Chanticleer the Rooster
We love to go to garage sales, yard sales, and barn sales. We don’t need a thing, actually, but sometimes it’s hard to pass up a good bargain when it is something we can use, or if it is a [ . . . ]
Tag: furniture
Hand Painted Bird Artwork
Another pretty little table for sale As a backyard birder, I enjoy attracting songbirds to my garden to observe. I used to see White Throated Sparrows regularly at my feeders in my old garden, so when inspiration struck to use [ . . . ]
Hand Painted Occasional Table
“To every thing there is a season…. What a sweet little hand painted occasional table! Spring has sprung here at the studio and our Robin has begun laying eggs. Inspiration struck again this week, so I painted the top of [ . . . ]
Kitchen Storage ~ favorite pieces, beautified
There’s always that one very useful piece of furniture in every cook’s kitchen. It may not have a lot of monetary value, but it is priceless in it’s function, and it fits just right in it’s assigned place. I was [ . . . ]
Take a Seat in a Hand-painted Chair
I had a bit of fun this past summer working on this hand painted chair for a fundraising auction. I really liked this chair, it had some great lines and was good and sturdy. Someone had already stripped most of [ . . . ]
Accent Furniture ~ Looking for a Good Home
Here’s a couple of small accent furniture items I finished up recently that are looking for a good home. (Wow. I posted this last week and sold both within a day- they are already in their new homes!) This small [ . . . ]
Quick Change~ distressed finish mirror
This plain Jane nearly black mirror got a new look last week. Already firmly bolted to the wall, I taped it off and prepared to give it a make-over to make it a distressed finish mirror. It sits between two [ . . . ]
Small Details… Painted Stripes
…can make a big difference. If you think back to a small project I did back in January that I blogged about in Family Diner, I ended the post by saying the opposite side of the kitchen definitely needed something [ . . . ]
Family Diner ~ Kitchen Arch Lettering
Moving on to the kitchen area in my client’s home, we finished up (for now anyhoo) the antique signage projects on the list this week. Above is the arch over the range that just cried out for some fun details [ . . . ]
‘Decades of Grime’ ~Distressed Furniture
There’s nothing quite like abusing furniture to work out the frustrations of daily life. I had a great opportunity this week to do a makeover on three pieces of already fairly distressed furniture. Project One: This Chalkboard is made out [ . . . ]