small french provincial style buffet

The previous owner had taken the two doors off to make open space cubbies and I kind of like it that way.  We stripped down the top and stained it a nice brown, painted it with linen gray, lightly distressed, clear and dark wax and ready to go!

Anthropologie Inspired Dresser

I had a lot of fun with this one just experimenting.  We think it is a handmade dresser, there are little quirks about it, but I think that really add to its charm!  It has been painted a duck egg blue, lightly distressed, waxed in clear and then a brown glaze put over.  

the buffet is complete!

As soon as I saw this piece I knew I had to pick it up!  It did need quite a bit of attention.  Also one of the pulls was broken so I did need to replace it with new glass knobs...I think it turned out pretty well...it will be listed on Craigslist today.  Email or call if you are interested.

Just picked up this pretty piece...it has told me it would like to be duck egg.  Thinking the back paneling old white??  Be back in a couple days with after pictures!

Black caned sofa table

This pretty little piece just need a little bit of care and she was ready to go.  I should have done a tutorial on the silver leafing.  I need to get better at remembering to journal the process and not just the finished product.

The finish was chipping off and very uneven.  I did a little sanding in a few areas to smooth out the finish.

She got a good coat of a spray paint primer and then several coats of glossy black.  When painting caning I always use spray paint...I can't imagine the drips if you were to brush paint on.  

The 2 glass pieces were nice and thick with a great bevel on the edge, however it looked like a child had driven matchbox cars all over it or keys and such were tossed on top.  It was so scratched.  To keep the cost down a bit I brainstormed a little and remembered seeing on pinterest that Krylon makes a mirrored spray paint for glass.  Our Home Depot did not carry it, so instead I remembered that I had silver leafing in one of my art bins from way back and dug it up.  It gives it an aged, antique sort-of mirrored look and hid the scratches pretty well because of the uneven treatment.  Good compromise.

I just loved the turned legs on this piece and the classic caning seems to be so popular again.

another one finds a home

Well, this nautical looking, beachy dresser has found a home!  A little white paint, distressing and furniture wax and it was ready to go.  This one was a pretty quick transformation.

This was a solid piece, extremely heavy!  I just loved the hardware on it and almost kept it for that reason.  I thought it was suited to have a coastal look.

living room buffet

I was a tad sad to see this one, but in about 6 hours after listing it on Craigslist it was picked up!  A cute young couple came and my husband said they seemed happy...I will admit, it was not my best piece, sort of a quick turnaround...it needed a lot of help on the top stripping and staining, the front was like a strange hard plastic design attached to the wood.  Regardless the design was pretty great and I am a sucker for unique hardware and this one definitely had that!  It is actually a creamy ivory color...looks pretty white in the picture, with a dark stained top.

Hutch

This one went through quite the transformation!  We took the doors off the top, filled the holes, painted, sanded and waxed it to create this beauty...sold and was gone two days after listing.  I hope she enjoys it, she sent her husband from a good distance away to come and pick it up...what a good man!

                   

At first I was a little intimidated to work on this one, but just knew it had potential.  I saved the two upper doors and center piece to make picture frames out of them.  I also saved the hardware, you never know when you find a piece that is missing some...never, ever throw any salvageable pieces away.

we have decided to pursue another passion...

and in doing that we are going with the name a little posh...we thought that might work well  considering our children's clothing line, a little posh, is now being manufactured.  Painting furniture is something I had done about 8-10 years ago and I have missed it.  It helps to keep more creative juices flowing.  We have decided to upcycle furniture by giving it just a little posh!  Here you will find our latest treasures...both pieces that have been already completed and for sale or sold as well as pieces that haven't had any "poshing" done to it waiting for your ideas.  We hope to start filling this blog very soon with many pieces that are waiting for a little TLC!  You may also find other little posh things we have done around our home on a tight budget...with 4 children we have to!