TABLE,CHAIRS AND DECISIONS

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 THIS SET HAS A TABLE, 4 CHAIRS AND A 2 FOOT LEAF, MOST LIKELY FROM THE EARLY 70'S. WHEN I SAW IT I KNEW IT WOULD LOOK GREAT PAINTED. NOT MUCH TO LOOK AT THE WAY IT IS. I FOUND IT AT A LITTLE SHOP, ON ONE OF MY ROAD TRIPS TO P.A.. I USUALLY ONLY BUY SETS WITH 6 CHAIRS, BUT THIS ONE JUST WAS IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION. I CALL SETS LIKE THIS ,UGLY WITH GREAT POTENTIAL.

 THE CHAIRS AND THE TABLE TURNED OUT GREAT. IT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER IN WHITE AND DISTRESSED. WOW, WHAT A DIFFERANCE SOME PAINT MAKES....

 OFF TO THE FABRIC STORE. GOTTA FIND THE PERFECT MATERIAL FOR THE CHAIRS.

 
 SO MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM.

 NICE, BUT JUST NOT WHAT I HAD IN MIND.

 WELL, I COULD NOT DECIDE SO I LEFT AND WENT TO LOWES. LOVE THE PAINTERS DROP CLOTHS, CHEEP, DURABLE AND THEY LOOK GOOD TOO. THE ONES I GOT HAD A GRAYISH TONE TO THEM.

ALL PAINTED ,SEATS RECOVERED AND IN THE SHOP READY TO SELL. NO LONGER UGLY , IT IS NOW A VERY DESIRED SET...

ANOTHER DAYS WORK

 THIS GREAT CHEST WAS ONE OF MY DAYS PROJECTS.

 I GOT IT PAINTED AND WOW DOES IT LOOK GREAT. TOMORROW WILL BE DISTRESSING AND HARDWARE.

 SECOND PROJECT FOR THE DAY 1960'S FRENCH DRESSER.

 PAINTED AND READY FOR NEXT STEP, TOMORROW.

 NOW THIS COFFEE TABLE I COULD NOT WAIT TO DO. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I USED THE ANNIE SLOAN PAINT AND SOFT WAX. AND WAS I VERY PLEASED. YES, IT IS TRUE WHAT THEY SAY. NO PAINT PREP OTHER THEN WIPING THE PIECE DOWN . THE COVERAGE ON THIS SHINNY FINISH TABLE WAS SUPERB. IT WAS SO EASY AND SO NICE NOT TO HAVE TO DO ALL THE  PREP WORK I USUALLY DO BEFORE I PAINT A PIECE.

 LOUIS BLUE WAS MY CHOICE OF COLORS.

 THIS IS A CLOSE UP OF THE COLOR.

AFTER IT WAS PAINTED AND IT DRIED, I DISTRESSED IT AND APPLIED THE SOFT WAX WITH THE ANNIE SLOAN WAX BRUSH. I CHOOSE TO BUFF THE FINISH. YOU CAN BUFF OR USE A 220 GRADE SAND PAPER AND LIGHTLY SAND IT BY HAND, NO MUSCLES NEEDED. EITHER WAY IT COMES OUT SMOOTH AS SILK. LOVE IT, CAN'T WAIT TO DO MY NEXT ANNIE SLOAN PIECE..... TOTALLY FINISHED AND READY TO SELL....

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL

 HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL. ABOVE  IS MY MOM. NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT I DON'T THINK OF HER AND MISS HER. IT WAS HER WHO TAUGHT ME WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE. SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO LOVE HOW TO FORGIVE AND HOW TO BE THE BEST PERSON I COULD BE. SHE LET ME KNOW THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT I COULD NOT DO. SHE BLESSED ME WITH HER STRENGTH,WISDOM AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. I AM WHO I AM BECAUSE OF HER AND I THANK GOD EVERY DAY THAT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE HER FOR A MOM. I DO WISH I COULD HAVE HAD HER LONGER, BUT SHE MADE SURE SHE GAVE ME WHAT I NEEDED BEFORE SHE LEFT. I KNOW WITH ALL MY HEART THAT SHE WATCHING OVER ME AND MY FAMILY AND KEEPING ME ON TRACK WHEN THINGS GET ROUGH. I LOVE YOU MOM AND I THANK YOU FOR MY LIFE....... 

I HAVE ADDED THIS PICTURE SO MY ON A WHIM CUSTOMERS CAN SEE THE KING SIZE HEADBOARD THAT GOES WITH THE DRESSER.

PICK A CHAIR,A COLOR AND JUST DO IT.....

 START WITH A CHAIR, TAKE THE SEAT OFF AND PAINT COLOR OF CHOICE.

THE REST IS JUST A STAPLE GUN,TULLE, YOUR CHOICE OF TRIM AND OR RIBBON AND MATERIAL TO COVER THE SEAT. I PICKED THE PINK TO GO WITH A DESK I DID FOR THE SHOP. THE DESK IS FRENCH STYLE AND VERY LITTLE GIRLISH. CHAIR AND DESK CAN BE FOUND AT MY THE SHOP ON A WHIM