Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Progess on Buffet / Hutch

Well the work has begun -

I started of wanting to use completely different colors - leave my comfort zone - and I have ended up using my " go to " color from ASCP - Paris Gray once again.  Creature of habit I suppose - and I really do love
the Duck Egg Blue and Provence but I cannot see them in my dining room - and it is going to stay here for
a little while - at least until it's equal comes along and I cannot see that happening for the price I paid for quite some time............

It had gold metal grids in the glass panes - but for some reason the metal grid was outside the glass doors - making cleaning them impossible...........I was going to remove the glass completely and just leave the grids,
then I pondered removing the grids completely and leaving only the glass panes but I really think they belong on it - so I painstakingly removed everything from the frames - spray painted the grids with Rustoleum
Universal Advanced Formula ( first time using this particular spray and love love love it ) in a satin nickel -
and when I reinstall everything I'll put the grid on the inside of the glass - so at least the outside can be cleaned.

Here are a few pics - but it is nowhere finished yet

satin nickel finish

original color
added a couple of details 
in progress

and that's about that for this evening - think I'll go to bed - this will be an early night for me - 1.30 in the morning, lol

xxx

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Drawer interiors

We went to pick up a couple of dressers from storage earlier this evening - what a nightmare that was -
one of the dressers was completely in the back - and underneath 2 other dressers - we had to empty out
the room - dig them out - and reload the room.............
Exhausting
Then when we got them home - the liners that I had put in them ( mac tac purchased at the dollar store ) had lifted - like the glue disappeared - some things ( most things I guess ) are second rate - and will not purchase
that from the dollar store again..................so what to do - it was like 10.30 at night - nothing is open - and the dressers are going in the morning -
So....................ta da - I really do like it so much better - this will be my new drawer interiors in the future - I used a flat paint so the wood can still breathe and of course my trusty frog tape ( could not live without it )
What do you think?

Before



after

I thought " Oh, I would love to open my drawers and see this  "
and then realized they will be covered with clothes
I can be such a DINGBAT sometimes
Oh well
WHATEVER


I had all kinds of touch ups to do on the dressers also - they get banged around when moving them
all over the place.............John was an angel tonight - worked hard right along with me.  Off to the
consignment shop tomorrow.

xxx

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