Desk before & after!

We have had a busy past couple of weeks! Our first Third Monday Trade Days in McKinney was a success! Between that and selling a few furniture pieces on Craigslist, we sold every piece of furniture that we had made! We look forward to next months Trade Days (June 17-19).

We are also looking at moving our work space into a warehouse space, so that will hopefully happen in the next few weeks.

We already have tons of great pieces to work on, but here's a before & after of a nice little desk we sold earlier this week. I hope the new owners love it as much as I do!

This little desk was $15.00 at a local thrift store. We were digging around in their back warehouse and I spied it from across the room. It had junk and a TV piled on top of it, but I knew it had potential.

We got it home and looked it over, it was a MESS! The contact paper on the top was at least 15 years old and had been baked on. After few hours of scraping and three coats of paint stripper, we revealed a beautiful solid wood top.

We stained the top a pretty mahogany color which complimented the green paint color.

I used Annie Sloan's Antibes Green Chalk paint, which at first was REALLY bright, but some wax toned it down and brought out the details.

Added some pretty fabric to line the drawers...

Added a touch of wax to the original knobs to make them look a little more aged...

And the final product...(displayed in our booth at Trade Days)

I LOVE how it turned out! It even looked great with that antique desk chair that Adam got from Craigslist (he sanded and re-stained and it looked amazing!)

One last look....

Wisteria Inspired TV Console

You know the feeling, searching high and low for that perfect piece of furniture, the right color, size, shape, but not finding it and having to settle for the less than perfect piece. I was searching for a TV console, and loved this console table from Wisteria.

But it was too tall for a TV console and was also way out of my price range at $549.

Adam said he could build something similar. We started shopping around for materials and found that table legs at the home improvement stores are anywhere from $5-20 a piece. This piece was going to get pricey pretty fast! When we visited an architectural salvage store on a whim, we found these stair spindles and they were the perfect size and style!

The best part was they were $1.00 a piece!

Adam built a frame and attached a top...

I painted it a bright yellow....

And toned it down with some glaze....

The glaze and distressing bring out the details...

And it the finished product is exactly what we wanted! I got a couple vintage leather suitcases to store dvd's in.

Sneak Peak - Desk Before and After!

We have been working all week to get ready for our first Trade Days! We will be at the Third Monday Trade Days in McKinney, TX on May 13-15.

Here is a sneak peak of a current project!

We got this desk at a thrift store and the top was covered in contact paper from the 80's. It took three coats of paint stripper to get all the goop off, but it was so worth it! The result is beautiful! Check back in a couple days for the full before and after!