Hi again,
It’s been a long time since my last post. I admire you bloggers who have the discipline to post regularly, with your gorgeous pictures, detailed information on your projects and your funny and sweet personal stories. You’re always showing up, touching base, sharing and inspiring us readers. I appreciate all that, and secretly hope one day I can become part of your tribe, but for now, my only ambition is to show up as often as possible.
I live in Connecticut, and those from this part of the country know how hard it is to keep up working at a good pace during our freezing winters. This year, however, temperatures have been unbeliveably mild so I’ve been able to finish and deliver quite a few projects in the last weeks.
With so much work done, I’m realizing I won’t be able to blog about each one of my projects. It’s just not doable at this point. I do share every single piece I refinish on my Facebook and Instagram pages, so at least I keep everything registered somewhere. I decided I will reserve the blog for the most popular ones, such as this media center I recently finished for one of my most loyal customers. We both were very happy to see how nicely these random pieces came together to make a media center. When you see the before picture it is hard to imagine that this might work, but with the magic of color, you can pull that off! The inspiration came from a similar project we saw on Pinterest.
Cute, isn’t it? Color is Behr Taupe mist. Finished with dark brown glaze. All pulls were spray painted with Rustoleum rubbed bronze.
For the tall bookcases, I used my dear paint sprayer, which saved me at least a couple of hours of work for sure.
Let me know what you think.
I hope soon I will have another piece worthy of a blog post.
Love,
Patricia.
The Wood Spa by Pat Rios 
I 100% understand what you mean about the time that goes into blogging. My first time around it felt like homework, and I couldn’t bring myself to do it, Right now I have a lot of obstacles but I still try. I don’t want to miss out on your gorgeous work, so I’m now an IG fan. Great page! Best wishes, Kris
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Thanks for your support and kind words, Kris! You are certainly one of the bloggers I am talking about, one I follow closely as I am a fan of your work!
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Okay, you just made my day!!
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p.s. Bravo on this redo! It’s a magically change over.
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Oh My Goodness!!! What a huge undertaking! This is gorgeous! Oh I do hope you continue to share your wonderful projects! You do such lovely work! Thank you for sharing it at Making Broken Beautiful! You made my day! I hope you have a great weekend!
Smiles!
Terry
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Thanks Terry! Have a great weekend.
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Wow, that is a really incredibly before and after! What a gorgeous cohesive look! I love it. I have shied away from latex paints on furniture, but this with the glaze makes me want to give it a go. Beautiful!
Cheryl
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Thanks Cheryl, I love using latex paint on furniture and it is very durable. Maybe not the best choice if you want to distress your piece. Go for it! You may be surprised.
Patricia.
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Made my way here from Terry’s The Curated Collection. I am completely smitten! That dresser is beautiful. And the use of mismatched pieces for an entertainment center is brilliant.
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Thank you! It was a long shot and I was also surprised to see how nice it turned out! Phew!
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Love this! I think you just solved my problem of what to do for a new entertainment center!
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Great! Go for it and please share 🙂
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I have the exact same bookcases….five of them…and have been wanting to do this for a long time, but I’m not brave enough. How did you “fill in” the outdated carvings on the doors and around the top?
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It’s a lot of work, but worth it.
I just painted everything in a light color than applied a dark glaze.
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Mine have pine branches and cones carved in it that dates it even worse. I had considered filling it with joint compound and sanding before painting, but I don’t know if that will work. Yours looks so good, it makes me want to try.
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