Classy yet nuetral

 When I bought this lovely dresser visions of paint colors danced in my head. Should she be blue or maybe grey? I couldn't quite decide....then late one night it came to me, it needs to be white BUT with a twist. I have updated this curvy beauty with white and beige paint. I love it! Truly a classy yet neutral piece. I couldn't be more happy with how it turned out.

Fall Porch Chair

Fall is my absolute FAVORITE time of year. Living in Utah you get to really experience all of the seasons and fall is just beautiful with the leaves changing fiery colors and of course decorating for fall! This year I took an old chair I had on the patio out back and turned into a shabby porch chair. The first color I painted it was a creamy white, like this:

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 I then added bright green to the little bends in the wood-then when that dried I painted over that with a great reddish orange color. I also painted the detailed part around the chair green. As it was heavily distressed the underneath green and cream shown thru it. I love how it looks!

Antique door turned chalk board

 A sweet friend gave me an old door. I am the worst and remembering to take before pictures, sorry!
I slapped some oops paint I purchased from Home Depot. Chalk in the middle and new hardware for flare-distressed and ta da! New chalk board :)

 

 

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Sassy Yellow

Plain farm house table turned sassy yellow!

Yellow is by far my favorite color-Sherwin Williams has the most perfect shade EVER, White Raisin. The white paint is also Sherwin Williams Swiss Coffee. The table turned out wonderful-and sold very quickly but not until after we enjoyed  a few family dinners :)

Roxey is my model for furniture she is our 2 year old Chihuahua .




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Duncan Phyfe Coffee Table Redo-

I picked up this gem of a coffee table for free, it has sat in the garage for a little while as I wasn't sure what to do with it. The table top is mostly leather which is extremely cool but a little odd. In the end I decided that the leather needed to be left alone, just freshened it up a bit with  some oil.
Before-
(well partial before cuz I always remember too late to take a before picture!)

This is our adorable pooch roxey & she loves to pose for treats! We love her!

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Junky dresser turned tv console

When I bought this dresser the hubby thought I was truly insane for buying a "Junky dresser" but I had a vision for it. I wasn't going to need all of the drawers and it didn't matter that the drawers didn't slide easily because I didn't need them to. The dresser had many stickers all over it- Once removed-painted, sanded and added new knobs.....

 

I got something like this! It turned out better than I had hoped AND the hubby also loved the transformation. This $20 dresser is now a chic piece in our home.

 

 

Vintage Bird Cage Turned Light

Welcome. I'm Audrey one of the R.0.C.C gals (and guys). I'm super excited to share some of my projects with you all! The first one I would like to share is dear to my heart. I think everyone has a certain piece(s) of family history hanging around grandma's house or garage. Last summer while visiting my sweet grandmother I spied something in her garage that caught my eye...It was a vintage bird cage stand. It had been in the garage for at least 40 years and was many years older than that as it was my great grandmothers stand. My grandma began to smile from ear to ear and tell me about her step mother would talk to the little birds she would keep in this cage. She went on about how she could make sounds just like the birds and the birds would talk back to her. I instantly loved the bird cage even more than I did before. The story my grandmother told me was of a fond memory of her mother. A year passed by and I asked my grandmother again about the bird cage stand. I wondered if I could take it home with me, I had the perfect idea and place for this to go in my home!

First thing that needed to be done was to clean it up, no more dust and spider webs for this cage!

After a good clean up I started to spray paint. I chose Krylon for metal and other surfaces spray paint. I also love these nifty nozzles you can buy to make spray painting smoother and easier on your trigger finger. :)

A few spray painting tips: 1-Don't spray paint in the wind (this really does NOT work)
2-Chose the right spray paint for the type of surface you are painting
3-Let each coat dry before spraying another one (patience is not my virtue)
4-Remember, its just paint so if you don't like it you can repaint it!
Alright, after a couple coats of white Krylon satin spray paint..it was ready for a little light distressing. I didn't want it to look "too new" so I took some steal wool to it in certain places to add character.

The idea I had in my mind was to hang a chandelier from the cage. I was searching online to try & find a chandelier that would fit & be the right style but was not having any luck. Until a few weeks ago I was shopping at one of my favorite stores, Hobby Lobby and ran ac crossed this- I knew it was PERFECT and I bought it right away!

This is my favorite thing in my home. Every time I look at the soft warm light this bird cage & the fabulous story of my great grandmother "the bird whisperer"

Do you have a family heirloom you display in your home-or maybe something in grandma's garage you could turn into something usable and lovable in your home? Please share with me if you do!

P.S. I need to buy some twist ties to hold back the chord out of sight..:)

Thanks for coming! Audrey "The HassleFreeChick