Finds of the Week

I went to the Flea Market and some local Thrift Stores this past week and here are my treasures.

French Poster

Cute Bench and a garden Angel

Great Black Box that opens with compartments--so many uses!

White Urn with flowers from the Flea

Basket and linen pillow

Aqua tablecloth

Silver gravy boat--I am using it for my keys by the front door!

French Picture

French Provincial Dresser
turned into this:

I love all my Treasures!

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Blue French Provincial Dresser

A friend of mine wanted to know if I wanted an old dresser she did not want any more.  She had moved and it did not fit in her new house. I of course said YES!
Before:

The dresser was in pretty good shape but needed a new look.

I mixed up my own aqua chalk paint and painted the dresser.  The blue color was a little bright so I made a wash of white chalk paint and washed the dresser.  After I got the blue the color I wanted I waxed the dresser with hemp oil/dark wax.  

The last detail was to paint on gold Rub N Buff  in a few places.  

I love how it turned out!

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Pink Gold and Frenchy-Ooh-La-La

I have a client who wanted a Frenchy pink bed for her daughter and she asked me to find one and custom paint it for a bedroom re-do.  I found a double French Provincial Headboard and she was excited.  
Before:

She wanted it to have pink and white and be Frenchy and she said I could do it however I envisioned it.  The picture I had in my head was an aged pink and white striped headboard with gold and a monogram. 
    I mixed up a light pink home-made chalk paint and started to paint.  After the paint had dried I got out painters tape and marked off my stripes.  I painted the stripes in white.  

I painted the top edge in gold Rub n Buff.  I also distressed the edges and front of the headboard.  I painted a white oval in the middle and painted on a French script E. Next I painted around the oval with gold Rub n Buff for an added extra detail.  After distressing I didn't like how pink the pink was so I made a wash out of watered down white paint.  I painted the wash on the pink and wiped it off and it gave a great weathered and aged look to the solid pink.  I kept feathering in the wash until I got the right pink look.  I then aged the headboard with hemp oil and dark wax.  

Gold detail

I like that it looks old and beat up

You can see the white wash here

My Client loves it and so do I!

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Pair of Cane Chairs with European Grain Sack Fabric

After doing some errands today I stopped by one of the local Goodwill stores and found a pair of great chairs.  Well--they did not look pretty, but I really liked the shape and the bones so they had to come home with me. 
Before:

Lovely yellow seats!

I have a few antique European grain sacks and wanted to use the fabric on the chairs.  I painted the chairs with my home-made chalk paint (Milky Way by Benjamin Moore) and then distressed them.  To make the chairs more of a creamy color and add some dimension I painted them with my hemp oil/dark wax mix.  They came out the color I was picturing in my head.  I cut up a grain sack and stapled away. 

I love the Red!

My heavy metal rooster that I have had for many years

I might have to keep these and get rid of a pair of my current dinning chairs!

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