The weather here has been amazing so I have been busy cleaning the outdoor work space.

It takes time to move from indoors to out and visa versa.

 

 

Ive started many new projects with the nice weather, including more nightstands, a coffee table,

some bar stools, a vintage record table, and a pub table. I do not recommend having several projects

 on the go cause you tend not to finish any in a timely fashion, and the same is happening to me. I just

 managed to finish the chest on chest I purchased in February, but that was more to do with the

right color choices than time. I hope you like the ASCP Coco on the drawer faces cause I sure

didnt like the whole dresser painted white, it was like a giant Michelin Man for your bedroom.

 

 

I changed the hardware to these french provincial handles that I sprayed in white.

Always be sure to clean your hardware with warm soapy water before painting. 

 

 

 

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CHANGING A WATERFALL coco handpainted desk

 

Ive never been a fan of water fall / art deco styled furniture, but it is made well

and there is plenty of it out there.

This piece comes from The Gelco Furniture Company in Montreal circa 1950 - 1960.

 

 

I like to change the look and feel of them and have them loved once more.

 

This pieces was update only with paint, hardware, and some appliques.

Not my usually tear down or build upon approach.

 

 

Setting forth to hand paint both end panels and a bit on the front takes just about as many hours

as rebuilding does.

 

 

I also played with dark wax on this piece more creatively then I have in the past.

 

 

I used appliques to disguise some of the art deco lines

and gave it a feminine feel with the handles I used.

 

Here is a close up of one of the hand painted end panels.

 

 

This hand painted desk was finished with Annie Sloan Old White and trimmed with Coco.

 

 

And your FIRSTFINDS etsy update for the week ...

 

 

 

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