The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
I’m baaaaaack! Boy oh boy it’s been awhile, eh? July turned into August way too fast, and now it’s already nearly the middle of the month! Dang I hate how fast summer flies by, don’t you? The commercials are finished and out, but I’ll have to save all the yummy behind-the-scenes scoop for another post. […]
It’s no secret that I love General Finishes milk paints. But oh my goodness, these side tables have fulfilled a wish of mine that I’ve had for months of wanting to go bold and bright with a color on a piece, so I could not turn down the opportunity when I had these small matching […]
Hi all! Today’s makeover was my mom’s low hutch (a.k.a. “credenza” to make it sound fancier) that she keeps in her dining room. It was stained a very red-ish-brown back-in-the-day, and she wanted to make it pretty again. Using glaze, it came back to life! Also in her dining room is a buffet table, and the […]
Adding a glaze to a piece you are working on is a very quick and easy way to get more of an antiqued effect. When painting furniture I’m always inspired by Restoration Hardware, and this gray dresser was no exception. I was digging RH’s “antiqued graphite” color, but wanted to take the antiqued wood “look” a […]
Hello, peeps! Welcome to another episode of “painting furniture for my mom“. ;-) This vintage secretary desk used to be my grandmother’s (or my Mommom as we called her) and now my mom has it in her guest room. The piece has something unique I haven’t seen before with secretary desks; open side shelving. In […]
