Favorite Furniture of 2011

So I am a little late but just now have had time to breath. I am linking up to Miss Mustard Seed's Favorite Furniture of 2011 linky party! I know a lot of you have already seen most of these projects but I also know that there are many of you who did not start following along till half way thru the year so it will be new to you!:)

We finished up our kitchen island remodel a year ago! Here is the original post.

Then there is my frenchy armoire that The Hubster got me for our 10th anniversary back in August. It use to be a yellowy goldish color. This piece will always be one of my favorites and I was even lucky enough to have it featured on Miss Mustard Seeds blog! I was truly honored! Here is the original reveal. Thank you Marian!

Another piece having to do with our guest bedroom. My mom hates this pink chair but I think it makes for a great conversation piece. Original post with tutorial here.

Oh my then there is Lucille which is just one of my all time favorite pieces! I sold her just before Christmas to a good home but I have to admit I was kinda hoping to have to bring her back to our home!;) You can see more of this sexy mama here. It does have a before & after pic so think of Lucille's before when you look at the frenchy armoire above!

Frenchy side table that I just loved. Original post here.

This piece was popular. I painted it for The Hubster to have in his office. It was a HOT HOT day. I am trying to talk him into letting me sell it. Original post here!

Then last but not least but really my last project of the year was our guest bathroom vanity that after getting home needed to make over. It was way too yellow before. I loved how it turned out and I doubt when we sell the new owners will mind when we take it with us!Ha!;) Original post here.

So there ya have it my favorite furniture pieces of 2011!

Frenchy Chair Semi Make Over Tutorial

In my previous post I told y'all the story of this frenchy raspberry chair I purchased this last week. Though I indeed love her over all shape I knew she was slowly going to be transformed.

As impatient as I am I jumped right in on the transformation process. Since I am not any where near brave enough to reupholster it yet I decided I was going to at least make the wood frame have an old world feel. I busted out my extra wide blue painters tape and got busy.

Though an easy process it was a long process. It took me about an hour total. To make sure I had full coverage I pushed my fingernail in between the frame and the fabric which wedged the tape down.

Here she is all taped and ready for her make over. 

Here is what I used to keep the paint off the floor and so that I could make sure to get to the very bottom of the feet. Yep, those are the tops to the ever so many cups the boys bring home from dinner. We have a drawer full so plenty to go around.

Of course I pulled out my trusty chalk paint. The transformation involved three differ colors. The first I used was Paris Gray.

I used a thin paint brush. I think it was an inch wide and just dry brushed it on. Very little paint was needed and if you do not want to purchase an entire quart you can certainly complete a project of this size with just sample pots!

Next up was the newest chalk paint color Coco!

I used the dry brush method again. Here you can see the distinction between the two colors. 

Then my final color was Old White which I brushed on a bit more heavily over the entire piece but still making sure to leave some distinction between the layers. To hurry the process along I used a hair dryer to dry in between each color though this paint dries fairly quickly. I was hoping to achieve a crackle finish but I am guessing that did not happen since I did not apply the paint on thick enough. I had seen though where people have achieved the crackle with just a hair dryer. Next I used clear wax and then dark wax to finish the look up.

Here you can see the color variations.

I was not going to use the dark wax at first but I am glad that I did. It truly enhanced the piece.

I think she fits in much better now and honestly her raspberry color is not as shocking anymore. I may just keep her that way!

 Here is the fabulous toile fabric I found at HobLob this past week. I plan on using it for accent pillows. I think it goes nicely with the raspberry chair!

Hope your weekend was a grand one! We had beyond beautiful weather here but the entire fam is snotty and has chest congestion which has not been fun!:(

Thanx for stopping by!

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