SunflowerHugs: July 2014

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Easiest Makeover Ever!

When I saw this shelf, I thought, oh great--spindles. Not my favorite thing to paint.

But I realized the spindles were just screwed together and so it was a cinch to separate them from the shelves. They were also in great condition and I thought--why paint them? I could just paint the shelves and call it a day.

I won some samples of American Paint Company paint from a blog giveaway and one of the colors I had was National Forest.

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It is a deep green that pairs with the wood tone so well.

I just slapped two coats of paint and then waxed it with the dark wax "glaze" technique. It is Annie Sloan dark wax mixed with paint thinner to give it a glaze like consistency so it is easy to move around on the paint. It gives so much dimension to the paint as it was so flat before I added it.

I normally use it with homemade chalk paint, but with the American Paint Company paint, it also takes the paint off while I rub it in, so I basically get to distress and wax at the same time. It doesn't get any easier than that!

To finish up I just had to screw the spindles back on and I was done. It is officially the easiest makeover ever!

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Random Chair

I found this chair in the garbage. I think you could tell--right?

Besides the shredded fabric, it was a little wobbly. To fix that, I jammed a popsicle stick between the leg and the base of the chair from underneath. Once I got it in far enough to stop the wobble, I broke it off--you can't even see it.

I always have some fabric scraps laying around that I pick up at garage sales for cheap and I had this awesome ticking fabric that was heavy weight. I matched the paint color to it and this is what I came up with:

I couldn't believe I knew the fabric was called ticking. The word came into my head and I Googled it to make sure I was right. I guess some of the 1,795,048,631 things my mom told me in my life actually stuck in my head!

She would be proud.

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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Two In A Row

This table was the coffee table version of the table I did here.

I painted it with one coat of the same blue/grey oops paint mixed into homemade chalk paint, distressed and waxed with the dark wax "glaze" technique.

I sanded down the top and stained it with Minwax Dark Walnut and finished with a coat of wipe on poly.

I just noticed the swirl detail looks like a handlebar mustache!

When I am working on smaller pieces, I like to work on multiple pieces so while one is drying, I start on the next. By the time I am done painting the second piece, the first one is dry and ready for their second coat.

I used the same paint on this table (two coats) and distressed. You could see a little bleed through on the top so I finished with the dark wax "glaze" technique so it would blend in.

I like to be able to get so much accomplished. I was able to get both these tables done in one day!

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Sunday, July 6, 2014

Green Dresser with Wood Appliques

I remember the word magpie from the movie Lucas (the 80's had the best movies). It just popped into my head as to how I was going to describe the makeover of this dresser.

I couldn't have created this makeover without being a magpie (the second definition--not the first). I certainly chat idly, just ask my husband, but I also do a lot of collecting as an avid garage sale-er. The things I collect are of little use or value until I am able to use them to create. And create I did...

The dresser itself is part of my furniture stash. I got it for free at a garage sale a few weeks ago.
The hardware replacements I had I also got at a garage sale for $.25 each.
The paint is part of a stash of oops and Sherwin Williams samples I can't stop buying.
Finally the wood appliques I used to add character, but also cover up hidden damage that was behind to original hardware.

I got the wood appliques at Michaels last year when they were having a clearance. I think I paid $.39 for a pack of three.

I painted it two coats of Green Spout color from Sherwin Williams, distressed it and waxed it with Minwax Finishing Paste.

I stripped the top and stained it along with the wood appliques Minwax Dark Walnut.

I used wood glue to hold the appliques in place (you can see a little at the bottom of the photo since it was still drying) and then added the white ceramic knobs.

It's a combination of a bunch of different things I had and I love what it added up to!

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Sunday, July 27, 2014

Easiest Makeover Ever!

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Random Chair

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Two In A Row

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Green Dresser with Wood Appliques