China Hutch

I bought this china hutch off of Craigslist for $175. I was so excited. I don't know where the before picture is- I'm so sad! Anyways, I finally got it home I prepped it, primed it, and then painted it yellow, When it was all painted I glazed it and put some poly acrylic over it. This was a big project that I'm glad to have behind me!

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 This is the original picture on Craigslist.  It looks like it's the same color in the pictures but trust me....IT IS NOT! The hutch started out as a light light wood with a gloss. Now it is Yellow! :) 

I bought this china hutch off of Craigslist for $175. I was so excited. I don't know where the before picture is- I'm so sad! Anyways, I finally got it home I prepped it, primed it, and then painted it yellow, When it was all painted I glazed it and put some poly acrylic over it. This was a big project that I'm glad to have behind me!

Unique Washer/Dryer Pedestal

My sister in law Dena and her husband Brandon built a pedestal like this for her washer and dryer and it was the cutest thing so naturally I had to have one. She told me she got the instructions off of annawhite.com so I went there and printed out the tutorial. Dena also added some crown molding on the top and we loved that so we did it to the top and bottom of our pedestal. I painted it green with a brown glaze and now it is ready to go. My laundry closet is too small and I'm so sad so I'm now selling this fun piece.

Dimensions are approx. 61' x 20'

SOLD

Round End Table

 This adorable table was at a consignment store on Main Street here in Cedar and I just fell in love with it. It was on sale for $20 but I passed it up. Every time I drove by I could still see it sitting outside STILL on sale. Finally I just had to have it. I pulled in the parking lot and went straight to it. It was now $10. YES! I was so excited! I went straight to the worker and told her I wanted it before I lost it to anyone else. She said she had just barely marked it down 5 minutes before I got there! I threw it in my car and took it home. Once again Doug didn't really like it.

I took off the old handle, wood filled the handle holes and then sanded it down, added some sand deglosser, painted it yellow and glazed it with an almost gold/bronze glaze. When it was dried I added another cute knob I bought at Hobby Lobby. Guess who loves it now?! Doug!

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Antique Vanity

 I was at the DI when I spotted this! I was so excited! It was $45 but Doug didn't love it. He didn't want me to get it but I threw a fit until it was mine. He gave in and I brought it home. I sanded it all down and painted it this pretty blue turquoise color and then lightly glazed it. I got rid of the old handles and added these glass knobs I got from Hobby Lobby! Now this vanity sits in my daughters room and I love it. Oh and it is now one of Doug's favorite things as well. He always gets nervous when I want a piece of furniture and then surprise surprise! Fancy that...he LOVES it!

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Paper Wreath

I was at my friends house when I saw her paper wreath she had won and I had to make one. So, I bought an old book from the DI. One that didn't have pictures and older looking pages. More or tan paper than starch white. I distressed all the pages front and back with a black ink pad. I then took a pencil and wrapped the paper around it- hot glued the tip and shoved it in the foam wreath until it was all filled with paper. :)

Crown Board

My sister and I saw the cutest thing in Pottery Barn Magazine so we replicated it. Only we added a crown vs. a dinosaur. Here is the results!

First we bought a board that was about a 1/2  or 3/4 inches thick and cut it evenly into fourths. We rounded the edges and painted the 4 boards white. We nailed them all together and then hand drew the crown on the board. After it was all painted and dried we took our sander and really antiqued it all- the edges, some of the crown and pretty much wherever we wanted. We wiped it down really good and gave it a nice stain. After it was all finished we decided to add some rhinestones. It was the perfect touch! LOVE IT!

Distressed Server

 I got this at the DI for $2 and wanted to imitate my sisters gorgeous server she has in her kitchen. Color and all. I painted it yellow- sanded and stained it! Not too fancy bu just added a little character!

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Shabby Knob Hanger

I found this old board in my Dad's wood shop and liked how it looked kind of like bead board. I painted it-stained it and added these cute knobs I got from Tai Pan. Now it holds necklaces, hats or whatever you fancy.

 

Silky Decorative Pillows

 I had left over fabric from my wedding. This fabric was used as table runners but what was I to do with it now? I had an idea. I was in my nesting stage waiting for my daughter to arrive so I got busy. I had old pillows and thought what the heck. I ripped off the old fabric and made this pink pillow. I actually used a hot glue gun so there will be no getting this pillow dirty because it can't be thrown in the washer. Haha! I made a bunch of flowers with the fabric and glued them on!

This green pillow was sewn so no hot glue gun here! These pillows are just a little added decoration to my daughters room and make it look fun!

 Not furniture but Fancy That anyways!!!

Old Fashioned School Desks

 I found these at the DI for $7 each. I fell in love. SOLD!! I had my husband take them apart and I sanded and painted them. I started out by after he painted one bottom black he said the black powder coat looked so good-so we decided to do both of them black. I painted over the black one with green {because I didn't want an all black desk} and then sanded it just enough to see some of the black paint come through in some spots.

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Small Shelves

As you now know I love the DI and find every excuse to go there. I once again found these little shelves but can't remember the SMALL price I paid for them. I sanded them. Painted in the grooves and sanded again. 

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Antique Stool

I found this stool in my Dads shop and he said I could have it. It was a pretty teal color with chips in it. I loved it until my husband decided to use to to spray paint some things. He thought I was going to redo it but I had to explain that I loved the original form it was in. Well, after spray painting there was a big black ring around the seat. He told me he'd fix it and so he powder coated the stool a similar but not exact teal. It doesn't have it's unique chips in it but it works! ;)

Antique Magnetic Widow Frame

I found this old window frame and was SO excited. I spend hours sanding and scraping off paint from the windows. When I was sanding I broke the glass in one of the squares so I decided to bust all of them out. I painted it red first and didn't love it. I didn't want to sand it all down so I just painted white over it. I antiqued the edges and loved the way the red came through a little. I applied a coat of stain over the top and then my husband nailed the magnetic board behind it. We kept the old rusted handles and I love the way it turned out. Now it hangs in my daughters room with all of her little love notes from her cousins.

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Small Chair

 When I was pregnant with my daughter I was so excited to redo this chair that I found. My husband took it all apart and powder coated the metal a nice white so now it won't chip. You can't tell a whole difference in the picture but a huge difference to the naked eye. I sanded down the wood and painted a cute lime or leafy green and added some pink hand drawn swirls. When it was all done I decided I didn't like the swirls so I began to sand again to start over. Once the swirls started fading and the edges came though I like how it was looking so I kept it. I then stained it with a nice dark stain and ta-da!

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Fancy That! :)