Before and After- Black Dresser

I told you I had no patience. I couldn’t help it, I bought new knobs today and I think I like them better than my original plan. My husband said they were made for this piece. I always listen to him, he always seems to know these things. I really like painting with black, the coverage is great and it makes such a statement. This piece only took one coat! I was looking for a lot of wood to show through, it’s one thing I love about milk paint…you can control that, and build character that way. So remember her before…

And all dressed up…

                 

I have the husband working on the coolest project (thanks to my friend Alison 😉 )…can’t wait to share!

Xo

-A

Pretty colors and sneak peek of a black beauty.

I’ve been painting like a mad woman this week on a huge custom job, the color pallet is soft and sweet. I don’t do custom jobs very often and I forget how fun it can be working with clients (and how crazy easy chalk paint is!). I’ve been working partly in their home and partly from mine.  I love it. Usually I paint at night when my kiddos are sleeping and I should be. It’s a nice change of pace.

 

My husband stayed home from his class today to help around the house while I painted from my studio today on the smaller custom orders. A lucky girl I am! Half way through the day, I was itching to paint this beautiful dresser…seriously, she was calling my name.

So I decided to dig in between dry times on my other projects. I feel like a painting machine…my studio is a mess and I am so happy! I prefer milk paint on most of my creative pieces, I really like the character in the finish and I’ve been painting with chalk paint all week. It was nice to get back to a little chippy heaven. Oh man she turned out pretty!

I am one knob short, so if I can stand it I will have to wait to share the finished piece until I get the other one in the mail. I might break and just pick out different ones. I have no patience.

Before and After- Green Buffet

I decided to start a blog for a few reasons. I thought sharing before & afters and behind the scenes to my process might be fun to see and to give a place to show inventory and locations to see …