Caribbean Blue Dresser ~FAT Paint~

Hello everyone!
I hope you're enjoying beautiful spring :)

When it's nice here in Vancouver suburb,

it feels like summer,

but when it's rainy it's still cold.....

Well I hope today's post will make us feel like we are at

the Caribbean beach...(or in Paris :)

This dresser started out like this.

She was sort of yucky brown color and corners and edges were chipped 

 showing more old paint underneath,

looks like she used to be green and pink.

On Facebook, I started to read more and more about FAT Paint

and was wondering if I can buy them around here.

I googled and found out that they make this fabulous paint in New Westminster!!!!

It's like a 15 minute drive from my house.

Hooray!!!!!!!

( I just got my driver's license the other day and

I'm still scared to drive alone though....)

Anyway, so I went to the store and bought this beautiful Caribbean Blue.

Isn't it lovely?

The color is gorgeous turquoise blue and it makes me happy just looking at it :)

I gave a good sanding on the whole dresser and painted it in this lovely color.

I know with FAT Paint, I don't really need to sand a piece,

but it's an old dresser and I wanted to have a smooth surface.

*during*

See the top and bottom drawer knobs?

They were completely stuck on the drawer,

I tried to take them off,

even tried to smash them with a hammer,

 but it wouldn't budge!!

Then my hubby came with an electric saw and

cut them off, even with metal screws in them!!!

Then I distressed here and there, I aimed for shabby chic look,

I hope I achieved it :)

Then I stenciled " Avenue des Champs Elysees" on the front.

Have you been there and walked down this lovely avenue?

I have (only once) back in 1994.

......Oh my goodness 1994 is 19 years ago!.....

No wonder I'm feeling old...lol

I wish I can live there or stay there for a while :)

Anyways, here's how she looks like right now.

I really like how she turned out :)

I hope you like it too :)

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Fleur de lis Side Table

I have a soft spot for Fleur de lis.

Every time I see it, I stop for a moment and enjoy the beauty of its shape:)

It's like I do a 5 seconds *mental trip* to France,lol



This side table started out like this.

This photo was taken right after I brought it in,

it was raining that day.

It's a solid wood,quality piece.

The tape was there to hold the door in its place,

the top hinge was off.

This time, I really didn't have a vision as to how I'd transform her.

Now I know it's very important that before you start a project,

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME PLAN!!

I learned it hard way...sort of.

I painted and repainted a few times on every spot I can paint

(which is everywhere)

because I didn't like what I did at first.

I painted her gray then repainted black afterwards.

I did white line on top and bottom then repainted gray and etc....

But I managed to finish it.

What do you think?

To tell you the truth,I'm not sure this was what I wanted to achieve...lol
If I were to redo it again, I'd probably go with Duck Egg blue and white.

(But I won't, I've spent enough time on her already.....
time to move on to next project for me)

I enjoyed the whole process though!

I stenciled the word "Paris" on top first but didn't like it,
I felt it was a little too skinny...

(This one,I used the same stencil I did for my Paris Chic Side Table)



 so I changed it to..

Flure de lis!!

I think it fits better with the thick white line around.

I really like this hardware which I painted black and silver,

then sprayed poly to protect the finish.

I also applied poly on top and hand waxed the entire surface.

This is the back, I did flower ribbon stencil.

What do you think?

I was about to erase it ( again, wasn't sure if I liked it)

but then my daughter came in and told me she really liked it :)

At this point, I was redoing this side table many times and

was confused with it (lol)

so I decided to listen to her and kept the stencil.

In the end, I think I'm happy with it,

she's one of a kind girl now!

I hope you like it too :)
Please tell me what you think...

Have a wonderful weekend!!!
&
♥♥ Happy Mother's Day ♥♥

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~Duck Egg Blue Magazine Rack~

I don't know what has just happened,
but this post's content suddenly changed to my White Chic Coffee Table...
.............aw..............
I was trying to link this post to a link party and suddenly it went
Poof!
Gone!
Why???
I must've clicked something.....argh.
( it's got nothing to do with a link party though,
I was editing my post,trying to add a button)

Anyways, there's no use crying over what happened so
here I go again with the quick version of it.

I finally bought ASCP and tried it.
And I'm lovin' it!!

I bought Duck Egg and painted this cutie with it.

Don't you love this shape? I do! :)

Painted, stenciled, waxed and....

Here's the finished product!!

Front

Back

Side

I love how it distressed :)

In use

Have a great day everyone!!!

Yay!!

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Thank you, Deborah!!!

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