It's RED!

 It was a red-letter day, er, a red painting day a couple of weeks ago.  I have posted several projects completed then and here are two more.

I was so busy I totally forgot to take before pics.

The strange story behind this window will not surprise those who do resell.  

It once was a blue stable window. 

How do I know?  Well, I bought it at a barn sale.  It was half-hanging on the back of a three-stall stable.  The man took it off for me to buy.  I cleaned it up and resold it several years ago.  Then at a garage sale I saw it again.  This time the panes had been removed and replaced with mirror.  It had been sanded to a really distressed finish.  I bought it and resold it again.

Last month one of the dealers at the antique mall where I am had this window without the mirrors and in dusty shape for sale in her booth.  Of course, I could not leave it behind.  I bought it again.  This time I sanded and washed it.  Then it was sprayed  with Rust-Oleum Colonial Red.

 Using baker's twine in red and white I tied vintage Christmas postcards to the frame.











If the window sells and I happen upon it again somewhere in the future, I think I will keep it.  Maybe the fact that the window keeps showing up is a sign of something.

Maybe it was just meant to be mine!

BUT first I am trying to sell it - AGAIN!




NOTE:  I know it is the same window because of the mismatched hinges that have managed to stay with it all these years.

This was a big transformation in a tiny amount of time.  I had this huge handmade coffee table in my living room since last January.  Unfortunately it sat where the Christmas tree stands so it had to go.  It had a dark stain on it and was super sturdy.  I had imagined it a lot of different ways, but tis the season to go red so it did.

I felt it needed wheels, so on went the casters.  I did not paint the bottom of the table.  If it does not sell It will be refinished and go back in the living room until  next Christmas.

Do I treat all my furniture this way?  No, but some pieces have been in and out a few times and they do not seem to mind.  I do miss them if they sell though.

Here the table is in glorious red with the ability to roll on over to the mall for a Christmas display.

I just sanded a little around the edges.  I also swiped some furniture polish over him before spray painting to create a little crackling action.  A clear wax finish was rubbed on.






I do not know about the rest of you, but I am so far behind decorating that it will be time to take it all down before I finish.  Our family has already finished one Christmas gathering - only three more to go.  One at my house on Christmas Eve.  Good Golly Miss Molly, where in the world am I going to put everyone?

See y'all!



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