Spring colors!

I just finished adding 3 very bright and colorful items to the shop. Two in Spa blue, and my favorite in lime green. First, here they are:

The lime green tray started out completely different. I had originally done a tray in black with flowers in multiple shades of teal across the top. Well, for one reason or another that I won't get into, I wasn't happy. and I decided to go a different route, and now I love it. I want to make more of these.  I really love the color, it's a key lime base with a kelly green wash over the top to catch the flowers edges and all the cracks. It's available in the shop. Also new in the shop is the two spa blue (or baby blue, in my opinion) shelves. One if a frame that is set 4 inches from the wall, so you can place items on the back to have a sort of 3-d framed image. The other is an accent shelf that I picked up, that needed a little character. Check it all out in the shop!

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French Cabinet

I'm finally done! In case you missed it, here is the post that shows the cabinet I've been working on for my sister Denise. It was originally a Christmas gift, but an unexpected rain (well, I just forgot to cover it...) took over and tried to kill it. I managed to rescue it, but had to wait for better weather to really get in and repair. This was kind of a good thing though, because now I could add chicken wire to the front, since the glass was gone. Here it is, all finished, and yes! I fixed that door! Some heavy duty sandpaper opened that right up.

Have a great day, it's beautiful out!

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Spice Rack Update

UPDATE:  Everyone has been asking where I got these jars, here's the link to where I ordered them from: Sunburst Bottle Company

Remember when I got those old coke bottle boxes? (See this post) Well, I got my jar order in the mail and made the switch last night. I LOVE them:

This free'd up 2 whole shelves in our cabinets. Before, I had just a shelf above the stove that held a few jars of random. I chose blue & teal over the front because I wanted color, but I wanted to keep it old looking. Next up, the kitchen! I'm aiming for the bottom half of the walls a dark turquois-ish color (beach towel), the top half probably a light teal, all with white trim. Then, a bright clover type green on the backsplash, with the bottom row of cabinets being teal, and the top half either the same teal or white. I don't know yet. Throw in yellow accents and a few vintage green shelves, and I should have a pretty colorful kitchen. Wish me luck!

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Wine Break

I'm back! Work got a little crazy there, but I won't go into detail because that's about as boring as actually working. Anyway, today I listed the wine rack that I started a long time ago (2 months?). Rain and space set me back a bit, but now that the sun has come out more often, I have found time here and there to sneak outside and get some work done! Here is the finished product:

I love how it came out! I considered doing another color over the top then scratching the surface to let it through.. but I was convinced to leave it as is. Here's what it was before:

This item sold, but if you like, request it or something like it and I'll keep my eye out, and let you know when I find something. Then you can pick your colors! Have a great day!

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Teal Candle Holders,4 of 4

Finally! The 4th of the candle holders is up.  I started in on these projects here, and finally all 4 are done. I think they came out nice, especially all together!

Here's what it was before:

This one is big enough to carry a cup or plate, so it has many uses. See them all here in my shop.

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Teal Candle Holders, 2 & 3 of 4

Continuing the recent obsession with teals, here is a fine set of vintage wooden candle holders to quickly brighten up a table.  Retro in style and modern in color, my favorite combination.

I spotted these in the local thrift and thought solid colors right away.   So I went with it!

$15 for the set, and $9 each, because I really want them to stay together. Click here to head to the shop. Have a great day!

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Teal Candle Holder, 1 of 4

Remember the post about the four candle holders makeover? Well the first of the four teal candle holders is done and up for sale. Here's the before picture:

This was a fun project. I really like this color. My sister Denise gave it to me when she went with a slightly different teal in her kitchen (which looks amazing! check it out at the end of the post).  So, in the "reuse spirit" I applied this paint to a few other projects of mine. Here's the finished holder:

I LOVE the picture with the red candle on it.  Again, that inspiration came from Denise and Joey's kitchen, and I think the red and teal combo looks amazing.  The past few years I've really started to like all the different red and blue combinations. There was a time when I worried about certain reds & blues looking too "captain america", but I think with the right shades it doesn't even come to mind.  I think the use of teal with the strong red is by far the most impressive! Thanks again Denise! So the candle holder is for sale in my etsy shop, here.

Now for a little inspiration for those of you wondering, here is Denise and Joey's awesome kitchen done in teal with red accents, and a beautiful dark countertop. These colors work great!

The back splash is clear glass subway tile backed in white that they installed themselves. Not shown here is how in the cabinet above is all red dishware, on glass shelves, with spotlights.

Have a great day!

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Lime Chair

Here is another current project of mine. I'm starting to feel like I have to many balancing all at once, but I know I will get the hang of that soon. Here is a Chippendale chair we found at a thrift shop. Check out the "gorgeous" fabric.

