Remember when….

Remember when we found this end table at DI?  Well it has gone from this…

to this brown….

and now to this black…and it resides in Layton now.

Sand Bench

We found an adorable head/foot board and made this bench.  It turned out soooo cute and right now it is sitting in my bedroom making a cozy place to watch tv.

The Mr. built the box and seat and put the bench together.  He primed it in chocolate brown and put the tape where he wanted the distressing to show (pretty clever idea he came up with).

Next step was to paint the bench in a sand color.  He then remove the tape so the chocolate would show through at the desired spots.

LOVE..LOVE…this bench!!!!

This bench is waiting to find a new home.

Red Bench

SOLD

!!!!!!!This bench now has a new home in Kaysville, Utah!!!!!

We went to our fav store and purchased this beauty.  I knew immediately that this would be my RED bench.  I had a vision and knew exactly what it was going to end up looking like.  Dick built the bench and then painted it Awning Red with his new paint gun that he got for his birthday.  He sure has learned how to make his painting perfect with it.

We got to this point and began to do the black glazing and lo and behold the bench was almost ruined.  We switched glazing compounds to a Home Depot brand, Behr, which was the biggest error of all.  The dry time is to short and would dry before getting it rubbed off. Dick had to repaint the bench in the area that had been glazed and then another trip to Ogden to Lowe’s to get the right product, Valspar.

We lightly distressed this bench instead of the heavy distressing that was done on the previous benches.  With an new batch of black glazing mixed up, we started the process of glazing our beautiful red bench.  The colors just change once the glazing process is started.

This bench is waiting for a new home.  While it waits, I get to enjoy it in my home.

Desk Delight….

SOLD!!!!

THIS DESK NOW BELONGS TO OUR NEIGHBORS.  THEY BOUGHT IT BEFORE IT WAS STARTED AND WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE COLORS. 

I did not get a before picture of this desk, but it was a dark brown.  The desk had great character and some rather unique hardware that attracted Dick to it.  He fell in LOVE with it and had a vision in mind before we left DI’s.

We have new neighbors and they found out we restored furniture and wanted something for the bedroom or bathroom for her to use as a makeup vanity.  When she seen the ugly brown color, she too had a vision and wanted the desk to serve as her vanity.  

The desk was painted sand and lightly distressed then glazed with a chocolate brown.  The hardware was spray painted oil rubbed bronze.

I am so taken with this side of the desk and the marble look that the glaze made.  I found that it is all in how it is rubbed off.  I am getting more relaxed with the glazing part.

Brown Icebox End Table

SOLD!!!

THIS TABLE NOW HAS A NEW HOME IN LAYTON, UT

 

This was one of the treasures in the trip to DI a few weeks ago.  It captured the heart of my hubby and he fell in love with it.  A reminder of old days in his childhood with the real icebox that they had.

He proceeded to repair and paint the end table and this is what it looks like now….

  

 

 

…finished in a brown and lightly distressed.

Strawflower Table

When I found this table at DI, my heart started pounding and could not get to the table fast enough.  It’s beauty just captivated me.  The hand carved sides are just gorgeous and it has the true ball and claw feet.  It is my greatest treasure find yet.

When we bought the table it was a yucky brown and needed some repairs.  The handy dandy repair man (the hubby) went right to work and before you knew it the table was in excellent shape.

  

 

The table has 10 glass inserts, has been painted strawflower yellow, distressed and then glazed with brown.  Right now it is my living room, where I can enjoy it until it finds a new home.

Oregano Headboard Bench and End Table…

SOLD!!!

THIS BENCH NOW HAS A NEW HOME IN OGDEN, UT

 

I love this bench and have had a hard time trying to part with it.  There isn’t anything I don’t like about it.  There is something about the back that just seems to draw me in.  I have fallen in LOVE with the color oregano so that is the color that Dick painted the bench then glazed in black.

I am so taken with the posts on this bench.  They seem to set off the entire look that we were trying to capture.

After the distressing was finished, the bench just took on a different character and the medallion just wants to pop right out at you.

We found this table at our favorite store in the whole wide world, DI’s.  When my eye caught a glimpse of it, I went as fast as my legs would take me to grab the ticket off before anyone else could buy it.  It was an ugly brown (no before picture as the painter man beat me before pictures were taken).  After a light sanding and a good coat of primer and spray paint this is what we came up with.  It too is in the oregano and glazed with black.

I love how the table and bench compliment each other.  Tomorrow I get to bring them into my home to enjoy until they find a new home.

Burgundy End Table

SOLD!!!!!

THIS TABLE NOW HAS A HOME IN LAYTON, UT

Our favorite place to shop is the DI in Brigham City.  On one of our shopping trips we found an end table that looked so ugly in its dark brown color with gold hinges and handles.

Dick took off all the hardware and painted them oil rubbed bronze (my favorite color right now) and painted the end table a beautiful burgundy color then distressed it.

I took black glaze and made sure that the decorative items on the end table were coated and detailed. 

I do like the ending results….

of this end table. 

It could be used as a night stand also.  There is tons of storage inside this piece of furniture.