Redoing Lanie's Headboard and Nightstand

I posted a few weeks ago that I loved Annie Sloan paint. Still do! I got a hand me down nightstand and it was horrible. Coats of nasty silver, red and black paint that had dried in gross runs. I needed a nightstand for Lanie's new room so I took this on as a redo. I painted Lanie's headboard last month, it was actually the headboard from Addison's crib that cracked. The company sent me a new headboard for the crib and I decided to still use the cracked one, now that's it's painted you can't even tell!

I used Annie Sloan Napoleonic Blue. It took 2 coats of paint and one coat of wax. Love it!

 

Lanie's room is going to be a nautical theme. There will be salmon accents and the hardware on furniture will be oil rubbed bronze. The duvet is from Pottery Barn Teen:

 

 

I wanted the rest of her furniture to be mostly white so I decided to try some distressing on her nightstand. Next up is her dresser that I found on craigslist. Using Annie Sloan Napoleonic Blue first and then Annie Sloan Pure White

 

Before:

Ew!

 

During Blue Coat:

 

I had to do 2 full coats of white, and 3 coats on some portions:

Not the best picture, but between white coats

 

 

I let the white paint dry over night and then put a layer

of wax over it. I then sanded certain spots until I was happy

 

 

 

All I need now is something to put in the cubby.

 

Furniture Projects- Annie Sloan Style

Since we will be in our new house in a few months, I've been working on revamping some furniture. I found an awesome Buffet at a used furniture store for 50 bucks. Solid wood, yes $50. Love! I wanted to post about using Annie Sloan paint. I was intimidated at first because it sounded WAY to good to be true. But it's not! It was actually fun painting this furniture because I didn't pick up a sander and I didn't have to prime it! The wood is really dark so I ended up with 2 full coats. The top I did 4 coats, because it had some oil spots that I didn't see until I started to paint.

Cost Breakdown:
Furniture Piece: $50
Duck Egg Blue 1 quart $36 ( I think this is right)
Paintbrush $24 (maybe a little more? But I'm using on multiple projects so it's not fair to include the full price!)
Quart of Clear Wax by Annie Sloan (Again, I'm using it for more projects so unfair to count the full price) But I think it was around ?$25

So adjusted cost of this awesome Buffet is around $99.00!

Original...eek!

I cleaned it completely and it was very shiny

First coat of Annie Sloan Duck Egg Blue

I painted the entire piece in a circular motion so it looks slightly aged

Still Drying, but you can see the circular pattern/look

 

Second Coat

 

 

 

During...I love the hardware! I'm going to keep it bronze

I did a coat of wax, and I'm glad I got that finished. I've read that it takes a year for the wax to finish curing, so by the time it's in the house it should be fully cured.

 

The Buffet isn't 100% completed because it's so huge (about 6 feet long!) that I can't put the doors on until we move into the new house. There is also a small piece on the very bottom that you can't really see, but I can't paint it until I have it set up. I put one door on so that I can see what it will eventually look like :) and...it's amazing. When we move it to it's 'home' I will paint the interior as well.

 

 

 

 

I've also painted a rocking chair, a headboard and 1/2 of Addi's bedroom suite. I'll get to posting pics when I get closer :)

 

SO , in a nutshell. Buy Annie Sloan Paint and you will not be disappointed!

 

 

Updated After picture:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pinterest Project - Reclaimed Pallet Wood

Who doesn't love pinterest?

 

My Pinterest

 

Who doesn't love pallet wood?

 

Combine the two and you will find something like this:

 

 

 

 

That inspires someone (me) to do this...

 

 

 

 

 This was so easy to make! The hardest part was laying out the stencils

 

What you need:

A frame to nail the wood to. I used an old Canvas frame that I used for my Melted Crayon Art (tutorial to come soon for that as well)

Pallet Wood. We got ours from Sonny's

Nails/Screws

Screwdriver

Paint

Polyurethane (optional)

Stencils

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1.) Remove the pallet wood from frame and nail the pallet wood on your frame in whatever pattern you like. I liked the horizontal streamlined look for this one.

 

 

 

2.) Decide what you want to paint on the pallet, I used stencils and laid out my phrase.

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3.) Paint in the stencils and coat with a layer of the polyurethane paint to keep the wood sealed.

My Sunday

 

Sunday started out with a great church service and the girls loved "super church" and came home with a bag of candy each. We headed to Lowes with my IPhone "notes list" and I was on a mission! An hour later we were in the return line at Lowes because Addy decided to put 5 packs of light bulbs in our buggy and Justin and I thought that one of us needed them. No wonder we spent an extra unplanned $65.00. The employee processing the return thought it was hilarious. 

 

 Lanie decided she wanted to be my little helper and we put Addy down for her nap. Lanie cleared the vanity for me and started to get distracted so I asked her if she could "stick it out" for me...she said sure...and 5 minutes later started talking about her room being messy and asked if I'd "stick it out" with her. Smart girl, Lanie.

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8 hours later we had a new and improved vanity:

 

 

 

Adding Before, Only picture I had :( To show the coloring...

 

 

 

I love when you find the perfect color for something, This color is Valspar "Ebony Field" and is THE perfect shade of dark brown/black/grey. I can picture this on the wall above a 6-7 ft. white wainscoting in my new house :) Something like this...yes...

