No custom pieces...what!?

 

Today was the first day in a while I didn't have a custom piece to work on - don't worry - I picked up a full dining room set today :)

No custom pieces means work on pieces for my booth at Queen of Hearts in Buford, Ga.  So, I have plenty of items waiting for me in my garage.  I picked a dresser I got from ReStore in Athens a month or so ago.  

 

The dresser wasn't too terribly bad looking - but it needed some work structurally.  The owner before had screwed huge screws all up each side of the dresser.  I knew those had to come out.  But, the screws left giant holes.  So, I took the screws out, used my nail gun (this thing never gets old!) to reinforce the dresser, then patched all the holes up.  Once the wood filler was dry I sanded down where I puttied with 120 grit sand paper to leave a smooth finish.

Once the repair was complete - I painted the piece with just 1 coat of Aubusson Blue by Annie Sloan.  This was a new color I got today at Chalk it Up in Buford. 

The reason I only did 1 coat of base paint was because I wanted to distress this piece a little more than normal to add variety to my booth.  With only 1 coat of base paint it allows for easier and faster distressing.  After the 1 base coat I did dry brushing of Duck Egg Blue.  I mentioned dry brushing in my previous post about the living room pieces.

Once the dry brush layer of Duck Egg was on - I took my orbital sander and went to town!  There is no rhyme or reason to distressing - just start and see where it goes! 

 

Once the sanding was done it was time to wax it.  I just did Annie Sloan's clear wax on this piece since the painting was so decorative.  

Lastly, I added new knobs.  Knobs are always a game changer for me.  It can make or break a piece.  Some must stay and some MUST go.  :)

I got the knobs from Hobby Lobby - which I may add is one of the worst decisions I have to make.  I have been in the knob aisle of Hobby Lobby for what seems like hours trying to make a decision.  I usually try to bring one of the drawers with me to "test" it.  If I don't have the drawer with me - forget it...I'll be there forever!!  

I put the new knobs on - and the piece was complete!  It will be headed to Queen of Hearts tomorrow for be put up for sale!  Come see me there in the Peach booth which is on the "Court" aisle!! 

Tomorrow I will be starting on the full dining set I picked up tonight - and also making some signs.  I had 3 of them go today from Queen and my walls are BARE!  Yikes!  Thank you to whoever bought all of those signs - I already called my mother....it wasn't her! ;)

-Julie