Over the past few years, the laundry room has undergone a few small makeovers. The best thing we added to the space was a folding station. It’s such a time saver especially on those heavy laundry days. Recently, I found I needed a bit more surface area on the folding station so I hit the treasure trail to find just the perfect piece. Here’s a look at what I came home with…
A few weeks ago I started working on a new project called River Ranch. This will be a second home and retreat space for a super sweet family.
I’ve using chalk paint when painting furniture for a while now privately for clients and over the past few years for my space at The Pickers Market. As of late, I haven’t been really digging deep into the details of each painted piece. But last week, I got an interesting comment on the Pure White Painted Dresser I shared that made me change my mind. Here’s a look at my favorite tips for painting, applying wax and getting a good finish on painted furniture pieces.
Way back in November when we were in the thick of trying to get Loblolly Manor ready for Thanksgiving, my aunts found a nine-drawer dresser for me. It was a pale yellow with bamboo inspired trim. The previous owner must love to be organized because there were labels all over the front of the drawers too. But you can’t beat all those drawers for storage. Here’s a look at how we gave this dresser a fresh new feel…
While we were waiting on my dad to finish the farm table for the dining room at Loblolly, my mom and I got to work on another set of chairs. We’ve used varied colors of chalk paint on almost all of the painted pieces throughout the house and we wanted something with a totally different finish. Since the living room opens up to the kitchen, which already has touches of green, we chose Miss Mustard Seed Milkpaint in Lucketts Green for the accent chairs…
The budget for Loblolly has been largely used for construction issues, roofing concerns, new appliances and flooring. We’ve had to get really creative with the pieces we’re bringing in to keep the French Country look my mom is after. When we found this coffee table base on the side of the road, the top was missing and I’m pretty sure a dog had been chewing on one of the legs. Here’s how we created a coffee table for Lobolly Manor with a few pieces of scrap wood….
I realized the other day some of you were spending the weekends preparing for Thanksgiving company by making your homes look amazing and that includes loving an old piece of furniture back to life with paint. If you’re in the midst of painting furniture to give your house a fresh look before the holiday company arrives remember these tips…
A few weeks ago, I found this four-drawer dresser at an estate sale. I’ve painted so many pieces of furniture in Duck Egg lately I started looking for other paint colors that would have a marine feel. I combined two colors of mineral based furniture paint to create a coastal blue and weather inspired dresser makeover. Here’s how it all came together…
This small table and bar stools isn’t the type of thing I usually purchase but I knew it could be used so many different ways. It didn’t really need much of a makeover but I wanted to brighten up the base without changing the top. I chose Rust- oleum’s indoor/outdoor spray paint for metal in white to paint the base.
As I shared earlier this week, I’ve been coming home with lots of goodies lately. This dresser was one of several pieces of furniture I’ve been excited to find. Given there is only one piece of furniture left in my booth at The Pickers Market painted in what has become a signature color, I knew this duck egg painted dresser would be a big hit. Wait until you see the before picture, it doesn’t even look like the same piece.
One of my favorite projects was a set of Driftwood Inspired Trail Signs I made for the home office. We were looking for a way to incorporate fun memories from our many hikes and they were a perfect fit. With summer winding down I thought I would share with you how easy they are to make in case you want to make some too. They’re a simple way to highlight meaningful moments, favorite travel destinations, or even significant dates in your home.
You may remember I picked up three pieces of furniture the weekend of July 4th. While I was at Haven the only piece of furniture in my booth I had painted Duck Egg sold. So, it was an easy decision to paint this cabinet in the coastal color is that has become a signature in my booth.
