So last week I rented a trailer thingy and my neighbour hitched it to her husbands SUV, we filled it with all the furniture I had ready, and off to the antique mall we went!

I have half the room.  Most of the window, and to the left is mine.  Its about 6' x 12' long, but big enough for lots of furniture!

Its still pretty sparse.  We unpacked the case goods, rearranged it all, and tried to stage it with whatever smalls I had brought with me that day.

We eventually screwed knobs on and took the paper off the mirror!

I love this blue table and chair set!  I painted it in the Louie Blue ascp and was going to outline the chair details with old white but when I distressed, the details were so pretty as is, that I just left it alone.  Wax was all it needed.

See what I mean, sparse!  I went back the next day with more smalls, but the room just sucked them up! It was as if my trunk load of smalls just disappeared in the room!

Fan is not an antique, and not for sale!

I love the Cath Kidston paper that I lined the cabinet with.  I bought a couple of rolls back from England with me a few years back and still use it (sparingly to make it last).

The best part of this antique mall? The very authentic English pub down the road.  My husband was beside himself with joy when he found out they have THREE different beers from Ireland!!

I'm much more a home made fish and chips girl myself!

I'll have to not make a habit of it though!

I'm so excited about getting this booth! I don't know why I didn't do something like this sooner!  I went back on Monday (as its an hour away from my home) to bring in chenille bed spreads, and my big dresser/mirror had sold!  Yippee!!  Now I'm looking for another couple of dressers to paint ... Oh joy!  I can feed my habit without guilt now!

A Real Beauty!

Well, I broke the ice!  I painted the first piece of furniture from my stack in the garage (see this post)!  Yippee!!  

Here's the before:

Nice and dusty, huh? It was quite pretty but pretty beat up.  Some of the veneer was lifting from the skirting, but just barely. As I wasn't going to sell it, I just left it as is.

Then I painted it in Provence (ASCP), very very lightly distressed it, added gold paint accents, and dark waxed it.  Voila:

You can see the lifting veneer here

Here is while half had the dark wax, and half was unwaxed.  What a huge difference!  The wax just adds so much depth to the colour! I really didn't love the colour prior to waxing (it was nice, but not 'me'), but after the waxing, it became quite dramatic!  The photos aren't great, I dont know why, just couldn't get the lighting right, or the angle...

Anyway, so thats one down, six to go!  Actually, I still have seven pieces to paint before snow fall, because last weekend, while at the Gadsens antique show in Heritage Park, I picked up this lovely desk for my daughters room!  Although my husband declared a moratorium on furniture, she NEEEEEEEDS it!!! 

Its really quite lovely, but a little shaky, finish a bit mottled, and cobwebby!  Big deal! It has oodles of potential, right?

It was such a bargain too!  Look at those legs, and all the cubbies! She's 9 years old and she loved it!  

So...1 down, still 7 to go...plus the door I mentioned, and a few chairs which I didn't mention...better go pick up my paint brush!  Ciao for now! Have a great day!

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No Minimalist Here-Open House Party
Miss Mustard Seeds' Furniture Feature Friday