Showing posts with label orange. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orange. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Terra Cotta Sewing Table

I recently finished a cute little antique sewing table (here) and had a request for another one.

I found this one at the same Habitat for Humanity and was so glad to be able to do it in a different color.  She sent me a pic of a Spanish Tiled floor and said she would like it to look like terra cotta.  Loved that idea!

I started with the color Armagnac from Sherwin Williams (which is a muted orange) and then dark waxed it to give it some dimension (which is always hard to tell in pics!). 



Before

I always wonder how many people passed it by not giving it a second thought or thought how ugly it was (or not useful anymore).  



 After



 Love the warmth in these knobs and think they compliment the paint color so well.  











It had a beautiful cherry top that I stained with Java gel.  This is a horrible pic!



Love how she turned out!  Until tomorrow! :)

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Antique Dresser in Pumpkin

I picked up this great, not-so-little antique dresser a couple of weeks ago.  I've been doing a lot of black and white so I wanted to do something a little off-beat with it.  I had a girl ask if I had a dresser, I said I did, and she told me to do whatever I wanted with it.  I told her I wanted to do a pumpkin color and she said to go for it.  Yea! Love when that happens!! :)



Before
It was already in good condition except for the veneer on the bottom drawer. 

Before you take a peek at the after you have to know I didn't sleep very well after I painted this one.  I've never painted anything this color and I was so worried she wouldn't like it!  Before I showed it to her I told her I would be happy to paint it again if she wasn't happy with it, and when she saw it she said, "Why?  What's wrong with it?  I love the color!"  Needless to say, I was so happy! :)



After

Ok, so  seriously, pictures never do a color justice.  This color has a lot of depth to it in person and I absolutely love it with the distressing. 







Is it weird that this makes my heart beat just a little faster? lol  I adore it.



great feet!




These spindles are to die for, and are my absolute favorite part about this dresser.  I love the warmth and the softness of the wood (especially with this color).










This is a better shot of what the color really looks like. 



She may not be for everybody, but I love it!

SOLD

p.s.  I asked her what her husband was going to say and she says, "He won't know...he's color blind!"  (He really is color blind...lol!!)

color = Saffron Thread SW
Stain as glaze = Dark Walnut by Minwax
poly = Varathane in semi-gloss (yup, I love it!)
hardware = stuff I dug out of a bucket and painted with Oil Rubbed Bronze by Krylon (I always say repurpose if you can!)