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On Mothers Day I shared some of Joannes home and teased you with
the thought that I might share more,
Todays the day you get another glimpse into her wonderful decor.
Also I am currently working on 2 large Canadian made dressers.
The first one is coming along in a distressed turquoise
and the other has these amazing details.
And finally a sneak peak into our re-arranged and re-decorated dressing room.
I will get you more pictures of everything going on around here soon.
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Sometimes it can be just as fun to redo and enjoy the inside of your furniture project
just as much as the outside.
Here are a some of my favorite interiors I have completed.
2012/03/shes-pretty-secretary-pink-secretary.html
2012/02/how-to-take-boring-to-beautiful-tall.html
2012/02/divorce-and-rescue-call-nightstands.html
2012/01/mystery-redo-cabinet.html
2012/01/italian-renaissance-gramaphone-cabinet.html
2011/12/marble-masterpiece-georges-old-dresser.html
2011/01/black-and-white-and-ridiculously.html
2011/07/appliques-from-garbage-my-blue-china.html
And finally below a link to my tutorial sharing easy tips to
fold and cut drawer liners using wallpaper.
2011/04/origami-for-your-drawers-drawer-lining.html
START MAKING THE WORLD INSIDE YOUR FURNITURE
A WONDEFRUL PLACE TO ENJOY!
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Every now and then something unusual shows up inside my furniture projects.
Like these curtain rods below. Now when I say inside I dont mean in a drawer,
I mean behind the drawers inside the cabinet somewhere.
Really ... how do curtain rods get inside a dresser?
If you know dont tell me it was a retorical question.
Ive found a few Aussie coins and recently a 1965 German Schilling.
I dont assume they will make me rich but they do add interest to the projects.
Another interesting find was the post card dated 1919
but more often then not its just someones missing puzzle pieces,
their discarded matches, a forgotten key, and quite often old receipts.
This one is dated 1976 and its from England.
They seem to be quite polite when
dealing with overdue accounts, it actually says
"Fearing your account has escaped your
notice, we venture to ask the favor of
a remittance within the course of a
few days"
That was awfully nice of them!
Well now back to the project of the day ...
I know a few of you might be getting excited with these sneaky partial pictures,
but please dont get overwhelmed there is bad news coming.
A drawer that has dove tails on the back as well as the front.
Amazing what several hundreds of dollars can buy you huh?
Yes I spent a great deal more than I am use to on this one, but its worth every penny in the end.
She even had a couple of surprises inside for me to find.
2 Golden Key Furniture Keys
Im delighted with that little find, but now the trick will be to find a lock they will open.
This magnificent, over the top, gorgeous french desk (deep breath)
is already spoken for, but you can see a side by side before and after pic here.
I know that doesnt make up for it, Im a bad bad person for teasing you.
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You might recall the other day I showed you this little desk vanity I saved from our yard sale.
Notice the angle the above photo was taken has lined up the tree lines on both sides.
Almost like magic, you could step right thru into another world.
WONDERLAND or maybe NARNIA?
So in keeping with the wild side of fantasy,
she got some fun zebra, snake skin, and polka dot drawer liners.
This was a trio of wrapping paper I found at HomeSense last year.
The whole piece received 3 sprayed clear coats outside with the spray gun.
This created the rougher textured surface I want to match the rustic feel on the body.
Then the top surface got an additional 2 clear coats brushed on to finish it.
She turned out perfect, better then I could have imagined.
She sold to a great couple with in hours of advertising.
If you missed the *before* you can see it and a few more pics here.
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