shellac Archives | Create With Cynthia DIY Home Decor with a Vintage and Seasonal flair Tue, 21 Jul 2020 01:29:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.3 https://createwithcynthia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-create-with-cynthia-icon-1-32x32.png shellac Archives | Create With Cynthia 32 32 Trash to Treasure Furniture Makeover and Adding Flowers into your Home Decor! https://createwithcynthia.com/painted-dresser-for-sale/ https://createwithcynthia.com/painted-dresser-for-sale/#respond Thu, 21 May 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://createwithcynthia.com/?p=2833 Are you looking for a unique way to transform an old piece of furniture in your home? Watch how I turn an old, antique dresser from Trash to Treasure with paint and flowers. I love flowers, Sweet Friends. In fact, if I could wear flowers in my hair every day I probably would. I love […]

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I love flowers, Sweet Friends. In fact, if I could wear flowers in my hair every day I probably would. I love having flowers in my home, so much so, I do at times, settle for faux. Are you a flower lover?

I love real flowers and faux flowers and I love incorporating them into my home decor. In today’s post I am going to show you one way to add flowers into your home decor.

Trash to Treasure Furniture Makeover

Trash to Treasure Furniture Makeover!

Trash to treasure furniture makeover’s are my favorite and this dresser was such a mess. The picture above really doesn’t give the mess justice, but if you can imagine an old wood dresser that has been alive for probably 50 years, I am sure you understand what I mean.

Incorporating painted flowers on a dresser is the perfect way to include flowers in your home. Bringing flowers in from the garden is always bliss but if you don’t have a garden you may need to find other solutions.

Trash to Treasure Painted Dresser.

Now, in years past when our home had a huge garden I spent most of my time out there. I’d plant sunflowers and peonies and dahlia’s and iris’s and morning glories and flowers in every color of the rainbow. I really love planting bulbs, as watching them emerge from the ground is always a fun and surprising thing.

Before and after of furniture makeover

With this furniture makeover, I originally painted it a two toned look where I left the drawers the wood color. I loved how it looked but then.

Then I got inspired by Josie and Sally, the Iron Orchid Designs Sisters to take it a step further.

You can watch how I completed this project on my You Tube Channel here.

Sallie and Josie inspired me with a project that they worked on. I thought that the dresser would look so beautiful with a vase full of flowers on the front of it.

Trash to Treasure Painted Dresser.

On this project I used Iron Orchid Designs Air Dry Clay, Decor Stamps and Decor Transfers to create an image that looked like a vase full of flowers. I also used DIY Paint on the project. Here is the dresser at TreasureFest last year.

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I hope this project has inspired you to go out and create something you love. Make it a Great Week!

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]]> https://createwithcynthia.com/painted-dresser-for-sale/feed/ 0 TreasureFest this Weekend! https://createwithcynthia.com/treasurefest-this-weekend/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:02:42 +0000 https://createwithcynthia.com/?p=2723 Hey there Sweet Friends, Happy Friday!!!  Today, I’m here to talk about Treasurefest.  Last month I had so much fun hosting my booth at TreasureFest. TreasureFest, San Francisco Bay Area! TreasureFest is a locally curated festival that features the best of the bay.  Artists and Creatives from all over come and sell their favorites!  They also […]

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]]> Hey there Sweet Friends, Happy Friday!!!  Today, I’m here to talk about Treasurefest.  Last month I had so much fun hosting my booth at TreasureFest.

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TreasureFest, San Francisco Bay Area!

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TreasureFest is a locally curated festival that features the best of the bay.  Artists and Creatives from all over come and sell their favorites!  They also have a huge Food Truck area and a Play Zone for your young ones. There’s hundreds of vendors to shop from! TreasureFest hosts five districts for you to explore: Vintage & Antique, Indie & Art, Artisanal Food, The Bazaar, and the TreasureFeast Park!

Three things I love about TreasureFest, San Francisco, California

What I love most about TreasureFest in San Francisco, California.

  • People and pup watching!
  • Being on the Bay! Seeing, hearing and smelling the water is amazing!
  • And of course Art Shopping!

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This weekend is TreasureFest and I won’t be there!  I’ll be heading to San Diego to see Debi from Debi’s Design Diary DIY Paint and Jami from Jami Ray Vintage. My sister and I will be attending a workshop at Debi’s store in Solano Beach.  More on that goodness-gracious-fun-ness next week!

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In the meantime, you can stop by my store in Redwood City, or go to my website and shop online or come in May and visit me at my booth.
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I hope y’all have a Fabulous Friday and an even better weekend.  Be sure to check out Treasurefest on Saturday or Sunday!
Make it a great day! See you at TreasureFest in May!

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]]> Furniture makeover… Bad date! https://createwithcynthia.com/furniture-makeover-bad-date/ Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:59:57 +0000 https://createwithcynthia.com/?p=2727 Hey there, Sweet Friends, today on the blog I’m sharing with you a furniture makeover that felt like a bad date. YouTube Video – Furniture Makeover… Bad date! I made a little video on my furniture makeover that felt like a bad date. You can watch the video here. I hope you enjoy watching and […]

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YouTube Video – Furniture Makeover… Bad date!

I made a little video on my furniture makeover that felt like a bad date. You can watch the video here.

I hope you enjoy watching and if you have not already subscribed to my channel please do so.  You can also share the video with your friends!
Furniture makeovers that bleed through!
This furniture makeover felt like a bad date. I always know on a makeover after the first coat of paint if things are going to go well or not. When I started working on this cabinet after the first coat of paint, DIY Paint in Gravel Road, I knew it was going to be like a bad date.
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Why, you ask?
Well, after the first coat of DIY Paint in Gravel Road there was heavy bleed through on the piece of furniture.
My solution to the problem was to paint in DIY Paint Black Velvet, because the dark color hides all the bleed through.
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Bleed through on a furniture make over is old wax, stain and tannins that come through the light color of paint.   Watch the video and find out how to remedy bleed through.
Then, go out and “Create Something Beautiful!”
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