It's been a while

Well, I realize it has been a while since I've posted but I haven't forgotten! I've just been so busy that I took some time off of refinishing furniture to get some stuff done around the house. That is the beauty of my job...gosh dang I love it. Anyway! I just finished a dresser yesterday for a customer who wanted to do an Americana theme in her boys' bedroom. She wanted a dresser to go with that but didn't want it to be something that would grow outdated too quickly. I suggested blue because you can change your decor to just about anything and it still work and she took my advice. I really love this dresser. If it hadn't already been promised to someone I would have brought it straight in the house last night and loaded it down with my husbands clothes!

So here is the before. Just a plain old dresser, although the details are nice, and mismatching/missing hardware.

I used Valspar Indigo Streamer and made my own chalk paint, distressed it a little, then put two coats of polyurethane on it and updated the hardware. And here we are!

I'm going to get more of this color because I like it so much! Oh, and one more thing! I finally got some business cards and I'm just so proud and plus they are super pretty so here is a picture of that!

Yay! Ok, see y'all next time! I'm going to try to get several pieces done by next Friday so I might post a lot next week. Just keep checking back. And have a look see at my Facebook page HERE! And do me a huge favor and "Like" it. Word of mouth is my only real life source so I depend on people such as yourself to spread the word. I appreciate it and have a wonderful weekend!!

It's a redo redo!

So the grey and blue striped dresser sold except that now it's grey and sage green! The lady who was interested in it said that she liked it but her colors were more muted and chose the sage green to refinish it in. Because I had waxed the top really well I chose to just darken it with a dark wax and only paint the body. So here is the first after...

And here is the new after! It has a totally different feel to it. It still amazes me what a coat of paint can do!

From what I understand it will be moving to Texas very soon! Ah well, that's all for now. I'm going to hopefully be working on two new pieces this week if the weather will work with me! See y'all Friday, fingers crossed!