tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24775578303568441812024-03-18T02:19:48.944-07:00Reloved RubbishAmanda@RelovedRubbishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141652884671444057noreply@blogger.comBlogger246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477557830356844181.post-25121490929295658572017-01-18T14:48:00.004-08:002017-01-18T14:48:58.860-08:00My Living Room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been a while! I have missed writing on my blog and connecting with all of you. I am now up on instagram and looking forward to sharing more projects with you there. Please follow me: @relovedrubbish.</div>
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I thought I would share my living room area with you in my studio apartment in the country. I repurposed and painted almost everything in my apartment and did it on a tight budget, so it is truly made up of reloved rubbish!</div>
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Since it is tiny space, I wanted to keep everything simple, uncluttered and fairly monochromatic. My palette is grey, cream, white and natural. The coffee table was four dollars at a yard sale and came complete with chippy paint. I simply had a piece of glass cut for the top. On the floor, I put a fringed jute rug with a mini white cowhide.</div>
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This chair is one of my favorite pieces and also one of the first pieces I bought back when I started Reloved Rubbish six years ago. I paid five dollars for it! I sanded off the orange stain on the wood and had it upholstered in a beautiful grey linen. I love the simple lines of this chair. Not only is this chair beautiful, but it is also really comfortable with a spring seat.</div>
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The bookshelf in the background is made of crates that I stained with driftwood grey stain. I have a lot of books and am not willing to part with them even in tight quarters. The painting in the background is a vintage botanical lily matted with linen and absolutely stunning. I paid twenty dollars for it at an estate sale. </div>
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As I mentioned, I live on a little country lane and you can see a peak of my view out my double french doors. I 'll show you full view later on in this post.</div>
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It may be surprising that the chair only cost five dollars until you see this before shot with the ratty fabric. This is after I sanded it back to the natural wood.</div>
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I found this sideboard on Craigslist and when I checked the measurements, it fit exactly on that wall without an inch to spare. I love the crisscross design on the doors. </div>
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The hemp linen pillows were my splurge and came from <a href="http://www.patinedecor.com/Patine_Decor/Home.html">Patine</a>, a local Santa Cruz shop, that imports and reurposes antique and vintage textiles and other goods from Europe. The pillows are simple, but offer a beautiful texture in person and so soft with down filling.</div>
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The sideboard before I painted it.</div>
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I mixed French Linen Chalk Paint with Old White to create a soft grey and then sealed it with a pewter gilding paste mixed with Annie Sloan's clear wax for a slightly shimmery finish.</div>
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I found these watercolor horse paintings at a yard sale for a few dollars. They were in this frame, but the frame was an orange wood color, the matte was bright blue, and the glass was broken - all easy fixes! I painted the matte with Old White Chalk paint tinted with a little French Linen for a pale grey. Then I painted the frame with Graphite Chalk Paint and replaced the glass. <br />
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The container holding my orchids is an iron piece from France. I snatched it up when my business partner was selling it at Loot. I try not to buy too much that we are selling at the shop, but every once in a while I can't pass up something special like this piece.<br />
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I use it to hold my collection of sea glass and shells from my many excursions to local beaches.<br />
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The couch is a vintage piece that I found on Craigslist and had reupholstered. I sanded all the finish off the wood parts to expose the natural wood. It is a seven foot long sofa and works great as a guest bed for the occasional visitor.</div>
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This is my view from my balcony of rolling hills, oaks, and the flower farm next door. This pic is from the summer when the gladiolas were in bloom. The flower farmer also grows tulips (just starting to sprout now) and dahlias. He grows so many amazing varieties of tulips, that people often stop their cars to take pictures when the tulips are in bloom.</div>
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The backyard backs to open land and the Soquel Creek. This is my little bit of heaven in a tiny studio in the country.</div>
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<br />Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927995339772534493noreply@blogger.com78tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477557830356844181.post-31029007734359792352015-08-30T19:21:00.000-07:002015-08-31T07:29:56.358-07:00Reloved Living at Las Vegas World Market Center <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently went to the Las Vegas World Market center to set up a booth at the home/gift show for my business, <a href="http://www.relovedliving.com/">Reloved Living</a>. My sister and business partner, Emily and I drove there and spent two days unloading and setting up our booth. </div>
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This desk was found curbside with a free sign hanging on it. With the twenty knobs, I thought it would make a great display piece for our decorative knobs.</div>
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I found another piece to display the knobs at a yard sale. It is a vintage '90's cd holder, but the fifteen drawers makes it a perfect piece for displaying our knobs.</div>
