Furniture and Paint Party #17

We had record numbers last week!  Thank you for helping spread the word and linking up!

My paint project for the week is this beautiful French Desk.  I don't know what it is, but French Legs are my favorite!  Full post here

Don't you just love the 2 colors on this piece!?  The Crowned Goat stepped out of her comfort zone, and I am glad she did the end product is stunning!

Who doesn't love Patina or at least saying it?!  Redoux shows you how to achieve this fun look!

This green is spot on by Somerset Lane, I love this table against the dark wall!  

Last but not least this beautiful french side table by Sunflower Hugs!  I love the LEGS and all the fun designs!

If you are new leave me a comment, I LOVE NEW FRIENDS!!!

Here is my Paint Party Pinterest board, Check out all the Features from the Furniture & Paint Party!!

Please follow the rules for the link party, I promise to keep it short

1) Only Furniture and Paint Please!!

2) Link straight to your post not your blogs home page

3) Follow me somehow, I am not picky!

      

4) Link back to this party using my address or my button on the sidebar.  

                               If you don't link back I wont feature you.

5) I love to Feature your awesome work, I will pin all featured projects, and I also share a few on  my Facebook page each week!

6)Visit others, make new friends!!

7) Have fun, and THANK YOU for joining!

French Desk

I just finished this beautiful desk.  I am sure you painters out there can relate when I say I love how this turned out.  There seem to be a few peices I am so pleased with and this is one of them.  I can't even put my finger on it, I just LOVE it!!

Tuesday's Tip: Distressing with Vaseline!

Previously we talked about rubbing vaseline on hardware so paint doesn't stick to hard to get off hardware (Post Here)...you can use in to distress furniture too!!

 How do you distress with vaseline?

First sand our piece down and get it all ready for paint

Once it is ready add you vaseline where ever you DON'T want the paint to stick.  

It doesn't have to be thick just rub it on like you would on your lips.

Once you have the vaseline on paint away!  

As the paint dries it will crack where the vaseline is.  (As shown above) 

 Once your paint is dry take a rag and it will wipe right off!

You may want to run over the top with fine sand paper to make sure all the lose paint is off!

I did go back and distress in a few additional spots to add an antique look!

TTFN

Brooke

Update on the Master Bath!

You may remember this room from when I first posted it, but it has changed a bit!  

I have been finding some new treasures and it is slowly evolving!  

Here is a little refresher on the before:

I love these 1950's pictures and with a touch of coral they were just right for this bathroom.  

I am loving the tone on tone look right now but I wanted slight pops of coral through out!  

This vintage lotion bottle is perfect as well as the coral from the sea shells and the pictures.

 I often buy something because it is different, I don't really have a specific place for it, but I can't pass it up.  Those items usually sit in my closet until I find them a spot, and that is exactly what happen with my wash cloth holder!  It is a old sugar mold I bought years ago.  It has been shuffled around my house looking for it's place, nothing seemed to fit quite right until I put wash clothes in it!

TTFN

Brooke

Sunday: 
Three Mango Seeds
Boogie Board Cottage
Homemaker on a Dime
Nifty Thrifty Things
By Stephanie Lynn
Suburbs Mama

Monday:
Dwellings
DIY Home Sweet Home
Keeping it Simple
TwelveOeight
Home Coming

Tuesday:
Coastal Charm
Cozy Little House
A Stroll Thru Life
Rain on a Tin Roof
Not Just a Housewife
Kathe with an E
VMG206
Elizabeth & Co.
DIY by Design
Domestically Speaking
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Fluster Bluster

Wednesday:
Homework Wednesday
Just a Little Creativity
Crafts a la Mode
Wonderful at Home
Savvy Southern Style
Ginger Snap Crafts
Green Willow Pond
Handy Man, Craft Woman
Family, Home, & Life
The Style Sisters
Ivy and Elephants
Stone Gable
Lily Field Life
The Turquoise Home

Thursday:
Mr. and Mrs. Winslett
Posed Perfection
My Romantic Home
Embracing Change
Common Ground

Friday
TGIF
French Country Cottage
Anything Blue
Miss Mustard Seed
Redoux Interiors

Furniture & Paint Party

It is time to PARTY!

I just barely finished this hutch in time for the party!  

  I am loving the blue background and all the fun details!  

You can read the full post here

As always there were so many fun projects linked up, and I enjoyed snooping around on everyone's blog!

Here are a few of my favorites from last week:

So I have to admit I don't usually love black furniture, but this piece by Alchemy Fine Living caught my eye!  I love how you can still see the wood grain and it looks so sleek!  Fantastic Job!!

What is there not to love about this Dining Room by DIY Beautify?  Look at the fun slip cover and the chevron print and the rug and well the list goes on, but I think you get the idea!

Here is a fun buffet with Milk Paint by I Restore Stuff!  Most milk paint is really chippy but I love how she painted this fun side bar.

And last but not least this amazing dresser by Pneumatic Addict!  I love the red and the fun distressing!

A huge thank you to everyone who linked up last week and continues to link up every week!  I really appreciate all your support!  If you are new leave me a comment, I LOVE NEW FRIENDS!!!

Here is my Paint Party Pinterest board, Check out all the Features from the Furniture & Paint Party!!

Please follow the rules for the link party, I promise to keep it short

1) Only Furniture and Paint Please!!

2) Link straight to your post not your blogs home page

3) Follow me somehow, I am not picky!

      

4) Link back to this party using my address or my button on the sidebar.  

                               If you don't link back I wont feature you.

5) I love to Feature your awesome work, I will pin all featured projects, and I also share a few on  my Facebook page each week!

6)Visit others, make new friends!!

7) Have fun, and THANK YOU for joining!

Beautiful Hutch !!

I just finished this beautiful hutch!  This is the 3rd hutch I have refinished and I have to say I am hooked.  They are so much fun to refinish and have a WOW factor when complete!  

The only down side is taking them apart and putting them back together, it always takes me longer than expected.  I find myself thinking, "I will just run downstairs and put the doors back on really fast."  Really fast usually ends up taking at least an hour!  

Here she is...and well worth the time!

I added the blue distressed bead board in back and love the contrast it gives the piece.  

Look how all the beautiful details pop with the glaze!

I sprayed this piece with a soft cream latex, it is distressed with a brown glaze and top coated with a Poly Acrylic for protection! 

TTFN

Brooke

Linking here:

Elizabeth & Co.

PoPP

Wednesday:

Homework Wednesday

Just a Little Creativity

Crafts a la Mode

Wonderful at Home

Savvy Southern Style

Ginger Snap Crafts

Green Willow Pond

Handy Man, Craft Woman

Family, Home, & Life

The Style Sisters

Ivy and Elephants

Stone Gable

Lily Field Life

The Turquoise Home

Thursday:

Mr. and Mrs. Winslett

Posed Perfection

My Romantic Home

Embracing Change

Common Ground

Friday

TGIF

French Country Cottage

Anything Blue
Miss Mustard Seed
Redoux Interiors

Tuesday's Tip: Distressing

When Painting a piece of furniture I like to distress the edges lightly!  Why?  Naturally paint will chip at some point, because once paint is dried and cured it becomes hard.  

Most of the chipping will happen on the edges, so by at least lightly distressing the edges you can help eliminate some chipping.  And if it does chip, it looks like it was supposed to be that way!

TTFN

Brooke