The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
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 […]
Hullo! How y’all doing this fine Thursday? It’s been a weird week here with the much-dramatized winter storm turning out to be a dud, and then busy looking at houses (more on that later in the post). Project-wise, bit-by-bit the low dresser that I started painting is coming along nicely! I’m using General Finishes “Coastal […]
Yikes. It’s been crazier than usual this week: holidays, painting some new furniture, trying to buy a house… Oh yeah. I guess I haven’t told y’all. But first, more on the table. A gal who is in the process of furnishing her apartment saw and loved the gold-dipped side table I did, and requested if I […]
I’ve been working on a cute side table that had a great, classy shape, but was looking a bit miserable. Now here she is in a beautiful gold dipped and creamy white makeover! Miss sophisticated side table is looking like a whole new fair lady who went from the streets to now speaking in a […]
