Luckets Green Shelf

Just wanted to show you this little shelf I picked up at a garage sale last Saturday.  She got the MMS Milk Paint in Luckets Green (with the bonding agent), some antiquing glaze, and light distressing.  She's in the shop and ready for a new home.  All my "green" pieces have been selling right away, so I will have more to come if you miss this one.

Vintage Buffet turned from Drab to ooooh lala Paris!

 With the recent Paris and French Country design interests that I have been seeing pinned quite a bit, I thought I'd do my interpretation with this older vintage buffet from the early 1950's.  I bought it from a wonderful lady that inheritted it from her aunt.  I also bought a chippy antique table and chairs from her...I can't wait to show you those.  But I digress, it seems like I have been working on this piece for months, but really its been a few weeks only.  I have been working on multitple pieces at a time lately...so quite a few are ready all at once.  I find it more efficient that way.  While one piece is drying, I can move on to the other, and so on.

Changing spaces and moving out of the basement

Wow...I am just feeling so grateful. This is a post with exciting news, but I feel that a backstory is due and want to share a little more about me with you, my readers! The blogging community is one that I am coming to really feel a part of. You all have been so supportive and inspiring and I am honored to be a part of it! So, I have a long post...hang in there. I hope it inspires you to follow your dream and do what you love!

Painting furniture has been a staple in my decor since I was a teenager. It is just one of the ways that I express my creativity. It is one of the ways i relax and is very therapeutic for me. Friends and family have always complimented me and made me realize, that its not something that everyone either wants to do or enjoys doing. We all have our strengths. I believe we are all capable of doing anything we put our mind to...but if its not something you love to do, why not hire someone out to do it for you? That's where my business got started! It went from a hobby to a dream and is still very much in the early stages!

Sneak Peek at where the magic happens!

Haha...well the creative magic anywhooo.

I always wonder how other people create their vintage decor/furniture.  Like, are you organized and logical with a plan on what Antique or vintage piece of furniture you will paint and whether you'll use Annie Sloan Chalk Paint or Miss Mustard Milk Paint?  or are you like me and completely random and make split second decisions in complete chaos.  I do not make decisions on paint until I have a brush in my hand and am staring at my choice of colors!  Creating for me always starts with a plan...but I rarely follow it.

I use lots of different paint brands, Valspar, Sherwin Williams, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint and soon to be American Paint Company!!  I also use many different mediums to seal the finish.

I have a garage full of furniture that I am working on.  I am preparing for the Lodi Ca Street Fair.

I am always on the look out for a good deal on vintage/antique furniture.  I rent a space at Secondhand Rose, Lodi Ca and it's not very big...so when a large piece sells it usually leaves a gaping whole.  So my plan is to have 3-4 pieces finished and ready to go in the shop at all times.

I have only been selling my His & Her Restoration furniture since October of  2012 at Secondhand Rose, so I am very much in the midst of a huge learning curve.

If you have any tips you would like to share or have pictures of your work space...I'd love to see them.

The poor little Vanity that could!

This poor little vanity has been sitting in my shed waiting for me to muster up the courage and energy to tackle this project.  I bought a waterfall desk from Craigslist about 2 months ago from a lady that used to refinish furniture.  She'd had this one for a couple years and hadn't done anything with her, and when I told her what I did...she offered it to me for free in addition to the waterfall desk.

This Dewalt Sander was my best friend!

I was very hesitant to take it.  I am trying to make a living out of refinishing furniture...but it's very hard to get your labor back out of a piece that needs this much work, you see.  Not to mention my back has been out for months.  But i saw the detail in this piece and thought...i can do something, even if i only use the drawers and then use the rest of the wood for other projects...So, my son and husband loaded them both up and off we went.

Bedroom Make~Over...this may take a while