The other standing jewellery chest

Happy Valentine's Day! I had to share what my darling husband (DH) gave me. It is so pretty! I actually received them on Saturday. He is the sweetest guy and I'm one lucky gal!

I hope you are all well and that you get shown a little love from someone special in your life.

I mentioned the other day that I did another jewellery chest. I bought this one first and this is what it looked like when I got it:

Kind of blah, right? My youngest son's girlfriend was hanging out with me one day and she agreed to lend me some free labour. She painted the first two coats using Fusion Mineral Paint in Coal Black. I gave it a couple of light touch ups. Initially we were going to use some remnants of the transfer called Birds & Berries (the white birds) but I just couldn't figure out the best way to lay them out. 

Sooooo, I decided to use a few odds and ends from this transfer instead:

I love this transfer. I used this transfer - sort of. What I mean by that is somehow part of the transfer got stuck on the wrong side of the backing (I have no idea how that happened). This meant at least one full piece of the three was wasted. I managed to salvage some of it and used it. I had a couple of areas of flowers that I could still use, so that's what I did.

This is what the front of the jewellery chest looked like:

Not too bad! I wanted to use gold accents so I used my favourite Posh Chalk Lemon Gold pigment with the Infusor. I also knew that I needed to add something special to the sides of the chest which open to store necklaces. I have a stash of stencils and wanted to keep a French Chic vibe so I pulled out the script stencil. I used Posh Chalk Smooth Metallic Paste in Pale Gold. This is what it looks like:

I really, really need to learn to take better photographs! You get the idea though.  The drawers were in good shape. I did paint the sides of the drawers to tie them in with the rest of the cabinet.

Here are some photos of the inside:

          

As I mentioned in my other jewellery chest post, this one has been sold. This one went all the way to Toronto. A big shout out to my oldest son who dropped it off for me. Thanks Moose!

That's it for now. I'm nursing a wound from working on another project. More on that in the next post.

Much love to you all,

Donna

So chic!

Hello sweet friends. Thanks for popping by to take a look at my most recent project.

I picked this lovely stand-up jewellery cabinet on Facebook Marketplace last year and I had in mind to paint it some bold colours that were blended in a gradient way. Once I got started, I wasn't feeling it so decided to go down a safer path.

I thought I had a "before" photo of this but I can't find it in my files. Let's suffice to say that it was a yellowy brown colour and was b-o-r-i-n-g as heck!

Isn't she pretty now? I decided to paint her with Fusion Mineral Paint in Champlain, which I buy at Charmed & Chalked in Grimsby. I gave this 3 coats of paint. 

I wanted to give this a lovely vintage feel so added a Prima Re-design transfer called Floral Home. This has 4 different images and I cut away the frame that was around the roses and wording because it would have been too big. I'll use the frame for another project, I'm sure.

Here is a closer look at the transfer.

I also added some WoodUbend moulding (WUB 2181). I cut one set down a little for the top and the full scrolls on the bottom.  I decided not to add any Posh Chalk patina or pigment to the moulding as I didn't want to take away from the image or the gold handles, which I did paint with Lemon Gold pigment mixed with Infusor. The scrolls and luxury coatings can be found in my online Champagne Shabby shop. 

Take a look at the legs! I painted them with Posh Chalk Lemon Gold and Red Carmine mixed with Infusor to create a more rose gold colour. It's hard to tell in the photo how lovely the colour really is.

The sea shell looking appliques on the legs were existing. I added some of the rose gold patina to those initially but didn't like the way it looked so painted over them and left them. Sometimes less is more, right?

There are two little keys that came with the cabinet to lock the side compartments. I painted them with the Lemon Gold pigment. The tassels were also already attached.

The drawers were in pretty good shape. I just gave them a quick clean with my vacuum cleaner to get a wee bit of dust out of them. I love that the lid opens all the way. There is so much storage in this jewellery chest.

I have another chest that I did around the same time and I'll post that in the next couple of days. I have already sold that one but this beauty is available.

I'm working on a dresser and have changed direction on it as well! More to follow on that one shortly too. In the meantime, take care everybody and keep being awesome!

Donna