Work, Work....French Buffet, Desilvered Mirror, Shabbyfufu Dressform, Mason Jar Chandelier

Hello everyone and I hope that you have been out and about enjoying the summer weather.....


Today I have a random post of some things that I have been working on and some photos from a couple of blogs that we've been featured on......


Do you remember the French Buffet that I mentioned stealing buying out of my friend's garage for $30? I don't have a full styled photo yet to show you, but I have finally gotten around to painting it and I'll post some more photos later. I know that the blog buzz is that chalk paint, but being the anti "trendy McTrenderson" that I am (lol!) I was planning on using good old milk paint. Since both of those methods though involve more work than I had time for right now, I just went ahead and used some grey Benjamin Moore paints that I had left over in my workshop, mixtures of leftovers.....

Painted and then rubbed with antiquing gel and then lightly distressed with my sander....

I thought that I was finished, but it looked too drab in all of the same color......

I gave the top a darker grey finish and then brush sealed it (top only) with some polycoat for better wear.... 

I love how it looks against the white walls in the dining room and have filled it with some of my antique linens. Promise, more photos later...

Another project that is not yet finished is this full length mirror that I found in our side yard (don't ask!) and have desilvered and ghosted to look old. I intend to build a frame around it, if and when I have some time.....

What really seems to keep me busy are custom orders on my various dress forms. I am so grateful to all of my customers, both past and present! I fully intend to get some listed on the website, hopefully soon. This is one of the latest romantic dress forms that is a work in progress and I hope to have her finished shortly. Headed off to Australia soon and more photos later on this too:-).....

It seems that my Mason Jar "Candelier" is all the buzz in bloglandia, Pinterest...etc. I was happy to learn that it was featured today on the hip wedding blog Lovely Little Details, thank you! 

I'm thinking that I might offer this one up for sale.......are you interested? You can contact me for details before I list it on the website if so.....

Thank you to sweet Abby of Abby's Paperie Garden for the lovely photos of her Shabbyfufu contest win of the tea set by Farnaz....

That's it for this evening my friends and I wish you a beautiful week......