CHALK PAINT!!

For those who haven't heard, chalk paint is the new craze out there in the furniture painting world.  This product can be made or you can buy it but, its only sold at very few places.  After looking into the pros and cons of the homemade version I initially decided against it but then my friend who owns "knot too shabby" furniture store in downtown Glendora started selling it so I thought I would try it.  I was really excited because there is no prep work involved in this paint, that's right, no sanding, no priming!!!  Sounds fantastic right?! The only catch, its $42 a quart!!  Yes that number is correct.  I decided to give it one quart so I chose Old White thinking I would get the most use out of the color.  I definitely cannot afford to spend that much on paint all the time.  I had the perfect dresser to use it on and now that's its all done I love it!!! 

Before

AFTER

Learning to use this new paint was rough at first but I love it now.  I love how it distresses and finishes super smooth!  But beware if you are thinking about using it, you must seal it with wax(preferably) or a poly.  Its water based and will come right off with a wet rag if not sealed.  I wish it were cheaper I would use it all the time but the next time I decided to splurge it will be for one of Annie Sloan's colors!!

Oh yeah and I am keeping this one for the kids room! I I hope they like it as much as I do!



A New Color!

I just finished this dresser today....just escaping the rain!!!  I knew it was coming but didn't think it was coming until 12, well the surprise was on me and it started raining while I was outside finishing this piece!  I got this piece from a friend of my grandfathers and for the life of me I cannot find the before picture.  Here is what it looks like now!

For sale $200

The sides have a really neat decoration that I haven't seen on any other dresser I have worked on.  This is a one of a kind grey dresser with satin black handles.  This one was a beast to paint and took me forever but I am happy with the outcome.

My next project is using chalk paint which is new to me.  Unfortunately this rainy weather is keeping me from getting on it today but with a little hope it will be done by the end of the week.

A Cute Repeat!

Tiffany blue seems to be a good color for me, especially when I put it on the cute french provincial style dressers we come across.  I love this color, I am actually going to paint the Lane Chest we just found a similar blue to add some color to my white and black room!  Here is this cute dresser!

For Sale $120

More to come this week!  I am seeing some pink in my future!



A Little Different!!

After my small break I am left with many projects to complete!  The problem is that football is on both Saturday and Sunday...which completely slows down my process.  With the rain coming this weekend it won't help but this past weekend I was able to finish a new dresser and I think it looks really neat!  I don't have the before pics but here is what it looks like now...

For sale $165

The knobs are the original black glass knobs that came with the dresser.  The two bottom drawers are super deep and will hold quite alot.  It wasn't easy with that decorative accent but I like the way it came out.

I have so many things to work on now...plus I just found a beautiful curvy lane cedar chest at a thrift store that I am going to redo for myself.  Pictures to come soon...I am so excited!!

Christmas Break

Since I am a stay at home mom I decided that I needed a christmas break of my own and basically took all last week off from painting, staining, etc.  It was a much needed break but I was able to sell a piece and have someone coming tomorrow to pick up another piece that was finished before my break.

Here are the before and after of this ivory dresser that sold on New Years Eve!

  Sold for $140

This next dresser I was going to keep for myself but when I started emptying my current dresser I got a little sentimental.  My current dresser was the first piece that we refinished and worked on.  Since I put this piece on craigslist I have received over 5 calls/texts/emails about it! 



Sold pending pickup $150

I have 3 more dressers that are being worked on right now so there will be lots to see in the next couple weeks!  I hope everyone had a very happy new year!!

The Treasures Aren't Always Furniture

If you have been following this blog since the beginning you know that this whole yard saling journey began with a $3 mickey waffle iron that we sold for $127 on ebay!  Well, believe it or not I found another mickey waffle iron...THE SAME ONE!!!  My hubby and I were at a yard sale and the owner must have been a Disneyland passholder for decades because they had Disney stuff coming out their wazoo!  We were looking around and I saw that someone had that waffle iron in their pile to buy.  I pointed it out to my husband and after the family paid we went to offer them some money for it but, it turned out that they didn't buy it and put it back!  My husband ran back and there it was....this time we paid $5...and made $100.  Within 7 days of buying it we posted it, sold it, and shipped it to Alabama!!

Here are the pics of this cute little waffle iron!  Who knew?

It's Been Awhile!!

It has been a little bit since I have had the chance to sit down and update my blog!!  The good news is that I have alot to share with you on what we have finished and sold. 

The last time I posted I wrote about a Tiffany tall boy dresser that sold within a day....here is her shorter sister that has now sold as well.

 Sold $130

The next piece that sold was a curvy wide dresser....and it sold without hardware.  I had a hard time finding hardware that worked that wasn't going to break the bank so I posted it without hardware hoping that I would come up with a solution or sell it and we sold it!!

Sold $120

The newest piece that has sold just sold today and it is something completely different from anything else that we have done.  Its a retro style dresser that we made two toned.  What do you think?



Sold $150

In the last month we have completed a beautiful antique beige desk, that I kept, and I made my own custom chair. Pictures to come.  We are also in the middle of quite a few projects so more to come next week when they are done.  

Tiffany!!

