A French Blue

We’ve had this conversation before, about my love of all things French.  Well insert BIG GOOGLY EYES right here, right now.  I would but I can’t figure out how to get emojis in to a blog post.  The French have a lovely shade of blue that is juuuuust amazing to me.  It’s a lighter blue with just a bit of green in it.  Not an aqua, nor a sky blue, no turquoise either……..

Today’s victim ya’ll.

Yea.  I broke my neck to get this piece .  This antique desk had me at hello. Lord, the legs on it!!!!!   I really don’t actually know if it is a desk.  With that cross piece underneath, it make me think library table.  The two small , perfectly round holes in the top for a mirror make me think vanity.  As always I appreciate any information y’all can give me about this one.  I can say that the very nice folks that I bought this piece from were not born in the South, but retired here.

When it comes to color I try to let the piece tell me what color.  I’m sure this makes a sense that’s not.  Let me put it a different way : Very often pieces of furniture make a masculine or feminine impression on me.  Depending on my impression of the piece’s style , then I can see a color or colors .  Next,  I narrow it down from there.

Obviously I saw this desk as feminine :)))

I have been hanging on to these pottery knobs for a few years now , just waiting on the right drawer in the right piece of furniture.  I have to say it was worth that wait ya’ll.  The color is Fusion Mineral paint’s French Eggshell.  In other words?.

A French Blue.

When I sanded the top down the mahogany was super red.  I stained the top in Minwax Jacobean to neutralize that red as much as possible.  Jacobean does a great job with that.  The top was sealed in 3 Coates of Minwax Poly in satin.

I will leave a link to the peel and stick wallpaper I used in all the drawers at the end of the post if anyone is interested. It will be an affiliated link, which means that we make a small commission from your purchase but your cost remains the same.

I took a little break last week just to rest and recharge.  It is just amazing what sleep and sunshine will do for you :)))

Have a great week ya’ll!

Paige

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