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Red ombre dresser named “Aiyana”

By Meagan Tucker on March 17, 2014 in Before and After, Furniture Makeover

Aiyana before painted in red ombre This sweet dresser is super deep and will make a fabulous changing table for a very special baby girl. I delivered the piece yesterday and I am super excited to see the room fully decorated. Maybe they will let me come back and take pictures of the whole space…because it will be fabulous! I know you all have seen my brush stoke-y ombre design before…but one is done in reds and pinks! Here are the afters…

Aiyana furniture makeover after red to pink ombre dresser for a nursery

Aiyana ombre changing table pink side

Aiyana ombre changing table

Aiyana ombre changing table top view

Quite a bit of prep work went into this piece. The turquoise paint had to be stripped off; the floral wood appliques were removed from the top two drawer fronts, old pull holes were filled and new ones drilled; the top had to be sanded smooth and the rest of the piece needed a good sanding as well. I used Miss Mustard Seed’s milk paint in Tricycle that I purchased from the Perfectly Imperfect Shop for the true red side and I custom mixed the paint for the middle pink and the light pink. The piece was then sealed in three-four coats of water based poly and oval mercury glass knobs were added. I named her Aiyana, it is a Native American name that means “Eternal Blossom.” It felt fitting for the piece and because it is my wish for the sweet baby girl. Aiyana is the sister to Tallulah, who has now been featured on Bob Vila (WOW). The ombre pieces are a bit of challenge sometimes due to how many thin coats of paint I apply; mixing the colors just right…. and because I’m a bit of a perfectionist…but worth it! She was a lot of fun to style as well. I hope you like her! Here is another styled shot just for fun…Aiyana a red ombre dresser.

Aiyana red ombre styling picture

Meg

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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.

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