From Plain Pine to French Linen

Hey all!

Where have I been?! I know, right? Well it was Spring Break, and I BRAKED!
Well, I was actually pretty busy at the beginning of the week. Then my in-laws came, and the cold came,
and I just got plain lazy! Plus, we had NO nice sunny days for picture taking.

I am still waiting for Spring to hit Virginia. It looks like we may finally be in for a nice weekend though!

So my last project was my dining room corner cabinet. It was a gift from my parents years ago after I bought
my first home, a townhouse. For some ungodly reason they bought me a unfinished piece. If they did this
NOW I would be uber-excited! But back then I was working full-time and long hours. The last thing I wanted was MORE work. So I had just stained it with I don't even know what! It was quick. It was one step. And it looked fine.

Of course I forgot to take some straight on shots of it BEFORE I started dismantling it for paining...

And then the dining room table looked like this for a week:

Filled with crap! Gah!

I may want to take the wallpaper down in the dining room soon so I wanted to paint the cabinet something

that would work later as well. And I was dying to use my can of Annie Sloan French Linen. I have seen so many pieces

painted in this color and it is just a great neutral.

I had painted two coats. The worked on the cabinet in the dining room. But the doors I took off and had laying

in the family room so I could paint and watch some of my taped "chick" shows that the hubs does not enjoy

watching! (Touch, The Client List and any Real Housewives shows!) So I was oh, so overjoyed when he walked

in and commented "is that primer?". Argh. Usually he knows to ignore that anything is even going on. I mean,

he could walk in and I could be standing on my head and he will not even bat a eye. 

Anyway. It WAS looking a bit drab and grey. I started second-guessing my color choice. I added another coat and reattached the doors and let it sit for a couple days. Sometimes you just have to walk away for a day or two and then comeback to a project. I came back and waxed it. Still not happy. So then I added another coat of half wax/half dark wax. THAT was exactly what it needed! Much better.

 I left the inside stained wood... for now!

Sorry about the pictures. Between the lack of sun lately, black wallpaper and positioning of my dining room it it SO hard to get a good picture! Look at my cute pup peeking in... He is so scared of the camera. I have no idea why! 

Thanks for stopping in - and send some sunshine my way!

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