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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