Patchwork Painting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve been sitting on two pieces of furniture for almost a year now, waiting for divine inspiration.

During my daily visit to Pinterest I came across this blog.  Bingo!  That’s all I needed. 

This patchwork technique works great with pieces that are built using “planks” rather than large pieces of wood, or built with lots of “bits and pieces”, as my plant stand was. 

I’m sorry to say I can’t find a before photo of this desk. It was just a little, unfinished pine desk with no drawers.

But here’s my plant stand that I just L O V E!

It’s hard to photograph since it’s so tall and skinny.  I’ll give you a full length shot, but you can appreciate it more by seeing it in sections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And luckily, I had the foresight to take a few shots of it before I went to work on it…

You’ve got to give this technique a try.  It’s impossible to goof it up!

Vintage Dresser Done!

I’ve been painting like a mad woman all weekend.  Finally, I’m back at my day job on Monday so that I can get some rest (did I say that?).

I finished this chest of drawers over the weekend and the companion dresser should be done in a day or two after I get around to giving it a coat of poly.

I can’t get enough of retro hardware…a lot of thought and imagination was put into creating all those cool circular, ameba, and boomerang shapes!  I gave these tarnished brass pulls a fresh coat of brushed nickel.  

Here’s a before shot of the chest.  Check back later to see my plans for repurposing the matching full size headboard.  (It won’t be a headboard for much longer!)