update to an oldie

This was posted way back but I am reposting cause

she just got an embellishemnt!

When my mom passed away we went to clean out her home and

this is one of the things that we found in the basement.  It

was dirty, water damaged and needing some TLC.

I wanted it but hubby wasn't so sure.

I won!

We brought her home and she sat around

for awhile looking pitiful. I wasn't really

sure how to help her or even sure that

I wanted to tackle such a big project.

I found caromal colours

on a blog and decided to give it a try.

I was going for a more shabby, french chic look

and hubby was cringing at the thought of even

painting over an antique!

Being that he is a master craftsman

this was a stretch for him.

Truthfully there was a lot of

disagreement over this piece.

But in the end it all worked out!

Now this is what I added today to her.

Now I have my french look that I wanted.

I added paper liner inside and it really makes this piece pop. I think

I will leave the doors open just so I can look at her.

The paper is from Hobby Lobby and is really just wrapping paper.

I used Duro all purpose spray adhesive that worked great.

Her knobs also came from Hobby Lobby.
To see the original post got to Nov, 2010

An up and coming project

This also came from my mom and was also in the basement.
It doesn't look so bad in the picture, but old girl has
some damage on her beautiful legs and on her top side.
I am thinking I want to do a duck egg blue
from Annie Sloan Paints.
What do you think?