Plain Chest of Drawers

I re-did this for the shop I work at. It was a pretty plain, simple, vintage wood chest of drawers. I've never painted anything large yellow before so I decided to try it out.

Before:


After:


I think I went a little too crazy with the grey glaze on the bottom 2 drawers.... Oh well..

Mirror Makeovers

I found a couple of mirrors while out one day thrifting and thought they could be a little updated..





I really like how this one came out. I painted it a light blue with grey glaze. You can't really see the glaze that well. It looks much better in person.



This one looks a lot better in person too. I need to work on my mirror photo skills... I actually think I like the before better for this one but oh well.

DIY Hairpins

I recently made a couple batches of hairpins using assorted vintage pieces. Some are old earrings, some buttons, some jewelry findings. All are layered & glued together with super strong glue. I really like the way they came out.

Deco Nightstand Makeover

So this little vintage deco nightstand, which I'd found at a garage sale, had been sitting around for far too long. I finally decided to give it a well deserved facelift.

This is the before:


And after a little TLC & elbow grease:


&an upclose of the knob, which I think may be my favorite part:

Early American Style Vintage Desk Makeover

This, too, was taking up space in my garage for a long time. I decided to quit being lazy and just get this over with. I've never painted a large piece red so I thought what the heck.. This piece, to me, was rather boring so I thought it needed something bright to help it out.

Desk before:


Desk after:

I like the way it turned out. I didn't really like how many coats it took to cover the primer and be a true red. All in all, I think it worked out.

1940's desk

I wish I had gotten a before photo of this. It was absolutely awful. It was somebody else's diy project gone terribly wrong. The bottom half was painted a bright flat pink, the top a baby blue, and pink & purple butterfly knobs to set it all off.

I sanded it all down, primed, painted it mint green & put a coat of clear poly on it. I had to buy some new knobs as all the originals were missing.

Vintage French Provincial Vanity

I found this and instantly fell in love with it. I knew from the yellow stains of nicotine that it would be a bitch to get clean.

Before:




There was way more nicotine on there than I originally thought. These photos are after I scrubbed the whole thing for about an hour.

After:




This is probably my favorite piece so far. It looks so much better in person. It was really hard to convince myself to sell it.