Another one for sale.....................

Here we go - being listed today - only the smaller one - here is the after

Hope it sales as quick as the other!!!

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Sidetable - Before and After

what do you think? sigh.................

before

and after

Wow am I loving Annie Sloan..................

Have another before and after - but the handles are not dry yet..............

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SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

beautiful vintage teacart - I wanted to paint it white - and distress it slightly - but have
not had the time.............and it sold in it's original state - which is really beautiful
anyways.................it opens up to create this

and now I am contemplating selling this piece

I bought this some time ago - and painted it black with the intentions of converting
this into a new bathroom vanity - with vintage black and white honed marble
tiles............but bathroom renos have been put on hold due
to working on my mothers place for the past couple of months - so the bathroom
will now have to wait for the spring...............should I let it go?
The picture does not do it justice - it's really a handsome pc ( isn't that funny - I call
anything painted white a she - and black pcs are definitely " he " )
I have to think about this one.

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Sunday Blahs...........

What a miserable day it was here in good old Montreal...............raining and cold and dark - and no firewood to speak of - have to pick some up - another long winter is about to descend upon us.......

But someone left me a message that they want to buy these 2 pieces

The dresser was supposed to be sold to someone else, but she tried to go too low - ridiculously low because
she saw something similar ( no way, this was hand done by moi )  at Home Sense for 100.00 dollars,
hmmm, this was made in Canada - did not come off of an assembly line in China.
Anyways, the person who is interested is looking for something that will go in a pale blue and silver bedroom - a match made in heaven I think!!!

And so - now I have purchased 2 more items - ( picking up this weekend - as they leave - so they
will arrive lol )

OMG - this one makes my heart palpitate so strongly I just may have a heart attack - this one
will be going all white..................wow - another one that will be hard to let go of - and it kind of goes
with the one I bought a couple of weeks ago - perhaps I should sell them as a set, Mr and Mrs?

I also purchased this beauty....................

this is the sellers photo ( not my house - my God I am vain )
and this is her when she is open

I know it is not normal to be so passionate about furniture - especially old junky pieces,
but these are exactly the pieces that I love working on so much...............
To bring them back to something beautiful to look at is so rewarding - especially when
the buyers are as passionate as I am.

The young man that came tonight to purchase the dresser from my previous post told my it was absolutely gorgeous, and that he would be interested in seeing pieces before they are listed, he is building a home
in Vermont, farmhouse style and will be needing a LOT of old refurbished pieces.
I am sourcing a wardrobe for him actually - antiqued like the bureau he bought.

So little by little this just may become the small business I was dreaming of.

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I'm at it again........................

I think my latest beauty has been sold

Not a long love affair at all, finished it last night - and posted it this morning -
Good - bye lovely............

Now I am going to be working on this

and this one really excites me - I think it is absolutely beautiful -

plus I am in the process of finishing a buffet for a client..................

I love the details - the top of the buffet has some relief work in it - which stands out when
painted and lightly distressed.....................

Off to clean my paint brushes -

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Lots of " after " pictures

Ta Da !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Before and After with Annie Sloan Paint

I still have to wax the pc - and put handles on it - but this transformation took me a total combination of
15 minutes so far - 10 minutes last night - and 5 minutes just now.............

before

after



 Looking for the perfect handles - and will post the complete finished look

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I think I love you

I'm sleeping - and right in the middle of a good dream
like all at once I wake up, from something that keeps pounding at my brain
before I go insane, I hold my pillow to my head, screaming out the words I dread,
I THINK I LOVE YOU..................

this is going to make my life so much easier - I want to paint everything with it - my furniture - my walls -
my floors, my dog, 

Annie Sloan - where have you been all my life?

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A sneak peak -

Here is the before of an antique bureau I picked up -

I received my Annie Sloan paint tonight - and I was too exhausted to do anything so went to bed.......
that lasted about 20 minutes - before I crept up and opened a tin - just to see how it was to work with

5 minutes later the body of the dresser was painted..................incredible.

NOW- I can go back to sleep!

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In a perfect world.......................

I would buy every one of these pieces...................and just stare at them all day long, they all come from one house - must be an estate sale - and are available on Craigs List...........I won't even talk about what each piece costs ( if a picture speaks a thousand words - you could imagine )

and lastly this stunning - beautiful - gorgeous - make me drool - desk - and the only piece that is even
remotely affordable - I soooooooooooo want this

I wonder who lived amongst such beauty, did they appreciate all of this or did they take it for
granted -
Everything looks like it is in such incredible condition that they must have been loved very much.
The lines - the graceful curves - the antiqued colors - I would even try my very very best not
to paint anything .
Some girls dream of diamonds but this, for me, is what dreams are made of.............
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Another pc sold ( I think )

Still need to finalize price - but I think she has a new home.....................

Craigs List appears to be a much better selling forum for me than Kijiji for some reason.

I really have a lot to sell at this point but this week has been encouraging - wish me luck
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Criminal at Large

John is in Europe this week - and I was just too lazy to walk down to the market to get my flowers ( even
though I did walk to my hairdressers and back - which was about 7 miles in total - very very proud of myself!!!! )
So I decided to steal from my garden - this is my first attempt at drying hydrangeas - I am in love - the different shades look soooo pretty - I think these will stay for a long time,
And I say steal because it is in fact what I have done - my neighbour split in with us to purchase these plants so technically they are only half mine - I literally went out in the middle of the night in my housecoat with snippers.................and because it was the middle of the night there were slugs on them, ughhhhh.
I had already bought 4 dried hydrangeas - so only added to what I already have.
Am I completely nuts?
Yep, that would be me

and if that were not enough I ran back out again and cut these from a bush that we just planted ( and of which the costs were also shared )

Is it ok to commit an act of petty theft if it makes your heart happy, lol
I even had the thought of taking snippers when I take Soda out for her walk late at night
and snipping here and there, can you imagine?  Would that make her an accomplice?

My new best friend ( power to the people my friends )

If you see me walking around your neighbourhood - be careful, be very very careful.

Do you think I could actually blame Soda?  Hmmm, she looks a little guilty to me

........................Tell it to the judge, lady.

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SOLD!!!! So long, farewell, au revoir.............

They are picking it up on the weekend - I do not have a before pic - but this pc turned out so lovely - I hate to part with it ( I get an abnormal attachment to things I work on - a lot of love goes into these - and it is
sad to say goodbye ) Hard to believe this was a 70's bright orange - with ugly brass handles, isn't it?

Let me see - I think I only have another 10 pcs to go, lol

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