hey everyone! 1st off...a BIG thank you to donna @ funky junk interiors for sharing my office redo on her SATURDAY NITE SPECIAL! i am honored such a wildly talented gal thought enough of my little corner of the world to share it with her readers! and if you happen to be one of them...another happy thanks for popping by! i hope you will enjoy my ramblings + bits of shared inspirations!
for the rest of you not familiar with donna & her amazing blog...grab a cup of coffee and click the link below to see my office feature...then browse around her site to be blown away by some seriously fabulous junk creations. now if you want to stick with me on today's post. you better grab a pot of coffee. i predict a long winded story ahead. buckle up and join me!
ok. so with the shady hollow flea market starting soon...i have been full speed ahead in all things patinaWHITE. getting the wares collected + created for memorial weekend's kick off to a summer full of fun finds @ my cottage.
a week or so ago...i made an innocent trip to pick my mom up from the airport with no intentions of "shopping". now i said shopping. but to me..."junking" has a WHOLE different meaning. and i am always in junking mode no matter what the weather, occasion or mood. so imagine my delight when i passed an antique store with a banner in the window. 50% off. store-wide! my heart skipped a beat!
boy i knew i should have left earlier. but with my travel weary mom soon to be landing...i drove right by. determined to be the good daughter and not leave her standing alone @ the gate. {though the thought did cross my mind...kidding!}
well turns out her flight was an hour late {figures!} and as i flitted around the airport with 50% off store-wide on my mind...i could hardly grab her fast enough when she arrived and toss that luggage into my car. but we did find the time for a quick bit of nourishment. because a growling stomach not only is distracting...but makes me somewhat owly.
before the food hit our stomachs we were out the door and on the road. i had already prepped her on what waited ahead. she agreed...likely because she knew it wasn't up for negotiation.
so upon entering the door of much anticipated sale...i saw this cabinet base {below}. and knew with the onset of shady hollow i was in the market for a few "new fixtures"...translation..."primitive cupboards".
they are getting harder to find. especially in that "patinaWHITE" look that was the foundation for my business! now. this honey met the criteria.
price point. BARGAIN! 50% off...hello?!
size. check.
color. check check.
condition. well. three out of four isn't bad.
even ma...who is usually open minded to my visions looked @ my find and noted..."well...the top is nice". because mother hubbard's cupboard was bare. missing paint on {1} side {below}
+ missing the paint on the other. oh wait! it was missing the entire side!
projects like this call for my uniform of choice. so out came the dickies. and on to my workstation i go. digging out remnants of wood that i {w/ hubby's help} rip down on the table saw. i then had to cut out the braces on the "empty" side...relocating them to allow the wood to sit flush with that "nice top". once these steps were taken it was time for paint.
and not your run*of*the*mill slap on the white paint and sand it off type of finish. oh no. that'd be too easy. this beauty was showing her age. and aged she had! time to pull of the big guns. or should i say heat gun?? {below}
i used about every trick i had + even a few new ones perfecting a technique to "heavily" distress the bare naked wood sides. if i get my act together i hope to do a post about it. because mom taught me it is nice to share. and this may help some of you out!
phew! are you with me? this did get long. but don't say i didn't warn you! there is more to the story. but i will stop today with one happy ending. a whole bag of rabbits later this is the side {below} that originally had bare wood planks.
and this side {below} was the side that was just plain 'ol bare. no side @ all to start with! a little wood and alot of "aging" i think it's hard to tell the difference between what was and what now is...heavily distressed!
so mother hubbard's cupboard is no longer "bare". unless, of course, you take into consideration it isn't yet enlisted to house some fun goodies! and just when will those goodies become available? well...ask no more! i made up a post-it {below} with the official launch weekend. be sure to save the date if you are in my neighborhood! please give the calendar a click to be whisked off to my website for more dates + details!
again...i sure appreciate all the recent visitors. i hope you continue to find inspiration here to bring a little bit of happy to your day! i value EVERYONES comments & questions and will do my darndest to get back to you asap if you sent an inquiry my way!
now i must go to the cupboard and get me a bone. i am starting to hear my stomach growl again!
have yourself a fantastic day!
