Hello again

Wow, it's been a LOONNGG time since I have posted.  Life has been crazy.  Hubby is home from his deployment, kids are out of school for the summer and life just got crazier.  My Mother-in-law was diagnosed with Liver Disease in April.  For the past month my husband, Father-in-law and I have been taking care of her.  She passed away on Sunday morning just 2 days shy of her birthday.  It has been a hard time for my family.  You think about all of your regrets when someone passes, things you wish you would have said or done.  She is at peace now and that is all that really matters.  In the end we all leave this earth so we will see our loved ones again.

While all this has been going on I have completed a few pieces.  I am going to post pics of before it I have them.  I hope to start posting tutorials more once I get these posts caught up a bit.  Bare with me :) I have been neglecting my blog for awhile and when you do  that is feels impossible to catch up.  One day at a time I guess, it will get done!  Thanks for stopping by!


First up, here is a changing table someone was tossing out.  As soon as I saw it I thought, BAR!!  Its from pottery barn and solid wood.  I stripped the top, stained and sealed.  The rest was painted ASCP Paris grey, distressed, dark waxed and sealed.  I love how it turned out!

 Here is a cute corner cabinet.  I painted it ASCP duck egg, distressed and dark waxed.  I covered the back of the shelves in  coffee bag and put chicken wire in the doors.  Replaced the old knobs for glass knobs.

This was one of my favorite pieces.  It's a dresser that sat in my girls room for 2 years unpainted.  It's funny how you don't do projects for your own family but others get done :) Anyway, I got a different dresser for them (still unpainted :) I really wanted to do a clean non distressed look for this one.  I ended up using General Finishes milk paint on it.  The colors were coastal blue and antique white.  I absolutely love how it turned out.  The top was finished in Kona stain and sealed.  I lined the inside of the drawers with vintage looking paper that I found at Tuesday Morning.  BEAUTIFUL!!  Can't wait to do another one like it :)

 Here is a little antique dresser I found on CL.  It needed a little help.  I was hoping to make it into an island for my kitchen but my kitchen was too small :( oh well, maybe our next house :) I kept the mirror :)

Bead board left over from a kitchen remodel, shelf built on bottom where there was a broken drawer.  Perfect for cute plates and bowls.  I took the top off and made a rustic butcher block, stained and sealed.  New hardware and here it is :)

The famous coffee tables made from pallets, I do love these!  Here is one I made for a clients daughter as a surprise gift.  I am currently making myself one, maybe I will actually keep this one, maybe :)

 Ok, this beast was UGLY, beat up and broken, left for the trash.  It had 4 drawers on each side but had 4 drawers broken and 2 missing.  I removed 2 drawers on each side and replaced with shelves for magazines or baskets.  Then I stripped the top, stained and sealed.  The rest was painted ASCP old ochre lightly distressed and waxed.  It's amazing what a little love and care can do to a piece that was left for the landfill.  :)  This is why I love what I do!!

 I just love the idea of re purposing something.  After a client saw the nightstands I made for my own room out of an old desk, she wanted me to make some for her.  I LOVE these!!  So cute :)

 Hello 1970's they want their dresser back :) You can find these beauties everywhere.  Goodwill, CL , offer up.  You just have to see what they can look like through all the ugly.  I made this one into a TV stand, painted it with General Finishes milk paint and stain.  Sprayed the pulls black.  Wow, what a change!!

I found this table a a local thrift store.  It was pretty beat up but I loved the shape of the legs and it was huge!!  I was hoping to talk my hubby into keeping it, I have always wanted a round table.  Hard to fit 8 people around a round if you don't have a large space, which I don't.  So I couldn't keep her :( I am in love with the transformation and what a little paint and stain can do.  Finished with ASCP old white and Java gel stain on top.  

Now time for some small side tables, before and afters :)

 

Wow, that was a lot to post!  And to think that is only a very small amount of the pieces I need to post and catch up on.  Oh well, maybe now I will keep up with this site.  I do hope so.  I love it, even if it never gets looked , I do it for me and that's what's important :) If your here looking thanks for stopping by!  I will post my next piece once its finished.  You can also follow my pieces on Facebook, Facebook.com/novofinds  That site is updated everyday!  See ya!!

Dressers re purposed into tv stands

One of my favorite things to re purpose are dressers into TV stands.  I love how simply removing a couple drawers can change the look of a dresser.  The great thing is if you later decide to make it a dresser just add baskets :) Here are a few before and after pics.

Before a pretty little girls dresser

 After.  I painted it a black chalk paint and dark waxed.  Changed out the pulls with leftover ones from a previous project.  Totally changed the look of the dresser!

 This was a beautiful piece I got at an estate sale of a friends.  It had great contemporary shape but needed an update.  I hated painting over the wood grain so I decided to paint a chevron design leaving parts of the wood showing. Spray paint the pulls and she is beautiful!!

Before

 After

 Wow this piece was borderline dead :) it was so dirty and beat up that I couldn't save the top two drawers.  After cleaning her up and building boxed for the shelves she was ready for paint.  I painted her ASCP Paris grey and yellow for the accents.

Before

 After

 This was my very first project.  The one that got it all started :) I still love her~~

 This was a very heavy dresser I thought would be perfect in a game room or family room.  You can fix a big screen TV and still have tons of room for storage of movies and games.  I painted it a homemade chalk paint in black and grey.  Love the industrial pulls :)

Another great Chevron dresser used as a console or TV stand.  You cant ever have too much chevron :)

 TV cabinet cut down into TV stand.  Painted homemade chalk paint in mustard and ASCP old white.  Distressed and waxed.

Ugly 1970's china cabinet gets new life!!

I originally saw this piece on a local FB for sale page.  I  thought maybe it had potential but it sure was ugly.  I forgot about it and then about  a month later it was still for sale.  So I decided to see how low they would go on it since they were moving and it was soooo ugly.  :) Well I got a great deal $50.  I decided to go take a look at it in person.  I was having a hard time telling from the pic if it was solid wood or particle board.  I don't waste my time and money on PB :) It was 90% wood so that was good.  Let me tell you, even standing in front of it I wasn't convinced it could be cute and actually sell.  But, the people we super nice and I got a good feeling from them so I got it.  Well I am glad I did!!  You totally won't believe the makeover on this piece.  It sold the day I finished :) I LOVED IT!!

Before
Can you say UGLY!!!!!

 Hello Beautiful :)

 Painted her ASCP old white with accents of Duck egg.  Top of buffet was painted a dark black, distressed and waxed

Thanks to The Graphics Fairy  http://thegraphicsfairy.com/ I was able to paint a cool design onto the back of the cabinet.

Like I always say, never throw out a piece of furniture, paint is amazing :)

Wow it's been a looooong time :)

Just wanted to share some projects before and afters.  I will add details for some of the projects a little later unless someone asks sooner :) Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!!

Barn Wood Boxes :)

Before pic of trunk

 After

 Here is another trunk re-purpose into a coffee table with barn wood for top

 Inside is lined with old grain sacks

 Here is a Buffet a client brought me and wanted turned into a tv console.  Before

 After, painted ASCP Olive and dark waxed with barn wood top (the original top was press wood, strange because the rest of the piece was solid wood.  weird)

  

This was one of my favorite redo's  so far.  It was an antique table that someone was throwing out because the top was broken and over all it was pretty beat up.  I cut the pedestal down to make it into a coffee table hight.  Stripped, sanded and stained the top dark.  The base is painted ASCP duck egg , lightly distressed an waxed with clear and dark wax.  I LOVE IT!!!!

Thanks again for stopping by please like and share my page.