The fair and look at all this furniture I have!

The fair was a lot of fun aside from the pouring down rain that happened about two hours before it was time to pack up and head home, and lasted until...oh, some time after I fell asleep. I packed up my furniture as best I could but it still ended up getting wet. I have some touching up to do unfortunately. Rain was forecastes, scattered thunderstorms it said. No, more like torrential downpours for several hours! If I'd known it was going to rain like that I might have passed on the fair and waited for better weather for the next. Oh well. Here's a little look at it. First pic is my little set up.

I refinished several pieces for the fair so this post is going to be loaded with befores and afters! And here we go. :)

First up we have a legged side table. A little beat up she still had a lot of character. The key for a great piece is to pay attention to nothing else but the bones. Color and hardware can be changed. I painted her teal and aged the hardware in TSP for several days. It added a nice green patina. I wasn't happy with the color so she ended up taking a back seat for a while. A few months later and I was inspired. So I painted white over the teal and then heavily distressed it to show the teal through it. Now I'm happy with how she turned out.

 

Next up is a vanity. Yes, you see a mirror in the before picture. I have cats that like to go into the garage and climb on things so one of those buggers knocked the mirror off of a dresser and broke it. :( Ah well, it works just as well as a small writing desk or someone can add a pretty little mirror they find somewhere. I painted her Symphony purple, antiqued and then white washed a little. I sprayed the hardware silver, distressed it and then glazed them to age them and distressed the vanity some.

I might actually have a buyer for her so perhaps she'll be going to her new home on Friday.

Next, I've had this night stand for a while but again was not inspired. I guess sometimes it takes some time. I finally decided on Blue Lagoon. I painted the body and the hardware and then lightly distressed to show the white underneath. It has a beachy vibe now that I like.

This tiered table is a new acquisition. I painted her a custom mixed blue and then stenciled a quatrefoil design on the top middle tier in white.

This dresser set was a nice score. Here is a Craigslist tip. When I called about the tall dresser I didn't know about the other dresser that the same seller had listed. They told me there was someone coming to take a look and they'd get back to me if they didn't buy it. Once I saw the other listing I texted back immediately and said that I'd take both. That changes peoples' minds because they are obviously trying to get rid of these pieces and the less time they have to deal with calls and texts the better so they told me to come on and I got them both for about $20 less than they were asking for both separately. They both needed a little work before I could paint them (as most pieces do) but I got a great deal on them. I painted them both Regatta Blue and then distressed very lightly and antiqued them. I also sprayed the hardware silver and glazed them to antique them a little.

The long dresser was actually missing one of its pulls so I replaced two with pretty glass knobs. It looks really nice.

Alright, last but not least is a large nightstand and boy is this thing heavy. This is such a beautiful piece! I'm seriously wanting to keep this one but white furniture in my house? Eh, I have three large dogs, two black labs and a husky. They might as well be children. That and I don't know where I'd put it. We're full right now. At some point I do want to switch out my furniture to match our style a bit more but we've been busy and we're saving up so my husband can get braces. Yeah...OK, so here she is! :)

Such pretty details on this one and she distressed beautifully!

There's a closeup, sort of. I just cropped one of the pictures. I wish I'd taken a better one but I actually took this at the fair.

Well, that's all for today. Ha, not bad, right? Now I've got to sell all this to make some room because I'm packed!