French Provincial Chest of Drawers

I found a beautiful French Provincial Chest of Drawers on craiglist. (see the saga here)

I just LOVE the lines and curves and feminine feel of these pieces. I wanted an antique, old world sort of feel to this piece – as if it had been painted and faded, and painted again and aged again – but still keeping the gold in places as if  the paint had come off revealing the gold underneath. So let me know what you think….did I accomplish my goal??

 Here is the before picture:

(not the best picture- I took it from the craigslist ad on my phone)

 

And here are the AFTER:

Ta daaaa!!!

xoxo

Beautiful Blue!!!

I took a chance on these tables - my first time painting with blue....OMG-I may never go back!!!

Here are some before and afters....

I just LOVE the way they turned out!!! If you would like to PURCHASE these...

they are for sale at the Uptown Attic Consignment Boutique

http://www.facebook.com/#!/TheUptownAtticConsignmentBoutique

they have LOTS of great vintage, handmade, awesome treasures there!!

Furniture, frames, linens, wall decor and more...vintage, shabby, elegant and AWESOME!!

go check them out!!!

China Cabinet turned shabby chic

I inherited this beautiful china cabinet from my beautiful mother in law. It was sitting near a window in her home and the side facing the window took a little bit of a beating....but she was beautiful. My sister in laws suggested I spruce her up a bit...and boy was I happy to :)

Here she is before....

I sanded and painted and sanded and painted and here she is now!!

I also inherited the beautiful red and white toile china in the cabinet...it's JUST gorgeous....

The inside of the cabinet is red, to match the red chairs seen here

here is how it all flows together!!!

Dining Room Table

This dining room table was my moms...it started out a very dark color - I refinished it about - geez - 14 years ago??? to a lighter color like this...

It's a really cool table....folds down as shown in the picture above and then can be full size as well.

This table has been with me (in the folded down position) in my apartment, to our first home, and now to our current home. But it needed a face lift as we all do...lol....so in order to match all the other furniture and the China cabinet I inherited from my mother in law I chose to paint her an antique white...with distressing :)

Here she is...my old friend...in all her updated glory....

ta daaaaaa