Antique Pie Safe Re-done

Today I want to share an antique pie safe I just finished restoring.

Now I don't want all of you chippy paint lovers to cry when I tell you I painted this piece. I know a lot of you would have left it as is, but I had my reasons.  Here is the before picture.

This is the top...

and here is the bottom.  If you look on the top of the bottom :-) you'll see a bag and a watering can with water.  This is the milk paint that I used to paint the pie safe.

First, I had to make some minor repairs, after over 100 years of use things were kind of sagging and loose! Then I gave it a thorough scrubbing and boy did it need it!

Next I painted the entire outside of the piece with milk paint in "Buttermilk". After that dried I took a scrapper and gently scraped off the loose paint. Milk paint, without the bonding agent, will not bond in certain areas and is easily scraped off giving you that sought after chippy look.

I then antiqued the entire piece with a burnt umber wash and after that dried I dry brushed on more milk paint and scraped again. Once it was dry I applied two coats of clear, soft wax to the entire piece which sealed it stopping the chipping and protecting the finish.

Here is the finished piece.  I like that soft color much better and it is clean!

A close up of the front shows that you still have that chippy, worn look so you can quit crying now! lol

I love the patina on the butcher block top on the bottom and I left the original hardware with all their chippiness. (Hmmm, wonder how many times I can work a variation of chippy in this post)

The inside of the top was clean but had stains so I gave it a light coat of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in "Versailles". Much better!

The bottom drawers are metal which is typical of a piece like this but the sides were wood and also had stains so I gave all the drawers a coat of ASCP in "Madonna Blue" (a color I mixed myself using different original ASCP colors).  By the way you will be seeing more original colors of chalk paint as I am creating a whole line of unique colors to use on my furniture.

I am having so much fun mixing my own colors of chalk paint.  The possibilities are endless and I'm giving each color a name.

Finally, I gave the entire piece inside and out two coats of clear, soft wax.  This stopped the paint from chipping and protects your finish.

I hope you like how it turned out and are inspired to try milk paint for yourself. :-)

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Totally Transformed Tuesday #8

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Well, Hi all my friends out in blogland! How are ya'll?  Okay, I hope.

Time has just flown by I've been so busy. I hope you  had a wonderful and prosperous week. :-)

Here's a look at last weeks favorite posts and if you didn't link up last week be sure to join us this week. We missed you. 

Everyone just loved Kathy Moody's glitzed, shabby chic, pumpkin make over. So pretty. Check out the full post at Life on Lakeshore Drive.

Sarah over at Alderberry Hill shared a great tutorial on how to make this darling "Countdown to Halloween" sign. 

Kathryn at The Dedicated House is sharing the story of her dining room make over.  Love that blue Kathryn.

Kaysi at Keeping It Simple made this darling pumpkin pillow using scraps of material she already had and her Cameo she makes it sound so easy.

If you have not already checked out these great blogs take a minute to do so. Each one of these ladies has a lot more to share.

If you were featured this week be sure to get a button for your blog.

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Small Coffee Table Redo

Hello everyone I hope you had a wonderful week. :-)

I'm feeling much better and have been working on several pieces including an antique pie safe I picked up at an auction recently.

Today I'm sharing a small table redo that I recently finished and carried to King's Antiques.

I'm not sure how you are going to take the finish I applied to this piece, but I enjoyed how the colors peeked through so much on the blanket chest I recently re-furbished I wanted to explore that look some more. 

This is what I started with a nice, vintage, solid wood table.  I lightly sanded the piece just because I'm kind of weird and sometimes I just like to sand things! As I was using chalk paint it really wasn't necessary. I then thoroughly cleaned it.

Next I roughly painted the entire piece in patches with ASCP in Versailles Green, Greek Blue, and Duck Egg Blue. When that was thoroughly dry I applied a healthy coat of Old White.

My next step was to print the ballet fairy I found at The Graphic's Fairy onto tissue paper and transfer it to the center top of the table.  On the sides of the table I used tissue paper flowers from a napkin, and on the bottom center roses from a napkin.

When decoupaging tissue paper start by applying your decoupage medium to the area you want your image, and apply the image starting at the center and moving outward using a brush loaded with Mod Podge. Be sure to only use a couple of strokes in each area as the tissue will dissolve easily.

Once that was dry I took sandpaper and distressed the edges of the images to blend them to the piece better.

I then waxed the entire piece with clear paste wax and heavily distressed the entire piece. Then applied another coat of clear wax and lightly buffed.

I really liked how you could see all the colors showing through as if the piece had been painted time and again.  You may even think that at one time there were more images on the top. 

Hope you enjoyed this quick little redo. 

You know what I like about what I do? If I paint something no one else likes I can always keep it myself! LOL Or if I have the time, and feel like it, I can sand it down and repaint it. It's all fun to me.

Have a wonderful weekend and by the way I appreciate each and everyone of you that check in to see what I've been up to. I'm honored that you like what I do.

