23 on the 23rd!

Happy Birthday Thad!

Turning 23 on the 23rd of February!

Enjoy your day! Love you. xoxo

New Bench

I just finished making a bench for my mudroom.

I bought the legs (which are actually porch railings)

from an antiques mall.

The top is a piece of pine from a lumber mill.

All told it cost me under $30.

The legs are as found. I stained and sealed the top.  : )

Happy Valentine's Day

Nape made these delicious treats from scratch.

Of course his girlfriend got most of them but he did save 

one for each of his parents.  <3 :)

More Antique Finds

I seem to be drawn to vintage shoe cleaning kits.

I love the different brushes and polishes that

you find in these wooden kits.

I also like old wooden shoe forms.

I found this wonderful vintage blue leather suitcase.

There are all kinds of neat things in this kit.

Including old polishes from England, lots of brushes,

and a cool bottle of white shoe polish that originally cost 35 cents!

Curio Cabinet Make Over

My cousin very generously gave me this curio cabinet that she

bought for an animal charity.

It was a dark shiny finish all over and was missing

the bottom trim piece. First I attached a new trim piece, then

painted the outside of the cabinet, AS Old White.

Didn't even sand or prime, just slapped on the paint.

On the inside I painted a Duck Egg Blue.

Refastened the door hardware and done.

Before

After

It's ready to be filled and hung on the wall.  : )

Mocha turns 12

My best friend turned 12 today.

Happy Birthday Mocha!! Love you.  <3

Dress Form Repaint

I have a small collection of tabletop dress forms.

I had a couple that were different colours & didn't

really go with the rest of the forms. 

So.... I repainted them.

Unfortunately, I did not take a before picture. 

The small one had a dark reddish brown base that I repainted with

Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint in Flow Blue.

I painted directly on the shiny surface without the bonding agent

because I wanted a very chippy look with the base colour

showing in spots. Then I sealed it with the clear tough topcoat

because I wanted a shiny finish & to stop the paint

 from any further chipping. (far right)

The second one was a pretty shaped metal one but it was

a goldish yellow colour. I used Annie Sloan chalk paint

in Paris Grey, to cover the whole thing. 

Then distressed it & waxed it.

Now the colours blend better with the rest of the forms.  : )