Home Office Redo-Chalk Paint and Boho

Home Office Redo-Bedroom to Home Office I have been living in this apartment for about two years and so far I love it here!  It's a cute area with so many conveniences! I also have been working from home for about six months along with my husband.  However, I have decided to redo this room and turn it into a cute, boho, zen area for work and working out plus meditation. Follow along to see how I achieve this! First off, here is what it looks like currently: I have the monitor and laptop on a vintage 1940s desk that I bought for $80 back in 2013 I painted it a beautiful grey with white drawer fronts that I crackled. It is looking dated and just needs a nice facelift I love using Annie Sloan brand Chalk Paint because it has no odor and it's easy for me to work with.  I used to have a furniture flipping and restoration business 10 years (or so) ago and I used that paint a lot. I bought Pure White and some clear wax and got to work. First I had to remove the drawer handles an...

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Desk Transformation-Drab to Fab

As you may have noticed, I am really into refinishing furniture! I love taking an old, drab piece and painting new life into it. The look of happiness on my clients' faces is priceless. I usually paint using a major chalk paint brand.  This time I was sent a full size sample of the new Mud Paint in Manor White.  I loved it!     This is not a chalk based paint and is acrylic based so I did notice somewhat of an odor but not too bad. I like the way it spread and the finish was beautiful. It does go a long way and I decided to add a little bit of water to make it go further.  It is a bit less expensive than my normal go-to chalk paint but there are not retailers in my area so the shipping fees do add up.  I normally buy my paint locally. I decided to purchase an additional sample size of Manor White to do a chair and a sample of the Charcoal. So pretty.  Here are some before and afters:  (please excuse the blurry ...

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{Junk Transformation-Media Center}

As usual, I leave everything until the last minute. For a year now I've been wanting to transform this piece (of junk) into a modern masterpiece :)  So in a matter of days I prepped, primed and painted this old dresser so it could make it's debut on Christmas Eve.  I got it a year ago from someone who was going to throw it away. I saw a great potential for it but it has been in my garage since then. I finally convinced my hubby to bring it in already so I could (be forced) to start it. I went back and forth on how I wanted to paint it: distressed with chalk paint, sanded and stained, a combo of both or --- use this awesome new paint I discovered! Modern Masters-Warm Silver. It took a while for me to come up with the cash and the retailer to finally make up my mind. But boy, oh boy, am I sure glad I did.  Here is the before: As you can see, it was nothing to write home about. Pretty drab and 1980s-ish. But like I said, I had imagined it to be m...

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Kitchen Table Revival! Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Tutorial

Hello to all my sweet friends! Can you believe the summer is almost over> Well, here in Texas it's still in the 100's so it's going to be summer for a long time still. Have I mentioned how much I hate the heat? Well, I hate the heat. But I love the lazy days. Having the kids stay up late playing scrabble with me, sleeping in late and enjoying a nice  breakfast and having funny conversations, will now be replaced by hurried evenings and hurried mornings. :( But life goes on, right? And speaking of life, my daughter is doing great with her fiancee and my beautiful little granddaughter in their new apartment.  As part of a gift to them, I bought them a nice kitchen table and some vintage wooden chairs. My plan was to revive them with Annie Sloan Chalk paint then do some light distressing.  The kitchen table had a pretty bad paint job. There were several coats of horrible yellow paint on it. My hubby stripped the top of it and decided to stain it. ...

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My Little French Dresser

Ok so I'm hooked on chalk paint. And here's why: Little French Dresser Before:   Really cute but looks a little dated and with a laminate top, and painting it with other than chalk paint was going to be a major pain. So of course, I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. This time in the beautiful Provence shade :) I love it. I opted to leave the original hardware because I love the way it makes the piece "pop". I can't wait to get my hands on my daughter's dresser. I have a great idea for it. It's a piece from the 1950s. :D Oh, by the way. The winner of the Annie Sloan Book "Creating the French Look" is Jeannette!! Jeannette please contact me via email to give me your address so I can ship out your prize. The rest of you, don't step away from my blog for too long ;) I have an awesome giveaway for September. Have a great week! It's back to school time y'all. Patty  linking to: Between Na...

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