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I found the antique screens on Craigslist and thought they would make excellent booth dividers. The man I bought them from said his grandparents bought them a long time ago while traveling in Morocco and brought them back. My friend and fellow blogger, Darrielle, from <a href="http://ddscottage.blogspot.com/">D.D.'s Cottage</a> kindly helped me spray them with Pure White Chalk Paint<strong><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">®</span></strong>. I think they would have been very difficult to paint by hand and I was grateful to have a friend with a paint sprayer willing to help me out!</div>
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All the preparation paid off! The booth came together and turned out great. All the bright colors mixed with Pure White drew people's attention and made <a href="http://www.relovedliving.com/">Reloved Living's</a> booth stand out.</div>
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I am sharing a dresser created by the talented, Darielle from <a href="http://ddscottage.blogspot.com/">D.D.'s Cottage Blog</a>. I sent her some green rose knobs from my online store: <a href="http://www.relovedliving.com/">www.relovedliving.com</a> and she paired them with Miss Mustard Seed's Mustard Yellow for a fresh, spring makeover. I love the mustard yellow paired with green roses.<br />
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You can even see this piece featured here on <a href="http://www.missmustardseedsmilkpaint.com/mmm-milkpaint-masterpiece-monday-34/">Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Blog</a>.<br />
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To order decorative knobs for your own creative projects please visit my online store: <a href="http://www.relovedliving.com/">Reloved Living</a>.</div>
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My sister, Emily, moved to the charming town of Pacific Grove, which if you remember, is the place I got my start in the furniture-selling business at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlessingsBoutique">Blessings Boutique</a>. It is a picturesque, seaside town filled with shops and victorians overlooking the crystal clear waters of the Monterey Bay. I drive around the bay weekly to see my sister and nephews. I cannot resist sharing this adorable picture my sister took of me holding her youngest, Ezra, at the beach. </div>
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We have a bit of a weekly ritual while I am visiting PG. First, we meet at <a href="http://happygirlkitchen.com/">Happy Girl Kitchen</a> for an organic coffee or refreshing kombucha. Then, while Emily's older boys are still in school, we like to go to sushi at the freshest and bestest of sushi restaurants around: <a href="http://crystalfishsushi.com/">Crystal Fish</a>. Next we hit the plethora of thrift shops in the area. We finish up the day by picking the nephews up from school, going to the beach, and getting delicious organic ice cream from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KaiLeeCreamery">Kai Lee Creamery</a>. </div>
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I found this vintage dresser at one of the thrift shops in Pacific Grove. I was drawn to the lovely, louvered doors.</div>
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I painted the dresser with one coat of Old Ochre Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">®</span>. </div>
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I replaced the old hardware with these adorable, distressed bird pulls that can be purchased at Emily's and my online shop: <a href="http://www.relovedliving.com/">www.relovedliving.com</a>.</div>
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I sanded the dresser heavily, especially the louvered doors, to make them look like old shutters. Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">®</span> distesses so nicely with 220 grit sandpaper and it was easy to get to the wood because I only used one coat of paint.</div>
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After finishing this bedroom set in Old White Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">®</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span>, I see why it is our number one selling color at <a href="http://lootvintage.blogspot.com/">Loot</a>. <br />
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One of our customers came in <a href="http://lootvintage.blogspot.com/">Loot</a> and asked me if I would be interested in looking at her mother's furniture. This set was a part of what I bought from her mother's estate. The original finish was old and well-worn. We decided to make it look fresh and beachy by painting it with two coats of Old White Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">®</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span> and using a scrubby sponge to distress the edges.<br />
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After distressing the piece, we finished with a clear wax.</div>
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The bedroom set included this darling, petite night stand as well.</div>
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We replaced all the hardware with vintage style, key-hole knobs in aqua. The knobs have a distressed look, which pairs nicely with the rubbed-back white on the dresser.</div>
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The third piece in this bedroom set is a vanity with little caster wheels.</div>
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We were recently hired to paint some outdated, blonde wood cabinets. The homeowners replaced their countertops with granite and decided to have their cabinets painted, rather than replaced with new.<br />
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Our clients chose Primer Red Chalk Paint® for the cabinets, which added a vibrant warmth to the, once dull kitchen. We sealed the Chalk Paint® with a coat of Annie Sloan Clear Wax.</div>
