Like any girl who can barely spell “Hezbollah” would do…….I call my husband knight in shining armor in a panic…..and beg him to drop everything he is doing at his job to help me purchase the buffet.
He was there in 30 minutes. He pretended to see the potential in the piece and ignore the obvious water damage and animal chew marks on it. He is a gem that man.
By then the store was Eskimo-less and I felt comfortable again.
The teal buffet had the place of honor my husband’s side of the garage for a few days while I glazed it, restained the wood and top-coated it. My favorite top coat is Modern Masters MasterClear Supreme – I use this on all my painted furniture!
Then it was all painted ….. but I couldn’t decide on my handles/pulls.
My neighbor Jody has incredible taste…..so I drug her over invited her over to my garage studio to help me choose between 3 different knobs.
She insisted that gaudy beautiful, crystal knobs are my trademark. I think I am ok with that. And so we went with the old standby. (You can find some here.)
My hubby helped me transfer the piece over to Liberty for the Red Apron sale.
And one of my lovely blog followers came to buy it.
I think sometimes it’s easy to look at something and not realize the amount of work it takes to get a piece of furniture from an ad on a computer screen to a store to be sold. I would like to think I nearly lost my life over this piece…..but we all know I am being a little dramatic.
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Congratulations on the sale. It’s a beautiful buffet that really stood out from everything else.
Dee
I’m not sure I could have stayed in that store with the Eskimo guy following me around…scary.
The piece is just gorgeous! Do you mind sharing the name of the paint you used? It’s a gorgeous color.
xo
Pat
This piece is just awesome! I love turquoise colors anyway, but this is just fab!!!
I am in love with this one. I may have to drive up to your sale. The finish is amazing.
This turned out truly gorgeous. Great job!
Congrats on the sell and it looks fantastic!! I’m pretty scared of weird guys too, good for you for calling for help.
i would have bought that in a heart beat… but i’m too far away. absolutely awesome piece of furniture.
what color is that blue? amazing!
love the buffet, it turned out beautiful, id love to feature it. please let me know if this is ok with you,
lauren
this turned out so beautifully! it’s a show stopper with that awesome teal and the contrast to the wood!
Beautiful buffet! Love the color and the mix of stained wood. I’m a new follower.
That piece is breathtaking…stunning!
Stacey of Embracing Change
Oh my goodness, I’m loving this! (You don’t mind if I feature it, right?) 🙂
I am IN LOVE!!! Would you mind sharing what brand of Aruba Blue you use? AND…what antiquing glaze, stain, technique you did to attain that spectacular blue antique’y (is that even a word ) finish. It’s absolutely beautiful and I have an antique record sideboard just begging to be it’s twin 🙂
I am IN LOVE! Would you mind sharing what brand paint the Aruba Blue is? And what antiquing glaze/stain/technique did you choose. I have an antique record sideboard bufet just begging for the same look. I can’t get over how stunning the wood/paint contrast is!!!
This is seriously breathtaking. I. Love. It. Found you at my favorite blog, Better After!
This is seriously breathtaking. I. Love. It. Found you at my favorite blog, Better After!
To the Unknown commenter….Aruba Blue is from Benjamin Moore paints. And the glaze is Faux Effects Stain and Seal in Van Dyke Brown. I brushed it on and used cheesecloth to take most of it off. Best to you. Jennifer
this is beautiful. I came across it while looking for ideas to do on an old desk and I love this color combo.