Red, Cream, and Navy Desk

Kim, a client, needed a desk for her son Matt. She wanted it to have the colors of his bedroom, which were Red, Cream and Blue. Her son is a big New York Yankees fan, plus he also plays baseball, so I knew I needed to incorporate that somehow. I found a desk that came with a chair, sent her a picture from my cell to hers, and she liked it. I sometimes forget to take "before pictures"-sorry. I kinda caught myself this time. When I found this desk it was entirely beige with one cranberry colored drawer. The chair was solid cranberry with a boring fabric on the seat.

The blue you see was added by me. I tried Behr's paint in the MLB Yankees Blue, and it was waaay too bright! So, I decided a Navy would be best. I wanted the cream on the drawers so I repainted them in Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint in Old White. Love that color!

I painted the longest drawer a Blue based Red. I bought some simple wooden knobs that I hand-painted to look like baseballs with red stitching. 

 

I painted the hardware on the smallest drawers in the same Blue based red that I painted on the longest drawer. I covered the cranberry chair's seat with a great Red, Cream, and Blue Madras Fabric that was sooooo perfect!I found it at Jo-Ann Fabric's. I painted the cranberry chair in ASCP in Old White and lightly sanded it all over to allow some of the color below it to peak through. All of the cream on the desk was repainted ASCP in Old White.

It's a great desk for Matt to grow in! I had a great time doing it and now I'm looking for a desk for his sister.

Happy Creating!
~Catherine

Old Pine TV Cabinet Turned into Liquor Cabinet

Recently I made over a simple pine cabinet for my Big Sis while in Virginia. It was originally downstairs in her house used for housing a T.V. She wanted to turn it into a Liquor Cabinet and have it on her screened in porch for entertaining during the summer. She pretty much allowed me to be as creative as I wished. She loves ASCP (Annie Sloan Chalk Paint), but it can be a little costly. Her one request was to have the cabinet painted Duck Egg Blue. A beautiful color! Once again I'm frugal, so I used Sharon's at Elizabeth & Co. recipe for ASCP in Duck Egg Blue. Well, Miss Sharon was right on the money, and it looked terrific! I painted the entire outside of the cabinet in Behr's Lotus Leaf (visit Elizabeth &Co. for exact formula), then I used Annie Sloan's Clear Wax on all but the hardware, followed by Annie Sloan's Dark Wax. I added and rubbed off different amounts until it had the right look. I spray painted all the hardware with black Rust-Olium and hand-painted  the hardware that I was unable to remove with ASCP in Graphite.

I painted the inside of the door and drawer in a "Mystery"sage green paint that Sis had  around. I also used the clear and dark Annie Sloan Wax on these areas as well.On the inside door panels, as well as the exterior door panels, I painted Chalkboard Paint. 

 Happy Creating!

~Catherine