Totally Transformed Tuesday #7

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Hello friends! I hope your week has started out well.  Personally I have a terrible cold and have been down for a few days.  

I did work on a some things I picked up at an auction, but I was using a new milk paint that I haven't tried before, and I guess I'm allergic to something in it, because it made me sicker. lol  I will be sharing a great, old pie safe and some tables I've done over with you soon.

Now on to our features for this week.

Suzan at Simply Vintageous shared a makeover of this beautiful buffet and a hilarious story. Gorgeous job Suzan. 

Penny at Penny's Vintage Home shared her gorgeous, and out of the box, Halloween decor. 

Lisa from Stubbornly Crafty shared her darling wood cutout. I just love that girly mummy! 

Kathryn over at The Dedicated House shared her yummy slow cooker chicken and dumpling recipe.

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Totally Transformed Tuesday #6

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Hello everyone! I'm so glad to finally be back! I've missed every one of you and missed seeing what you have been up to during the week.

Here are the features from the last party.

Your favorite this week is from Trish at "Old Post Road" who tried out some of her Pinterest tips & recipes and shared the results. Great information Trish.

Penny is a girl after my own heart in that she loves shabby chic, and like me, collects pink depression glass. Stop by Penny's Vintage Home and check out her lovely French shabby chic tablescape.

Then there is Susan who shared her dinner with us and more. Laughter! Susan I'm still laughing because your husband is so funny and he is sooo much like mine.  He just doesn't get it! Stop by Simply Vintageous for recipes and a good laugh.

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I would appreciate it if you would become a friend via one or all of the social media sites.

If you share a link with Totally Transformed Tuesday you agree that I may use your images to share with my readers on my blog, Facebook, or share on Pinterest.  

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I'm Baaack!! & Another Bed to Porch Bench

Hello everyone! Boy have I missed ya'll! I'm so glad to have my Internet back up and running.  It took fooorEEver!

Even though I haven't been posting on my blog I have still been busy.  I've been making cute things for a baby shower  and painting up a storm.

The first thing I'm going to share with you is another bed head & foot board turned into a porch bench.  Here's the after.

This was a twin size vintage bed.  I thought I took a picture of it before it was cut up and painted but couldn't find one.  Sorry. When making one of these you just need to be sure to cut the foot board into two pieces that are at least 14" deep.  I use 2 x 4's for the seat. 

After my sweet husband put the bench together for me per my instructions I painted it with ASCP in Duck Egg Blue and Old White.  Once it was dry I was ready to apply the images. You will need the following:

tissue paper with images (either printed from your computer onto tissue paper or images from a napkin)

scissors

Mod Podge

brushes

I'm really into doing tissue decoupage.  They look so much more like hand painted pictures, although they are very delicate, and difficult at times to work with. First, cut out your images.

The images I used are cut from napkins. Once you have them cut out you separate the two layers so that you only have the one thin layer the image is on. (By the way I was trying to do this outside during the time Isaac was hitting New     Orleans.  It was sunny here in northeast Texas but the wind gust were 30 mph! To say the least I had quite a time holding onto those little flowers! lol)

You can see in the above two pictures the two thin layers I am separating. 

Next apply a coat of Mod Podge to the area you want to apply the image.

Take your image and using your thumb press the center area of the picture to the area you have Mod Podged.  Working from the center out and with very light strokes apply Mod Podge to the entire image.  DO NOT USE MORE THAN 2 OR 3 STROKES OF BRUSH ACROSS EACH AREA.  More than that will usually make the tissue paper dissolve. Also, do not apply a thick coat of the Mod Podge.  Once it dries it will be hard and you can apply more coats.

After I had applied all of the images I applied three more coats of Mod Podge allowing it to dry between each coat.

Once that was completely dry I applied a coat of ASCP clear wax to the entire bench.  I then distressed it in the appropriate areas.  To finish I applied two coats of a spray on non-yellowing polyurethane.  And there you have it a new/old bench to laze away the afternoons on. 

Are you ready to give it a try? Go for it! I know you can do it!  If I can anyone can. :-)

Totally Transformed Tuesday will be back up next week so be ready to share!  I will chose favorites from the last TTT we were able to have about four weeks ago.

Have a wonderful weekend,

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We Have A New Winner!! Awww Shoot!

Okay, I admit it. I really thought about keeping it but...sigh my conscious would not have let me enjoy it! So since our first choice has never gotten in touch with me I have drawn a new name for my blog o versary giveaway. 

Remember??

So let's try this again.  The winner is...Kathy Moody who said
Wow!! You always do the most amazing work. I love the bench. It turned out great. Congratulations on your one year anniversary. I love, love, love the giveaway!!!! Oh, I want to win that chalkboard. :) Thanks for the giveaway.

Okay Kathy, I don't know how long I can hold out so get in touch with me real soon at pjhale72@gmail.com and thanks for entering.

Don't forget about Totally Transformed Tuesday Link Party! We're still up and running so go here to enter your latest project.  It can be anything you have "transformed". Hope to see you there. :-)