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This home is in the forest and, despite the skylights, tends to be a little dark. To counteract this, I recommended that they find a window and have it made into a mirror for above the sink. They found the perfect size, old window on ebay. Besides reflecting light into the space, the mirror also allows them to see the outside, through the reflection of the doors on the opposite wall, while they do the dishes.Amanda@RelovedRubbishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141652884671444057noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477557830356844181.post-86861455235070619062014-11-10T20:02:00.001-08:002014-11-13T22:41:31.981-08:00French Provincial Hutch with Chicken Wire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently came across this french provincial hutch at a yard sale. I can never pass on a frenchy piece, so this one came back to the shop with me for a little makeover.</div>
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The hutch was done in the typical cream and gold, which is a common look for the reproduction french provincial furniture made in the 1970's. I wanted to make the piece look more like an old world French antique than a tacky, vintage reproduction.</div>
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I gave it a softer look by painting it with Coco Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">®</span>. I wanted to create a weathered look to make the piece look authentically older. After applying two coats of Coco Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">®</span>, I made a wash by mixing 50% Old Ochre Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">®</span> with 50% water. I painted the wash on in sections and blended it over the Coco with a rag.<br />
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The Old Ochre muted the Coco and transformed it into a soft, warm, neutral grey. After the wash dried, I applied a coat of Annie Sloan Clear Wax, which made the color even more beautiful and added a smooth, creamy look. I coated the brass hardware with rustic brown spray paint to offer a nice contrast with the paint.<br />
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I painted the, previously gold, back and shelves with Old Ochre to brighten up the inside of the hutch.<br />
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The final part of the transformation was taking the glass out and replacing it with chicken wire that was also sprayed a rustic brown. </div>
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The transformation from 1970's French provincial to antique French country is complete!Amanda@RelovedRubbishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141652884671444057noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477557830356844181.post-18380738022737366802014-11-04T19:23:00.002-08:002014-11-04T19:23:21.830-08:00Pink Dream Bedroom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This little girl's dream bedroom was created with mostly vintage furniture that the family chose to salvage, rather than buying new. This dark stained desk and mirror, were brightened up with a couple coats of Pure White Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 20px;">®</span>. The brass hardware was changed from gold to silver with gilding wax.</div>
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The vintage nightstands had lost their charm, but were still functional with three nice size drawers for extra storage.</div>
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We also painted this tallboy dresser with Coco Chalk Paint.</div>
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After Nancy and I finished painting all the pieces of furniture, her mother put it all together to create her elegant pink and Coco dream bedroom!</div>
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Nancy and I helped create a little girl's dream bedroom in purple and white. Last week I showed you <a href="http://relovedrubbish.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-painted-sofa.html">the sofa we painted with Chalk Pain</a><a href="http://relovedrubbish.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-painted-sofa.html">t</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">® </span>and <a href="http://relovedrubbish.blogspot.com/2014/09/fresh-look-for-old-dining-room-set.html">the dining room makeover</a>, now we are moving upstairs to the bedrooms. Later this week I will show you the other daughter's pink dream bedroom.</div>
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They had vintage, waterfall style furniture pieces that needed to be transformed to complete their youngest daughter's dream bedroom in their brand new home.</div>
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Nancy and I just painted the upholstery on this gorgeous chesterfield sofa in the same home that we transformed a dining set, that you can see <a href="http://relovedrubbish.blogspot.com/2014/09/fresh-look-for-old-dining-room-set.html">here</a>. Our clients recently purchsed this brand new, home and decided to reuse the furniture they had, so they hired us to make their pieces fit in their stylish, new space.</div>
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The shape and tufting of this chesterfield sofa are lovely and we were happy that they wanted to salvage it, rather than purchase a new couch. </div>
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The microfiber upholstery was well-worn and stained from years of use by three small children.</div>
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The beige upholstery looked drab against the pale grey walls and they wanted a richer color. We mixed Primer Red, Graphite, and Florence Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">®</span> together to create this deep plum hue. </div>
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It took us at least three watered-down coats of paint to get this perfect coverage. This is what the sofa looked like after the paint and before we applied the wax.</div>
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Annie Sloan's Clear Wax really gave the upholstery a polished look and deepened the color.</div>
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The fabric now has the look and feel of a soft, supple leather.</div>
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This chesterfield looks luscious in the new, deep, chocolate-purple color. It is the perfect complement against the cocoa-colored hardwood floors and the pale, grey walls.</div>
