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Repurposed tv cabinet becomes a wine rack named ‘Ophelia’

By Meagan Tucker on September 18, 2013 in Furniture Makeover

I’m super excited to share this repurpose with you. Originally, this piece was a vintage tv cabinet. I forgot to get pictures before my husband removed the beast of a tv from the inside, but I did snap a few pictures of it after he finished removing the innards. He is a saint for helping me on this! Here she is in her “mostly” before state.

Her before state is pretty sad, but I saw potential. Call me crazy! I loved her folding doors, her shape and I even loved the pulls. I’m sure many of you have seen numerous repurposed tv cabinets. But have you ever seen one repurposed into a true wine rack? Please meet ‘Ophelia’…

Ophelia will hold about 17 bottles of wine (don’t drink them all at once) and has a nice amount of storage on the left side. I love that you can close her off or open her up all the way. The doors fold back to the sides, perfectly. Ophelia is done in a custom color I call ‘fig’. The color is rich and luxurious and adds some glamour to a space. An upside to owning painted furniture is that your wood accessories/frames don’t get lost. Do you see how great those wood vases look paired with Ophelia? The art print is “Flowers for Lady” from Laurel Dawn’s shop. I love her work and her son’s nursery!

There were some ups and downs in the transformation process, which delayed me (quite a bit) while completing this project… but it was worth it. Don’t you think?

How about another before and after…

Ophelia is ~~will be available~~ for sale in my Etsy shop ~~later tonight~~. Linking up at Miss Mustard Seed’s Furniture Feature Friday!

xoxo,

Meg

A blue ombre piece named Tallulah

By Meagan Tucker on August 6, 2013 in Furniture Makeover

Hi y’all! I know it has been a while. Too long for me and hopefully too long for you all! I have enjoyed my summer and I hope y’all have as well. I have been working mostly on custom pieces for others this summer and haven’t had quite the time to work on my own pieces as I had planned. With an active 11 year old at home…things have been hectic and wonderful! I am super blessed, but very excited (and extremely nervous) to finally debut Tallulah today.

I love ombre…ombre hair, ombre nails, ombre walls….ombre furniture…but I wanted to put my own spin on it. When I sketched out my thoughts…I realized my version was risky. The type of risk where people will love it or hate it. Scary risky! I just tried not to dwell on it as I was creating. As I write this post…I’m spazzing out with sick to my stomach feelings. I love her…but this is the world wide web and people can be cruel.

Soooo….Here is where I originally sketched out my idea for her:

I know. I know. I’m not very good at sketching out my ideas. Laugh away! I can always see it in my head clearer than when I try and put my ideas on paper to test it out. Does anyone else have the same issue?

Are you ready to see how she turned out? Here ya go.

Tallulah means “leaping water” and even though this eclectic chest of drawers is also my interpretation of ombre the name still fits. Tallulah is organic, eclectic and down to earth and will be for sale in my etsy shop later today. The bone knobs are beautiful and pop great against the blues. What do y’all think? You can be honest….I just ask for you to be nice/gentle/kind as well as honest.

xoxo

Meg

PS: Any help on sizing my pictures to fill the screen (from side to side) would be greatly appreciated as well! I don’t have photoshop and I’m going crazy trying to figure out how to size them properly.

Linking up at Miss Mustard Seed’s Furniture Feature Friday

Ludas- a really rad side table

By Meagan Tucker on June 3, 2013 in Furniture Makeover

I seriously LOVE this side table! It’s possible that I’m biased, but what can I say? He has a lot of character and functionality packed into such a small space. Some of that functionality was there when I bought him…such as the fact that his top spins all the way around. How cool is that!

So here is the scoop! The top was painted in multiple layers of chalkboard paint. You can write a message, keep track of your score, play tic tac toe, play chess and much more. He will even hold a board game. The possibilities are endless! I can just see Ludas sitting between two or four people playing endless games and making memories. On an all weather porch…oh my! Year round fun!

Did you see those awesome arrows? They wrap all the way around and that is the wood showing through. I created an arrow and hand cut a stencil for it, applied them to the sides of the top and then painted over it. I have this fascination/love with arrows…which is quite obvious from my tattoo post. For the corners the arrows are half-way on each side. Almost like the table is in perpetual motion, at least that’s how I see it. Anyhow…maybe I just have a vivid imagination…

The bottom was painted in a fabulous green color…which just say’s “I’m alive!” It’s an earthy, but not dirty, color that’s full of life! Then the green and the bare wood were sealed in multiple layers of poly for durability!

I can see Ludas sitting amongst chairs with seat cushions in a floral or feminine pattern. Here’s a picture of a fabric that might work.