New Painted Mirror gets Styled

The new mirror got a paint job with aqua, greens, silver and gold.

I wanted the chest to feel connected to the new look, without painting it.

So I created two runners for the top.

One is a silk table cloth I had made for a Christmas Eve dinner.

 I loosely gathered it by hand so it would fit the top

 of the chest and drape to the floor.

It was dramatic, a little bit too fussy and it plays to the purples

 in the room instead of the pretty aqua.

I'll save it for Christmas.

So I went up to my workroom and made

 this runner out of leftovers and samples.

I call it Sea Glass.

This seems just right. 

It brings out the shades of aqua and blue.  

I made huge ruffled ends to this runner.

I popped a pillow on the chair next to it, 

so you can see all of the colors together.

I can use my purple glasses again!

Shadeless candlestick lamps wearing crystal snoods seemed to fit the mood.

The new mirror feels elegant. 

Its hard to tell you how soft it looks in the room now.

There is one more thing on the horizon for this room...

This purple rug from Company C called Cluny 

that I have rolled up since we sold our NH house.

It was in our dining room there, 

and I am thinking it might look really perfect in this dining room.

When I get some more energy we will see how it looks~

what are your thoughts?

Will it be a winner? 

Or will the purple rug be too bossy?


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Freckled Laundry's Textile Party
and
My Romantic Home Show and Tell Friday

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MMS Furniture Friday

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Pink Mirror Goes Italian

 My beloved Pink Mirror with silver highlights. 

RIP.

A Gorgeous green and gold french chair~

the inspiration for my mirror's new look.

 And a dash of Italian style a la Florentine!

I love Florentine trays and tables...look at this pink beauty.

It is perfectly aged and just the right color gold.

Oh forget the pink...we just repainted over the pink.

This green and gold florentine tray is a bit high powered, 

but that is the drift I am heading towards with my mirror.

My mirror went through 6 processes. 

 My new pillow, that started all of this, 

 is in reference range as I get my paints on the palette.

 The first coat was a putty color 

and then I added aquas and greens to the details.

 The next step will be adding Hemants wax in 

dark brown to give it an antique look. 

The bottom of this picture shows the dark wax finish

 on top of the putty and green/aqua..

The top of the picture shows me starting to

 add champagne highlights with a fan brush.

After that I used a little rub n' buff in gold leaf 

to give it that gold florentine feel.

However the wax really changed the aqua-ness of the paint, 

shown above,

 and dulled it down to a more antique green color.

So I reapplied some aqua paint on top of 

certain areas to pull out out more of that color.

 This took awhile~ I had no energy left for styling and fluffing.

I will show off how it looks in the room later.

She is a pretty grown up mirror,  

not as sassy as the pink one, but a flirt none the less.
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Strut Your Stuff Thursday
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Swing into Spring

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Pink Mirror in Living Room

 The pink mirror gets an audition in the living room.

This is the oval mirror that is normally in this room.

After making up the linen pillows that tied together 

the purple transferware and the aqua blues of the dining room, 

the dining room is feeling more cohesive....

except that PINK is now the third color 

and it no longer feels right.

Three is a color crowd, when they are in equal parts.

The living room is mostly grey and white with splashes of blue and pink.

I have pink painted bookcase backs,

and a pink rug.

So I thought the pink mirror might look great in here.

 However it doesn't feel as nice as the oval mirror did.

The pink mirror is too bossy~

it takes over the room.

I couldn't decide until I took these pictures and looked on my monitor.

So it will reclaim its spot in the dining room...

and get ready for a makeover.

It is the perfect size and style mirror for this chest, no doubt about it.

Something so lonely about this oval mirror here...

 the switcheroo did not work.

I now know what needs to be done to make it look right.

These are the dining room colors I have to work with.

I will miss my pretty pink mirror,

but do hope I will love the new look just as much.

I'll be sharing the new painted finish soon~

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Marrying purple and aqua

 This big antique  box came with this pretty paint finish in aqua blue.

It goes  nicely with my frenchy blue-green chairs 

 But I wasn't ever thrilled with my purple transferware collection

 hanging over the big aqua box.

So what's a girl to do?

 Marry the colors by using the perfect fabric!

 This cotton and linen blend had the right colors to do the job.

I had been looking forever and finally found it.

 The pattern was appealingly vintage in flavor.

 So now all of my favorite purple things look just right in this room!

I created eurosquare pillow covers, 27" square, 

and added self ties on the opposite ends to create a matched pair.

Fabric was the preacher who tied the knot
 between pretty purple and awesome aqua.


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Transformations and Treasures

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