Remember this cute little grey chest of drawers? It’s been forever since I had any chests to put in my booth at Stars, so I was anxious to get this one painted and taken in.
Just DAYS after I had put it in my booth, I came across this adorable little SOLID OAK hutch top / cubby shelf, that looked like it would be a perfect fit to set atop the grey dresser.
I went to work on it as fast as I could. Painting it in the same grey that I had used for the chest, and distressing it. I was SO looking forward to pairing it with that grey chest! Alas, when I went in the following week with the grey hutch top and some additional stock for my booths, the chest had SOLD!! Bitter sweet. Happy for the sale, of course; but disappointed that I wasn’t able to display the two pieces together. Lousy timing!
Here are a few other pieces that I’ve recently completed:
Off white oval three tiered night stand; painted pink and distressed. This piece is available for purchase at Pink Door in Aurora, Oregon.
I had two of these child size chairs. The seats were made of that white ‘dry erase board’ kind of wood, which as as you can see in the before photo, was slightly damaged. While the damage did not affect the structural integrity of the chairs; my attempts to cosmetically repair them failed. Pretty wrapping paper and Mod Podge to the rescue! These have not yet been taken to either of my sales venues.
The drawers to this cubby didn’t slide very well once I had re-painted it; so I set them aside for some other project. Cubbies with the backing already on them are extremely time consuming to paint; hence, spray paint is my go to solution for such pieces. A little hand sanding along the edges shabby it up a bit. available to purchase in my booth at Stars.
Continuing with the grey color scheme on this small shelf and DVD rack. available to purchase in my booth at Stars.
This bar stool is BIG and sturdy. It had a glossy finish on it to begin with, so I had to either prime it or sand it before re-painting it. I opted for primer, which gave it an added dimension when I distressed it. Some of the distressed areas show the white primer layer and others the original dark color. I was very tempted to stencil something on the back, but I couldn’t quite decide what, and I really NEEDED furniture in my space, so I left it plain for now. Available to purchase in my booth at Stars.
With two of the wicker drawers missing, I opted to just remove them all. The cubby was in fairly rough shape, and since I had just painted the other cubby white, I decided to leave this one it’s original wood; just distressed it a bit. It’s available to purchase in my booth at Stars.
The leopard print mannequin torso needed some ‘legs’. I had a black wrought iron base and a tall curvy plant/candle stand. Opted for the wrought iron base as the weight of it would make her stand steadier; and besides, her skirt pretty much covers the base. I used nearly 100 yards of tulle to hand make her fluffy black skirt. She is available for purchase at Pink Door in Aurora, Oregon.
A couple of smaller upcycled mannequins with fluffy tulle skirts; also available for purchase at Pink Door in Aurora, Oregon.
I’m ALWAYS on the lookout for vintage gumball machines to make over and fill with ‘fun stuff’ like seashells, spools of thread, jingle bells . . . . etc. NEVER imagined that I’d come across a silver plated one!?!?! It really wasn’t even very tarnished and required minimal polishing. Such a fancy gumball machine needed some fancy filling. Acrylic gemstones to the rescue. They look prettier in person. Available for purchase at Pink Door in Aurora, Oregon.
Somehow I missed getting a ‘before’ picture of this one. It was dark brown wood, that I sanded painted and sanded again to distress. LOVE the little drawer and the ceramic rose drawer pull that I put on it. This piece can be purchased at Stars in Portland.
Could hardly believe my good luck when I found this set of three suitcases . . . ALL of them had beautifully CLEAN innards!! The color is difficult to tell in the photos, but it’s a very, very pale pink. Each is priced individually; and available for purchase at Pink Door in Aurora, Oregon.
Just waiting for the weather to cool down a bit and the outside air to be ‘breathable’ so I can get LOTS more painting done.
Both of my spaces are fuller than full!
I paper mached the brim and the top to the body (strips of paper and liquid starch) Did several layers, letting it dry between layers. Lightly sanding after the last layer, and before painting it black. Covered the whole thing with black glitter.
For decorating the hat I had a turquoise feather boa to use, and found this glittered peacock ornament that I thought would work well.
I needed to be able to glue the peacock to the hat, so I used wire cutters and cut off the feet and clip. (saved them for use some other time!)
I also had a pretty turquoise glittered Christmas pick; cut the stem off it to glue it to the hat. Then glued on the feather boa, then the peacock. (one of the very FEW time I recommend using a hot glue gun)
And of course you HAVE to have the 10/6 price tag!
I WISH I could have made it ‘wearable’, but for it being my first hat I wanted to keep it simple.
I also made this pink crown as the second entry for Michael and me. Guess who won the contest???
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