Black Sands & Life Lately

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Ya’ll life has been interesting around  here this past month.

And by interesting I mean a BIG pain in my A$$.  Five weeks ago I was sitting in my Jeep in the parking lot  of Sweeten Creek Antiques,  parked, engine off trying to make a phone call when a guy slammed in to my Jeep with his Honda CRV.  The force of the impact  knocked me three feet, Jeep and all.   Five weeks of paying for a rental car myself later,  the guys’s insurance finally declared my Jeep totaled.  I cried. I loved that Jeep. Plus it had been paid for for years.  I picked up my new car, a Murano last Friday and it is a very nice one but I still miss my Jeep.

In the middle of this mess I also had my second COVID shot.  I had no problems with shot #1 at all.  Let me just say right now that I don’t do well with vaccinations historically  The second shot laid me out, fever and every corner of man on fire.  Would I do it all over again? Absolutely.  It is a huge piece of mind for me , my family and my patients.

This weekend I finally felt like picking up a paintbrush:))))

Really good bones but a bit worse for wear.

This was a $40 find on FB Marketplace.  The last owner was moving and I grabbed it up quick.  It’s a vintage Ethan Allen piece, says the stamp in one of the drawers.  I really hadn’t noticed it until I started lining the drawers.  The original finish was all but gone so I ran my orbital sander over the entire piece to get rid of any finish that was left to have a nice even and smooth surface to work with.

Down at Sweeten Creek Antiques there’s is a vender who sells the Dixie Belle furniture paint line. This line is called Silk.  It’s their One Step paint line.   This color is called Black Sands. It’s a rich charcoal color and the coverage is perfect!

I chose an antique brass / almost champagne  cup pull for this piece and I am crazy about how that finish looks against the charcoal paint!   They really up the game on this dresser in my humble opinion.  The glass and antique brass knobs I found at Hobby Lobby.  I will include a link to the pulls at the end of this post for anyone one who is interested in them.

The maple top was sanded down and then restrained with Minwax Driftwood.  I wanted a lighter top on this one.  I wanted some contrast between the dark paint color and lighter natural wood.  I really love the result!

The drawers in this one are HUGE!

I had just enough of the cherry blossom wallpaper to line the bottom three drawers.

I don’t usually mix wallpapers in a piece but on this one I made a small exception.  There top drawer of the dresser is divided in to three compartments.  I chose a gray ticking striped paper for those areas  and I love the effect it has :)))

Have a great first week of Spring ya’ll!

Paige

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