Time for a change

I love to re-decorate and while it gets harder to do in the larger spaces in my home I love to play around with my front porch. I know I have shared it before but recently for the 4th of July - I decided to clean it up...

This is what it looked like before

 

This was a sweet little farm table that I purchased years ago at a flea market. It sits outside and its seen better days so I knew this was the first thing that needed a

"Pick Me Up"

 

 

This is my new door (which I love) and the way the front porch looks from the street.

 

Pretty but needs some "Shooshing"

I used some of this new amazing paint that I bought awhile back and it was the most amazing shade of aqua/turquoise and it when from cute to AAH-MAZING!!!!

 

Here she is all pretty like and on the front porch

 

Here is my happy little farm table all propped up and as you can see I moved some stuff around and got rid of a few things. I drew up some new chalk art on our welcome board - added my sons bike and a some red white and blue accents.

 

 

All because this color needed to be used...

 

I just had to post one more photo of this super cute table and chairs. I repainted (spray painted) the small wicker chairs just to spruce them up. All in all I am in LOVE

 

Well I hope you are having fun sprucing up your spaces.

 

I am linking this up to the challenges above.

 

happy Holiday week

 

xo



A new Project

 

I wanted to share my newest project. My sweet husband brought this home for me about a month ago and its been sitting in the back yard...I wanted to make it amazing and so it sat while I tried to figure out the fun color scheme I wanted to use.

 

Isn't this piece amazing...it needs a little TLC but the lines are cool and there are so many drawers  and a light that comes with it.

 

 

See the sweet details on the sides of the hutch? Awesome-sauce...

I wanted to do this in Coral and gold but I decided to try something different...I had three different cans of Sherwin Williams paint in 3 shades of blue...and see that there back piece well it came off so I was thinking maybe a cool paint treatment or some fun pattern painted on...

 

Can you see it? Well, I finally decided tonight at 7:25 p.m. that I would start painting and then I had the most brilliant idea...

 

But I'll share that with you tomorrow...Oh you'll love it---I hope!

 

xo

tina

Hello 2014

I am starting this New Year with a vengeance. I have projects started all over the place. I am really into refinishing furniture and just finished an amazing vintage chair.

It was really rickety but had great bones...

 

Nice right? Looks like an old school chair.

 

So I spray painted the chair turquoise...I know what? spray paint but I just wanted the base to be a nice bright color - I was planning a distressing bonanza...

 

then I dry brushed some cream paint all over the chair in a half hazard way - I didn't lay it on thick just a quick brush over.

 

Then I took the sander to it and sanded in the MOST wearable spot - like the edges and the seat. When I was done sanding I noticed that the cream paint was still quite bright and wasn't really going for that look so luckily I had some of ANNIE SLOANS dark wax and rubbed it all over the cream paint and it really warmed up the whole chair.

 

Gotta tell you that I am in LOVE with the finished look of this old chair.

 

It sure looks like it has been around awhile!

Challenge - taken & accomplished!

 

pretty cool, right?

 

I am linking this up to the parties posted above.

 

Hope your year is starting out just like you wished!

 

Happy Making