Cream Antiqued French Vanity.....

A new client contacted me in February and wanted 

her antique vanity painted to match the old style henry link

dressers.  We decided on cream from annie sloan.

The vanity needed repair also.  It was weak on the legs and 

loose, some detail was chipped on the tip of the mirror decor,

and she wanted the holes on the top sealed in.

I have a big waiting list and we just got to it last week 

and she waited very patiently (as all my clients do) 😊

Here is the before below.

She said it was primed already, we had to strip the top though to 

seal in the holes then we smoothed out the rest of the vanity.

Here it is after I painted and antiqued it.

Our smooth finish.

She loved it, I think it came out really beautiful!!

French Country Cottage Chest....

It's been awhile since I posted.  I've been 

like really super busy with orders, pick ups, deliveries, 

and life.  So I will be posting 2 entries today.

Here we go, this was a furnished and custom

painted order for one of my cousins who loves my work.

She wanted this chest custom painted like

another dresser I had done, but with no distress.

So white with cream and dark bronze hardware.

Here is the before....

I sanded it all down and primed everything....

painted the shell all white....

then painted the drawers a cream color.....

then painted the hardware dark bronze....

I actually color matched the cream to Annie

Sloan old ochre....

All completed and looks beautiful!

Shabby Chic Cabinet.......

A repeat client of ours wanted us to 

paint this cabinet stand she had.

She wanted it a shabby chic

 black and cream.

Here is the before....

we sanded it down, then painted it

black .....

distressed it heavily... 

painted it cream where she wanted it...

distressed the cream also...

painted the inside....

I just love how this came out!

Really love this look!

Serpent Triple Dresser Painted Cream/Grey/Dark Brown

We had this dresser up for sale for awhile and decided to paint it.  We sanded it down and took off all hardware....

I primed it cream...

then painted it a dark grey....

then painted it a dark brown....

distressed it to show all the colors....

then painted the hardware cream...

I like how you can see the grey...

and cream....

it's a bassett dresser also...

really roomy....

This is it finished!

I really love it :)

French Highboy & 6 Drawer Dresser Painted Light Pink/Cream

This was a furnished and custom painted piece for another new buyer :)  She wanted them light pink with cream primer and cream handles......

This was before on the highboy...

stripped it down....

the drawers stripped down...

then primed it with a cream primer...

painted the handles cream...

then painted the it romantic pink by BM....

Distressed it on the egdes so the cream could show.....

This was the before on the 6 drawer...

stripped it down...

stripped the drawers down...

then did the same we did with the highboy above....

Here they are finished :)

I tried so many different lightings to show the pink....

what I thought was awesome,

they both have the same handles!

Restoration Style Baby French Provincial Dresser with Topper......

So I got a new buyer who was looking for a dresser like this one from restoration hardware for baby plus painted liked it.  She wanted it with more curves like a french provincial style.  Plus she wanted a changing topper like the ones they sell at restoration hardware so when the baby grows she can take it off and use it as a dresser.

So I showed her this one I had, told her we could take the top off and make it into what she wanted...

she didn't want the french handles though so she got the rounded knobs....

So we took the top off, sanded it down, took the back off....

filled in the holes that held the top together with the bottom...

then John cut a piece of wood to match the curves on the curved piece 

the top part of the dresser was attached to

so he can make the baby changing topper..

placed it on the bottom for support...

we filled in the holes so we could use only the single knobs....

primed it and painted it with multiple coats for primer and paint...

we put together the changing topper...

added some felt to the topper so it wouldn't scratch the top of the dresser...

added some hinges to the back so she can lift it if she needs to clean....

replaced the back with a new board...

she wanted it painted like the other one,

so she went to restoration hardware to get the matching paints....

I distressed it in certain spots .....

painted the groved parts the sage color...

painted the outside trim of the drawers also the sage...

distressed the sage parts and some of the cream parts...

She loved it!  I do too :)  Looks really good.  

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