A Rainy Day, Some White Paint And A Jute Garland.

Greetings all :)
 It's been a rainy few days in this neck of the woods, muddy shoes, stir crazy picket fence children and never ending piles of wet washing have nearly done my head in, but, I did achieve some much needed jobs around the house, reshuffled some paperwork and caught up on some day-time television.....fun times ;)

On the upside, I finally painted an Edwardian dresser in my bedroom. It's had flaking varnish for what seems like forever and deserves to be stripped and oiled...that  WILL happen one day...but for now, I suddenly realised the "I must do that one day" moment, was here.
Here's the rather ugly before picture. See how shabby it looks ! ( I admit ,I may have just lifted the whole darn lot of letters, flyer's, children's artwork and hairbrushes sitting on top and shoved into one of the little cupboards below.... hey presto ; it's still shabby but at least it's tidy ;) well kind of , anyway ... )
 I started with the paint, again Dulux Antique White USA.... I'm a big believer in painting insitu.... Mr Picket Fence is so used to this he didn't even notice the work in progress !
 Let me digress :) See these little sweeties.....aren't they lovely? Crocheted out of jute, a garland of twine they are just my kind of thing and part of the reason why I painted the dresser white....sigh...
 More string porn ;) forgive me.
 And here is the finished product :) So much nicer than flaky old varnish , and not a bad effort for a rainy day on the South Coast.
 Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you drop me a line as I love your comments ....let me know what you think, and....welcome to my new followers :) My followers really are the nicest bunch of people in blog land, of that I'm sure. Catch up with you soon, ( hopefully in sunshine!)

Linking up with Sarah's Good-Life-Wednesday

31 comments:

  1. String Porn...hahahaha. I myself love a bit of make-up porn when the moods strikes me!
    Dresser is beautiful, I {heart} Antique White USA.
    x Marnie

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  2. Painting makes things looks so nice and, well, new. Gives the whole room a new look to I bet.

    Just love your energy.

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  3. Love it - looks so much better! Love the boxes too!
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  4. How beautiful - you certainly made hay even though the sun did not shine! Love the dresser. What treasures you create.Helenxx

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  5. I like what you did! I'm always coming up with ways to paint or repurpose items so that they feel my soul with love.

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  6. i love white paint , your dresser looks great and the boxes on top are gorgeous : ) hope it stops raining there.
    x

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  7. Brilliant! What a lovely transformation...and the string porn is gorgeous! Well done you :)x

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  8. I got a huge grin when you said the jute garland was a reason for painting the dresser because I totally get that!!! lol!!! I've done that......;)

    The dresser looks fabulous and I LOVE the garland!! What a unique thing to do!!! I hope you do not mind if I, you know...copy you??? :D

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  9. Wow, the white paint has really transformed the dresser..it looks great! I will have to see if they do the 'Antique White' paint over here. I like the crocheted garland as well..so pretty :)

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  10. Looks perfect! isnt it great to tick things off your list!?
    alicia

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  11. Ava,
    What a project...that turned out wonderful!! It looks really good with all the treasures on it. I bet that was a lot of work, but it was worth it - it is lovely. I have a photo of Australia on my post today that I think you might enjoy. Have a sweet day.
    ~Sheri at Red Rose Alley

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  12. Hello Ava! First of all thank you for dropping by my blog. I really appreciate whenver new people visit and comment on my rarely visited blog. :)

    I love what you did with your dresser. Though I love the brown wood, the white paint made your dresser lovelier and more feminine. Having white paint has some advantage too. You can easily accentuate the piece with colorful items.

    I also love the design of your blog. It's cute and refreshing to the eyes. I'm following you now and I'm looking forward in reading more posts and knowing you better. Have a great day!

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  13. Antique white USA is my favourite, the dresser looks great, well done!

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  14. The dresser turned out real nice :) Love the new colour. Thanks for adding your link to Beach Cottage Good Life Wednesdays.

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  15. The dresser looks too cool!
    Jeanni

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  16. Hi Ava, your rooms is dreamy! Isn't it fantastic how a little lick of paint can really transform furniture, love the new look.

    Did you have fun getting together the book week costumes together? The kids actually made it out the door. Enjoy your week, Tam x

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  17. Hello Ava! Thank you for your lovely comment on my blog! I love your gorgeous handiwork, sooo pretty! And the jute crochet...fantastic! :) Love, Tina xx

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  18. Hello, my name is Laura and I am addicted to String Porn. Hee hee. I love it. The dresser looks fabulous.

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  19. Hi Ava! Lovely to meet you. That dressing table is a stunner and just gorgeous painted white. I'm now into string porn, thanks for the intro! x

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  20. Oh, yes!

    Great job of painting, but oh! Those jute crochet thing-a-ma-bobs are so cool!

    I love string.

    Also love your stack of boxes.

    And I totally, totally, totally get the part about shoving all the junk in the drawers to take your photos!

    I am a champion junk shuffler.

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  21. Oh it is beautiful! I am a new follower to your lovely blog. It looks full of gorgeous pics. x

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  22. love that dresser..it just comes alive being painted the white.. love how you have dressed it to..lovely!!.
    have noticed you have started to follow my blog .. am going to have a nose around yours now looking forward to it!!

    charl
    x

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  23. It looks really great...I love it...

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  24. Haha, love your string porn too!
    Wow, the dresser came up stunning.

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  25. I don't know if I thanked you for following my blog, but thank you! I love what you've done with the dresser. I'm working on some home improvement projects of my own so I'll definitely be coming back for inspiration. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

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  26. This looks great! Good job!

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  27. Great results for a lick of paint and a bit of fancied up string!

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  28. Love what you did and I love the pretty boxes on it too. Darling blog and I am happy to have found it. Love the fun colors! Love your new garden and your chook house is adorable. Such a happy place for your chooks to live. We have 4 chickens, which we just adore, including the dog. They live in what I call "the Romantic Roost". It's a converted child's playhouse. I would love for you to visit when you can. ~ Lynn@thevintagenest

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  29. What a transformation, it looks terrific and I love your jute bunting and pretty boxes too. Well done, love lINDA X

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  30. It came up beautifully, great job! That's my favourite white too, warm but not yellow, and I always paint insitu too (pre floor painting often without the newspaper) It's funny but I think we have quite a lot in common :) x

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