Furniture Friday

Take a look at some of our completed projects this week.  Surprisingly we actually had more, but they were rushed off to the store before I got the opportunity to snap a photo.  Still some great ones.  The Moroccan screen is my favorite.

xo,

mONICa

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Our First Antique Store Sale

Well a little excited today. As many of you know, we just started putting some of our things in a local antique mall.  After all the madness of the holidays people are out shopping again and today we had our first sale.  This gorgeous onyx antique table.

So hopefully this is the first of many, as we are growing our business by expanding the kind of things we sell, but you can still get a custom piece.  If you are in the Los Angeles area we welcome you to come visit our space anytime.

xo,

mONICa & eLAINe

A Little Announcement

Oh boy, sorry it's been so long.  A couple of things have been going on.

1.) My rotator cuff has been acting up with a passion and things like moving a mouse can be pretty painful.  So I'm laying off the computer as much as I can.  I've got to retrain myself to use a mouse with my left hand (not easy).

2.) We have been so busy.  We got a space an a designer showcase antique warehouse called Antiques Off Fair Oaks.  So we are proud to show you our space.

Onyx Table

Turquoise French Style Square Writing Desk

Faux Barnwood Secretary and Peacock Wall Hanging

Green Anthropologie Style Dresser

Hollywood Regency Iron Headboard

Writing Desk/ Vanity and Iron Magazine Rack

Antique White Tea Cart

If you are in the Los Angeles area you must come visit.  Hope to see you there.

xo,

mONICa

Small Kitchen Island

Hello there all,

I am having trouble with exporting my blog to blogger, so in the mean time I will send you all a link to my post over there.  Click here  to see how I turned this:

Into this

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xo,

mONICa

It's All About Bright Dressers

So last week was such a boring week.  We pretty much worked on cleaning out the garage, shopping, and getting organized.  Plus in between I had a few Real Estate meetings.  For some reason I was up to a little creativity this weekend so we stayed home and worked (even with the kiddies around).  It became the Bright Dresser Weekend.  Dresser #1 we like to call The Meadows of Provence Dresser.  Decided to go with a bright yellow and a dark stain.  It so reminds me of a wheat field or something, hence the name.

Dresser #2 we call the Princess Heirloom Dresser.  It was an antique piece we got from somebody who had it in their family for years, but unfortunately it needed refinishing and they didn't know how to begin.   So they sold it to us.  I just love pink dressers, I did a custom one a while back for a little girl and it got rave reviews.  So when I saw this antique beauty I knew that  it wanted to wear pink too.

Don't forget to let us know if a bright dresser is in your future.  Or check out our For Sale Section for others available.

xo,

mONICa

The Hollywood Starlett Tables

No we haven't fallen off the face of the planet although you may think we have.   I realized that moving out-of-state and being in a state of limbo do not go hand in hand.  Let me explain.  So I'm living with Elaine right now because our place will not be ready until mid October (Can't wait til everyone see's it).  We had a moving fiasco and our movers were a month late so I haven't had a whole lot of stuff (including a computer).  Elaine and I have been fighting over one computer for a month now.  Well the movers finally came, so I officially have a computer.  Don't worry, not a whole lot of stuff has gone on this past week anyway,  because it was over 100 degrees all last week in Southern California and surprisingly humid.  Paint and humidity do not work well together, so Elaine and I decided to shop instead.  Oh!!  and get a well deserved pedicure on Friday.  Now we've got a whole lot of pieces ready for our magic.

Here is one that we did a week before the humidity.  They are vintage side tables we picked up from a couple who we bought a dresser from, and they belonged to his grandmother.  The finish was a little rough so we decided to paint them.  Elaine had this awesome vintage Hollywood Regency fabric that needed a home, so we decoupaged it onto the drawers.  I love how the two-tone paint came out.  I think Elaine did a fab job on the decoupage.  The birds are  super cute.

Grey and cream is a wonderful combination

xo,

mONICa

Custom Dresser Complete

Another busy weekend just flew by.  Got two bedrooms painted and finished one of my custom dresser orders.  This cute little dresser is going to North Carolina for a 2-year-old little girl.  I just love custom orders because when I know a little about who it is going to, I sink a little extra heart into it.

The dresser is an antique, it came from the middle of Kentucky.  I was lucky enough to meet the guy who sold it to me since he works near Cincinnati and was able to deliver it,  When I saw the Craigslist posting I knew it was the one.

So I did my thing.  I prepped, primed, painted, and distressed.

and here it is:

I also painted and lined the inside of the drawers with this pretty paper.

I hope little Emma will love it as much as I do.

If you haven't already.  Don't forget to link your projects to our show-off Party.

xo,

mONICa

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