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Nancy and I were recently hired by a couple to paint all of their old furniture for their brand new home. They just purchased a chic, upscale home and their existing furniture either had to be replaced or updated, to become worthy of the stylish interior of their new home. They opted for the latter, so we began the transformation piece by piece. </div>
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Their dining table looked rugged when we started work, but, luckily, they were just surface blemishes that could be patched and sanded smooth. I scrubbed the table thoroughly and then patched the top with wood filler, followed by a light sanding to even out the tabletop.</div>
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Next, we applied three coats of Graphite Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">®</span>, which created a smooth, sleek finish. Since the couple has three young children, we decided to use Annie Sloan's Lacquer as a top coat for extra durability. </div>
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We painted all the dining chairs with two coats of French Linen Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">®</span>. Graphite paired with French Linen is quite a striking combination!</div>
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They also have a matching buffet that we painted in French Linen Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">®</span>. The buffet started out dark brown, like the table, with brass hardware. </div>
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We painted the hardware with Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">®</span> first and then applied a coat of pewter gilding wax over the paint. We noticed that the gilding wax sticks better to the Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">®</span> than it does to plain metal.<br />
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To keep it uniform, we also used the laquer as the topcoat on the buffet.</div>
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This lovely piece of furniture fits like it was made for the space along the wall in their new dining room.</div>
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We painted the last piece in this trio for their entry hall. We mixed Pure White with a little French Linen Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">®</span> to creat a soft white with a hint of grey. <br />
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It is always admirable when people choose to reuse what they have rather than purchase new. It worked out wonderfully well in this case! Not only does the furniture look stunning in their new home, but they also saved a fortune by keeping their old, functional pieces.<br />
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A while back, we got this beautiful, marble clad buffet at Loot on consignment. When I first saw it, I thought it would make an ideal bathroom vanity. </div>
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Surprisingly, this buffet did not fly out the door. It sat at Loot for quite a while awaiting its perfect home. One day a local antique dealer, with a similar vision of repurposing, bought it for her new bathroom remodel.</div>
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She hired me to paint the base in a mix of French Linen and Old White Chalk Paint<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13.63px/20px Helvetica, Arial, "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">®</span>. Annie Sloan's dark wax really made the details stand out on this piece. I love the trestle base and the carving on the legs. <br />
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She could not find a sink she liked, so she repurposed one of her stainless steel bowls as a sink basin until she finds one she likes better.Amanda@RelovedRubbishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12141652884671444057noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477557830356844181.post-19000304002984592562014-06-19T18:51:00.001-07:002014-06-19T19:17:09.836-07:00China Cabinet with Secretary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I picked up this china cabinet from the flea market recently for a great price toward the end of the day. It is really heavy and I could tell the man selling it wanted to get rid of it, so he didn't have to haul it back home again.</div>
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I love the doors, trim moldings and metal wire fronts on the cabinet. The man that sold it to me also gave me the orignial old skeleton key that locks all the cabinet doors.</div>
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This cabinet is really special and even has a secret secretary in the center, disguised as a drawer.</div>
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I clear waxed the entire piece and applied the dark wax with an artist brush only along the edges, grooves, and molding to bring out the details on this lovely piece of furniture.</div>
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The upper cabinet was dark inside, so I lightened it up by painting the interior with Old Ochre Chalk Paint<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">®.</span></div>
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This amazing cabinet did not last very long at <a href="http://lootvintage.blogspot.com/">Loot</a>. This is one that I would have kept for myself, had I the space for it. Besides being easy on the eyes, it is also a very functional piece. I love the amount of storage it has and the added convenience of a little desk, which is an ideal place for sitting to write letters and/or pay bills.<br />
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We finished setting up our booth for <a href="http://www.goathillfair.com/">Goat Hill Fair</a> this weekend. It was a tremendous amount of work, but the outcome is well worth the energy expenditure.</div>
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I am so excited for this weekend! If you live close to Santa Cruz, I hope you can make it to this amazing antique and artisan fair. There are so many fabulous booths set up by talented people. It is located at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville, CA. <a href="http://www.goathillfair.com/">http://www.goathillfair.com/</a></div>