 

 

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And a new and {70% off} lamp in our breakfast area:

 

 

 

I got a late start on my pinterest project because it rained Saturday night, It's almost done and I will be posting it soon :)

 

 

 

 

I'm a SLACKER!

Well, this is my first post of 2012! 

It has been a little over a year since I started blogging, I can't believe it! It's neat to look back now at the pictures and compare :) I will probably do A LOT of compare posts!

With Justin working up in Concord and school starting back, I just haven't had time to blog :( I've kept up with other blogs though and they are still inspiring! So what's new? Well...Justin leaves @ 5:30 a.m. every morning in order to go to the gym before he leaves for Concord. Tj and Justin opened up a new Sonny's location! It's very exciting, yet very tiring. I'm proud of them and I know they are having fun! 

School started a few weeks back and I'm taking Biology. There is so much information my brain is going to explode, lol. It is neat though b/c I do remember some of these things from high school. I'm also taking Developmental Psych, and it's very interesting. 

Work has been crazy, it's so different not having Justin & Tj around...I've worked with Justin for the last 7 years or so, I'm definitely having withdrawals from seeing him :( 

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To catch up from my Bathroom Reno..This was before, *GAG* what what I thinking?

First I painted the walls...

Then removed the old light fixture. I installed my first wall box

 (is that what it's called? ha!) 

I also removed the mini blinds and hung faux wood blinds to match the rest of the house

My plans are still to frame the mirror (when I have time ;) )

Love those distressed frames to the left? Luckily, about a year ago I spray painted them white, then I forgot about them and they rusted and peeled up. PERFECT!

 I bleached them to get the rust off and wiped them down...

If you haven't figured out by now, I go through obsessive phases. Matilda Jane ring a bell? Well, I've discovered Organic Bloom Frames. They started as a small company (still are small) but they are so very popular now. They make these amazing frames in tons of different shapes and colors! Thanks to many of you I won an 8x8 frame from them :) (THANKS AGAIN!) Well, I've ordered several and I am seriously in LOVE! See the frames in this picture? Those are some of them :) 

The 2 on the side are Mary Anne 5x7's simply in Black.

The one in the middle is a June 8x10 in Morning Grey, You can tell it has a blue hint.

I'm not sure what pictures I'll put in these...My original idea was to make prints of white brick, I still may do that...

What's Left:

• As I mentioned before, frame the mirror with white molding
• Fix the Tile around the bath & add trim
• Paint cabinetry
• Hang shelving
• Do Pinterest ideas for decor

Ok, Until Next Time :) 

Thanks for reading!

End of the semester...and a new project visual:)

I've been MIA lately because school has overtaken me. I tried to stay on schedule as much as possible, but because of our vacation I got a tad behind. So I've been catching up the last two weeks so I could finish the semester. I finished my Soc 101 class with an A (woohoo!) and my Psych 101 exam is Tuesday night. I really enjoyed these two classes and I have learned a lot from them. I'm a little sad to leave my Psych class because my teacher was just amazing (if anyone takes Psych 101 @ SCC- Take Rushton)  Getting back into school was a change; but hard work pays off! 

Ok, enough about school, right? I'm off for an entire month and I plan on staying busy! Lanie and I have plans to make some special Christmas cookies next week and I've got a project up my sleeve, who knew. 

Our bathroom has been the same for 4 years now, and I'm just ready for a change. We have Ralph Lauren Metallic Gold walls, Green rugs, a Dark brown bookshelf and tortoise shell accents. 

*I'll add some pictures tonight*
Adding Current Pictures:

You can see my paint can on the tub-hehe

So over the next 3 weeks I plan to transform it into something a little lighter and crisper. My vision is clear in my head, but man is it hard to get it out!
Inspirations:

List of things I have to look into (so I don't forget!)

Towel Bars

Towels

Bath Rugs

Lighting Choice

Molding for Mirror

Also, I'll update with the second half of our trip soon, :)

Bouncing Back!

Being sick is horrible! I was sick Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. What that means is my house became a disaster area. And again I got the overwhelming desire to clean out. So I did...Again.

Seriously, What's my problem!

I have a vision of how I want my house to look and I can NOT get it there. I just want crisp, bright and simple. I feel like there is always a pile of junk somewhere. Anyone with me?

When I go on these binges I start finding really awesome house decor and load up on it, typically for a good deal, because if it's not a good deal...well, it's just not as satisfying!

Hubby & I went to 2 stores that we've never gone into before. Ollies & Tuesday Mornings. Ok, I have been in Tuesday Mornings but it was out of state I think.

Deals, Deals, Deals!

Ollies is a discount store, I'm not quite sure if it's an Insurance resell or just over stock things. But we picked up some swiffer cleaner, a cup for Addy, a new skillet, a book for Lanie, some oatmeal and something else for under $35.00. Then Tuesday Mornings. My new favorite stop!

We found these 4 totally awesome ... things. hehe.

They are a sweet mixture between a shadow box and a picture.

On clearance from $45.99 to $9.99/pc

They are pretty big, about 14"x14" and are about 2.5" deep, all wood. They are a little rustic looking, I think they will look great against a solid tan wall. Oh, I can't wait! Now to decide what to take down...