For the past two weeks my wonderful, talented, selfless, gift of a man has been helping me work on several projects around our house! Since we have decided to put the nursery on hold for now I needed something to DO. When I sit my mind runs and often not to the most helpful places. For those of you who know me well, some of my favorite things to do are to shop antiques, paint furniture, decorate, and create. I explained to a friend the other day that while I have been grieving and have been in my "hibernation stage" my house has felt dirty, dark, and stagnant. A couple of weeks ago I felt the Lord telling me it was time to fling open the curtains, let the sunshine in, clean up the dust and make it smell good again. Essentially, to bring life back into our home and back into my heart. I have been buzzing around putting plug-ins in the wall, cleaning the bathroom, dusting the furniture and cleaning out the refrigerator. When Marshall and I got married we were fortunate enough to each have several pieces of furniture we could "make work" as we started our new home together. We have still not bought a single piece of furniture for our home (though I have my eye on a beautiful antique vanity I am saving up for) ;) So I got the brilliant idea that it was time to at least make our furniture match / coordinate! Here is a glimpse of some of our pieces we have re-done. We have several more in the works and I will post as soon as we get them all set back up!
Ok so I am not the greatest at taking before pictures so I don't have one for this project. I get so excited to start them that I totally forget! Oops :) This is a little side table in our living room. Marshall's parents originally bought it with several other matching pieces from a garage sale in the 70's! It had been stripped down to the solid wood and we painted it this happy yellow (Arles by Annie Sloan Chalk Paint) and distressed her just a little. We love the finished product!
No before picture for this either. It was a honking old antique mirror my grandmother Joiner gave me. Originally it had this chipping, old gold frame and my grandmother couldn't believe I actually wanted it! Here she is all painted up and distressed (Old White color in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint with dark wax). This will go above my dresser in our bedroom. She is old and beautiful just how I like things!
I will leave you with one before picture I actually remembered to take! Stay tuned for what this greasy old door is becoming. :)
~Mary Michael
"But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,“Awake, O sleeper and arise from the dead, and Christ will
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