Don’t be scared, even if you aren’t into modern design, that doesn’t mean you can’t infuse it into your decor. I’ve discovered some great twists on modern furniture, specifically dressers, cabinets and consoles. Designers are mixing… Read More »Modern Furniture: Dressers, Cabinets and Consoles
These oatmeal raisin cookies are chewy and full of flavour, it’s really hard to eat just one. The best part is they’re super easy to make and you’ll only need one bowl, I like to… Read More »Recipe Adventure: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Today I’m sharing some hardware and fixture inspiration that came to me after a visit to the Interior Design Show West this past weekend. There were so many great brands and some new ones I hadn’t… Read More »Hardware and Fixture Inspiration
I’m doing a little happy dance right now, because I spotted an adorable photo of my painted vintage typewiter cart all dressed up at Poppytalk’s Shop in Vancouver. It looks really awesome with a customized… Read More »Vintage Typewriter Cart at Poppytalk
I thought I’d take a moment to say how grateful I am to have the most awesome customers. There’s nothing more amazing than seeing a piece of furniture I worked on finally finding a home. Even… Read More »Using a Vintage Dresser as a Changing Table
A while back I refinished a junky white box into a modern mid century style night stand. I ended up keeping it for myself. Ever since then, Andrew has been looking for a vintage night stand to match mine. You could say he had night stand envy.
Here’s the piece we were matching it with, you can read more about this before and after over here
So we were on the lookout for something that had similar bones. We recently found this little guy:
This piece was frumpy, especially with that hardware, super short legs and cream paint. We wanted to give it a modern facelift. Right away we ripped off the drawer front, because we knew it was plywood and we wanted a nice wood front to match the other project I did. We went to the hardware store and got them to cut a piece of 1/4 inch maple veneer to size. If you ask your local hardware store very nicely, they won’t charge you for cuts. Well at least that’s what the awesome guys at Windsor Plywood did for us! I think it was because I smiled ever so nicely at the guy. It only cost about $13 for the drawer front and we have so much leftover wood for another project, but I’ve already decided I’m going to keep the thin sheet of veneer to use as a photo backdrop for now.
We brought it home and glued and clamped it to the drawer face. We just used regular wood glue and heavy duty clamps. It sat clamped for about a day. Once it was dry we applied several coats of danish oil and drilled holes for a modern drawer pull.
You’ll also notice we switched out the legs to give it more height so it would work better as a night stand and so it matched the other piece I did. You can find legs like this at Home Depot, but we got ours at a garage sale for pretty much nothing.
The entire piece was primed using CIL Smart3 Primer and the final coat was Benjamin Moore Advance in Tropicana Cabana and Snowfall White.
Here’s the final result of our modern vintage night stand:
Read More »Before and After: Vintage Night Stand
Another canning recipe, because it’s the season and I got a little addicted to putting food in a jar. This one’s another boozy delight you could serve to guests around Christmas with some chocolate cake… Read More »Recipe Adventure: Vanilla Bourbon Pears
Oh my gosh, this vintage dresser was a challenge. It was basically ready for the trash, broken drawers, a chipped top edge, water damage and many other chips and scratches. As usual, I saw the beauty… Read More »Before and After: Vintage Dresser Junky to Funky
Sharing another canning recipe, because I couldn’t stop canning every fruit and vegetable in sight. I found this Bourbon Vanilla Soaked Cherries recipe on the lovely Kristy’s food blog, She Eats and it was a no brainer… Read More »Recipe Adventure: Bourbon Vanilla Soaked Cherries
I previously blogged about my process behind canning peaches. Along with the canned peaches we also did a peach chutney. This recipe is straight forward and full of flavour. It will go great with chicken… Read More »Recipe Adventure: Peach Chutney Preserves and Free Printable Labels
Our apartment is mostly filled with thrift store and craigslist finds. We love mid century pieces and lately we’ve been thinking a lot about a pair of vintage mid century chairs we’ve had for a while.… Read More »Vintage Mid Century Chairs
This Summer I discovered the awesomeness that is canning fruit and vegetables. It’s like making little jars of Summer to open during the grey days of Winter. I do not know how I went through… Read More »Recipe Adventure: Canned Peaches with Printable Labels