Friends, I picked up this lovely find tonight, and I'm desperately lacking the inspiration for it. I feel like I'd like to do typography again, but I'm not sure this is just the right piece for it. I need your help. How should I refinish it?
A few posts ago, I wrote about trying to do an image transfer on this buffet. As you know, it didn't go too well. Being as stubborn as I am, I didn't give up too quickly. I finished a few other pieces, did some more research, and tackled it once again.
Though I'd share a piece I just finished. I got this buffet as part of a set, and I just love the delicate detail on it. It's smaller than the standard 5 foot antique buffet, which would make it perfect for a smaller house.
Yesterday I was pretty pumped to try something new. I saw this fantastic buffet on pinterest with a transferred image on it. I packed the girls in the car, drove all the way to Michaels to buy the image transfer gel, then all the way to Staples to have my image professionally printed off. (Which only cost $4.88, to my great delight). I had this perfect blank canvas of a buffet to do it on.
Last night Mark picked this lovely piece up for me. I wasted no time getting started on it. I painted it last night, and finished it this morning.
Last week the girls and I went up to my brother-in-law's family cottage for the week. It was a wonderful, relaxing week, and it was so nice to get away from the daily grind. We left poor Marko behind to go to work, and with a garage full of pieces to be sold. He landed up selling 6 pieces, so I came home to an empty garage, a blank canvas just begging to be filled with gorgeous antique painted furniture.
hi i am Jen's husband Mark. this is my first blog post ever. i will warn you i am not a writer on Friday June 21th Jen and i will be celabarting our fifth wedding anniversary.
This week was full of one thing: hard work. Next week we are going to a cottage with my family for a week, which I am SO looking forward to. It will be nice to relax and just get away from home and the business and the busyness of life.
This piece is quite a bit different from any other antique pieces I've done. I believe the style is referred to as a "Duncan" style. It is a classic piece, more or less, not so much shabby chic.
On this beautiful Monday of all Monday's, I refinished an antique sideboard. This one is a different style from my usual norm, however it is still just so lovely I had to share it.
I was able to turbo through some work in the garage this week, which felt good. Today I stopped around 1, cleaned everything up so it's nice and pretty, and went inside to turbo through my neglected house. Nothing feels better than when things are clean!
Today I finished the repurposed armoire I've been working on. This piece went through quite the transformation. I'll show you what it looked life before.
My storage garage is almost empty - which means it's time to do an auction again. I have just a few pieces left - and this buffet was one of them.
A while ago I went to an auction in Mitchell, Ontario. I bought more than I thought I had room for, so I had to leave this dining set behind. Well, a few weeks later, I took another trip out to Stratford, and was thrilled they still had it. It came home with me and became this weeks' project.
This week we've been busy sprucing up our backyard patio. Every Spring we purchase something lovely for outside. This year, it was a gorgeous pergola. Or tent-thing. Whatever they're called.
This was one of the other pieces I finished this week. It's an armoire, which comes apart in 3 pieces. So convenient. I'll let you enjoy the photos.
Yesterday I convinced Mark to come to the Christie Lake Antique Show with me. It was nuts! There were hundreds of vendors, and thousands of people. I had applied to get in as a vendor earlier this year, but was put on a waiting list. Too bad... I think I would've done really well. I want to share with you some of my finds.
Loyalist is by far my favourite milk paint colour. I found this hutch at an auction out by Stratford, and it was so lovely I didn't dare paint it. But, I dug up the courage inside of me, and I'm so glad I did.
This Mother's Day is a bit of a big deal - as it is my
first Mother's Day ever. I've decided to take a break from the
furniture posts and write an ode to Mother's for this special upcoming weekend.
Last night I had the opportunity to go to a fashion show. It was the TFI New Labels Event - showcasing the 4 hottest up-coming designers in Canada. My cousin, Defne, and her partner Maiko, were among the finalists. Their fashion line is named "7/31", since they share the same birthday - July 31. (You can check them out on facebook)
This Mother's Day is a bit of a big deal - as it is my
first Mother's Day ever. I've decided to take a break from the
furniture posts and write an ode to Mother's for this special upcoming weekend.