Gray Glass Top Table

This table was a hard one to figure out. I bought it because it was cheap and in pretty good shape. But then I couldn't decide what to do with it so it would look pretty! This is why I need a team of color designers to tell me what to do.

After sanding down the gloss I decided to go with a gray to match the etching in the glass top. I used Junkaddict's Dumbo chalk paint. But after painting the whole thing gray I thought it looking kind of plain, so I decided to bring out the details. First I attempted to just outline the details in white, but felt it needed more. So I tried out a technique I saw on Pinterest where you lightly dip the tip of your paintbrush in a color and lightly brush it on the areas you want to stand out a little.

 Do you see the difference? Top has outlined details, bottom is brushed details. Almost looks like it was distressed.

Once the paint was all dried I sealed it with polycrylic and wax.

Leslie

Spunky Emerald

This is the piece of furniture I went to go buy when I came across Lovely Little Blue at that moving sell I was telling you about. It was in pretty good shape, just a bit beat up on the surface and edges.

When looking for inspiration for design and color choices I go to Pinterest like any other person in the world. I kind of became obsessed with the bold emerald green look.

These are just a few of the many I pinned for inspiration. Arn't they gorgeous?!

(http://decorhacks.com/2011/04/green-lacquer-desk-makeover/)

(https://centsationalgirl.com/2012/02/the-kelly-campaign/)

(https://centsationalgirl.com/2012/02/the-kelly-campaign/)

(http://themoderncottagecompany.blogspot.com/2011/11/w-i-n-n-e-r-n-d-r-e-v-e-l-i-am-on-roll.html)

(http://involvingcolor.com/blog/behr-pine-grove/)

(http://www.thegoldensycamore.com/2014/02/going-green-bold-color-inspiration.html)

You get the picture? I wanted a hot, bold, different color to make this thing pop. But it turns out finding this color was not so easy, I searched around for weeks until Brittany and I went to the 22nd Street Antique Mall (don't take kids, it's a nightmare, too many breakables within reach) one day and found the one of a kind, last one left of Junkaddict's chalk paint. It was perfect and exactly what I was hoping for!

After I completely painted and sealed with many layers of polycrylic to give it that high gloss look, I moved onto my next dilemma, I really, really, wanted to line the drawers in black and white. Do you know how hard it is to find cute liners?! It's hard. I looked at every store I could think of, checked Pinterest for some direction where to go. I looked for cabinet liners, scrapbook paper, wallpaper, something! I couldn't fine anything! I didn't want to give up or else the inside would be a plain and boring oak color against the vibrant green.  Then I found some cute wrapping paper at Hobby Lobby that hopefully would do the job. 

So I measured and cut, and cut and measured to get the wrapping paper to fit as perfectly as I could. It was such a pain to work with. I'm horrible at wrapping presents, I'm sure my 5 year old could do better than me, this was torcher! It would bend in all the wrong places, then rip and tear once I had it perfect so I had to start all over. Once I had all the pieces I needed I modge podged the drawer, carefully placed the paper, then modge podged the paper. Sometimes I got bubbles I really had to work on and in one case re-do the whole thing. But the final product gave it so much character, I was very pleased.

Then it was onto my next problem, finding hardware. I wanted some pretty gold pieces just like my inspirations. But for some odd reason the sizing where the hardware holes were, were unlike any other pulls. I had the hardest time finding something that would even fit, so getting gold fixtures was even harder. After searching everywhere for weeks I finally agreed to just go with simple black knobs and pulls. Maybe the new owners will give it an update and can find something pretty that would work. 

All in all it came out great and was a great learning experience!