An adorable red bench !

This beautiful bench, originally was a brown boring bench from a breakfast nook set. After some serious sanding and replacing the hardware, it became a jewel to our store. It was made in a shabby chic style with distressed edges. I added some roses on the back panels to make it more glamorous. It sold fast and now it decorates a beautiful house in Idyllwild, CA.

 

 

Ready bench in the store

roses painting  detail, and on the right side you can see the original stamp of the company that made the bench back in 1950's

The brown color inside was the original color of the whole thing.  I found it to be in a nice contrast with the red

 the bench in the store

 


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 Emmanuel & Sky www.artfulruins.com

A vintage Formica laminate dresser changed its looks for good!

This dresser with 10 drawers was a big challenge. It looked OK, and I though that was going to be an easy job. I was so wrong!the top was Formica, in a very bad condition which needed to be removed. After many trips to home improvement stores, we found the right piece, which was going to replace the ugly Formica.. I sanded it down all over and I used some natural brown stain to give this walnut color.



veneer hot tape for the edges to complete the look

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once the dresser was dry from the stain, I start painting on the top a beautiful symmetric design ...

 

 

 

once the painting was done, the dresser left alone to rest for couple of days. 

At the end I put 4 coats of glossy varnish  (12 hours between each coat)

 

 

 

finishing the details

I used the same hardware , beautiful Americana style..

 

and ready!

 

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Emmanuel & Sky www.arfulruins.com