China Cabinet from Hades

This pretty little thing was not always so pretty.  I bought it from a lady off of craigslist and was in pretty good shape except for some veneer spots that were coming off. Nothing that a little bondo couldn't fix.  I prepped the piece and put 2 coats of Maison Blanche Vintage Paint in Collette on it and let it dry over night.  They recommend waiting 24-48 hrs before you put the wax on, but in my opinion it has the same result if you let dry overnight.  I then shabbied it.  Yes shabbied is a word.  At least in our house:)  Here's where the trouble started. I waxed it using dark wax to get a deeper turquoise green color.  The problem was that after I got my coat of wax on it and let it sit for a little bit a hot car pulled in the garage right next to the cabinet.  This wax is definitely temperature sensitive, so when I buffed the piece later on that night the parts that were farthest away from where the car had been buffed out great and looked fabulous.  The left side of the cabinet on the other hand was very streaky and uneven.  At first I didn't know what to do, but then I remembered that my old boss and best friend, Jodi told me that you could put wax over it again to sort of reactivate the original wax.  I did that.  There was no hot car next to it this time and it came out great!  I should have priced it super high since there was extra work, but I really want it to move quickly so I can bring in other goodies.  It's only $299 at The Mustard Seed Antique Mall. 

Desk

I found this sad, sad desk at the local Goodwill.  It was a really great piece of furniture, but it needed a little love.  I took it home.  Ok, let me back up, I left it in my husband's car for a few days until I could talk him into carrying it to the basement with me:)  It was time for cleaning up and vacuuming.  This one had a bunch of nasty stuff underneath it.  Always check your old furniture that you are buying for funk!  Funk to me includes, spiderwebs, spider eggs, dust bunnies, other insects!

Here it is after a little love.  I kept the top stained wood just so it would be more durable for the new owner.  I shined it up a little bit with some beeswax that my father in law had underneath the kitchen sink and it was good to go.  I painted the main part with Maison Blanche Vintage Paint in Maison White and a Clear Wax on Top.  I wanted the drawers to have a little bit of a pop though, so I used Maison Blanche's Riveria and used a Light Brown Wax to darken it a little bit.  I love how it turned out.  For Sale at The Mustard Seed Antique Mall in Oxford, Ms for $175. 

It's Blog Time

It's time for a BLOG!!!  This blog will be about re-purposing and re-doing furniture with paint and stain.  Hopefully you will like some of the before and afters.

 Here is the Before of a dresser that I got off of Craigslist.  It was in really good condition, so there wasn't much prep work to it.  I just removed hardware and cleaned it up pretty good.  That includes vacuuming out the drawers and cleaning underneath the piece where spiders like to hang out!  Gross, I know.

Here is the After.  It was painted with Maison Blanche Vintage Paint in Creme De Menthe and Maison White.  Then I distressed the edges of it to give it a shabby look.  I used a clear wax on the whole piece.  Maison Blanche has 4 different wax colors to choose from, but on this one I wanted to keep it close to its original color.  (This Paint and wax is available for sale at The Bee's Knees in Searcy). The hardware was cleaned up a little bit, but left the original color.   This size dresser is pretty versatile.  You could use as a dresser of course or a media center and  I think it would be great to use as a changing table!

This dresser is for sale at The Mustard Seed Antique Mall in Oxford, MS for $225.