A "New" Armoire for $15

Patience isn't usually my strongest attribute; I will say it paid off in this circumstance!  I had been looking for an armoire for months, but they were always so expensive.  I found this at Goodwill for only $15!

Even the lady working there didn't believe it was only $15... she thought the sticker must have said $75 so she looked it up in the computer system.

Yep!  $15!!!  Now, it didn't start out looking like this.  It was a crazy light peachy colored wood; I just knew it would need to be painted.

I don't have any before pics (they were all lost on the great external hard drive wipe out of 2012).  You'll just have to trust me that it was UG-LY!

I primed it and painted it with a light gray.  Then I glazed it with an espresso-colored glaze and sealed it with Modern Masters dead flat varnish.  That stuff is the best!  It completely knocks down the sheen yet makes the surface durable (and washable).

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I contemplated changing the hardware, but I ended up liking it after living with it for a while.  Maybe one day I'll switch it out

Are you ready to see the inside?  It isn't pretty...

I told you.  But for $15, it will do for now!  AND we just got a new TV so we took the sad little guy out of there.  You can hardly see the gaping hole in the back now.

Here are a couple more pics

you can see the paint coming off a little here from wear and tear over the course of the last year, but I think it gives it more character

See?  I told you that peachy color was bad.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Blessings,

Jamie

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Ombre Painted Table

I've had this nagging desire to incorporate a lavender color into our living room decor... this table is my latest victim

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I had no idea how to "style" this thing.  I shopped the house and couldn't find anything so I thought I'd draw my accessories onto the table.

Here is what it used to look like

It was natural stained wood when I first got it (it was my husband's).  It looks like it's missing a drawer, so I figured it would be safe to paint.  I had painted the table white and then distressed it.  But it was really boring me, especially next to that white chair.

I brought it outside to paint it with some home made chalk paint (tutorial at No Minimalist Here).

I used Sherwin Williams Imagine for the lighter color and Sherwin Williams Soulmate for the deeper color.  I mixed the two together in a third bucket for the transition between the colors on the table legs.  I had always wanted to try some of the purple hues of Chalk Paint, but I didn't have actual samples to compare the colors to other brands.  I found a great blog post at Altar'd that pinpointed close matches for ASCP colors.  That was all the motivation I needed!

Can you see where I spray painted our deck?  The overspray from another project reached beyond the bounds of my drop cloth... oops!  Thank God I have an uber-forgiving husband!

I used thumb tacks on the bottom of the feet of the table to keep it from sticking to the drop cloth once it was painted.  This is my favorite tip I've learned about painting furniture in the past year!  I don't know the original source...

I painted the feet first in the darker color

I carefully worked my way up the legs, transitioning to the lighter color

Until I got to the top, where I used the lightest color.  Where's the pic of this step?  Good question.  I wish I knew.  I also put two coats of wax on it and then proceeded to leave the table outside as it started drizzling.  Doh!  Actually, that wax is amazing stuff... the raindrops beaded up and rolled right off the table!

And here she is all done

What do you think?  I know purple isn't for everyone but it's been a long-time fav for me.  Thanks so much for visiting today!

Blessings,
Jamie

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The Spiderman Trunk

I got a little more done this week

I refinished the trunk that sits at the bottom of the bed.

I was really tired of looking at this in the gray, red and blue Spiderman room

One of the reasons I dragged my feet with this project was a lack of direction.  I knew I wanted to paint something on the trunk that contributed to the theme of the room, but I didn't know what.  I came really close to overdoing it; I'm glad I settled on a more minimalist approach with the single spider.

Here's one last glimpse of the room before the final installment.  I'm working on some artwork for above the bed (and by working on, I mean I haven't even started it).

See you again soon!

Blessings,

Jamie

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White Painted Headboard

 I finally put up our "new" headboard!

Here is the before

I had painted some old canvases and hung them above the bed just to have something there.  I got really tired of hitting my head on the bottoms of them every time I sat up reading in bed.

I didn't want to spend money on a frame so I painted one right on the wall.  This solution worked for a while but I figured it was time for a big-girl headboard.

My friend Andi from Jane of All Crafts took me thrifting a while back.  She introduced me to the most awesomely awesome store for furniture finds!  My first time there, we found this

It was originally $35, marked down to $25, and we talked them down to $18.  Andi says it looks like it's mid-century modern.  I don't know what that means.  I call it mid-century awesome.  Do I use the word awesome enough?

I tried this paint/primer for the first time and I have to say, I'm pretty happy with it.

The coverage isn't spectacular, but I liked the fact I didn't have to buy a separate primer.  And it was cheap.  Have I mentioned before that I'm cheap?

Behold, the "weeny roller"!  I love painting walls and loathe painting furniture so I'll use whatever I can to speed up the process.  It took about 3 coats.

We anchored the headboard right to the wall with screws since I wanted it higher on the wall than the bed frame would allow.  Mattresses didn't used to be as tall as they are now.

I really don't know how or why my husband puts up with me.  When we first hung this thing, it was this height

Perfect, right?  Not when you put the pillows on the bed!

Too much of the gorgeous detailing was covered up for my liking.

So we raised it up higher

That looked just crazy.

I promised him this would be the last time we moved it.  I don't know if he believed me, but he did it anyway.  I love that man!

Ahhhhh... just right

the wall color is Benjamin Moore Ashley Gray

Did you need to see that many angles?  Probably not.  But I'm a little excited about this thing.  Do you see how the pattern on the headboard coordinates with the lamps?!?!

Let me know what you think in the comments.  Do you have a vote for a favorite height? (not that I'll be able to talk the hubs into moving it again).  Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings,

Jamie
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