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Bulk Trash Rescue {Paris Gray Vanity}

November 16, 2012 ·

This project starts off with a story.  An illustration of how life can be crazy and unpredictable and how God works in mysterious ways.  This vanity and the matching double bed shouldn’t have been ours. They wouldn’t have been ours if our friend’s car hadn’t caught on fire on the way to a youth event.  Let me…

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Filed In: Uncategorized / Tagged: Annie Sloan, Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, Annie Sloan clear wax, bulk trash, chalk paint, french, gold gray, Paris Gray, Rub and Buff, Rub'n Buff, vanity

Wednesday’s: Want this look? {Sunny Grays Linen Storage}

June 27, 2012 ·

Who doesn’t love a bit of sunshine in their day?!  I certainly know my spirits would be lifted to see this sunny piece every morning!  Doesn’t hurt that this one is stocked to the brim with some lovely linens….pretty fabrics are my weakness!  The clean white and gray pallette makes the sunny yellow all the…

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Filed In: Uncategorized / Tagged: Annie Sloan, Arles, Carolina Sun Yellow, CeCe Caldwell's, gray, Wednesday's: Want this look?, yellow

It started with a transfer and a paint pen {and ended with a Sharpie}

June 14, 2012 ·

I did it again.  I wanted a graphic for a plain Jane bookcase spruce up, so I headed over to The Graphics Fairy and found this lovely image from an 1880’s type book. Thematically, it is the perfect graphic for a bookshelf! First things first,  I set to using up some cans of Annie Sloan…

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: Annie Sloan, Annie Sloan clear wax, bookcase, bookshelf, chalk paint, display, French Linen, image transfer, Old White, paint pen, Sharpie, The Graphics Fairy, vintage typography

Custom Wedding Nesting Tables {the tutorial}

June 5, 2012 ·

At the end of last week I posted a set of end tables I made as a wedding present for a friend from college.  Let’s take a look at the finished product again. I started this project by painting the tables in Old White Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.  Next, I taped off the legs just…

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Filed In: Make + DIY / Tagged: Annie Sloan, Annie Sloan clear wax, distressed, image transfer, nesting tables, Old White, pencil rubbing, present, The Graphics Fairy, vintage typography, wedding, wedding present

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