The Little Pink French Desk…

Sometimes, when you are walking around the antique store, little pieces speak to you….

In my case, lots of pieces speak to me, teehee!

I guess I'm kind of like an antique store find whisperer 🙂

You might be one too.

Today's tale is short and sweet, and all about one such find.

So there I was perusing the antique store, when I came across a tattered black and stained little antique dressing table.

The back had been broken off, and although the mirror was intact it was no longer attached to the wooden back piece. Luckily I have both pieces.

No big deal, I could glue it back on or use it separately altogether.

The one thing I did know - 

It was for sure coming home with me at 40 dollars, that was a no brainer.

But what the piece said to me is, I don't want to be a dressing table anymore…

"I want to be a fancy little desk."

And so, I set off to change the life of a little forlorn "former" dressing table.

I had some pink acrylic paint that was just too purple.

Then I remembered, I had siphoned some peachy pink paint I had mixed into a tall white bottle after a previous project last year.

So, I simply took that peachy paint and added some cool red to it to bring it back down to a candy pink.

A couple coats of paint and some gold leafed edges, and voila!

She is happy as can be.

I also had this mirror rolling around (it is not the mirror that came with it), so I placed it in the back space and it catches all sorts of reflections.

My house is such a mish mosh of found things.

Some painted, some gilded, some left just as-is.

I think the original mirror to the piece can be repaired and used as a mirror all on it's own later.

It's a bonus piece.

Now the little pink desk is tucked into a space right by my fireplace in the living room.

It sits right below a mirror I painted a few years ago that had been brown.

She's so happy to be a space for tchotchkes and little books.

The lighting was terrible today so these pics were hard to edit.

It was dark and rainy, uncommon in the land of sun, and so welcomed.

But I also I had fairy lights and candles on causing all sorts of photography blips, so forgive the less than stellar pics.

I just wanted to share her.

I actually had not intended to complete this project so soon after buying the piece, but I woke up Friday and really felt like doing it.

I am so glad that I did.

A perfect afternoon project.

Here's my favorite reflection from the little back mirror.

Sweet Miley, who is hanging in there quite well with some stronger medication.

My party paper honeycombs are sticking around from Valentine's day and turning into Easter eggs.

The mermaid insisted on holding this one.

A few cuttings from the garden, camellias are in full bloom with big huge buds.

So, there's another lil' project down.

I also upcycled an old huge painting I had done years ago.

And, I repainted a flower on another piece.

I love checking things off my list, don't you?

I finished pruning all my roses and added some stinky fish meal to all my gardens.

Spring is in the air big time here.

We didn't get our yearly February snow this year but we just had a tiny cool snap with rain, perfect for beginning the slow warm weather rise.

YIKES!

Time flies by so fast, doesn't it?

I'm still recovering from Christmas, haha!

The one thing that gives me such wonderful anticipation is seeing all the roses fluff up with fresh leaves.

I can't wait to see all the little flowers that volunteer from last year's seeds.

It's just another wonderful thing to look forward to.

One week until March, unbelievable.

I'm doodling like mad at night and I'm reading Great Expectations again.

I remember falling in love with it in high school, when it was required reading, and I was fascinated by Miss Havisham.

Around the time I was at University the movie version with Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan Hawke came out and I was even more smitten.

Chickaboooooooooom!

 

See you soon!

Love, V