Vintage Bed Frame

I love love love this sweet little bed! I think it would be perfect in a girl's room or a guestroom for a fun shabby chic or farmhouse look.

 

This was the perfect day for an outdoor photo shoot! No staging necessary!

 

This bed was painted in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint (Paris Grey), lightly distressed and finished in AS clear wax. Sweet and simple!

 

This bed is looking for a new home so if you interested please let me know. It's full size and comes with slats. Enjoy your day!

 

Blessings,

Julie Wagner



 

 

Farmhouse Table

I am so happy with how this set turned out! It was really a lot of work, but well worth it. (I wish I had a before pic of it).   

 

Abbey (DIL) painted it and I did the distressing. It is painted in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint's Duck Egg Blue and Paris Grey.(http://www.anniesloan.com/)

 

 

 

The chair cushions are covered in burlap to give them a fun farmhouse look. (Fun fact: These chairs were donated by the Old Spaghetti Factory in Portland, OR to the thrift shop where we find a lot of our furniture).

 

Staging is something I'm still working on. The Miss Mustard Seed Blog (http://missmustardseed.com/) helps me a lot with this, but I don't hold a candle to her. Her photography is beautiful! One thing I do like is to add yellow! This is something I learned from my friend Kathryn who owns Common Folk Co. in Kirkland, WA. (www.commonfolkco.com). I really wanted to photograph this outside, but the weather just didn't cooperate today.

 

 

The blueberries are from my backyard! Yum! So are the hydrangeas.

 

 We have another table just like this (unpainted) that you could have custom painted to match your home. We also have a round one that's the same style. Super cute! Let me know if you're interested! This table is still available too.

 

 

Blessings,

Julie Wagner 

 

 

 

The Navy Blue Desk

With three sons and a grandson, I'm always on the look out for cute boy things. When I saw this desk I knew it was meant for a boy and needed to be painted navy blue. I have really been enjoying strolling through the thrift shops looking for furniture that just needs a little lovin. One of the things that makes this so enjoyable is doing it with my daughter-in-law, Abbey and Little Elijah Boy. I can't wait for garage sale season! I never thought I'd become a junker but I see things now and think, I can paint that!

With my son being in dental school and Abbey being a full time mom, Abbey and I would like to take our love for making things pretty again into a little business to help Peter and Abbey pay the bills. Soon we will have a web page just for this, but for now I would like to share the first piece we are selling with you.

Here's what it looked like before...

 

 

...and here's after!

 

 



This desk is solid! It is painted with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint with a dark wax finish for a bit of an antique look. The dimensions are 43" long x 31" high x 19 1/4" deep. We are asking $150.00. Please let me know if you're interested in it!

Thank you for letting me share this with you!

Blessings,
Julie Wagner

My Buffet Table

Like many others, I have joined the world of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint..... and love it!

 

The first piece I painted was a dresser. It turned out ok, but since then I've watched a lot of tutorials on ASCP. Plus, I'm planning on antiquing or painting the hardware because I'm not crazy about it. It's too white! I used Duck Egg Blue on the dresser with a coat of clear wax and a coat of dark wax, and did very little distressing.  

 

 

So, onto the buffet! Here are a few before pictures.

 

 

When I was cleaning this piece up and getting it ready to paint, I couldn't help but think about who might have owned it before me. Where did they live, were they happy?..... While  scraping candle wax off of it I pictured it in a dinning room with a family sitting around the dinner table telling stories about their day, or an elderly couple sitting at the table sharing dinner together and holding hands. I don't know much about antiques, so I have no idea when this piece might have been made, but it seems pretty old to me.

 

I got my inspiration for this buffet from Pinterest and paintinmyhairboutique.com. I used a mixture of Graphite and French Linen. 

 

After applying two coats of paint I distressed it with sandpaper, trying to distress where it would naturally wear.

I felt the distressing on the bottom drawer was a little much so I painted over it and tried again.

 

 

Better!

 

Next was a coat of clear wax followed by a coat of dark wax.

 

 

My finished buffet!..... Now I'm searching for the perfect pieces of ironstone to display on it!

 

Blessings,

Julie Wagner