The color transformation files...

As I get ready to sell off my furniture which is housed in an expensive storage unit, I was able to look through the pictures and see my projects I loved doing.  I must part with some of my pieces now.

I love buying a table for less than $20 and painting it a fun color to mix with my other furniture. I gave my coffee table and matching side tables to a friend and will be getting rid of pretty much all my pieces, save for one or two.  I am downsizing in the biggest way possible and have some future plans I can't share yet.  My sofa and a couple of pieces that belonged to my grandparents will be going as well.  After all, its only stuff.  I think it was George Carlin who said: 'you get rid of stuff and then you get more stuff' - ain't that the truth!!??!  Are you feeling the 'spring cleaning' bug yet??

Here are my fave projects:

Laura Ashley fabric

New Maine Cottage fabric - I'm not selling

this, I just loved the transformation! (wink)

Old music/magazine cabinet-looks very rough

After with Sherwin Williams paint, 'Spa'

Tan cabinet

Turquoise Sherwin Williams paint- 'Spa'

See the little table in the corner? It was bought at LL Bean

and it was dark green. I painted it turquoise as well and gave 

it to a friend...

I bought this dresser above for, I think, 25 cents from my neighbor!!

I painted it with Sherwin Williams low

VOC Harmony paint 'Rejuvenate'

This old table needed a bright facelift...

With primer - it has nice lines...

Beautiful yellow - I don't remember what paint this is...

In my living room from a few years ago when I 

loved the red/yellow color combo together...

So, do you have an old piece you want to paint? 

Time to get cracking with spring here - although

its very chilly here in Downeast Maine today...

I will head to the beach soon-

I have a couple of nice pillows for sale in my 

shop listed under the header - free shipping

with everything! 

See ya later!!

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The richer palette part 2...

Following my post yesterday highlighting a beautiful and more glamorous palette for the home with deep blue, green and hot pink, I have found furniture and accessories in the same colors to go in the home, so its sort of a 'Gotta have these' kind of day - enjoy your Sunday and tell me which piece and color you want to include in your next project or home!

All images above Maine Cottage

Just for fun! I love this hot pink lamp from Kohl's

And here is a dresser I painted orange:

(image by me)

I bought this for 50 cents from my neighbor-

it was a mishmash of blue + white with 

ugly metal pulls that were rusted. I

replaced those with wooden knobs from 

Home Depot and painted them to match the

bureau with Sherwin Williams 'Rejuvenate' -

I copied the two colors that were used here:

(image by Nancy Nolan)

By Tobi Fairley in Traditional Home - I 

also painted my side tables in the turquoise -

I love this color combo -do you?

Click here for Traditional Home article 

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Budget makeover 101...

I seriously need to update my bedroom and have a few ideas...I want to do this on a budget - under $150 so this is my challenge. The bedroom is blue and white with a touch of orange...I moved the rug in the above pic to the bedroom a month ago, so it sits on top of a neutral carpet.

I would like to replace my blue checked curtains for something more geometric and modern...perhaps orange or blue??

I have a bureau I bought from a neighbor's yard sale for $3 - it is blue and white, but its kind of a mess - a mishmash of color...(not the above bureau, this is a soft shabby chic pink) -

I fell in love with the Sherwin Williams paint (Harmony 'Rejuvenate) in Tobi Fairley's green room she recently designed (I featured it last week)...so, I am thinking of painting the bureau this color...

I spotted similar lamps to these in Marshall's...:)

Or, I could paint the bureau this lovely turquoise on the desk above...I can't decide...I have Van Gogh's famous painting of his bedroom with an orange bed above my bed, so I would like to add orange elsewhere in the room...

What do you think? should the bureau be orange or turquoise? should I find some turquoise curtains for the windows? Or keep the blue and white checked curtains? I would love to hear what you all think...have a great day!

(original 3 images by Sarah for Monaco Interiors)

(last 3 images courtesy Traditional Home)

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