Clover breakfast table

This drop leaf table has a 36 inch diameter of adorable.  

It sat for many years in a lakeside window wearing cups of tea and daily newspapers as well as an occasional cat.  I have wanted to try engraving furniture for years after being inspired by the work of a sweet friend. If you want to see some fantastic work go over to her website Sticks and Bricks.

Here is the Aubergine Cottage corner at the Old Bank Marketplace 

in East Hampton, CT.

It is also listed on Craigslist.

Stop by and check it out!

rustic blue sideboard

It makes things a lot easier if a client has a vision.  If they can show me three pictures of what they like, I can usually come close to their vision.  This was a dark mahogany stained server with great storage and in fantastic shape.  My client wanted something rustic and distressed that sat flat on the floor. It took a few weeks to find but it was perfect.  Painted in Benjamin Moore's Old Pickup blue mixed with plaster and then sealed in a dark wax.  

I didn't know whether or not to leave the hardware or clean it up to a pretty shine.  I bought this sideboard as a set with a matching china cabinet so I tried both finishes on the hardware.  I liked the cleaned up version, but my client like the more rustic, untouched hardware.  

See? Client with a vision really helps!

Right at home!

Clover Dresser

I painted this sweet 5 drawer dresser for the Old Bank but I coveted it for a few days in my living room just to stare at it.  Last week was so dark and rainy, but every time I gazed at this happy green, I felt happy.

The clover green was a fresh update from it's worn dark stained finish. 

 

Mahogany Desk Revival

I like cooperation.  

Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and when you cooperate usually the strengths shine through.  

Unless it's my husband and I... 

we are both procrastinators, so it's easy for us to put things off 

and then a year goes by...   

This was not the case with this desk.  My friend new exactly what she wanted for a desk in her kitchen.  She knew the color she wanted, the finish, the size, the function, all of that- and I knew how to find the piece and refinish it.  

It came out great! And it works beautifully in her beautiful kitchen.

The desk was in good working condition but the finish on the top was tortured and needed to be taken down to it's raw mahogany beauty. The finish is a linen effect to match her dining table.  There are obvious brush lines in the dark glaze.  I used the same finish on a server for the same house.  It adds a lot of depth and interest to an otherwise flat piece.