T'was a most productive day today.
I spent the entire day outside working.
What a beautiful day!!!
It was like one big party outside in the fan today!
Spring Fever!
I spent most of the morning doing the grunge work:
Washing down all my alley finds...
And while I was waiting for those to dry,
and already wet and disgustingly filthy,
I took a hose to this stained glass window I purchased yesterday:
It was so dirty,
you could hardly make out the design...
From the back...
And now, after giving it a good but delicate scrub…
check it out!
Here it is from the other side, backlit.
Love the leading.
It even has jewels!
One blue, one larger red.
This piece is for sale at $175.
(It will be going to my dealer space in Greenwood next week,
so if anyone in Richmond is interested in purchasing,
give me a shout out!)
It's a nice sized piece, too.
The frame measures 36" wide x 34" tall.
Okay, now moving on to those rescued trash pieces.
First up, this Broyhill pine end table.
Love the chunky legs!
It had been out in the weather
and had serious veneer issues.
(Of course, I forgot to take the before BEFORE photo….)
So a couple days ago, I attacked it with wood glue
and every vice and clamp
I had in my house! Plus tape…
I left it clamped for a good 48 hrs.
But it needed all these.
Otherwise the veneer would have just popped back open,
it was so warped.
After some initial sanding,
today I started this makeover by first painting on
some acrylic craft paint in Buckskin Brown.
I love this technique because it's sloppy and random,
just like me;)
You can't mess it up.
Next I dry brushed on 3 different turquoise paints.
Remember, splotchy is good.
I coated some areas very thinly,
so you could still see the woodgrain beneath it.
After the paint was dry,
I sanded down some of the edges.
And began layering on a couple of different stains.
This is the fun but really stinky part.
You just slap it on...
And then wipe it off...
See how it ages all the various splotches of color,
and makes the piece look old and timeworn?
Of course there is a little artistry to it,
but seriously, it's pretty easy.
I like to use stains in Colonial Maple and Jacobean,
to give it even more variation.
There are all sorts of hues and colors going on under there...
I think it turned out even better than I expected!
(I love when that happens!)
Revisit: BEFORE
And AFTER.
(This piece is for sale at $95.)
Again, give me a shout out if you're interested in purchasing.)
I decided to do a similar treatment on this next piece:
An old louvered door that's been
"seasoning" out behind my house for months...
The slats were starting to fall out,
so I just removed them all.
Here it is all washed down and drying up against my house.
Next step:
CHICKEN WIRE!
Love this stuff but it's a bear to work with...
I just stapled it along the edge of the openings,
and then used wire cutters to snip off the excess.
I'll probably use some of the slats as molding over the raw edges.
For now, I flip over and start the painting.
I'm using a dark teal homemade chalk paint first,
and I'm just dry brushing on streaks here and there...
(Do check out that ugly brass doorknob
because it's not going to be living in this world like that much longer!)
Next, I use white chalk paint,
in the same dry brush technique
but pretty consistently
over the frame.
I want plenty of wood to still show though...
And I'm just continuing to layer on paints,
building a patina.
Here I've added ASCP in Provence and Antibes Green.
I painted the knob first in the white chalk paint,
and after drying, added more brushstrokes in Provence.
I know, it's an ugly phase.
But be patient...
After the paint has dried,
in the same manner as the earlier piece,
I then add layers of stains:
Brushing on, and wiping off.
And here is the door,
all faux aged to perfection.
I also lightly coated the chicken wire in the white chalk paint,
and then the Jacobean stain -
to simulate age on this as well.
See the knob?
Instead of wiping off the stain on the knob, I just left it.
It will dry and look like an old bronzed knob with verdigris highlights.
I'm not sure where this is going yet,
but I'll probably use it as a display piece in my booth..
I might add some shelves or hooks.
Who knows!!!!
And, last but not least is this set
I hauled home the other day.
Okay, so they're a little dirty…
but structurally sound.
But how cute they could be!
They look like little Flintstone pieces of furniture!!!!
Hee...
Yes, it took a little elbow grease to tackle these...
But it had to be done...
So here they are post cleaning…….
drying in the sunshine.
Just awaiting their soon-to-be glam makeover
But I'm worn out, folks..
You'll have to stay tuned for this reveal!
Hasta mañana………..
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