CREATING ORNATE DETAILS secrets revealed

I have given many furniture projects a new

look by adding ornate details to boring flat

kick plates. The tools I use for this are a

pencil, a jigsaw, a hammer, finishing nails,

and an applique.

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With the pencil I traced the edge of the appliques onto the flat kick plate of this nightstand.
Then with my jigsaw I cut away some of the wood to match the shape of the applique.

Depending on what the applique is made of attaching them can be different. 

The ones in the photo above are metal so they were drilled and nailed.

Wood appliques can be glued and clamped or nailed.

Here is the finished look above and another example below.

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Till next time ... Kristy

ORNATE SHABBY WHITE BUFFET reveal with a before and after

This buffet has been perched in my back room
for five months longingly looking my way every
time I pass by to use the shower. I had huge plans
for it right from the beginning but the work was
going so slow while other things were also
demanding my attention. The final hurdle was
to refinish the inside, and make it look as good
as the outside.

   

I found some vintage striped wallpaper in a soft turquoise and I used it on the back panel. To match

 the rest of the cabinet interior with the paper I mixed some Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Florence and 

Pure White and painted away.

  TIP: 

Remove your backer board to make it super easy to paint inside and wallpaper the backer.

The middle door seen in the above photo came fixed in place so I ripped it out and made it useable.

Seriously why did they make so many pieces of furniture with fixed panels back in the day?

The underside of the cabinet got beefed up with some lumber so I could install an incredible set of

 legs and get it off the floor. I filled the original hardware holes and installed a set of antique drop pulls.

   

BEFORE                       AFTER

Till next time ... Kristy