Surprising BEFORE and AFTER - Industrial L♥V!

Red Rock Rose phoned me and asked for a little help.

No problem...

(1) A little paint (2) metallic glaze (3) brown tint, and (4) glass shelves. Whew...

pleased to lend a hand!

Once Boy's Dresser - Now, MASCULINE and MODERN

Lots (and lots) of sanding plus new hardware - Voila! New life into an old piece of furniture.
David will love his new dresser!

Cottage Chic COFFEE TABLE Makeover

This super looking cottage table was the fabulous result of a decent but drab piece of funiture.

All we needed was sandpaper, white primer, a small amount of brown tinted polyurethane.

We started with a table with great LEGs.  We cleaned, then sanded the piece just enough to rough it up.

Next we applied white primer and distressed it with sand paper so it would look slightly worn.

  

  Last we used brown tinted polyurethane by applying it sparingly to give the piece not only protection, but an aged vintage appearance.

DIVINE!!

This piece is still available at Red Rock Rose Boutique in Albuquerque.

project of the week – Antique Dresser all GLAMMED UP!

This antique dresser needed a face lift and and a little TLC.

A good sanding always starts the project.

  All it took was a little elbow grease and patience.

I dressed it up with a couple coats of silver paint and accessorized with glass knobs - Voila, it's ready for a Great Weekend!!

It's still available at Red Rock Rose

Friday Project of the Week - My First SPRING FLOWER!!

           This FABULOUS plant stand (in it's final glory), originally came in like this mismatched mutt of a piece.  Yuch!

After thinking about it overnight, I decided this plant stand had a base with promise.  It could be interpreted as a stem and leaves (...imagine, if you will) and the top could be painted to look like a flower??  A mum perhaps!First, lots and lots of sanding - then we BEGIN.

  

I started with a light pink all over, then strokes of darker pink with yellow and green over each other in the middle.  After drying I began to draw petals with chalk, until the entire surface was covered.

I blew the chalk dust away and took a clear spray paint to seal it.

Once that dried, I took a white acrylic paint in a squeeze bottle and went over the petals.  Then,  I went over the top with 2 coats of high gloss polyurethane.  What do you think of my first SPRING FLOWER!!

It's still available at Red Rock Rose Boutique.