Blue-Gray Chest

I've been wanting to do a piece like this for awhile, but didn't have the right item. But that changed last week when I found this for $20 at Savers!



Because of it's unique size, it could be so many things...a large night stand, a child's chest of drawers, a chest for storage in an entryway.

I used the paint that I put on this bench. An oops color that I thought was blue (because of the bench), but on this piece, it looks more gray. Either way, I love the end result!



Love the bowed front!





This seemed like an easy piece at first. The body was cake...but the hardware nearly gave me a stroke. I've seen painted hardware all over blogland. I primed, painted and poly'd. But each time I tried to reattatch the hardware, I had to use a plyers to hold the plates on because the screws didn't want to go in all the way. Well, you know what happened...the plyers took the paint off. A vicious cycle. I finally found some shorter screws that worked well! I'm glad, because I really wanted this look!

~Allison


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Another French Table

I found this little beauty during my fabulous thrifing run last weekend.


I tried not to over think how to redo this one. I have a stash that needs to be done by the end of June as I will be participating in a tag sale...so I got painting!

I rolled on 2 layers of Ben Moore Silver Satin, dry brushed a few layers of 3 different light beige paints, distressed and glazed with ebony stain.

Here's how it came out!







Hope you like it!
~Allison

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This Week's Thrifty Finds

I'm beginning to think that my favorite part of this furniture flipping thing, is hunting for the thrifty treasures. This week was beyond amazing.

Two matching large (38 x 26) frames....$5 each! Can you guess what I'm going to do with them? The project is already in the works! Soooo excited.



A small dresser with a bowed front...it came complete with nests of spider eggs! $20 for this beauty!


French coffee table...$15


And a beautiful, hand-carved, $3 stool that I turned from this:



To this:



How sweet is this bird?!


I know it's got a crack in the top, but for three bucks, I didn't care :)

What did you find out there this week??

~Allison

Parting Hard!