Showing posts with label Refinished Tea Trolly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Refinished Tea Trolly. Show all posts

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Refinished Tea Trolly...

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Well… I've done it!… finally!… it's been over a year in the works but I've finished it!… being in the Vintage Sale this coming June is really motivating me to get projects completed ;)


I started refinishing this one by taking it all apart… the two wings that lift up and the large wheels… the removable tray came out and the drawer… and giving it a light sand all over… 


Then I went to it with some Annie Sloan Chalk Paint… in Original… a nice sweet cream… amazing coverage and not really much sanding required before you paint it… 


I gave the painted finish some all over sanding to smooth out the paint and to distress the piece all over… Then I put the cart back together… 


Then this is where the fun really began… I found some great images on the Graphics Fairy website… go and check it out if you're looking for some great images… 


I painted the crown and frame on the pull out tray...


Then on the top I traced out and hand painted in a large french logo… 


Most of the painting was done while Chris and I were catching up to the current episode of the Walking Dead… I'm surprised that I managed to keep my lines clean… there were a couple of points where I actually shrieked at the show!… hahaha… 


I used a grey tole paint… just your regular old acrylic craft paint… a small round brush and some water to thin the acrylic paint as I was painting…


I picked up a few different knobs awhile back at Anthropolige… and this glass one above works perfectly… if you are looking for some perfectly perfect knobs then check out Anthro… 


Instead of waxing this piece I used Miss Mustard Seed's Hemp Oil… 


Our chalk board wall came in quite handy when I was finished this tea trolly… It made a sweet backdrop to shoot the cart against!… Time for a lot more pictures… 






Now this afternoon we're watching more Walking Dead… our last three episodes until we're fully caught up and ready for the new episode tonight…


…but before we got to this point of chilling out… my little family here bundled up on the couch with the fire place on and some pink bubbly in hand… we headed out this morning…  ohhhh at around 9am… the snow was just starting to come down in a heavy dusting… I'd found some kijiji treasures and my sweet Pickly took me out in a snowstorm to pick them up!…


I scored this amazing antique table…  and these two large ottoman… bring on the burlap!… 


Be sure to stay tuned for the transformations of these three new finds… 

What have you been up to this weekend?… any treasure hunting?… any project work?… 

I gotta linke up to some parties with this one!… 

Monday, February 27, 2012

A Little Bit Of Progress...

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Didn't get to the basement or our office this weekend... those areas are still total disasters... and working out... not back at it yet... but am feeling motivated...  just need a few more days of rest...

I did get this completed this evening... just a quick iPhone shot...


I felt the need to make something when I got home from work today... actually got home before it was dark outside!.. it's amazing what you can get done when you get home at a decent time in the day!.. anywhoot I finished painting the crown on the tea trolly tray!.. It just needs a light sanding and a waxing!.. maybe tomorrow evening?.. more than likely it'll get done this weekend... Then painting on the label on the top of the tea trolly... I was nervous about it before but now completing this one I'm feeling good about it!..

Stay tuned!..

xo
Lacey

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Getting Back At It...

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One of my New Year's Reso's was to get fit... and I had been working out using NTC every second night since about a week or so before Christmas...  The past couple of weeks I've been a couch potato... really missing my little miss... moping a lot...
 I have to get back at it... and I've picked tomorrow to be the day I pickup my workouts...  when I was working out I slept better... felt better... had more energy...

A few projects that I had been working on had gone on hold the past couple of weeks as well... I have to get them back on track... the Vintage Chicks 2012 Sale is coming up fast... yeah it's in June... but February is already just a few days from being over!.. time is disappearing...

This beauty I found a few weeks back...


...around the same time I discovered Annie Sloan Chalk Paint here in town at Lauren Lane Decor... BEST... PAINT... EVER...


I even painted over the black kitchen stools... you can see them up above... I've not gotten around to the waxing yet...

...so that the tea trolly isn't just painted cream and distressed I'm painting the pull out tray...


...just a little something to make it stand out...


...then on the top of the trolly I'm thinking a french label that I found online and have blown up... we'll see how it transfers... 

Before getting back on track with the refinishing Furs and I are going to sort out the basement so that we have some workout space... and some refinishing space... painting in the kitchen/dining room makes the house too cluttered...

Tomorrow... clearing some space in the basement... perhaps this could be a jump on Spring cleaning!?.  What is your Sunday plan?..

xo
Lacey