Black Dresser

I can't believe I haven't posted in almost three weeks. I have had so much to share, but haven't gotten around to taking pictures so I could. I finished a dresser that has been in dire need of a paint job for at least two years as well as a table I have had even longer. I am really pleased with how they both turned out.  I will post about the dresser now and save the table for a later post.

Here she is getting ready to be repainted. She was a dark brown. You can't see how bad the paint job is from the pictures, but believe me it is not good. I picked her up at a yard sale for $35 a couple of years ago. She came with a beautiful mirror attached that I did repaint right away and it now hangs in my guest room. I guess I will have to share that one too one day. She also had no knobs at all. 

 Here comes Zeus, he always needs to be in on the action.

Pretty dismal picture, sorry the sun was a bit bright that morning. Can you believe this has been in place for several years with me only dreaming of paint. Now she is finally ready to start the transformation.

And here she is all finished, isn't she beautiful?

I painted her with Behr Black Suede semi gloss. I was going to distress her, but decided against it. I may in the future, but for now I like her the way she is. My sweet sister who lives near a Hobby Lobby got me the clock knobs. I have been wanting some and of course there are no Hobby Lobbys in the whole state of Oregon. I do wonder why, love that place. Whenever I visit my sister I want to take the whole store back with me. Unfortunately what I want to take won't fit into my suitcase!!

Another view. I love the black against the red walls. I know a lot of you are doing away with the red and leaning towards lighter colors, but I do love my red walls. Took me a long time to convince my husband it was OK to paint a wall red. Also love the richness of it.

Close up of the knobs. I love clocks so this is perfect for me. My grandson Marcus and I went on a hunt and found 38 clocks in my house. I really thought I might have more, but that is all. Need a few more, don't you think? 

Check out those sexy legs!

Loving the new look. Let me know what you think.

Linking up at:
Savvy Southern Style
Funky Junk Interiors
http://restoreinteriors.blogspot.com/2011/09/restored-it-wednesday
http://missmustardseed.blogspot.com/2011/09/furniture-feature-friday-favorites-link_22.html

Finally Finished...

I am posting this as my favorite redo of 2011. It was hard to decide since most of my redos were pretty well drastic makeovers. But this one is dear to my heart since it is a family heirloom. So here it goes:

Well I finally finished something that I have been going to do for years now. I blogged about it here:

http://quirkyquail.blogspot.com/2011/07/should-i-paint.html

My father was given this piece in 1948, soon after my parents were married. He used it as a shaving mirror. Interesting, eh? Since this was so old, I wasn't exactly sure what to do with it.  My siblings said to restain it, but it was in such poor condition that wasn't an option. So I forged ahead. Now have I peaked your interest? Here it is before I started.

 Pretty beat up and with water stains in the shelf area. At one point in its life it held pots of plants.

As you can see the poor thing is missing a few finials. I am on the look out for some replacements, but until then I thought I would start this long over due project.  I sanded it until it was smoothed out a bit.

Looking much better but still has a long way to go. I then painted it with antique white paint and heavily distressed it and waxed it with Minwax clear wax. Then I used a stain in dark walnut. It was a bit dark so I went over it again with the Minwax and it took some of the darkness out of the finish. I am new to all of this so I am just experimenting with what I have on hand. So far so good.

Finished product hung up in our guest room finally the day my mother came to visit. I wanted her to see how nice it had turned out.

Detail.

And of course I had to include my family, I am the baby in the picture. Too cute for words if I may say so myself!

Well now this is one project almost finished, if I can find the missing pieces then I will be happy, but until then this piece is happy hanging in my guestroom so all the generations can enjoy her.

Linking up with:
 Funky Junk Interiors SNS
Commonground Vintage Inspiration Friday
Romantic Homes Show and Tell Fridays

http://knickoftimeinteriors.blogspot.com/2011/09/introducingknick-of-time-tuesday-party.html
http://romantichome.blogspot.com/
http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/2011/09/white-wednesday-116.html
http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-decorating-fun-funky-guest-room.html

Antique Table Redo...

I have this beautiful old table in my garage that has to be painted and sold ASAP. So this weekend, since it is a long one, I will be hard at work painting and staining.

It was a steal at $15 and very sturdy. I think I will stain the top if possible and paint the legs antique white. I will post later to show you all how it turns out. Now aren't you in love with those legs? I love the fact that there are eight of them. I am like Miss Mustard Seed when it comes to legs.

Time With the Zs and some Upcycling

I have had a house full of company for the past two weeks. Two of which are my sweet little granddaughters, Zoey and Zaphren. They are so cute and full of sweet mischief.

My Mom is also visiting and the Zs love her. Granny Jo.

I took everyone yardsaling today and we bought some clothes for me to upcycle for Zoey since we found lots of clothes for Zaphren and not much for Zoey. Of course I got too excited and cut up the dress before I thought to take a before picture. Darn. But this was a ladies denim dress that we paid $2 for. See how cute it turned out with a bit of new fabric!

Then I went to my closet and pulled out a sweater I had never worn. Just didn't like it after buying it. I know that never happens to you, right?

Now the finished product, it is a bit big so she can wear it for awhile.

Isn't she just the sweetest little model. She was so excited to have two new dresses in one day! Now for one more.

This is the before.

Now the after. She is set for some cold weather now. Not the 90+ it has been here. I am missing the girls now, they have all gone.

Linking to:
Sew and Tell Saturday
http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/08/summer-loving-link-partyits-here.html

Thanks Baby Kitty

Wow Zeus was so surprised and happy to receive this package from Baby Kitty and Debbie at Confessions of a Plate Addict. He wanted to jump right in and grab all the goodies.

 Granddaughter Zoey Kitty held him back. 

 Wow what is that? A mouse, give it to me!!

Another little kitty has come to live at our house for the past two weeks. We will be sorry to see her go.
If you want to see the party head over to this site.

Thanks again Baby Kitty.

He's Home!!

 My son Arick just returned last night from a two year church mission in South Africa. He looks so good, can't believe how much he has changed in two years time. My boy is now a man. I know I am such a mom.

Coming off the plane.

Lots of hugs from Mom and Dad. Neice Zoey there to greet him too.

I wore the traditional outfit he sent me, including the hat. He says all the Mas wear these to church on Sundays.

Checking Durban time. He said he was traveling for 47 hours! Wow, I want to go visit Africa, but not sure I want to travel that long. He looked tired.

We made signs for him.

Lots of friends came to say welcome back.

Welcome home son, you served the Lord well. What more can be said, we love you son.

Time With Zoey

This is my granddaughter Zoey, she inspires me. See that sweet smile.

My Sweet Granddaughter Zoey is spending two weeks with us. What a blessing she is.  We love to have her and she wanted to help me today. In fact she really did help me. This is one of those projects that I have been meaning to do for years. In fact I am ashamed to say I meant to fix it up for my own daughter, her mother, years ago. Anyway Zoey came to me and asked me if she could play with the doll highchair that was in the garage. Now I got that highchair for Christmas when I was about five. It is very old and very ugly and very wobbly. And missing two supports. With her helping out I went to the garage and found a dowel and glued in the two missing supports. Then glued the whole thing back together. She dusted it off and started sanding.

 And sanding.

 And Sanding.

Isn't she just the cutest little helper?

Then I let her paint the chair while I painted one of my own projects. I didn't even supervise which is amazing for me since I always want to over supervise, but totally working on it.

Hard at work.

 I will have to post finished pictures when we are all done with it. But thought this was just too cute for words. She really did a great job for a seven year old. Nanna is teaching her right!

Linking to: http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/2011/08/70s-disco-party-huge-success-newbie.html

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