Let's Talk Vintage #103: The Store Tour & Our Latest Upcycled Furniture Projects!

Hello, hello! This past week just flew by, from last week's LTV, didn't it?
 
Well, if you love vintage feel free to join in the fun this week! Link up your blog posts or link to vintage things you sell, we don't mind.

This week I am gearing up at my brick and mortar shop for a shopping tour which is fun and exciting, but it is also a lot of work on the shop's part.

We anticipate lots of new faces and customers stopping in so I will be reporting all of the events that take place, back here on my blog, as well as my Vintage & Co. blog. My hours will be extended and we will not be closed at all during the tour so I will need to "eat my Wheaties" to keep up the energy!

Before the tour starts this Thursday, I will give you
'a peek into the projects we worked on recently.

This "pie crust" table, (minus the crust) was

literally yelling at me every time I raised my

brush to paint the top. I kept hearing "Nooooooo!"

I must have raised the brush about 3 or 4 times.

 

 

After the last time I turned to my hubby and said, you 

know, I'd like to keep the top a nice wood grain and just paint the bottom with chalk paint. I really think the top of this table is its redeeming quality.

 

He agreed and he somehow found time

to fit in his busy schedule to work on

stripping the top and re-staining and

varnishing. Then I finished the lower half

and brought it to the store.

I just love how it looks now!

 

These sweet little stands were kind of drab before, in your typical dark brown stain. I love them now, too!

 

 

And the last project was my hubby's.

We had a Singer sewing machine base

with an ugly wooden trunk attached to the top

of it that was hand painted but not in a good way.
Really didn't go together at all.

 

He decided to make it into a table.

Perfect for a lamp, a sofa table

or even in an entry way.
 

 

Oh, and by the way, the

dress form we found out by the

side of the road waiting for

the trash man? Her name is
"Carmella." I chose it because of

her base color... like a caramel candy!

 

 

Now let's see who is featured today:

Tarah from Grandmas House DIY showed
us another one of her furniture pieces that
she refinished. And not only that, she takes
pieces that were handed down from her
family and finds a new use for them.
Awesome!

and Penny of Penny's Vintage Home
showed us her weekend treasure hunting
finds. This three tiered stand is
pretty cool and lights up too!

and Jann of Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson
shared her galvanized front porch. Love the
mix of textures and some creative styling.
Lots of neat ways to use metal containers!

If you were featured, feel free to use this graphic on your next blog post or on your blog side bar. Thanks so much for linking up and for stopping by to check out LTV each week!

Now it's your turn... Let's Talk Vintage!