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A few months ago, I was hired to paint the dated, oak cabinets in this spacious kitchen. The owners wanted a custom look without replacing all the cabinetry, which would be quite costly in a kitchen this size. </div>
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The kitchen looked drab and uninviting before, with the heavily grained oak overpowering the whole space. It was definitely the perfect time for a fresh look in this kitchen.</div>
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After scrubbing the cabinet doors with an orange oil cleaner, I applied three coats of Old Ochre Chalk Paint® to cover the open grain of the oak. I sanded all the doors using super fine, 600 grit sandpaper before painting the third coat. After the final coat of paint, I used 220 grit sandpaper to sand all the edges, adding dimension to the drawers and doors. When all the sanding was done, I applied two coats of Annie Sloan's Clear Wax over the paint and the finish turned out smooth and silky.<br />
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The man of the house, who happens to be a contracter with an eye for detail, was fairly skeptical that Chalk Paint® would live up to its reputation as the best paint in the world. I think he was also a little bit doubtful in my ability to handle painting a kitchen this large all by myself and, although I did not let it show, I was a bit doubtful myself (my business partner sprained her ankle the first day on the job). However, by the time I finished painting all the cabinets, he was singing praises!</div>
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The old linoleum was replaced with a rich, dark, hardwood, which offers the perfect complement to the creamy cabinetry.</div>
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Initially, the owners were considering replacing the tile countertops with a solid surface, like granite, but after seeing the painted cabinets paired with the tile, they love the combination and decided to keep the tile.</div>
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Old Ochre is a beautiful, soft color and it brings much needed warmth to this spacious kitchen. <br />
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Another enhancement the owners added to the cabinetry, is the lovely crown molding on top. This is such a small detail, but it made a monumental improvement to the look of the kitchen cabinets. </div>
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Nancy and I were recently hired by customers at Loot to paint this freshly made, built-in cabinet that sits in a corner of their newly remodeled kitchen. </div>
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The cabinet started out with unfinished wood.</div>
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The customers wanted some dimension, so we distressed all the edges and then applied Annie Sloan clear wax, followed by dark wax. Instead of applying the dark wax over the entire cabinet, we used a small artist brush to paint the dark wax into all the grooves and edges. We did this same dark wax technique on the painted beadboard on the inside of the built-in.</div>
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Our customers were thrilled with their newly painted built-in cabinet! These two Chalk Paint colors look absolutely perfect against the pale, creamy wall color and also tie in with the warm tones in the hardwood floors.</div>
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One of my clients needed immediate help making her two vintage chairs presentable for houseguests coming to stay with her in a week. She did not want the expense of reupholstering the chairs and she did not have the time to get it done before the houseguests arrived. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">She found these solid, well-built chairs at an antique shop. She loved the size and shape, but had always planned on replacing the fabric, which was a heavily stained, pale yellow linen. </span></div>
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I used Old White on thechair fabric and Pure White on the legs. The Chalk Paint® covered the fabric, making the chairs look brand new!</div>
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You can even see the texture of the linen through the paint.</div>
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It was a time consuming process, but definitely worth it in the end. I painted the first coat with Old Ochre Chalk Paint®, but after I got it on the chairs, my client decided she wanted the fabric to be lighter, so I painted the next two coats of paint with Old White. I applied a total of three coats of Chalk Paint® sanding the entire chair with 220 grit sandpaper, on a sanding block, between each coat. I used a damp cloth to remove all the dust from sanding between coats. The sanding made the fabric feel smooth and soft and removed any crusty areas. After the third coat of paint dried, I applied a coat of Annie Sloan clear wax to seal and protect the fabric. </div>
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It does not look like the fabric is painted and it feels soft and durable.</div>
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One of my pickers sold me this mahogany secretary dresser, in need of a little TLC. It looks like an ordinary dresser, but transforms into a secret secretary. </div>
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The inside compartments of the secretary are charming with tiny brass knobs on little drawers and a center, locking door with the original key. The customer that bought this piece requested that I leave the inside with its original finish. She did some research on this piece and said that she thinks it was made in the late 1800's! </div>
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The dark stain was well-worn and had a lot of texture variations. I only applied a single coat of Chalk Paint<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">®</span>, allowing the mahogany wood and texture to peak through the paint. I wanted to the paint to look as old and weathered as this piece of furniture, while at the same time, giving the piece a fresh look. </div>
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A client recently brought this me this bookcase and asked me to paint it for her daughter's bedroom. I was excited when she asked to have it painted in Henrietta Chalk Paint® because I had not used this pretty hue yet. </div>
