A friend and I have a joke we share. It never fails we'll be chatting and we'll notice something shiny or pretty, aka a squirrel, nearby and off we go on a different conversational tangent! Sometimes we'll even shout "squirrel" just like Dug the dog from the Up! movie. I actually thought about naming my blog "Chasing Squirrels" due to the fact that I have something of a tendancy to be headed one direction with a project and off I go in a different direction or sometimes on a totally different direction. Will there ever be enough hours in my life to accomplish every thing I want to do?! Lately I've been working on a few projects around the house that are just for us! Today's post is one of those projects. Sadly I forgot to take a before photo of this buffet, but I will tell you that it was pretty sound and not in too bad of shape when we got it. Other than some sticky drawers that needed work it wasn't bad. It also had hardware on it that were not to scale for this piece. You know that Burger King commercial with the guy that won't go get the Whopper because his hands are just so small?... Yeah, the pulls were all really tiny and this piece is substantial. Here she is ready for her debut.
I painted her with Old Ochre and Old White on the details. For this space I wanted to kind of keep it light and neutral and those two paints together gave me just the look I wanted.
Look at that pie crust trim, pretty huh? I loved the many different trims from the minute we brought this one home. The top was in perfect shape and after sanding I added the Jacobean stain and antique oil finish.
I found some really large bronze oiled knobs that look so much better on her! I think she can feel better about her assets now that she is balanced!
Here are a couple of recent finds too, pretty little silver bowl and heavens but I love that peacock feather! Check this out...
wonderful little horse head I sprayed white and the pretty, slightly tarnished pitcher. The "finding" has been good lately which is just so much fun!
So, do any of you end up chasing a squirrel in the middle of a project? I do hope to eventually have a Master bedroom reveal for you, but please don't hold your breath. There are just so many pretty/shiny things out there!
Hope your week is wonderful!
Deb
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Beautiful sideboard! I'm enamored with sideboards lately.
ReplyDeleteI love it. I have one almost like it that I painted black. Lovely! Blessings!
ReplyDeleteooh the details! it is gorgeous!!!! love it, deb!
ReplyDeleteand i loooove that horsehead, too!
This is beautiful...and I just asked my husband what he thought of this piece(and he NEVER thinks of pieces like we do) and he said "wow, that's really nice".. that is SUCH A HUGE compliment :)
ReplyDeleteSoooooo nice! I've been hoping to find a piece like this to work on...green with envy. It turned out great! Also...SQUIRREL! is one of my husbands fav quotes to yell whenever I change directions in a conversation. Glad to know I'm not the only one...too funny!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, I love it! You did good :-) It is so difficult to find pieces where I live. Most furniture is so over priced even those that are beat up & look like trash to most people.
ReplyDeleteShe is an absolute beauty! Love, love, love it!
ReplyDeleteThis pie e is amazing! Beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteYou crazy girl, what a fun post! I love your painted buffet and yes, her knobs are now in scale of her. Worthy is the piece with great bones and moldings right? Stop by sometime.
ReplyDeleteI love what you did with the buffet. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice buffet! Love what you did with it! I'm a new blogger and now a new follower!
ReplyDeleteThis is just so stunning! You did an amazing job on it!
ReplyDeleteNow, I have to laugh because I can get easily distracted from the discussion at hand too and have a friend that jokingly says "Oh look! A squirrel!" when she references my ability to jump from one subject to another or get easily distracted by some other pretty bauble when looking around at things somewhere. Alas, I know now that I am not alone. ;^)
I love it! Great job! Cyndi at Blue Star Antiques just sent me over!! So glad she did!!!
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You are so right! Why is it whenever I'm looking to start a project I find nothing but, the minute I get something started I find loads of stuff & have to pass them up because I'm in the middle of something else. Great job on the buffet. Love the way you left the detail on the top dark. Nicely done, Dee
ReplyDeleteWell my problem is I never pass anything up and my garage is full...oh well! Love this buffet, great job. I'm a new follower, so stop by and follow to so we can keep in touch, Lori
ReplyDeleteShe is simply gorgeous!!! This is an awesome piece to start and you made it even more awesome....love it!
ReplyDeleteWow Deb, this piece is really gorgeous! All the details are sooo cool! Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteWOW! That is one gorgeous Buffet!
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous! Stunning work!
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