Beaux R'eves: Paint, Paint and MORE Paint! and a Duck Egg decision...

Beaux R'eves: Paint, Paint and MORE Paint!  Have you ever picked up a novel that you read before and read it again? Or watched a movie for the second or even third time? If your answer is yes then you know that each time you revisit something you may enjoy it even more or discover something new in it. That is true of the way I read and then re-read other people's blogs! Recently I read again Cindy Ritchie's description of the make-over of a Costco chest with Duck Egg Blue Chalk Paint. BEAUTY-FUL. You can follow the link to that post at the top of this page.

Seeing Cindy's chest again is what helped me decide to do the interior of my latest project in Duck Egg. (I had been wavering between that and Coco.) thanks Cindy for helping me move forward on that one.

Here is just a sneak peak at my re-do, before and after:

 It's the ugly duckling buffet and hutch, vintage early 70's.

Here is the interior, first coat of Duck Egg. I was actually watching the paint dry, loving seeing the colour transform before my eyes. Literally 15 minutes later I applied the second (1/2) coat of Duck Egg. She is still a work in progress, but so far 'Audrey' has had a two coats of Old White followed by clear and dark wax on the outside of both the hutch and buffet as well as the Duck Egg interior. I have been working on her outside in full view of the neighbours who have shown quite an interest in her transformation.

I decided not to change her hardware, but I think she could do with less of the "jewellery". This is what she was wearing when I found her:

And this is all I will be putting back on her. The glass inserts and 'tinny' mesh will be gone as well.

Stay tuned for the 'big reveal' in a few days!

Blessings,
The Duchess of NewLife