Vintage & Co.: A Mid-Century Before & After

Well hello blog world! I am back well, not back but posting less frequently. Between all of life's craziness, I still enjoy blogging! We are in full swing here between our brick & mortar shop Vintage & Co., my Dad living with us, a birthday party to plan this weekend, and my online shops! But, it is all good. We are certainly not bored.

And I was not bored when I decided to makeover this mid-century dresser. Let's just admit it. Total drab!

I decided to go with an aqua chalk paint color. LOVE!

Instead of displaying it as a bedroom piece, I have it in our "vintage kitchen" area because well, aqua and retro vintage just seem to go together!

I gave the handles a gold leaf treatment. They really pop nicely now against the dresser.

Another fun mid-century piece we found is this hand crafted "entertainment" center. It looks really cool in the shop, too with our other retro style stuff!

Other projects on the horizon... a vanity that needs a total revamp, table runners, painted mirrors, and a night stand.

Thanks so much for checking out my mid-century makeover... I'm off to stuff favor boxes and I can't wait to show you all of the things I worked on for Bebe's birthday party! The theme is "Sundaes in Paris." Ooh la la!

Let's Talk Vintage! #80: A Whirlwind of a Week & Some Shop Updates

 

 

Welcome to Let's Talk Vintage!

This week will be short and sweet...

 with just a couple of shop updates.

 

I'm hitting the fleamarket bright and

early today... my first of the season so

this post was done last night and

scheduled for this morning.

 

 

Two pieces of chalk painted furniture sold over the weekend, which was fantastic, but left us with two holes in the front showroom.

The hubby helped me get two more pieces ready. I worked on this buttercream vanity which can also work well as a desk. I left the drawers untouched and loved the contrast.

 

And believe it or not, the hubby re-finished

this triple-mirror vanity.

 

I loved how he added a slight silver glimmer

to the existing drawer pulls.

 

The chalk paint is Parisian Gray.

  

The only thing that didn't work out well

was his photo! He is a blog newbie...

and shhhhh - he doesn't like his photo

being displayed on the internet!

We won't tell him! 

 

 

 

Now for this week's features:

 

 

Kicking it off this week is

Shoppe No 5 with this awesome

chair makeover. Loved the

style and the fabric choice!

 

 

Tuula at Thrifty Rebel Vintage

shared her finds of the week.

I love silver plated trays like the

one she found... an easy way to

turn a party into easy elegance. 

 

and new to the blog this week

is an Etsy shop:

 

 

MiladyLinden

Look at this Czech beauty. Of course,

being so stunning, it sold already!

 

 Thank you to all who

participate each week!

 

 

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