Reclaimed Wood Look

I am in love with with the reclaimed wood look right now and all things french.  I just love how this table turned out.  It has the look of raw slightly whitewashed wood but is still protected with clear coat.  The chairs are blue gray with lots of distressing and glazing and I just love the shape of them.  I covered the seat cushions with a cream colored canvas like fabric and they look amazing!

To get this look, I stripped the entire table and then used clear glaze mixed with white paint which I brushed on and then wiped off.  After that was dry I used a black glaze wiped on with a rag everywhere to darken up the wood and bring out some of the details.  Then I finished with a spray coat of satin polyurethane.

Kids Rooms--A Work in Progress

I've been slowly working on my kids rooms in between all my other millions of projects!  They are still a work in progress, but here's what I've got so far.  

The Boys Room

I just finished the curtains this week.  I'm not a huge fan of sewing mostly because I'm not a perfectionist but I'm super happy with how they turned out.  They are navy blue twill and natural canvas stripes.  I saw some similar curtains for $300 which was not an option so...I drug out the sewing machine.  I should have taken a closer pic, but the rod is my favorite.  I used galvanized plumbing pipe and pieced it together.  Way cheaper than a curtain rod.  I think I paid $17 for the whole assembly.

My Daughter's Room.  I still have a lot of projects planned.  But I'm happy with the results so far.  I am so in love with teal and purple.  The four poster bed is from Goodwill --- Best find ever at $9!  It was missing it's top finials so I used curtain end caps for the tops and painted them the same color as the bed.  The curtain fabric is Joel Dewberry Fabrics and it is my favorite!  Paired with some teal PotteryBarn sheers from Goodwill.  The chandelier is also a goodwill find.  It used to be a sweet brassy gold color.  I want to find some cute shades for it and dress it up with some crystals.

Rustic Distressed Captain's Chairs

I originally planned on keeping these chairs for myself, but my house is starting to look like a furniture store.  I am so in love with the super distressed finish and the gorgeous velvet jacquard fabric on the seats.

Antique French Gray Dresser

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Beautiful SOLID Wood French Dresser

made by Heritage Furniture 

The details on this dresser are amazing.  The curved front drawers and the curvy sides are so beautiful.  Finished in a soft gray shade and glazed with 3 colors.  I started with a dark gray glaze and then a lighter gray and finished it with a silver metalic glaze just in the detail areas.

The BEST part though is the inside of the drawers I painted a bright turquoise for a fun surprise when you open them!

Painted Distressed Piano

I'm sure I have broken some law by painting a piano blue... but I am in love with it!  This antique piano is around 100 years old and I looked up the value which fully restored could be worth $8-10K!  Wowza!  But the veneer was broken and chipped badly on one side and the bottom of the piano was so beat up that I had to add decorative trim to try and cover it up.  So with my limited skills I could not have restored it to it's original beautiful wood.  Plus, I adore all the fun painted pianos I have been seeing on the web right now!  

I can't believe I forgot to take a "Before" picture.  I guess I was just so excited to get started!  Redoing a piano is not an easy task.  First of all moving it is the biggest pain...It weighs a ton.  Then,to do a good job with the paint you have to disassemble the entire thing.  Including removing all the keys (make sure you number them if you ever attempt this).  I very lightly sanded it to preserve all the texture from the old crackled finish.  Then paint, distressed, glazed to bring out all the crackle and clear coat.

Here's the trim I had to add to the bottom.  I really like how it looks.

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Cute Dresser for our Master Bedroom

I've been doing alot of furniture and not doing a good job of getting pictures or getting them posted.  So, here's a dresser that I did for our master bedroom.  I really love the blue color and all the distressed details.  I'm still saving up money to finish our master but here's some pics of what I've got so far...I'm really obsessed with gray and yellow right now.