The Housework Isn't Getting Done: painted furniture

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Monday, November 28, 2016

Coffee and Wine Bar

In "Another Chalk Paint Transformation" I showed you an old buffet that I transformed to use in the new house as my Coffee Bar. I'm ready to show you the finished project!

#millsnewhouse, Coffee Bar, Wine Bar, painted furniture, pallet wood wine rack

This is now one of my favorite places in the house.

I have room for my coffee maker and espresso maker. I have my coffee cups displayed and easily accessible. The drawers have plenty of storage for filters, coffee, spoons, etc.

My kids gave me this stencil for Christmas last year. I bought the chalkboard at Michael's and used Martha Stewart's Liquid Chalk to "paint" it. The chalk won't rub off, but is removable with water.

My son, @SmithBuilding, made this wine rack from pallet wood. A great place to display my hand painted wine glasses!

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Two for the Master Bedroom

I should have posted this one first, because it was my first chalk paint experience. This one I sealed with wax, not polyacrylic like the others.

In the New House

I also wanted a soft bench for the end of my bed, so I decided to embellish an old cedar chest I had. I used a piece of an old memory foam mattress topper I had and some navy blue and white fabric. Get out the staple gun, and that's all there is to it!

Before and After

I finished the underside edge and covered the staples by gluing on ribbon.

I ended up not putting it at the end of the bed -- made the room look too heavy on that side. So it's against the wall, next to the armoire. A nice place to sit to put on your socks...

#millsnewhouse Cedar Chest bench and chalk painted armoire

And that empty wall above it? It's driving me crazy, but I haven't been inspired yet. More to come...

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Rocking Chair Re-Do

Here's a look at my "new" rocking chair...

#millsnewhouse Rocking Chair Transformed

Before

After

I used chalk paint again. This time I played with the original chair a bit first, though. I stained the corners and edges with a gray stain, so after it was painted and I sanded it to distress, you could see some darker (and older looking) wood.

In the New House

For the seat, instead of making a cushion, I folded up an old quilt (actually a small wall hanging) that was not a favorite of mine, but it works great folded up on the rocking chair.

Monday, September 26, 2016

Dresser to Nightstand

My father-in-law contributed this little dresser which I repainted to become my nightstand. The white is chalk paint. The top and handles are metallic spray paint.

Friday, September 23, 2016

A More Creative Transformation - Chair Redo

We had this old chair in our basement for years. It's actually pretty sturdy. I liked the natural aging and didn't want to cover it up. So I got out the paints and started doodling...

Before

I'm pretty pleased with the results and it looks cheerful sitting out on the sun porch.

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Another Chalk Paint Transformation

This is the before and after of what is going to be my coffee bar in the new house. Removing the door, replacing a couple of the drawers with baskets, and updating the hardware really spiffed it up!

The top of this piece isn't even wood. It's some kind of laminated surface. The chalk paint shows the brush strokes, but I like it that way! It just adds to the look.

I'm not going to show you what this looks like in the new house yet, because I'm not quite finished staging it. That will be for a future post....