Finished Furniture Finds...before & after.

Remember these from a few posts ago?

If not...

 you can read all about these furniture finds HERE

If you want to check out the before & afters...keep reading.

 When painting a group of furniture together

I keep my color palette simple for two reasons...

#1. it makes a really nice presentation when I put it all together in my shop

#2. simple color is what sells best!

I know, I know...

sometimes I want to go crazy with color...and I do at times.

Though if I want it to move...

do a good job & keep it simple!

This time around 

Chalk Paint Aubusson Blue

Maison Blanche Wrought Iron

home made turquoise & cream chalk paint

find recipe here

Love this leather topped table and child's chair

I painted the table, added my favorite stencil

Royal Design 

Springtime in Paris

waxed the top

Easy Peasy

These chairs are so sturdy!

The harlequin chair is painted as a companion to this desk.

Mid century desk...brought back from Japan in the 50's

given to me by its owner (my next door neighbor)

sat on my carport for a year and a half

collecting junk...

and finally got painted!

Truth be told...I needed a desk to go with the chair!

I love how it turned out!

Remember this little $10 find?

Painted inside and out

Aubusson Blue undercoat

homemade creamy white overcoat

a soft blue (I had on hand from another project) on the front

clear wax to finish it off

(my sweetheart Jim is awesome at buffing out the wax)

I was thinking it would be a nice little

beach cottage addition.

Didn't have to do much to this one...

the detail was there and did all the work!

I mixed up a homemade turquoise chalk paint

slapped it on (really, love those messy brush strokes)

sanded & aged the original painted finish on top

then sanded the turquoise to bring out that same orangy color...

waxed it twice...

once with clear

lastly with a slightly darker wax to bring out the design details

 I just picked these up for $20. for the pair

painted a turquoise undercoat

creamy white overcoat

and recovered the seats with 

a large piece of check fabric I got for $1.95...

with more to spare!

So that's it...

It rained most of last week

making painting a challenge...

but I needed to get things moving 

out of my house and into my shop

Cerro Home

at 

Leaping Lotus

I have photos of that too...though will post them this weekend

once I go in tomorrow and tweak the shop

and the photos.

Hope you enjoyed seeing what I've been up to.

Thanks for stopping by.