This project is not quite finished, but I will post the other half when we finish tonight! Check back tomorrow morning!
Notice that piece of furniture? If you’re closely related to me, you might remember it.
Saturday night, I could NOT fall asleep. I was up from 9 pm to 2 am with a cloud of ideas swirling around in my head (I wrote about some of it here). Blame it on the coffee I had earlier, the heartburn and nausea I was feeling, my spring fever, or nesting. I thought about what I want to do about our bedroom, our garden and patio, our side entrance and how to jazz it up, even cutting into our floor to make our entryway bigger (?!?). I flipped through some Ballard & PB catalogs and back issues of BHG, and sketched some ideas.
I had mentioned in this post painting the hutch, corner cabinet, and table in my dining room black. Here they are:
Thinking about the colors in our bedroom and how all the dark wood made our room look small, it dawned on me. Three large pieces of black furniture will make my DINING ROOM look small as well! ARGH! Looking through catalogs, I realized that a TON of the furniture was distressed and white.
(via Ballard Designs)
Why not try it in the dining room and see how I like it? If it works for the dining room, maybe it’ll work for the bedroom!
On Sunday, we went to Lowe’s, picked up some paint and glaze, and the three of us set to work:
eating…
priming…
painting…
waiting on a second coat…
and the next day…
finished brass knobs, hinges, and screws
Haven’t gotten to the table or the distressing yet, still needs doors and hardware, buuuut, VOILA!
This one looks naked with no doors or shelves, but still!
Some close-ups:
You can kinda see how the distressing will look, since we tried not to paint the lines:
The color is Valspar’s Quail Egg and I looooove the creamy color!
One last look at before and after:
We will be distressing the furniture and putting the doors and hardware back on tonight (my husband just called to tell me to take a nap so we can finish, lol)! Come back tomorrow morning for Part II of this post!
Hope you enjoyed it, what do you think so far??
Linking up to:
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Before and After Party at Thrifty Decor Chick
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Make it for Monday at Cottage Instincts
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Motivate Me Monday at Keeping it Simple
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Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch and
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Make Your Monday at The Twice Remembered Cottage
Check out the parties and get some inspiration!
I am a huge fan of the distressed look so of course I love what you did. My husband is a dark wood person and I am a light. We have slowly gotten rid of the furniture he had before he met me that was all dark wood and have bought lighter wood furniture. He is always amazed how much bigger a room looks when it is full of light furniture and not dark. It looks great and you guys are doing such a wonderful job! Amy Pater
WOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!!! It looks AMAZING!!!!!! WAY BETTER THAN BLACK, i can't believe i just said that!It totally makes the room bigger, cleaner, newer, fresher, updated and stylish!!!!Great JOB and nice SECRET!!!You guys have been working hard over!!!I can't wait ti see the finished project, so exciting!!!!!!YAY!!!!!!!Bonnie ;)
I also forgot to add, I love how it matches the cabinets!!!!!!Great THINKING ANN! I think you need to drink more coffee, lol! JK (it's not good for you)
Great job. Love the creamy white. I just refinished a chest in my foyer. It feels good to accomplish a project.
WOW!!! I love the white, it makes it looks so clean and good. Thanks for linking to Motivate me Monday!Kaysi
Oh Em Gee Girl! I love them! Nothing like a solid piece of furniture for a makeover! Sooo following YOU! ;)
Looks great! I LOVE your jars…where are they from? Can't wait to see the finished product!
I am so glad you did white! It looks soooo fabulous. Seriously. I am loving it. I love black furniture, but white sure makes things bright! Good choice.
Your hutch looks so cute! I was happy to see you chose white. It looks so fresh and inviting! I was reading your post about not being able to sleep. I am the same way. Why does that happen?? I will designate time to work on a room and I won't get anything done because I'm stumped, then I lay down for bed and a flood of ideas come rushing in and it keeps me up! Thats when the best ideas come! haha its good to see it happens to other people too. Good job on the hutch!
Great job…??? the hutch! Thanks for sharing.
What a gorgeous transformation! And I love all of the glass jars. I think I must try this…it would help get some stuff out of out tiny pantry. Where did you find your jars?
Aww, thank you for all your sweet comments and for stopping by my little ol' blog! I can't wait to dig in and check out your blogs, if I haven't already, during the next nap time that rolls around! ;)Jessica and Jessi – I got ALL of those jars for $15 at a garage sale! It was a steal! I was excited to see that the bottoms said "IKEA," but IKEA no longer sells them. :( I'm on the hunt for more to fill up the top and I will let you know when I find them! If YOU see them, let me know! PLEASE!Shelbie – It's good to hear someone else with the same issue! You're right, those ideas are the best, but why won't they come to us during the day?!? Thanks for stopping by! :)
Oh, they look great! Love them both!!Thanks for the nice comments on my corner piece too!Can't wait to see yours all done! : )
Soooo much better! Good job!
Wow!!! Those look amazing!! I want them for my house ;)
wow, those look a lot better! anthropologie has some cute hardware.http://blueprintsofasoutherbelle.blogspot.com
Love what you did! It looks really good :)
HOLY COW! WHAT a makeover!!! I am in awe!
white color signifies peace and the furniture of white color is looking osam…luxury outdoor furniture