James & Green

THESE ARE NOT TRANSFERS. Ok, I got that out there. If you don’t read any further, at least you know these are not transfers. This is 100% hand painted.

Guys! This one was a labor of love. This is 2 months worth of work and honestly I didn’t think I was ever going to finish, but when your shipper tells you he’s coming you gotta get it done!

Jessica messaged me here on ig with a vision of a floral antique buffet. I was able to source the buffet locally and we went back and forth probably 30 times about the design before we finally got it nailed down. Inspired by the color of her sons eyes and her beloved dog, she chose this deep viridian as the base color. She sent me a few source images ranging from flowers she liked, her grandfathers favorite flowers, and her tattoos as inspiration. I didn’t think we were originally gonna go in such a detailed direction, but we both agreed this was the best decision, and I’m so glad. It turned out better than I had originally imagined.

Now this beauty is off to her forever home in Houston!

Paint: , my favorite, and topcoat poly in satin.

//SNEAK PEAK//

*Not for sale // Commission for Laura based off my latest design*

Last year I made the decision to quit selling on marketplace. Every time I posted one of my pieces for sale someone had to leave a nasty comment and I don’t have time for that negativity. Well, a few weeks ago I decided I would try listing on fb again because I really needed to make room for some large projects coming up. My listing hadn’t been up a whole day before a woman left a comment on the post that I had ruined a vintage dresser by painting ugly flowers on it. I immediately deleted the listing. A couple of days later I sat back and thought, why am I letting this nobody old lady run me off from selling my pieces locally? She obviously has no taste or sense of style so why let her dumb remarks ruin me? I decided to post my dresser for sale again and while I was chatting with a woman about purchasing the dresser someone bought it on Etsy. She decided she still had to have it for her daughters room and just so happened to have a dresser that resembled the original. It needed a lot of work and I essentially had to rebuild the whole thing, but I was able to recreate the dresser for her and I was able to practice my repair skills. Win/win.

Anyway, moral of the story is not to let rude nasty people stop you from taking chances and living your life. Not only was I able to sell the first dresser I sold a second one as well! So take that old lady. I’ve now ruined two vintage dressers with my ugly flower design. 😘

Can I be honest? I didn’t know if I really liked this until yesterday. I assumed this one was going to be a quick one, but the more I got into it the more problems I had. The top had to be stripped of the veneer (thanks for the tips), the drawers all had to be taken apart and repaired, and I used triple thick poly for the first time and it was way harder to apply than regular poly. But yesterday I stepped back once it was staged, and I fell in love.

This 5 drawer antique dresser is truly one of a kind. All of the drawers have been rebuilt, so they slide in and out perfectly. They are dovetailed and lined in an off white velvet. The casters are original to the piece, just gave them a good cleaning but left the character intact.

I used my all time favorite paint, in Smoke Rose Blush, Maple Glaze, and Saffron Strings. Its sealed with triple thick polyurethane in satin.

//SNEAK PEEK//