Showing posts with label Treasure Hunting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Treasure Hunting. 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!… 

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Chalk Board Wall...

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Yep… chalk board wall… whole… wall!… Last friday I was out in Banff with a pile of girlfriends for Mere's bachelorette… a time was had for sure!… when I got home on Saturday I was looking at the kitchen wall… and it hit me… why don't we make the whole wall a chalk board!?…  I said it to Chris and he was game!…  we picked up the supplies and late on Sunday I taped it off… cut it in…


…stepped it in…


…then away with the roller… and two coats later it was perfect!…


…Chris suggested we get some more frames and hang up on the wall… I've been looking but haven't come across anything yet… for now we have the one we had up there back up there… 


…now I have to brag about how patient I've been ALL week… see… you have to let the paint cure for three days… three… then you have to "season" the wall before you write on it… 


…seasoning a surface newly painted with Rustoleum's chalk board paint means taking a piece of chalk on its side and rubbing it all over the surface… then wiping it with a dry cloth or chalk board eraser… I wanted to be sure this worked well so I picked up a chalk board eraser from Staples today…  rubbed it down all over and then chalk board erasered all over… 


When nothing is written on the wall it looks amazing!… I was concerned that it would look a mess…


…now I've not written anything on it yet…


But our supplies are all ready!… It's been a busy day of treasure hunting… and house cleaning… and I cooked a magnificent supper… if I do say so myself… my best roast yet… every other roast up until now has come out rather dry… I kept my eye on and our thermometer in the roast to be sure it was cooked to perfection… combine that with brussesls sprouts (with bacon)… asparagus… and smashed mini potatoes… NOM!…


I've been craving some apple pie… or apple crisp now for a couple of weeks… so a quick baked apple after supper… NOM!… I feel like I could eat a dozen more… right now!… ha!… 


Last week before heading out to Banff Colleen and I made a quick stop at Winners… and she snatched up this skully blouse and was like check this out!… I bought it… didn't even try it on… luckily it fit!… hehe… 


Oh yes!… I mentioned treasure hunting today… I found a sweet table on kijiji last night… headed out this morning to pick it up and along the way stopped at two VV's… found some sweet little treasures!… two of which are the above bell jars!… I was pumped to find these… one was over a tacky plastic gold spinning clock thing… and the other over a brightly covered spinning Christmas carousel… only the bell jars were no longer attached!… when the girl rang them in I was like here… keep these bits… I only want the glass… They are the perfect size for the little mini roses we got a Sobeys!… Squeee!… More treasures were found but those will have to wait for another day… getting sleepy here now… need a little nibbly and a snuggle with my Pickle… hope you had a great weekend!… 

xo
Lacey

Gotta link up this chalk board wall: 

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