Sunday, October 26, 2014

Putting the "Sweet" in the master suite

Creating one of a kind treasures for your home. Anything can be fabulous with the right amount of "Savvy"!

After a year in our new smaller home, I have yet to complete the master suite -until now. We took two closets with bi-fold spoors and cut the middle wall out to make a nook for the bed. The room was simply too small to accommodate our furniture. I wanted a symmetrical look that would calm the eye. In small spaces, I prefer symmetry- it lets your eye rest.

The only thing missing was side tables. Craig's list to the rescue! I found two matching ugly tables for the bargain price of $60. I love ugly. Its always cheaper! And I can fix ugly.
Here is one before (brown) and one after (cream)


When I originally bought them, they had a solid bottom, but the veneer was badley damaged so i removed the bottoms and added legs that I bought from Van Dykes Restorers. When you look for a piece of furniture to paint, always look for interesting moulding and carving. In this case - the heavily carved doors sold me on these sad little tables. I proceeded to paint the doors using a mix of Annie Sloan Chalk paint colors: Old White, French linen, and Country Gray.





I used the darker French Linen in the flat areas of the doors and intermittently added some of the Country Gray. When that was dry, I dry brushed Old White on the highest parts to highlight the carving. Finally I sanded some of the paint all the way down to the wood, for interest.

The hardware wasn't horrible, it just needed some love. I used a gilders wax that I found in Paris, but you can achieve the same effect using Silver Rub'N Buff from Michaels. The metallic wax is rubbed on and then buffed off with a soft cloth. It accentuates the design quite nicely.

Now the doors are ready to go back onto the tables. I chose to make the body of the tables one color- Old White. I felt it would make the doors stand out more. (since they are the eye candy on the piece)
Finally I waxed the whole piece and placed them in the Master Suite- Voila!





And THAT is how you put the 
"sweet" in Master Suite!!


Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Gorgeous French Chairs

Creating one of a kind treasures for your home. Anything can be fabulous with the right amount of "Savvy"!

Never Pass up a great pair of chairs!



These two beauties were at the local thrift shop with a $15 price tag for each. The pink upholstery was awful, but the caning was in tact and the wood was good. I love the shape and believe it or not, they were quite comfortable! I grabbed my paint brush and got to work.





Just the right amount of sanding!

New fabric with contrast piping!







 I ordered new feather pillow backs from
a wonderful website-www.cushionxpress.com. They were very reasonable and you
can select custom sizes to fit your needs.

Savvy little bar

Creating one of a kind treasures for your home. Anything can be fabulous with the right amount of "Savvy"!

I Found this chest on the side of the road and made new raised stenciled doors(on the left). The original ones are black(on the right).Then I added an old bookshelf on top. I backed it with a bamboo window shade glued to a piece of luann and then I made glass doors for it. For the finishing touch on top-
I added an iron scroll that I found at a thrift shop

                                                   The result? A very savvy little bar!




Friday, March 15, 2013

Papal Wine Chest










Papal Wine Chest (for FrancisI)!
I found this little brown chest at the thrift store- it was more than unloved-bless its little brown heart. I wanted to make a wine chest-
aplace to store wine bottles and the accompanying tools and such.
But I wanted it to be cute and functional. I removed the two bottom drawers and made shelves with wine "neck" cut outs. Then legs were added for interest and height. Finally I made a cute little
pediment for the top. So when I sat down to paint the two from spaces I had the tv on in the background. The beginning of the papal conclave had just started and for some reason I was terribly inspired to paint something with a pope on it. Low and behold, my google search for vintage wine labels led me to the perfect one! A
wine made for popes! Who knew! Although I am a good Catholic girl, I must say that if I had the pressures of being Pope, I would definitely need my own wine! This is the final result.






Creating one of a kind treasures for your home. Anything can be fabulous with the right amount of "Savvy"!

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Creating one of a kind treasures for your home. Anything can be fabulous with the right amount of "Savvy"!
Creating one of a kind treasures for your home. Anything can be fabulous with the right amount of "Savvy"!


Hutch Makeover







This little hutch was in sad shape-but I saved it! Now its a beauty awaiting a new home!

Saturday, February 16, 2013

 
Turn an old coffee table into an amazing bench!



 
Add some nice thick foam



And some great fabric and buttons and Voila!!
Creating one of a kind treasures for your home. Anything can be fabulous with the right amount of "Savvy"!