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| A few weeks back I showed y'all this beautiful mirror I got off the local yard sale site. Though lovely in its original state thoughts kept running thru my mind on what it could become. |
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| In came my Annie Sloan Chalk Paint sample pots I had left from back in the fall. Sorry gals but I hear these are hard to find now. |
I started off with Old White as the base coat and then added Old Ochre. I decided it needed some aging so I used some antiquing medium I purchased at HobLob. Well it was too dark so I had to go back and add Old White again.
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| About four long hours later this is the final finish! |
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| I took it a bit further and used a sanding block and sanded in spots so that the original gold would show thru. Now that it was done I pondered where I was going to put it. My original idea was to hang it over our long mirror in the master bath but this sucker is HEAVY so I made other plans. |
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| I had been contimplating how to lighten the dining room up. It just felt really dark to me so last night around 11 pm instead of going to bed like a normal person I transformed the buffet. |
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| Yes, much lighter and brighter now! Let me tell ya it was no easy feet hanging that mirror on my own but I just had to get it done right then. I get that honest from my mama!;) I changed out the lamp shade on the one lamp. They were just too matchy before. I am also pondering changing out our chandy if I ever find one for the right price. Shhh, don't tell The Hubster!;) |
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| I brought out my new dishes. I purchased the white ones almost two years ago and the green ones about a month ago. I just had not gotten them out yet with us redoing the flooring which yes is still in progess. |
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| I love the faint design on the white plates and the more dominate on the green. A perfect combination I think. |
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| I brought these fellas in from the kitchen. I purchased them 10 years ago from Target along with the matching cookie jar. I just love um to pieces and am thankful that nothing has happened to them in the last three moves since then. |
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| Here is my antique rooster lamp and all his chippy goodness! I know I shared him last year when I purchased him but I thought he was worth another look. I still need to add a few more touches to the buffet like finding some antique silverware and making a runner but all in all I think it came out nicely. |
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| Now to decide what to do with my vacation treasures! The only shop I got to visit was Old Time Pottery and that place is HUGE and reminds me of Garden Ridge that we have around here but with a bit nicer items. There were tables and tables of fab down the center of the store. The Nana found the cream floral fabric and another one that I should have bought as well but such is life. At the last one I found the beautiful blue Waverly fabric. I am thinking curtains for the landing or maybe if I am brave enough a slip cover for in the living room. Oh how I wish I were lucky enough to have a neighbor like Sonya over at Beyond The Screen Door. Linking up to the following linky parties: SAT NITE Special Wow Us Wednesdays Table Top Tuesday Metamorphosis Mondays Show Off Your Cottage Monday Mod Mix Monday Open House Party Thursdays Transformation Thursdays Inspiration Friday Feathered Nest Friday |
