my get away

Have you ever wished you had a place to escape to after a long day? Well I made my place. Before Christmas I got to redo my bedroom. I found this cream & white comforter at Target and it was on sale! Yea!!! Then my friend Leah helped me choose the wall color. We went with Lakeshore by Sherman Williams. I love it!!! I wanted black furniture but after looking a the prices of new furniture, not only was it not honing to happen. I wouldn't let it happen. So I got crafty and painted my furniture black and to give it some pop I painted the hardware Nickle. I have to say it definitely looks better than anything I found at the store. Now the only thing that needs to be done is the crown molding. And who knows when I'll get that finished with the way Blake works.... anyway hope you love my bedroom as much as I do.

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Black & Gold

I found this hunk on furniture at the Salvation Army for $15 bucks.... And I knew I had to have it. I had first planned on painting it off white and staining it with a black stain... but the more I thought about it, I decided to keep this piece for me. So I decided to paint it black and use the Gold Stan again... So this is the before picture....








After I glazed it I tried a new for me technique.... I modge podged some cheetah tissue paper on the top... I had first bought a black and white checked (on the diagonal) but the white was too bright... so I did the cheetah and I love it... I tried to give a close up of the gold glaze but it didn't show up in the picture as good as it is in person.
Now this end table is my new bedside table..... Hope you like it.
Please ignore the navy blue curtains... I'm in the process of redecorating my bedroom...

Night Stand Makeover

On my last post, I refinished a bed for my 15 year old cousin. Last night I started her night stand, I forgot to take a before picture but this was an antique piece and it had a dark finish. I primed this piece so that the turquoise would show brighter. Then I used Kyron's Ocean Breeze and painted the nightstand.

Then I Glazed it with DecoArt Elegant Finish Metallic Glaze (Can you say LoVe IT!!)

I also put a little fun in her drawer!! LOL!!!!

I am going to go shopping for different hardware, but for now I just painted the handles gold and couldn't help but to show it off....

My new Hobby!!

So for those of you who are still holding out that I might post something new.... here you go....

We have been so busy lately and the boys haven't done much this summer and I've been too tired to post, but now that the cooler weather has come in and the kids are back in school I've got just a little more energy. And as some of you may know I get these "projects" in my head and I go with them... Last year I started quilting and made 3 quilts, I am still quilting and I have finished a top for Tyler and am now working on a quilt using the kids old baseball Jerseys. But I found a new hobby.... giving old drab furniture a new life...

Below is a bed I did for my cousin Amber for her 14th bday. I painted it a antique white and glazed it with a mocha glaze.... This was my first piece and even though it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to ....I think it still looks fab!! See what you think.


Also I just bought another bed off Craig's List for 10 bucks!! YEA!! So if you see any old wood pieces or know of someone getting rid of something let me know!!!