Purple Coffee Table

This coffee table I worked on a few months ago turned out to be so much fun! I had been saving this great light purple paint for the perfect project, and I'm glad I waited for this table.

I picked up this coffee table from my favorite thrift store along with some other awesome finds. It was scratched up a lot and had definitely seen better days, the legs were wobbly, and the fold out sides needed some work.

Did I mention the awesome fold out sides! It turned the normal coffee table into so much extra space in your living room! We play games all the time at my house, so this table screamed game playing to me, just enough space to spread out your monopoly money! 

But, as much as I love real wood color, this wood was not going to stay, so I had to start thinking about color. White didn't seem right, my favorite teal wasn't right either, red was a good contender, but once I started to think about purple I knew it would be perfect. 

The more I painted the more I wanted to distress the table, which was a great move since it pulled out so many tones in the purple. Plus, it has a lovely shabby chic, country house look to it.  Now it is just waiting for the perfect home!

----Beth

October 18th Sale

Wondering when/where you can see and buy my custom furniture? We will be at the GrandDaddys annual fall yard sale in Burlington on October 18th at 7:00 am!

There will be freebies, business cards, and tons of furniture! My husband will also have a large amount of vintage toys and video games, along with normal yard sale type items. I look forward to seeing you there. 

---- Beth

Raleigh Flea Market!

We had a great time at the Raleigh flea Market back in July (I can't believe it's been that long!).

Our fun adventure started very early on Saturday, we struggled to pack everything in the SUV and my dad's trailer. We even had to leave stuff behind because we just didn't have enough room! Arriving at the flea market was so exciting! We found our spot and got to work on setting up. Sadly many of my furniture pieces were scratched and rubbed on the very bumpy trailer and got set to the back for me to fix later. (Thankfully everything could be repaired) We got help from some of our flea market neighbors to unpack the bigger furniture (Thank You!) and started selling almost the second we had everything out of the truck.

My husband had a lot of luck with his vintage toys and video games selling at first, but in no time my pieces were finding new homes!

We got to meet so many wonderful people, and wished that we had went ahead and printed business cards to have ready for the sale. Next time we will be ready.

And I'm so excited these pieces all found new homes along with tons of vintage books, decorative items, a vintage set of green luggage, lacy curtains, and so much more I can;t even remember.

We will be heading out again soon for our fall sale! Will be updating with more information soon. 

---- Beth

Dark Blue Chair SOLD

I got so busy with getting things ready for our first sale that I didn't get the chance to post about any of the furniture I was getting ready. Hopefully I'll be able to update about all of my finished pieces very soon.

This chair came into my collection from my mother. She was at one of our favorite furniture stores and sent me a picture of a set of three chairs. This yellow one was in the background and I immediately sent her a text back about it. She sent back that she know I would like that one too!

I loved the details on the chair and the very sturdy design. It was older and the vinyl seat only added the age, even though it was still in really good condition.

I custom mixed the chalk pain to my liking and took a few nights to get good coverage on every little nook and cranny. It got a good coat of wax to seal it afterwards and then it was time to pick a fabric!

I love the squares! Very cute and modern and gives the whole chair a face lift!

 The details look really good with the dark blue color, I felt like the design looks so much better dark, and was a huge improvement over the faded yellow.

Sadly this chair is no longer for sale. It sold at my flea market sale to a wonderful lady who loved it! So happy it has a great home now.

Country Burlap Stool

I found this old stool and imediatly knew what I wanted it to look like.

The cusion was ruined and the legs were pretty banged up, but it was solid and had a working swivle to it. It had four individually stapled layers of fabric on it, so the longest task was removing those. (I enjoy watching movies as I take out staples) The original fabric was an off white canvas like material, very pretty in its own way, but very damaged.

The day I bought this stool I had also bought 4 big old burlap coffee bags. I decided that the burlap would be my fabric for the seat, but to make it a little more girly I would add lace and a pink/rose color for the legs. I even finished it off with a lace bow! I love the country look to it.

---- Beth

Antique Chair in Distressed Teal - SOLD

This was my second experiment with chalk pain. I had a lot of paint left over from my last end table that I did in chalk paint, and this was the perfect project for it since I wanted to do some distressing. I bought this chair and the second I got home started painting away. I didn't even wait to take a good before picture, I was so excited to get my hands (and paint) on it.

It had some really beautiful detailing that gave it a little extra character. 

I was careful to make sure it really stood out on the finished chair.

I gave the seat a really rough look.

The finished piece has just the right amount of distressing. I imagine it as a decorative chair in a kitchen or entry way, maybe even a bathroom with an antique theme.

---- Beth

Teal Stained/Painted End Table

I found this end table at a local Salvation Army store with the drawer falling out and the table top with some decent wear. I didn't have any cash on me the day I saw it, but returned first thing the next day and raced to the back in hopes of it still being there. I was very excited to see my new project still available! The drawer was an easy fix, but the top needed a bit more work.

Before

I had seen some similar tables on Pinterset redone with stained tops and painted legs. The table top was rough and since I planned on sanding it down to the bones I decided staining it would be fun. But, because I had sanded it down so much and it was a little rough afterwards, it took A LOT of coats of stain! About 10 coats for the finished top. But well worth the smooth, dark finished look.

Then came the pain! I fell in love with this color (my favorite color!) when I saw it as a sample at Lowes, and then when I bought this table I decided it was perfect. This was my first project to try chalk paint. Due to the cost of professional chalk paint and that I wasn't sure if I would like it or not, I did a lot of research on how to make my own. My first mixture was perfect! I love the consistency and how fast it dried. By the time I had one coat around the legs it was fully dry for the second coat. 

Waxing the table to seal the chalk paint was a little harder, but after some playing around, it looked so good!

The pictures don't even do it justice, it looks so good in person! And one of the best parts, it is a good solid piece of wood furniture, ready to take on years of use. 

----Beth