Buffet...

I found TWO of these lovely buffets on Kijiji here in Nova Scotia...for a whopping fifty dollars each...how LUCKY am I!? These came from a retired lady's twenty-eight room house...("how the other half lives...?") to my little six room condo.

Here's a "before..." I snapped this one after I'd removed the doors...glass on top and wooden on bottom...and the little drawer in the middle.

I scrubbed it well with TSP, then scrubbed it again with a mild dish soap solution, let it dry, then primed with Zinsser Bin Cover-a-Stain (the absolute BEST, imho). I used knock-off chalk paint...Martha Stewart Heavy Cream mixed in a blender with Calcium Carbonate...worked like a DREAM! It distresses beautifully, and although I LOVE Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, I need less expensive alternates...as a retired old gal. Have a look right here at Sherry's No Minimalist Here for recipes 'n' such.

I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Louis Blue as accents, and to paint the inside of the buffet,then distressed it in various places, and protected it with ASCP Clear Wax and a wee smidgeon of ASCP Dark Wax.

Here are some "after" pics:

The white china on the bottom shelf...Wedgewood Oceanside...a gift from my Mum...long since departed this life...the tiny blue and white dessert plates at the top...bought in Paris many years ago...the pottery wine glasses in the middle...handmade here in Nova Scotia...

Isn't this lovely? I dry brushed a little ASCP Louis Blue over the white too...

I added these wooden accent pieces...good old Gorilla Glue to the rescue!

I updated the shiny brass existing hardware with Rustoleum Oil Rubbed Bronze paint...

End result...I LOVE it!! Once more...before...

After...

Okay upcyclers, now I need your opinion!

What if you gave a party and nobody came???

Even though I've been doing upcycled furniture blogging for only a few months, I'm thoroughly enjoying it...and so I'm thinking of creating a linky upcycled furniture AND papercrafting party...what do you think? Paper crafting is another love of mine, and I have a blog right here about that. I know there are SO MANY linky parties in blogland already...do you think there might be room for another? Would you come?

I Would be TICKLED PINK to hear your opinions.

The new party would launch with a giveaway for paper crafters AND upcyclers. Soooo...what do you think?

You know, I'm always SO THRILLED when you leave a comment...it's like a little present whenever I read something from you... and...my goodness...you HAVE been leaving comments...and I am so very grateful for each and every one...truly.
Ending with an Irish Blessing...for all of us...

"May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, the foresight to know where you're going, and the insight to know when you're going too far."

Closing with a pic of fall in Nova Scotia, just down the road from where I live. Aaahhhh, life is so very good!

Wishing you a WONDERFUL week, doing the THINGS you love to do, with the PEOPLE you love as well.

Thanks so much to young Kelli and Kristi over at Lolly Jane for featuring my buffet as one of their most clicked links on their crafty party last week.

...and to Ms Cheri...

...and to Ms Tammy...