Primitives

 

 

Had this desk for a very long time.  I knew I wanted to paint it primitive but I needed just the right inspiration.  I went into an antique store one day and there for sale was a desk sorta like this one that I had painted several years ago.  Funny thing is that they were asking more for it than what I originally sold it for.  Made me feel loved.

 

This is the finished product.  I sold this one the first week I had it in my booth. 

 

 I wonder where I will see it next!!!

 

 This is a primitive piece used for holding magazines.  I painted it old red and put a metal barn star on the front.

 I love painting chairs, I have done this design before and just had to paint it again.  I used some fencing for the back of the chair and embellished it with a flag and grapevine wreath.

I found this handmade spool cupboard at a thrift shop. I think it was made in shop class in a nearby High School.  It was very well made and I thought I would give it antique look.

 

 It sold in two days so I think the update was a success.

 

This is a CD cupboard I bought and repainted. It originally had an out dated golf theme in the frame that had way too many plastic parts.  I decided to round up some vintage items and place them inside the door frame using ticking as a background.

 

 

This is a toilet paper/Kleenex holder that I painted up.  I have one in each of my bathrooms and they are a great way to always have paper on hand!

 

 

 

 

This piece is made from 3 military trays and a set of vintage desk legs.  I bolted the legs onto the trays and made a great rusty catch all.

 

 

I cut some spindles off and had these pieces left over.....so ....

 

 

 

I make these almost every fall.  They are super cute and easy.

 

 

You can paint any wood piece and make it look prim!

 

 

 

 

 

1980's bench made updated to 2015!

 

 

I just started with these pieces until I ran out of things to mount on the boards! LOL

 

Just an old iron plate with some scrabble pieces with magnets.

                                                            Chalk paint is my friend!

 

 

 

 

Patriotic Pride

Chalk it up!

I went to pick up a trunk one day and the former owner gave me a stash of boards.  They were the kind that are used for shelving in many of the Sauder type TV stands.  They weren't good for much.....or were they?  I thought aha! I could make them into chalkboards.  So I cut them into shapes and painted them with black chalk paint. Not bad, free boards that probably would have been trashed if I hadn't taken them and re-purposed them!

 

 

This is an old sled that I made into a chalkboard advent sled.  I used a picture frame to make the chalkboards.  Rusty old bells adorn the wire handle.

 

Primitives

 

This is a barrel I had and added a cheese cover top to it and painted it patriotic.

I love Americana and sell a lot of it. Patriotism is strong as ever and people love filling their homes with it.

 This was a cute little potato bin from the 90's that was stained and worn.  I gave it a face lift and painted a nice little prim landscape on it.  The bottom has a handy little drawer too!

 

I love to paint on old picnic baskets.  This one found its way in my heart and I decided to go prim and paint a scene on it.

 

 

 

 

 

I love the prim look I  hope it never goes out of style!