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The bookcase started out as light pine, complete with tacky decals. To prevent the knots in the wood from eventually bleeding through the paint, I applied a coat of shellac to the bookcase before applying the Chalk Paint®.</div>
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I painted the inside with two coats of Old White Chalk Paint® and the outside with Henrietta. This color is so soft and pretty. The whole time I was painting, I kept daydreaming about eating berries and cream. I guess that is what Henrietta reminds me of. </div>
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I am happy that, after being a Chalk Paint® user for three years, I can finally share a Henrietta piece with you!</div>
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I found this solid oak dresser at the Santa Cruz Flea Market recently. It had a worn, orange finish, but beautiful hardware and lovely details.</div>
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I love painting oak furniture with Chalk Paint® because its open grain looks beautiful peaking through the paint. The technique I used on this piece is called dry brushing. I applied one light coat of French Linen Chalk Paint with one of Annie Sloan's fabulous, natural bristle, oval brushes. Using very little paint, I worked it in and blended it with the brush to get a very thin coat, allowing the wood grain to show through. In the past, I have used Chalk Paint® thinned with water (a wash), to get this effect, but I prefer dry brushing because sometimes the wash is uneven and does not adhere as well to furniture with a shiny finish.</div>
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I also dry brushed all the hardware and applied dark wax over them for a beautiful patina. The paint and wax really brought out the details on the drawer pulls.</div>
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This finish is easy to achieve, and although simple, it really accentuates the beautiful craftsmanship of this well-built piece of furniture.</div>
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I love the synergy created when two pieces of rubbish come together to form something greater than each part could ever be on its own. That is how I feel about these vintage, louvered closet doors and this pair of scrolling iron, wall sconces.<br />
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I really scored when I found this pair of wall sconces at the local Santa Cruz Flea Market. I got both sconces for twenty dollars! When my upholsterer was picking up some of my other projects, she mentioned that she also did rewiring, so I had her take the wall sconces to rewire them. She is a jack, or rather, jill-of-all-trades.</div>
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I salvaged the shutter doors from the Last Chance thrift shop at a local landfill. I got nine of them at only two dollars a piece. They are really heavy and solid, old closet doors. Perfect for this project!</div>
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I flipped them upside down, so the shutter portion of the door is now at the bottom and mounted the wall sconce to the flat panel at the top.</div>
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It seems simple enough, especially when my brother happened to be in town. He is really great at taking things apart and putting them back together again. I remember his vast lego collection and his intricate lego designs. His skills came in handy for figuring out how to mount the sconces to the shutter doors. He used a drill attachment that drills large holes to feed the, newly rewired, cords through to the back side. Then, luckily, the wall sconces came with mounting brackets and all we needed to get was longer screws to attach the brackets to the doors and the sconces.<br />
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I left the original, weathered patina, that only time can create, on the wall sconces. For the shutter doors, I painted one coat of Coco Chalk Paint® followed by a coat of Old White Chalk Paint® that I thinned with water. I wiped the white back as it was drying, so the Coco showed through more in places. Then, I sanded the whole door to make it look like a rough and weathered, old shutter.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I placed my new lighting fixtures on either side of my french doors in my new apartment.</span><br />
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They look so lovely when they are lit and add a lot of old world charm to the room.<br />
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This simple and inexpensive project is one of my favorites of all time.</div>
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One of our customers at Loot hired Nancy and I to paint the kitchen cabinets of her beach house. She just purchased this home and I wish I could show you pictures of how different it looked before she started her remodel. Everything in the house was in a shade of brown when she bought it. First, She replaced the floor with this lovely, beachy hardwood. Then, she hired us to transform her brownish-orange kitchen cabinets.</div>
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I forgot to take pictures before the cabinet doors were removed, but at least I remembered to take a few shots before we actually started painting.</div>
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The finish on the cabinets before was outdated and did not look right with the pretty, light countertops and bright blue backsplash. After a little Chalk Paint®, they look like they were made to go together.</div>
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The Pure White Chalk Paint® on the cabinets really tied the look together.</div>
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Here is the Chalk Paint® in action: no need to prime, sand, or strip the existing finish. Just paint away! </div>
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In order to achieve a really smooth finish, I thinned the top coat with a bit of water by dipping my brush in a cup of water periodically to keep it moist as I painted.</div>
