Duncan Phyfe Dresser Painted and Glazed.....

I received an email from who was to be one

of our new clients and another wonderful person 

I've had the pleasure of meeting.  

She was here visiting here in Houston for a 

couple of days, she traveled from Tennessee where she resides.  

She really liked this dresser I had and my work. 

So we talked on the phone and relayed messages

back and forth like I do with all my clients.

She had sent me a picture of  a similar dresser she liked the color

it was painted.  So I tried to match it the closest I could.

She settled on General Finishes Milk Paint color Basil.

Then wanted the Van Dyke Glaze over that.

So here is the before.....

Now, general finishes says to lightly sand,but I like to strip

them down which we did.....repaired

all the missing veneer....

then I primed it all....

painted it all basil.....

she wanted the hardware kept original, which 

was a fantastic choice as it really adds to the aged feel....

added the glaze....

All finished!  I love the color and glaze together on this

Duncan Phyfe Dresser it makes it looks really old :)

Beautiful! 

French Country Cottage Chest....

It's been awhile since I posted.  I've been 

like really super busy with orders, pick ups, deliveries, 

and life.  So I will be posting 2 entries today.

Here we go, this was a furnished and custom

painted order for one of my cousins who loves my work.

She wanted this chest custom painted like

another dresser I had done, but with no distress.

So white with cream and dark bronze hardware.

Here is the before....

I sanded it all down and primed everything....

painted the shell all white....

then painted the drawers a cream color.....

then painted the hardware dark bronze....

I actually color matched the cream to Annie

Sloan old ochre....

All completed and looks beautiful!

Repair Order on Pedastal Table & Chair......

This was a repair order for

Jaime and Ashley who we

did the french provincial set for,

from my last post.

Their lab chewed up one of the 

pedastal legs from their table.

Then chewed the side leg

of one of the legs.

Here is the before...

So John repaired the chair

leg and I stained it.....

It took John like a full 

week to repair and reshape 

the leg to it's orginal state.....

I tried to match the stain

as close as possible.....

Here are the before and after pictures. 

Jaime and Ashley where in aw of

the finished pieces. 

They loved them so much!

Hopefully, their lab doesn't touch it again :)

French Provincial Bedroom Set.......

This was a referral order.  A client of ours that

contacted us last summer in 2014 wanted us to paint

her french provincial dresser teal and gold. 

 (You can search for that post in my blog) 

 She referred us to her friends who had a french set

that wanted theirs painted also.  Plus, they wanted a 

pedestal table bottom and chair repaired, that 

will be in the next post.

Here is the set below....

They wanted a slight cream color with 

newly refinished tops...

Then slight distress on edges with handles 

kept original.

So we sanded all of them down....

I stained the tops with the color she picked

 plus, added polycrylic to them....

I just really love our smooth finish....

I primed and then painted it the cream color....

Distressed all edges....

I love our smooth finish!!! 

We work really hard and long to achieve that....

This is why I tell my clients I take at least

minimum 1 week on my orders

depending on how big the order is...

It takes some time to get this smooth flat look....

ALOT of hard work.....

I just love how much our clients appreciate

our work to refer us to their

friends....

that really means a lot :)

As always, they came out just beautiful!!!!

A big thanks to Crystal for her referral

and thanks to Jamie & Ashley for having us

custom paint their dresser set.