After tearing that layer of fabric off, I found this layer. (I could see a pleather layer coming up next, but decided to stop and just cover this later as is)

I wanted to paint it teal, but lime won the battle, and here are the first phases.

I wasn't sure what fabric to do, but seeing the chair with this teal color made me realize that I should find a teal or blue/green fabric to cover with. I'll update when I finish! The most amazing part, is that when I was searching for "lime bamboo chairs" in google images to get ideas of how it would be, I came across the name - discovering this is a Chippendale chair.  During that search, I found someone else selling a Lime Chippendale Chair..........for guess how much? No - more than that. $500! Take a look:
Chippendale Chair Full Price.

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Resurrection!

Here is the story of a cabinet who was brought to life, then died, and brought back to life again. Here is the picture of the cabinet the first time I fixed it up.

It was great, the one thing was that I hadn't figured out what would go in to replace the glass. Well my sister Denise really liked the cabinet, so I decided to give it to her for Christmas. That was when I realized it was not as protected as I thought, and the rain had caught me off guard. Here is what it looked like when I finally got to dry it out this weekend.

Jeez - I was confident I could fix it, because this was all cosmetic, but it looked terrible. I let it dry all week in the sun to be SURE there was no moisture left, and then let the sanding begin. The one problem I am dealing with, is the door is rubbing when it closes now, but I think some serious sanding will fix it. Denise liked the idea of chicken wire too, so I added that this time around. Here it is, back from the dead!

I'm actually happy this all happened, because I could add the wire. I still have one more coat to go, then the sanding and distressing. I put a layer of black on the edges under so I have a color to distress to, if that makes sense. One of my favorite parts, is since some of the old paint had chipped off, I sanded and painted over the old paint that remained, so there is this awesome texture over the whole thing that makes it look even older. Any suggestions on a rubbing door??

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Candle Stands

Here is phase one, or possibly all, of the wooden candle holder project. Here they are in their "natural" state.

My sister Denise gave me this awesome paint color, "Cozumel" or something, and I love it. In fact, it may go in my kitchen someday. Off topic - I thought it to be the perfect color for the candle holders. Some sandpaper and a few coats later, here's what we have:

I'm not sure what to do next. I may seal them as is. But I thought of rubbing in some color (dark blue or black) and wiping off, just to catch the nooks and cracks... or sanding OFF some teal to reveal the original, shabby style. Perhaps I'll have to do one of each style... any input? I need it! Feel free to comment. I LOVE that color!

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Teal Chandelier

Here's an older project of mine. Sarah found me this old chandelier which was in terrible shape.

So I tried to take it apart and rewire it.  The light worked, then starting blinking.... I realized I didn't want to risk fire and just tore the wires out. Now what should we do with it? I instantly thought of candles, and Ross found some perfect flower candle holders that we could attach. Here she is:

The "S" hook is no longer there, it's now on a teal chain.

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Chalkboard & Driftwood

Yesterday I had shown all the great stuff we got recently, and I mentioned I was starting work on the interesting pig and cat ceramic figurine (here). Well, I finished them:

Here are some close ups, and they are for sale here.

Yep! Chalkboard paint. I've never used this stuff but I really really like it. It was fun, I plan on putting a tutorial up soon. Aside from the chalkboard adventures, Ross and I have slowly been working on a garden art project made of driftwood.  The idea is to have a stack of driftwood, like a tower, and just be a crazy shape. It will make itself. So first we gathered some wood & rebar, and started drilling a 3/4" hole in any random spot on the wood. Sometimes I did them off center so it would sit uneven, I like that.

Then we planted the 2 rebar posts, and started stacking!

So far so good! For the top I am just going to drill halfway into a chunky one and let it be a cap. I'll probably have to be clever in choosing wood towards the end, for a perfect fit. For now it's anything goes. One is three feet, the other is 4.  I'll update as we go!

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Score!

So yesterday Ross and I went out to the thrift shops to do some hunting, and we totally scored.  We spent almost 2 hours in one place because we found so much GREAT stuff!  Maybe it was the caffeine, but we had so many ideas flyin' around & so many things with so much potential!  We settled on only about 1/4th of the things we wanted, but we had to draw the line somewhere as it was getting out of control.. check this stuff out!

Keep an eye on the blog to see the progress of this stuff. You can get email subscriptions by entering your address on the right of this page.  I started in on the pig & the cat today:

...but I will save those for later. It's a surprise! They are coming out great though.  Which is good news because that cat is hideous, and Ross didn't believe it could be saved.... ha! Have a good one...

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