complete


The tapestry was cleaned on the chiar, as it was too fragile to remove... the old faded green fabric was removed ( carefully ) and replaced with a pale taupe velvet, with pale taupe trim....

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Antique Chair in need of a face lift...


Here is one of my latest "before" shots. This awesome chair is at least 100 years old....

The objective is to salvage the "very fragile" tapestry and recover the rest....


I will keep you posted as to the progress......

My "new" back door....


I decided it was time to "re-finish" my very boring back door...

Here is what a little paint and some stencils can do....