Happy beginning of Summer my friends! Summer is my favourite season and I love homes decorated “Cottage Style”. Cottage Style is laid back, cheerful, welcoming and embracing the imperfections. This sweet antique kitchen table set was given a new look with white paint. The table top, base and chairs were all painted in the same color, Homestead House milk paint in “Limestone”, but what’s neat is that they each look quite different. I wanted the table top to stand out…
VINTAGE ROMANCE: (before & after Secretary makeover)
Furniture Makeover, Sponsored Post June 8, 2017
A secretary [desk] is one of those versatile pieces of furniture that really can function in almost any room in your home, well maybe not in a bathroom! I especially love the tall ones as they add height without taking up too much room, so when I spotted this one at an antique sale for a great price, I snatched it up. I wanted the makeover to be VINTAGE-Y ROMANTIC! One thing I just had to remove was…
Today’s blog post is not just a paint furniture makeover but a DIY using MDF board. We built (my husband built!!!!) a desk for me which I painted yellow, yes yellow and I love how it turned out! I wanted to achieve a Tuscan Modern Farmhouse look. Remember my sketch? This is how it turned out. This was shot on location in our beautiful Old Montreal or aka as Vieux-Montréal. A definite stop if you ever visit here. Shooting on location is…
Today my entryway is getting a little refresh. It’s finally time to put away those winter boots and remove any trace of winter. Yes, you lucky Southerners get to do this much earlier, but here in ‘la belle province de Québec’ Spring is just starting, HOPEFULLY! So out went the muddy carpet and those ugly boot racks I so despise. My entryway is a fairly good size so it serves dual purpose. You may have not realized in previous posts…
If you remember in my last post I showed you some sketches I made of upcoming projects I was working on for Homestead House. One of the sketches was of a vanity which I had titled “The Ballerina”. When I purchased this vanity I knew exactly the look I wanted…..soft, romantic and chippy. I did not want dark wood peeking through but more pale layers of paint. I had originally envisioned a soft powder blue but then thought that pink…
Hello friends – It’s been a little quiet on the blog but I actually have been super busy painting up a storm, a milk paint storm, that is! I am working on a large project with Jennylyn of Homestead Paint Company painting, styling and photographing for Homestead’s new website. Phase 1 involved painting and photographing their color swatches. All 61 colours! Yes, 61, definitely no shortage of colours. Homestead is a Canadian family run business, manufacturing milk paint since 1988. They…
In today’s post I’m sharing my latest china cabinet makeover and also sharing some different and creative uses for china cabinets. As you will see later in the post, they are not just for storing china.…
I’ve been a longtime fan of Rachel Ashwell’s shabby chic/vintage style. I was recently looking through her website and came across this table. Something about it just spoke to me. I was inspired to recreate something similar with this wood coffee table I recently picked-up with plaster and stencils and create raised relief detail.…
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, I wanted to share a quick and easy DIY heart-shaped wreath. Whether you decorate for Valentine’s day or not, this could easily blend with other seasonal decor by just switching out the ribbon and it does not scream “Valentine’s”. I like the simpler side of Valentine decor, how about you? Do you decorate for Valentine’s? …
Hello friends – Just before the holidays I posted about my dilemma on how to finish this gorgeous antique oak Renaissance-style buffet. My intention was to purchase a marble top and I was pondering about possibly applying a lime wax or whitewash to the body. If you remember, with all of its beauty, it was missing the top and there was a big drip mark on the side. Here are some pictures to remind you of what I started with. …
