I must introduce you to my friend Anne…
We met while our sons played on the same hockey team a couple of seasons ago but discovered we had more in common than just the highs and lows of youth hockey and stinky-smelly hockey bags.
She likes to re-do furniture too and has an incredible talent for taking old and used furniture to fabulous and amazing pieces anyone would be proud to have in their home.
She shared with me some of her Before and After’s and I think she does a marvelous job.
She took this scratched and dinged up dresser and transformed it beautifully.
This transformation came out so Beautiful!
Here’s another great one…
From this-
To this!
What a difference!
And one of my favorites…
Blah and Boring to Elegant and Embellished
How sweet is that?
Isn’t Anne truly talented? I know she uses one of my favorite paints to paint her furniture (Annie Sloan Chalk Paint) and puts a lot of elbow grease into fixing these babies up. I honestly admire her work and can’t wait for spring to come so we could hit up some estate sales together and maybe work on some projects together.
You can find more of her curbside finds and furniture re-dos on her Facebook page. If you live in the Chicago land area, she might be able to help you take an old, worn out piece of furniture and turn it into something lovely.
In the meantime, I hope she has inspired you like she has inspired me.
Keep up the good work, Anne!
Peace,
K
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thats some seriously impressive re-purposed furniture! i love seeing people do creative stuff like this. awesome post!
Thanks! I think Anne does great work too!
Gorgeous pieces. Great before and after photos.
I totally appreciate that you highlighted my work, Kathy! I’m honored you chose me. Thank you so much!
Just LIKED Anne on Facebook. She has some fabulous ideas!
She does have great ideas, doesn’t she? What’s even better is that she is not afraid to use color! I always tend to shy away from bold, bright colors when re-painting furniture but seeing how well hers turns out, I might just give it a try.
I have so much old dark furniture I need to get to work on. I know she will inspire me! I thought I had followed you this morning, but it seems not! Now I am so I’ll be seeing you around lots! 😉
Thanks for following along!
I love those last two white cabinets! The turned out great!
I found you via The Dedicated House link up.
Oh my gosh! Your friend is super talented. I’m beyond madly in love with that birdie dresser!!
Thanks for stopping by! I checked out your blog too and I love your kitchen cabinets!
Thank you! 🙂
Wow. Those are beautiful. Makes me want to go home and redo a pile of my old furniture, but I simply don’t have the talent or patience. Gorgeous work.
Hey there! I just nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. You’ve got something pretty great here and I wanted to share it with others!
Here’s the link: http://kellybean.co/2015/01/14/versatile-blogger-award/
Wow, seriously!? I’m honored & humbled…thank you so much!!!
Wow, they are all amazing, I especially love the birds. I really am inspired to have a go myself one day soon!
Thanks Julie, especially for taking the time to comment! I’m going to check out your blog:)
Kathy, Annie does some amazing work! Thank you for sharing. You are one of the fan favorites at the Sunday Showcase from the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link so you can check out your feature. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/01/sunday-showcase-from-make-it-pretty_19.html I hope to see you a little later on for Make it Pretty Monday. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Kathryn, what great news-I’m sure Anne willed be thrilled too! Thanks for hosting such great parties.
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