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The kitchen is modern and sophisticated now and Chalk Paint® helped achieve the look. This demonstrates that Chalk Paint® is valuable for creating many different types of finishes. It looks beautiful and authentic on antique pieces and creates an equally stunning finish on modern, clean lines, like these kitchen cabinets. The coverage, ease of use, and versatility of Chalk Paint® are some of the reasons why I love using this paint so much.</div>
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Of course, the predictably perfect finish created with Chalk Paint® is the main reason it is my favorite decorative paint.</div>
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Chalk Paint® sticks to everything and looks the same, no matter what is beneath it. The bar is a perfect example of this. Once covered in Chalk Paint®, the cabinets match the, newly installed, back paneling, making it look like it was always meant to be that way. </div>
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We opted to use Annie Sloan's matte lacquer rather than the wax on these cabinets. It is designed for use on floor, so it is really going to hold up to wear and tear on the cabinets. </div>
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What a brilliant kitchen now!</div>
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She also hired us to paint her front door and French doors throughout her home. </div>
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The Pure White Chalk Paint on the doors gives this sophisticated beach house a fresher, more unified look.<br />
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If you live in the Santa Cruz area, and would like to get an estimate for custom painting of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets, send me an email: <a href="mailto:amandapierre@mail.com">amandapierre@mail.com</a></div>
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While shopping at the local Goodwill, I spotted two matching medicine cabinets with shutter doors. They were in the furniture department shoved underneath a desk and I do not know how I managed to see them in their hiding spot. They must have been whispering for me to take them home with me.</div>
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These two medicine cabinets are great for extra storage in a bathroom. The box is made of laminated wood, but the louvered doors are real wood.</div>
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I started by painting both medicine cabinets with Pure White Chalk Paint<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">®</span>. I love that Chalk Paint<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">®</span> sticks so well to both laminate and wood, giving pieces like this a more unified look.</div>
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After the Pure White dried, I used a dry brush to casually swipe Provence Chalk Paint<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">®</span> over the Pure White, leaving plenty of the white showing through. I finished this piece by distressing the shutter door to make the paint look weathered. The ceramic sea star knob adds the finishing touch to this now beachy cabinet.</div>
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I decided to do something different on the second cabinet. I still painted the whole thing Pure White, but then I dry brushed French Linen over it and added a ceramic, clock knob.</div>
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An expectant mother hired me to transform a cradle and an armoire for her baby's nursery.</div>
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She found the petite, vintage armoire on craigslist. It is the perfect scale for a nursery, but required a cosmetic intervention.</div>
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She wanted the piece to look shabby and distressed. I painted one coat of Paris Grey Chalk Paint<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">® </span>with a dry brush to allow the dark stain to show through. I used a little Old White Chalk Paint<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">® </span>on the trim to show off the lines and details. After the paint dried, I did a bit of distressing all over with sandpaper. </div>
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My client said this adorable cradle had been in her family a long time. She just wanted it to be simple, shabby, and white.</div>
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I painted it with two coats of Old White Chalk Paint and finished the cradle with an all over, light distressing, to add to its vintage charm.</div>
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The last time I visited my family in Sacramento, I found this awesome pair of old dressers on caster wheels at a yard sale. I do not come across such stylish dressers often, let alone two at a time! </div>
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I was so excited and the woman I bought them from was happy when I told her that I fix up furniture. She asked me if I was going to paint them white. I thought about it and realized that when I started fixing up furniture, it seemed like I painted everything white. I rarely paint anything plain white anymore, but I thought this dresser would look pretty in a simple white finish. I decided to do white with a twist by adding a French Linen wash over Pure White Chalk Paint<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">®</span>.</div>
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I used a dry brush and only applied one coat of Pure White Chalk Paint, so that the dark stain beneath would show through and add depth to the finish. After the Pure White dried, I mixed the French Linen 50:50 with water to create a wash and brushed it over the white. I used a rag to wipe off and blend the wash over the white. I left the wash darker over the fan detail on the drawer front to accent the piece. I completed this piece with Annie Sloan's Clear Wax for a soft, smooth finish.</div>
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While this is not a true white wash finish, it is a great way to create a white washed look over wood that is in poor condition and has been patched with wood filler. I would not have been able to do a white wash over the wood filler, without it showing through. The dry brush provided more coverage over the imperfections and the French Linen wash blended it all together.</div>
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