D.D.'s Cottage and Design

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Chippy Buffet

My husband thinks I am a little crazy because I want to change my buffet again. I just sold our china hutch and painted a new French Provincial buffet last month and now have painted another buffet!
Old buffet:

I found my new buffet on Craigslist. I really wanted a buffet that was a little taller and chippy.
Before:

It was a beautiful buffet but had some issues with the top and the sides.
I mixed up some Miss Mustard Seed Milk paint in French Enamel Blue and went to town painting. This buffet is really large and heavy so it took a good chunk of my morning to paint. After it dried I got out my scraper and scraped away for the great chippiness. To seal the paint I used my hemp oil/dark wax technique I love it!

Box my father in law made for me out of old barn wood

This Buffet will be staying!
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Saturday, March 22, 2014

French Enamel Stool

I was painting a buffet today in MMS French Enamel Blue Milk paint and had a little extra so I pulled out an old brown stool I had picked up ages ago. I can't find the before picture, but imagine a plain dark brown stool that was blah.

I painted the stool with the milk paint and then got out my scraper and scraped off the chips and did a quick sand. The last step was adding my hemp oil/dark wax finish.

I love the chippiness!

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Angels--(how to age an angel)

When I am out looking for treasures angles and cherubs always catch my eye and if they are solid and priced well I will usually buy them. At the last show I had a display of angles and they were gone fast. Here are a few I transformed this week.
Before:

Cute and gold

I mixed up some Coco home-made chalk paint and painted the angels.

After drying with my hair dryer- I painted them with white chalk paint and quickly wiped down.

I like it when the white stays in the crevices. Waxing was the last step.

I love dried roses

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knickoftimeinteriors
cozylittlehouse
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Pretty in Pink

A client gave me a small bench and wanted me to make it pink and girly for her shop.

Before:

The bench had a great look so I mixed up a custom pink chalk paint and went through my stash of fabric and got busy. I painted the piece in a lovely girly pink and then distressed the edges. To seal the paint I used hemp out/AS dark wax and I love how it turned out.