It is so nice to have friends who find things you love as they travel around.
One dear friend is Olive Out.
Recently she had a pile of things for me to go through and decide which to buy.
She knows I am on an ironstone pitcher hunt and found this beauty.
Along with the decorative metal piece.
The book and the syrup tin came from somewhere else, but look at the lovely linen fabric in turquoise and gold.
Using this for fall decor right now.
A rusty wire basket filled with bobbins and spools of several shapes and sizes.
I love a good basket.
She found this old chalkware piece and knew it would be perfect for my bathroom.
Two tables.
Olive had painted them with black chalk paint.
The tall oak one you will see tomorrow transformed.
The Moorish one is currently in front of the fireplace with fall decor on it.
I plan to use the table as a base for the Christmas tree.
The brown desk Olive envisioned painted in a soft blue, but after getting it home and cleaning it, I decided to sell it just as it is.
Great mid-century vibe.
It is waiting for its forever home in Booth W-10, Riverfront Antique Mall, North Augusta, SC.
See y'all!
Take three little shelves out of the stash.
Well, to be honest, this one is a divided box.
And to continue to be honest, this one would more likely be called a crate.
However, the third victim is definitely a vintage kitchen shelf from an old house in Augusta.
All three needed extreme cleaning and some sanding.
Using spray paint in aqua and pink the divided box, the crate and the shelf are transformed.
Quickly.
To be displays for tiny trees.
Yes, it is that time of year again.
Willie, my supervisor, hunts in the bushes.
He loves to watch me paint.
See y'all!
Many of the changes in the kitchen were from my dreams.
One of my dreams was what the new kitchen table would look like.
It had to be crusty and rusty.
And distressed.
Yet usable as an eating surface.
Also it had to have an industrial look.
So here is my dream kitchen table.
It all started at a garage sale down the street. Melissa always has great things left over from her design business.
Two pieces of distressed wood were being used as tables for smalls.
My niece Leia spied them first and pointed out there was my kitchen table.
Alas, Melissa said they were spoken for, but she had one extra over in a corner.
1940's mason table top.
Years of mixing mortar.
Zinc-wrapped ends.
Carriage bolts to hold the slats together.
Genuine lime-washed pickled finish.
Rough from the embedded gravel bits.
There was only one person to make this a table.
Jerry Adams, a fellow dealer at Riverfront Antique Mall, is an excellent builder of rustic furniture.
He sanded the top and gave it the soft sheen of multiple coats of satin varnish.
He found old casters to use.
The top alone weighs about sixty pounds - I needed a way to roll it back and forth.
Then Jerry created this base and distressed it with gray paint.
The shelf and the angled legs add to the table's beauty.
The top can be unscrewed from the brackets underneath.
It took four of us to tote it around the house and into the kitchen.
We have enjoyed our meals around the table.
If you follow me on Instagram, you know I am obsessed with this table.
I will show it again when I reveal the breakfast room completed.
Thanks, Jerry.
It is my dream come to life.
See y'all!
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Talk of the Town #81
Okay, okay, I keep referring to this dresser as having THREE drawers.
I finally noticed after reading comments and emails, there are FOUR drawers.
These dressers are great for beside the bed, by your sofa, blah, blah, blah - you've heard me extol the virtues of these cuties many times before.
Like the brown dresser yesterday, once I sanded it, I decided not to paint it.
Cute Samuel De Champlain grain sacks bags by Tina of What We Keep.
Even though all the back of the house furniture and household possessions are in the den and living room, I still found a space to Mod Podge.
The old kitchen table.
Image downloaded from the Graphic Marketplace on Etsy (Found here).
A grain sack label.
Offset to allow for the handle.
Remember to get those lines straight.
Larger image on the top.
Followed by two coats of satin craft varnish.
Hope to find yet another small dresser.
The top drawer has a neat organizer built in.
It can be found at Riverfront Antique Mall in Booth W-10.
It needs a home.
One last look at the label.
We are surviving the renovations - more posts coming this weekend.
See y'all!
Want to keep up with our kitchen renovation? Read the series!
Kitchen Reno - The Day Before
Kitchen Reno - Day One - Demolition
Kitchen Reno - Day Two
Kitchen Reno - Day Three
Due to construction, I will be unable to set up at the annual Magnolia Ridge Antiques and Art Gathering. However, I will definitely be a shopper! Hope to see you there.
Time out from the renovations to show off two paint projects involving small dressers.
The first is this brown one with three drawers.
And a French label.
One of you recommended this Etsy shop to find lovely clean and crisp images.
Go over to Graphic Marketplace (HERE) to find images that are quickly downloaded after payment is received.
I sanded the dresser to paint, but then decided I liked it brown.
Found the perfect image to download and print.
Used Mod Podge to adhere it to the drawers.
The trick to the paper sticking in the milled groove design is to put the Mod Podge on the surface of the wood and not the paper.
I place the paper in the grooves first checking constantly to keep the image level.
Also I let it sit for at least 24 hours before adding a top layer of Mod Podge.
I used a larger image on the top.
Followed with two coats of satin craft varnish.
I offset the images on the drawers so the handle would not completely cover the image.
It quickly sold.
Which made me happy!
Another small dresser tomorrow.
See y'all!
Want to keep up with our kitchen renovation? Read the series!
Kitchen Reno - The Day Before
Kitchen Reno - Day One - Demolition
Kitchen Reno - Day Two
Kitchen Reno - Day Three
Due to construction, I will be unable to set up at the annual Magnolia Ridge Antiques and Art Gathering. However, I will definitely be a shopper! Hope to see you there.
I love these oak side tables - so practical in many spaces. 
