Vanity Table Transformation

   

     A few weeks ago I found this little Makeup Vanity table piece... It was a cherry color and had no chair. It needed some repair but Hey fixer uppers are kind of my thing. I Love finding broken things and giving them new life. 

      I didn't get a before picture but with 4 kids and it being summer break I'm just tickled I got it painted. 

    After fixing it up a bit I chose to go with a creamy white color. I grabbed some Webster's Chalk Paint Powder and got started. If you've never used it before I would recommend it. Besides it cutting a lot of Prep time I have found it makes my paint go a lot further. 

My chair was a black color and since I new I wanted to distress it I added some black to the areas of the vanity I was going to age. Since they were 2 different pieces I wanted them to look like they have always been together. 

 I found some cute fabric I wanted to do the chair and worked my magic. I found some amazing tutorials online about how to upholster a chair seat and it turned out really well. 

     I love free handing things on furniture. It gives it a little something extra. In my area unique pieces are few and far in between... So but adding painting a little something I can give it that uniqueness I'm looking for.      

        After I got everything painted I sealed it with some Polyurethane. I would suggest several coats on the top if you are doing something like a table or something that will have lots of use. If you would like to share some of your projects e-mail me. I would love to see and share. 

Be Inspired and Be You-nique

Another Dresser Makeover

  This is actually the very first piece I ever did. I remember being so nervous and terrified It was gonna look like my 8 year old did it. I played with color ideas; it was already white so I decided to leave it like it was but give it a lot of age and a pretty design. And of course some new hardware.

                                                                                          Before       

After

I didn't get many pictures but inside the bird I wrote the word Love... I then even made a sign based off that idea. This might give a better idea.

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Dresser Makeover

   
      I Love finding worn and abused pieces... missing hardware, missing veneer, broken pieces... stuff most people would pass by without a second look.

   I didn't get a before picture but I found an old dresser on Facebook. It wasn't anything special; just an average dresser. I only gave $15 for it but I knew it had potential.

  After peeling old stickers off of it, touching it up and gluing a drawer front back in place... I gathered some old legs I had from an end table I had laying around and attached them to the bottom.

   I love Blues and whites... and I guess you could say I'm obsessed with bird decor. I painted it with Webster's Chalk Paint Powder. I Love the stuff. No Sanding... No nothing... Takes all the pains and aggravations and Leaves the best part... Painting!!!

  

    I find so much joy in taking everyday pieces and giving them not only new life but making them special. Hand painting designs on furniture can be intimidating but actually quite easy. Even if you don't have much artistic ability you can always use a stencil.


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Broken things Made Beautiful

   There she was... Unwanted... Unloved.... and through most eyes Broken beyond repair. She was thrown out Ready to be Monday's trash. Though many eyes had gazed upon her she was overlooked. Seen as a disaster and to much work.

   Seeing the potential  in this future Beauty I grabbed her up after her owner tossed her on the front porch and many had looked and turned away.

 

 

She was filthy... leftover Ketchup... broken drop leaf on both sides... chewed on by animals

by the normal eye and lost cause. 

As she was loaded in the yukon I saw a few little roaches crawling underneath... 

I don't even know if I made it  maybe half a mile before I could see she was infested. I pulled off the first road I came to and tossed her into the sand... I thew sand trying to get the filthy little pest off her. The more I thew the more I seen. 

As I was about to leave her aside the road I felt Jesus say Don't leave her. This was once you. Infested with sin... dirty... unloved and unwanted.

 "All of us have become like one who is unclean, infested and impure with sin, and all our Good deeds are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away."

Isaiah 64:6 

Truly struggling with wanting to just leave her abandoned aside the road I took a blanket and smacked off all I could. I wrapped her up... put her back in and rode as quick as I could. I stopped at the first store and bought some roach spray. I opened the back and sprayed the table down. Inside I was freaking out. 

She was so infested and just nasty. I got her home pulled her out and started spraying her down with the hose... I figured bug spray I used prolly got them but I was wrong. As I washed her down more came... dead and alive... After washing her down good and spraying more bug spray... I left her to dry over night.

The next morning I went out and there was no more sign of anything... I took it completely apart and cleaned her down with every cleaner I had and let her sit for 2 months. When I went to start redoing there were no signs of anything.

I sanded... painted and refinished the top in a Dark Walnut Stain. 

She truly was a New Creation... Broken and nasty made Beautiful and given New life. 

Maybe you've felt the same way... broken... unloved and just a complete disaster...

But just as this beauty you are not to far gone... you haven't messed up to much...

And in the same way God did the very same thing for YOU- Through Jesus and His finished work on the Cross! Jesus takes ALL Your Mistakes, Flaws, Fears, Sin, and insecurities and gives you all of His PERFECTION! When you accept Jesus- Put your Trust in Him and what He did for YOU; you become a New person! You no longer have to define yourself by the world's standards anymore! Because Jesus gives you a whole new identity: an identity of PERFECTION! His Perfection!

  (Isaiah 61:10 )

Jesus Loves you Fully and unconditionally... no matter who you are.

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Vintage White Bench Makeover

    Well Hello my fellow Compadres :)

    I'm excited to share this beautiful Entryway/ table bench I recently painted. Unfortunately I didn't get a before picture but just imagine it in a natural wood finish. I picked it up on a supply run one day at a local Goodwill. When I saw it I fell in love... It had that church pew feel and to top it off the seat even lift for extra storage.

    I struggle A LOT with finding things for my booth and then wanting to keep it for myself. I painted it using a Vintage White color from Lowe's and Webster's Chalk Paint powder... distressed it a little and finished it with a wipe on Polyurethane.

    I don't know if you ever actually priced the pillow forms from craft stores but for an 18x18 their like $10. But I went to our Local Salvation Army and found some great condition ugly maroon color pillows for .50 cent each... found these Super cute Pillow coverings at Hobby Lobby for 50% off... and tada!!! Sheer Beauty.


If you have questions feel free to ask. Maybe you have something that you've wanted to try but didn't feel confident enough to tackle it...I hope this inspires you in some way.

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