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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Furniture Friday 16 and Features

Hello and Happy Friday!!  How's everyone doing?  It's been hot over here this week and I've already started working on my tan from all the working outside I've been doing. We had some great projects linked up last week like this cabinet by Red Hen Home.


and this awesome Paisley Table by Domestic Imperfection


If you have been featured grab a my name in lights button on my sidebar or in my buttons page.

Now lets see what you've been working on.  Please visit other peoples links, because that is what partying is about, getting to know one another.

Please put your permalink into the linky and pretty please link back here so we can share everyone's other great ideas (button at the bottom of this post or on my sidebar).   Please do not link any shops!!  Sit back, relax, grab a martini, network (visit other links) and enjoy the  party.

Note: By adding your link you are giving me permission to use your photos on my blog without contacting you.  Which means you may get featured, please visit us again next Friday for Features.

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Decoupaged TV Cabinet

Remember this hutch?


Remember that I turned it into a bar for our home office?

Well the bar is no more.  Ok, to be quite honest the bar has been moved to an undisclosed location. 

Problem number one, sharing a desk with my husband just didn't work out for me.  I have a neat desk policy that he could not maintain.  So in its spot went my own desk.


Problem 2, I committed to Vintage Revivals Fearlessly Finding Awesome Challenge to save my living room, which meant that my tv needed a new home.

and unfortunately a much smaller cabinet.  

That's where my old bar come into play.  I painted it yellow and decoupaged it in New York style post cards, articles, and such that I found on the internet.



This cabinet makes a 42" tv look like a 60" tv.

Heres a close up of my decoupage




What did I do with the top you might ask?

Well, its now sitting next to my fireplace in a semi new finish ( I added some yellow striped and distressed it a bit), but it still needs to be styled.


More saving my living room to come.

Don't forget to link up to Furniture Friday this week.

xo,

mONICa

As you can see we're partying all week long. I probably need to go to link party rehab.  Oh well,  grab a martini and join us....Monica

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Audrey 2

Audrey has a twin. Yes, another lucky lady will getting a Tiffany Blue Dresser. This time she is going to Washington. Audrey 2 wasn't as easy to work on as Audrey 1. Audrey 2 needed to be completely stripped. It wasn't really what I was expecting when I took on this project, but all is well if ends well, right?  Here she is before.


Took me weeks to strip this things, getting into all the crack and crevices was tough and there were several layers of paint on it, some oil based and some latex based.  Let me tell if you are going to strip a dresser use.  Citristrip.  It smells much better than the other ones and is less harmful.  I must say though, it does still burn your skin (learned from experience) so wear gloves.    Here is what she looked once she was completely stripped.


The client also asked for different hardware so new holes had to be drilled

and here she is after


Does she look like the first one?  Well the lighting is different, but I promise its the same color. If you missed the tutorial on how to do this finish you can see it here.



xo...

mONICa
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Friday, May 11, 2012

Etsy Favs- Pink & Teal

'Bright, Bold, and Beautiful' by decoratinginsanity

Bright colors make my day.

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Teal Wool Felt Baby Booties 3 to 6 months - TRAFLEURS 32 Scalloped Circles (2.5 inches) in Teal and Hot Pink paper Textured Cardstock - Mariapalito The "Baby Turquoise / Teal Elephant" designer wall mounted clock from LeLuni - LeLuni Cotton Clutch - Turquoise Big Flowers with Hot Pink Piping - FABbyCAB
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Furniture Friday 15 and Features

Welcome to another addition of Furniture Friday.  I got 3.5 pieces of furniture finished for my house this week.  Whoo hoo!!  Thanks for all who linked up last week.  Our linky party was a little quiet last week, but that's because I totally screwed up the time zone.  Oopsie!!  I guess we all boo boo at times.  

One of the links that caught my eye was this copy cat coffee table by Let's Add Sprinkles




Now time to party!!

Please put your permalink into the linky and pretty please link back here so we can share everyone's other great ideas (button at the bottom of this post or on my sidebar).   Please do not link any shops!!  Sit back, relax, grab a martini, network (visit other links) and enjoy the  party.

Note: By adding your link you are giving me permission to use your photos on my blog without contacting you.  Which means you may get featured, please visit us again next Friday for Features.



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French and Flirty Dining Chairs

I absolutely love french provincial furniture.  Some may say I like to abuse it because I'm not your typical shabby chicer.  I love dark, bold colors, but I also love the shabby chic details (ie. distressing, waxing, and vintage graphics).  I got these great cane back dining chairs at the thrift store.  Originally I had planned to only buy one (there were 2 available), well actually I did only buy one for my desk chair.  After painting it I put it against my dining room table and decided that I loved the color with my dining table (super unexpected) so I quickly ran back to the store and got the other one.  So now, they are not my desk chairs, but my dining chairs.  So long story longer,  I still need a chair for my desk.

I didn't snap a before picture, but I got them in primer stage

After primer I painted them Rustoleum Raspberry and added a neutral chenille that I got for $2 bucks a yard.


The reason I went with such a boring fabric was 1.) It was cheap and 2.) It needed to go with my other 2 patterned dining chairs.


Well, I didn't like it.  Too boring and didn't like the contrast.  So I picked up some iron on transfer paper and went over to The Graphics Fairy and found a vintage graphic that I liked.  I printed it out in reverse mode and ironed it right on to the chair seat.  Here is the result:




They probably would've come out better if I had done them before upholstering, but oh well.

I figure as they wear in this will look better.  I would show you how they look with my dining table, but I haven't even started painting it yet and I want you to get the full effect.

Lets see what you have been up to.  Link up your Furniture Projects to Furniture Friday.

xo,

mONICa

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

50 cent Mason Jar Soap Dispenser

I love old mason jars.  When I lived in Kentucky you used to see them by the dozens, but now that I'm back in California I don't see them as often.  Well lately I've fallen in love with Mason Jar soap dispensers.

Like this one from Fine and Feathered


or this one by The Junk Nest


or this one by Post Road Vintage


Aren't they cute?

I just had to have one.  I was excited at the thrift store the other day to find a Mason Jar for 50 cents.  Ok, so its probably really an old spaghetti jar, but whatever works.  I had an old pump available that I had saved from a ceramic dollar store dispenser that broke so the pump was free.  I just drilled a hole in the center and hot glued the pump on.  So for 50 cents I got a cute Mason Jar Soap Dispenser.  Take that Dollar Store.


and I kind of like the spaghetti jar lid.  Gives it character.

xo,

mONICa


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