Okay, there is a new color in the mix now!  We like to call it our Tiffany Blue.  Awhile back I had someone ask if I could do a dresser in tiffany blue and of course I said yes.  But, unfortunately that deal never worked out.  Even though that didn't work out the color stayed in our minds for a future piece and we found it, painted it, and sold it!

This dresser was placed on craigslist on Thursday at 9:30am and by 10 I had a buyer!!!  Here she is...she is so pretty!!

Sold $150

The girl who bought this dresser loves it and strangely enough so did her boyfriend.  I have another piece similar in style to this one but wide instead of tall that I will be working on this week.  Pictures to come soon!

Time for our own Yard Sale!

We have been going to yard sales now for almost a year and of course not everything we buy sells...unfortunately.  We decided that we would have a yard sale this week with one of our neighbors who also refinishes furniture.  We both had just STUFF to get rid of!!  I feel so good because we only had to haul 3 pieces back to the garage.  I wanted to share with you some of the interesting stuff that sold.  The first sale was at 6:05am...it was still dark...the guy was seriously shopping with a flashlight!  Here is what he bought...

Yep! That's an antique pump organ...who would have thought it would be the first to go. But, let me tell you I am glad it did!  Here are some of the other pieces that sold...

Cute Ivory Side Table

Antique Vanity with Trifold Mirror(mirror is detached)

All in all it was a very succesful day of selling!  With the busy week I had I was only able to complete one project for someone who has purchased from me before.  She bought the turquoise dresser and has been looking for matching nightstands and I finally found them.  Here is the dresser and before and after pics of the nightstands.

Before

After

Now that I am down to only a few projects I should be able to finish stuff quicker, I have a habit of working a little bit on everything which slows me down.  Until next week!



The Final Touch!

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about that princess dresser that I loved so much I decided to keep.  The only problem was that now we had two beautiful dressers in our room but one very ugly nightstand.  It was Ikea and I tried painting and doing something different with it but it looked BAD!  Lucky for us we had a beautiful nightstand that had been sitting in our garage for weeks.  It was in really bad condition so it was one of the projects that kept being pushed aside.  Here is what it looked like when we started.

Let me tell you that paint must have been on there for decades...and there were a couple of coats of black paint under it.  It was a pain, but the hubby stuck with it and got into great condition for me to paint and here is what we have now.

Love, love, love it! (I still need to figure out what to put in front of that outlet!)  Here is what it looks like sitting next to the dresser.

Would you believe that these 2 pieces cost $60 together...with a little time and love we have transformed our bedroom!

Cute little dresser!

Today was very productive and I have another piece to share!!  I get so excited when I have pieces to blog about especially when there is more than 1 in a day!!

Okay, so when my hubby picked up this dresser I didn't love it at first.  This unfortunately for him is a common occurence in our yard sale excursions.  9 times out of 10 he ends up selling what he buys but I still wonder what he is thinking sometimes.  Here is the dresser before.

Now here is what it looks like!!!  I love it, its too bad it wouldn't fit in the little one's room but, I already have a buyer!!

Such a cute little dresser!!!  I am really loving the black hardware on the white furniture right now.  Until next week!  I have another piece that I kept to share...yay!



Change, Change, Change, Sold!

This title refers to a piece that I have blogged about before.  Do you remember this dresser?

Then it became this...

We changed the paint to a darker pink and the hardware to an bronze color...

Then we tried black hardware...

And when it still didn't sell my husband wanted to try a glaze technique to see what would happen and this is what we got....

And it sold!!!  When we first finished this my initial thought was, teenage girl.  That's exactly who it was bought for.  I hope she is enjoying her one of a kind dresser!  More to come after the weekend!

Vintage Look & Vintage Finds

This weekend was somewhat slow when in came to finding new pieces to work on, but lucky for my husband and I we have plenty of stuff that needs work in the garage.  I just finished this piece this morning and was so excited about it I wanted to get it on the blog right away.  It was quite a transformation.  Here is the before picture.

Very cute as it was but we did a complete transformation and here is what it looks like now!!

$75

I love this little side table...the decoration on the legs stands out so much more now.

We also love to pick up vintage items, not just furniture and found these this week which were really neat!

These are for sale too! $25 each

They would be great decoration for a room or better yet it would be a great photography prop!





It's a Keeper!

Last week I left you with a picture of a beautiful princess dresser with mirror that was bare wood and in need of a real makeover.  Here is a reminder of what it looked like...

Well, its done and I love it!  I love it so much that my husband and I decided to keep it!!!!  Here it is...

I have a friend that wanted to buy of but this piece was just too good to sell!!!!  I love that the furniture in our room is something we created!!!

Bench & New Project!

This week has kept me busy because we have a bunch of new projects which is very exciting.  I just finished this bench and already have a buyer pending pickup.  I don't have before pictures but to give you an idea it was a wood frame with a blue velvet seat. Here is the finished product...

Sold (pending pickup) $75

Slightly distressed

Now for some pictures of my work in progress right now.  This piece is so beautiful!  I can't wait until its done!  Here is what it looked like when we first brought it home. 

Its a bit hard to tell but this is the mirror that goes on the harp on the dresser. For some reason I can't get the picture to turn on the blog...oh well.  When you see the finished product next week I will put it all together.  Have a great weekend!