Night Stand Turned to Wine Stand!

I found this lovely night stand a few houses down from mine in a pile of furniture. It was painted with black but when you touched the night stand you would get black all over your hands!

 I stripped most of the paint off and then sanded it down a little too.

I wanted it to have a distressed look. I painted the edges black where I was going to distress it.

I then painted it turquoise and grey on the inside. Once it dried I started distressing with a fine sand paper.

Here is the finally product! It is the perfect little wine stand!

Turquoise Mirror

My dad found this mirror in a give away pile a few houses down from mine. I broke off those wooden cactuses and the longhorn. 

I sanded down the mirror and then stained it with a dark walnut. It did not come out the way I had imagined. It came out black!!!!

Then I had a genius idea to paint it turquoise and do a little distressing!

Here is the final product!!! I am in love with this mirror and it adds a splash of color to my living room!

The Coral Desk

I was given this desk for free. I needed a new desk and it was time to get rid of the ikea desk!! As you can see it was a lovely brown color. I needed to give it a touch of Nadia!! I wanted a coral desk in my study/craft room. I figured it would add some color...I love color!!!

I sanded the top down and stained it with a dark walnut. (granger had to get in one picture)

 I then painted black over the brown. I wanted a chipped/distressed look for this desk.

 I filled the holes from the old hard ware and then proceded to paint on the lovely coral!

Here is the final product!! It looks great in my room! Now I need to rearrange the room.

Green Dresser Finished!

This is the green dresser I found for $25 at a garage sale. It is solid wood and has three different layers to it...green, white, and a stain. 

I stripped it and then sanded it down. This process took some time due to the three different layers.

I did one stain of Bombay mahogany. Then did a clear semi-gloss seal on it.

Here is the final product! I got the hardware from Hobby Lobby and painted the turquoise with a dry paint brush.

Dresser Complete!

Here is the finished product! It goes perfectly in my room. I am very happy with the way it turned out. I cannot wait to finish the green dresser!

Refinishing project #3

I have started refinishing another dresser that I found at a garage sale for $25. I am still working on the green dresser but it takes time for the stain to dry. So I started working on this dresser! This is the progress of this one right now. I am staining the top and painting the rest of the dresser.

The dresser before my creativeness got to it!

Finished sanding down the top.

Primed the drawers and body.

The dark color if spray painted an oil bronze.
The gold is the color the handles were before. 

Stained it Bombay Mahogany. 

Steel wool in vinegar creates a black stain. 

Added the wool stain to the drawers and this is what happened 

after it dried over night. Kinda of gives it a rustic look.

Added a chevorn stripe to all of the drawers. 

Just mixed a drop of turquoise with the base

 paint I used. 

I still need to go back and sand the edges again 

and rub the wool stain over it again. 

The Green Dresser

Since I refinished my end table I wanted to take on something bigger! I found this lovely green, solid wood, dresser at a garage sale for $25. I had to get it! As I was stripping I found that it had three layers...the stain, white paint, and green paint. I got off what I could and the rest I will do with sanding. I plan to stain this dresser Bombay Mahogany. It is still a work in progress. 

1st refinishing project!

 I decided to attempt refinishing this old side table from the 70's (thanks mom). I had been seeing a lot of it on Pinterest and decided I would take a try at it! It was a lovely white wash stain....not my style. I wanted to go with a dark stain since that would match well with the other furniture in my house. I sanded that table for hours. I applied a dark walnut stain and distressed the edges (big fan of distressed looked furniture). I didn't like what the table looked like being all one color. I painted the body white, distressed it, then rubbed it down with dark tea. After all of this I sealed it with a semi-gloss.

Granger had to get in the picture :)

After 1 coat of Dark Walnut

2 coats of Dark Walnut stain
and distressed the edges.

Before I applied the semi-gloss.

Love it!