The True Blue Hutch Dresser

Here are some before and during photos of the project I am currently working on, especially for the lady I am painting it for, and of course for anyone else who is interested in what I am up to this week!

I wish I could work out how to post the photos in order, but hopefully they make sense!

Here are some of my to-do projects...

There are a few of them, but at least I won't have to worry about being desperate to paint and not having anything to work on, lol!

Before and After: French Country Scrolled Cabinet

Usually when I find a new piece and I am really excited about it, I rip straight into it...patience has never been a strong point of mine!  But this piece, I have had it for a few months, and I always knew it would come up really well, and be an enjoyable piece to paint, but for some reason I kept putting it off, no idea why!  Just look at it now....

Here are my latest completed treasures....

I am a bit slow actually, I put them on Facebook last week and not here, oops!

This is the lovely wee desk, painted in cream and distressed and waxed:

I've had another great week painting...

working on two items at once which has worked out great - when a coat of paint is drying on one piece, I work on the other.  Somehow doing it that way feels like I am getting more done, which is satisfying.  The pieces - a French Chic Study Desk and a little Sage Green Scrolled Cabinet - are now almost finished.  The desk is just waiting for the right handles; the scrolled cabinet is painted and distressed and needs a whitewash and finally a coat of wax to give it the perfect patina.  Before the big reveal of the freshly upcycled items, here are the 'before' photos...

The Duck Egg Distressed Hutch...

 This has turned out just as I hoped, maybe even better :) 

I have painted this in my favourite colours, duck egg blue, baby pink, and cream.  Fresh, light and beautiful. 

It wasn't hard for me to find some lovely matching treasures to sit on the hutch for the photos!

I think it would work just as well in a little girl's room as it would in a kitchen...maybe even a bathroom....

I always like to paint the inside of hutches and cupboards to give the whole piece an overall fresh, 

Restyled feel.  

Nothing worse than something looking pretty on the outside only to open up the cupboards and seeing the original dark dingy interior!

This is what I started with...

I think I made quite an improvement!

xx Karen

Freshly completed pieces now for sale!

Please click on the link below to view the items I have just listed for sale - the Baby Pink Whitewashed Lowboy; the Sage Green Welsh Dresser; the French Cream Duchess and the matching French Cream Lowboy.

VIEW 'FRENCH COUNTRY FURNITURE' ITEMS CURRENTLY FOR SALE

Well I have had a busy week painting....

and will soon have three more finished items listed for sale on trademe.co.nz.   There is a French Cream Lowboy which matches the Duchess, a Baby Pink Whitewashed Lowboy, and a Sage Green Distressed Welsh Dresser.  I will post a link to them once they have been listed, which will hopefully be tomorrow.  In the meantime, here is a sneak peek at them...

Left: before I worked my magic, and Right, the finished result!

When I look at a potential piece I can 'see' it already finished and of course, that tells me which colour to paint it.  I was so excited at the prospect of painting this piece pink that I forgot to take a 'before' shot...oops!  Prior to the new paintjob it was plain white and very unloved.....but just look at her now!

Left: before, and Right, my wee helper man giving the dresser a scrub down with sugar soap in preparation for painting :)

Not quite finished, but very close...