Grey nursery set

Well...I may have painting skills but my taking before picture skills seem to be lacking! I had a previous client refer her sister to me (Yay for referrals!!) to do her nursery set. She's expecting a baby boy in November and wanted something other than white. White is nice but it can be overdone. Her plan was to paint the nursery green and have her niece paint a large giraffe on one of the walls. Because there was going to be a lot of color I suggested going with a muted nursery. Obviously we wanted something masculine and she knew she wanted it to look older so we settled on grey with a white wash. I used Mark Twain Grey Brick and then whitewashed with a little primer. Again, so sorry there aren't any before pics. I'm working on that!! (Edit: I found the pictures sent to me for the quote. Yay!) So here are the before pictures!

And here is the set all finished and ready for pickup!

By the way, when they came to pick up the set yesterday they showed me the giraffe. This little girl is 10 years old and has some serious talent! Hopefully they'll be sending a picture of the finished room and I'll show you guys. Seriously!

Alright, so the typewriter desk is sitting in my garage and won't be picked up until after my husband and I get back from vacation but maybe I can bribe him into helping me drag it out so I can get some pictures. I've made you all wait way too long for this one. I'll do my best but no promises! If you don't hear from my by Friday night I'll be back in a week and will definitely get pictures before it's picked up. See y'all then!

FINALLY!!

I know it's been a while since I've posted but I have been a busy bee! I've been working on two nursery sets, a dresser and nighstand set, and a chair makeover. I have the chair after pic for you today (I forgot to take a before! :( ), and one of the nursery sets is complete and being picked up today.

First off I'll show you the chair. It was a Craigslist find by one of my clients. The entire chair was the same color as the seat to give you an idea of the before. I asked her to pick out a paint chip from Lowe's so we would know it would match and she dropped it off! She told me she wanted it lightly distressed but that her decor wasn't really cottage chic so not too much. I'm not much of a fan of heavy distressing myself, but a little light distressing really brings out the details sometimes.

I really love how it turned out! I do my best to only distress in areas that would naturally wear from use. I feel like anything more than that looks strange.

OK, now on to the BEFORE & AFTER of the first nursery set! Yay! I've not ever done this much furniture at once before and feel truly blessed. This client has a lot of future work for me and I can't wait to help her make over her home!

Before: It was a new set of furniture with some slight wear (her little girl is 11 months old) but she originally bought it thinking she was having a boy. When they discovered they were having a little girl she felt like this wasn't fitting. She wanted a super girly room for her princess. She actually found me via one of my Craigslist ads for a vanity I'd refinished and was selling and asked me to redo the rest of the furniture. Here are the before pics. The dresser and crib matched but she had a random side table she wanted painted so it fit better. I didn't take befores of the crib but you can get an idea.

She wanted me to paint the set white but didn't want it too white so I used a single layer of dark wax to darken and add some dimension. She also wanted more girly hardware. I knew EXACTLY what I was going to use. As a matter of fact I had already purchased a few for when I redo my own furniture...which is lucky because Hobby Lobby didn't have enough for this job so I ended up using them. Rest assured I will be getting more for myself when the time comes. ;) Anyway! Here are the after pics!

I love these knobs even more now getting to see them on a piece of furniture! That's all for now! But I will have another nursery set for you on Saturday or Sunday...or Monday. It's my husband's birthday weekend so I'm not sure how much time I'll have to blog but I promise it'll be less than a week! Later Gator!