The Unpainted Buffet with Family History

Ever since we moved into this house 8 years ago, I have not loved our dining set. It is fine, but now that I've started blogging and actually caring what my house looks like (up until 2 years ago, I had zero design skills...I still don't have many, but it's improving). Fast forward to 2 months ago and I couldn't stand our dining room any longer. It has been turned into the "Lego Room" because it's never used for dining.

I started putting ideas together in my head and a few on Pinterest. The first thing that had to go was this dining hutch:


A great piece, just not for me or this room. too big and modern. I sold the bottom of it on Craig and the top (all 100+ lbs of it!) is still in my garage. For you locals, it's free on Craig ;)

I originally had said I was keeping this buffet that I refinished recently, but truly, it's too big.


I searched and searched Craig for the "right" piece...and I ended up finding it at my parent's house! We've had this buffet for as long as I can remember. I said to my mom "I want a piece just like THIS!" and she said "I've been waiting for one of you girls to want this". Ummm...ME! Angels were singing! And here's why:



Uh.HUH. The great part is that my parents got this at a garage sale for $15 before I was born. They refinished it together and now I have it! My mom may or may not have told me that she'll haunt me from her grave if I ever paint it. That's ok because I have no plans to paint it. It's too pretty! And it goes perfectly with the dining room table. The hubs just painted the room a blue-gray and once I find a mirror to hang over the buffet, I'll show you a full reveal of the room. But here's a sneak peek:

~Allison

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~Allison

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Crusty Old Bookshelf

I'm kicking myself because I think I deleted the before photo of this piece. It came to me in a mahogany wood with a very old finish. Shayne wanted it in a "crusted out" finish. After painting it white, I used two different waxes and a heat gun to achieve this finish.




Crusted out top a la heat gun






Hoping you had a fabulous weekend!

~Allison

Petite Hutch with Wood Scrolling = Love

Not many words with this post, folks. I love this piece...I loved it unpainted but really love it now. So Victorian. So pretty.

Before:


After:






I painted the outside black, the inside white (it has 2 shelves but I was too excited to put them in) and I left the scrolling in it's original state. We debated on painting it, but I left it as is for now. What do you think?

Allison

Knock Off Restoration Hardware Candlesticks

I didn't mean to make these a knock off, but as soon as I finished them, I thought "these look like something that would be at Restoration Hardware". I wandered over to their site and found these:


Florentine Carved Wood Candlesticks

I think my version is pretty close!


These were a basic wood finish fresh from the thrift shop shelves. But with some white paint and furniture wax, I transformed them into this:





I thought these would go to Shayne's shop, but I think I'm keeping them!

~Allison

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