A DESK WITH A BEFORE AFTER chocolate tuxedo desk

 

 

 

I put together a new before and after photo to share a desk I finished.

 

 

BEFORE                                              AFTER

 

 

 I know a desk was not in the list of upcoming projects early this week and I never know how these

pieces creep their way into the process but no matter the desk is here and looking quite dapper.

 

 

The body is painted in a distressed creamy white, it has vintage industrial pulls added,

and the drawer faces are the original rich chocolate stain with a wax finish.

 

 

 

 

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BEFORE AFTER recaping projects

 

 

For the very last post of this year Im sharing 20 of the most dramatic Before and Afters of 2012.

Sometimes its the color that can makes these dramatic changes but my favorite by far is when I can

transform the whole shape of a piece into something new.

Some of them are your favorites and some are mine, but be sure to take your time looking through

 these photos to notice all the unique changes that have taken place and see what is possible.

A year can seem to go by so quickly and yet if you can look back, it can amaze you

with what you have accomplished.

 

Our Bedside Tables

French Bath Cabinet

 

Turquoise Kroehler Dresser

Tsawwassen Secretary

Blue Vilas

 

French Blu

 

Elinors new bedside tables made from a dining table

 

Pink Secretary Build

 

Graphite Book Shelf

Stubby Storage Coffee Table

Apothecary Cabinet

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Nouveau Brothers

British Dresser

 

Ornate Eastern Nightstands

Lisas French Writing Desk

Heathers Kitchen Server

Art Deco Cupboard

Fancy Buffet

 

Blue Tall Boy

Hand Painted Coco Desk

Tuscan Server

I want to say thank you for all the wonderful support from this past year, some have become loyal customers, close friends, and some have even made me their go to gal for advice.

I certainly cant do it all and cant do it with out your support!

 

Blogging eats up more hours each day than you might think.

Whether it is preparing a tutorial, staging photos, moving furniture, editing pictures, uploading beautiful images to every social media sites, responding to the next request for information, it all becomes worth it when someone out there reaches back to give me a helping hand.

I need to say a huge THANK YOU to those who have made financial donations

through my blog so I can continue to bring inspirational, informative, and ad free posts to you as often as I can.

 

 

 

 

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FURNITURE MAKE OVERS before and after 1

 

 

All the wonderful BEFORE & AFTERS you are about to see look so amazing in person,

and the students that preformed the work were outstanding.

 

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?How many of you would like to attend a furniture makeover weekend?

Well the PR Guy here and the LNT Group in Merritt coordinated that exact thing,

and I was the chosen teacher.?

we added drawer stops, learned some bled blocking tips, and added a graphic transfer on this dresser

 

18 students, some with multiple projects, 2 days, almost every tool I own,

and with years of experience we gotter done!

 

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it was stripped, cleaned, painted grey, clear waxed, then dark waxed. It is off to the upholster soon!

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The week before the class, students started to email photos and ideas of that they would like to do.

When this chairs BEFORE pic showed up George started to panic, but I wasnt worried in the least.?

vintage high chair painted in a cherry red was heading back to Prince George to be a display piece in a floral shop

 We traveled over 2 hours to get to our destination but some ladies traveled much farther to join us.

simple vintage chair given a new life with a light turquoise spray, sanding, and waxing.

 

We did lots of color mixing and I showed students how to thin and strain paint for spraying.

Any one who wanted to try their hand at using the paint gun could also try it out. 

coordinating wallpaper was added in the back and you can see more of the detail of this cabinet now that it is lighter

We wallpapered and waxed, we stripped some pieces, we stained a few pieces,

we painted and polyed, but best of all ...

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 I had a blast running non stop repairing things, adding things, making suggestions,
and simply helping everyone leave with a beautiful new pieces of furniture they would be
proud to display in their homes.

 

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