Coffee/beverage station

Repurposed entertainment stand

You know how you see those tv stands that everyone used to have, at yard sales, thrift stores, and even put out on trash day?  I was given one by a friend and right away knew how I could repurpose it and give it a new life!

Now posing as a coffee/beverage station, it sold right away!

After a light sanding, I gave it a coat of my homemade chalk paint.  Then, I added a graphic from The Graphics Fairy, which I had enlarged and then traced using regular carbon paper.

I filled in all the lettering with black acrylic paint using a script brush, sanded lightly, and waxed several times with Minwax Paste.
I simply stenciled the word "coffee" on burlap, and made a small hem at the top for the tension rod that holds the curtain in place.
I love how the vintage baking pans fit in the shelf to hold all the essentials for that perfect cup of your favorite beverage!

 
 

  

Grain sack kitchen cutie

When my neighbor Joe has a garage sale, he invites me to come the day before.  I always manage to find some treasures.  I came home with this little kitchen chair.  For two dollars.

 I used CitriStrip to get the many layers of old paint off.  Then I painted it with my homemade chalk paint in my favorite color and made a seat covered in a grain sack pattern.

 A little distressing in spots to give a worn look, and finished off with several coats of MinWax finishing paste.

 

A cute little kitchen chair that deserved a new life!

Rescued dresser redo

... from the barn to the bedroom.  When my mother-in-law moved, I took home a dresser that no one wanted to bother with  saw any potential in.  She had originally taken it home from an Amish neighbor's barn.

 

 

Some time during it's lifetime, somebody thought it needed a fake marble top.

 



After chipping and scraping off the "marble", I used Citri-Strip to remove all the leftover glue.  Under all the gunk was a perfectly beautiful top. The fake top had actually protected the wood! 
At that point in the process, I know exactly what I would do with this piece of furniture.  I had paint leftover from a recent bedroom makeover - Behr's Premium Plus in 'Venus Teal'.  I used plaster of paris and water to mix up a nice, smooth, homemade chalk paint.

 

(No I was not drinking Margaritas.  It was already empty)!  Ask my supervisor:

 





 

 

The detailed carving lent itself beautifully to some distressing using my fancy tools:

 

 

 

 

I found the perfect spot in my bedroom.  It's perfect and I love it!  Thanks to my favorite MIL!!