Having been invited to Pinterest (check us out!) not so long ago, my travels through cyberspace seem to be reaching far farther and wider than ever before. Over said travels, I came across a lovely blog called 508 Restoration and Design. I have pinned as well as shared some of their creations on Facebook and everything has been very well received. It's run by a creative couple out of Virginia and this is one of their creations.
They used up tiny bits of left over paper for the drawer and combined it with a lovely cottage blue paint. The interior shelves were painted cream and finished it off with a wax treatment which, and I quote, "ended up giving it a lot of weird stripes, variations and texture…and I like it". So do we!
And of course the knob makes it!
What a tremendous transformation - and all that with scraps of paper, paste, paint and wax. Throw in some elbow grease and a whole lot of creativity and voila! Although the Design-It-Yourself series is really all about personalising things yourself, sometimes it's easier to just buy them - and this baby is for sale, if that's what you want to do.
Anyone else notice the typically Swedish Dalahäst on the wall and the trasmatta under the table? Some seriously sweet Scandi charm going on over there in Virginia! Like.
Love it! It's very scandi-charming indeed :)
Posted by: Audrey - This Little Street | March 28, 2012 at 03:49 PM
You done superb job there.I appreciate you.Nice sharing...Keep it up!!!
Posted by: kitchen cabinets design | March 30, 2012 at 09:37 AM
Sweet! Love the color and the details are perfect!
Posted by: Claire | March 31, 2012 at 05:27 PM
I don't know how I missed this! So sweet and a lovely post...thank you, THANK YOU!
Posted by: SARAH | April 01, 2012 at 12:38 AM
Lovely transformation - and so simple!
Posted by: Hannah from Plumbs | April 02, 2012 at 04:39 PM
It's beautiful!
Posted by: Deborah | April 04, 2012 at 09:59 AM
It's lovely!
Posted by: Hege | April 04, 2012 at 06:04 PM
Thanks for all the positive feedback! I hope to feature 508 again here on It's a Cover Up. They're so talented...
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Posted by: Christie at Bemz | April 05, 2012 at 02:02 PM
This information is so good. Thank you!
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The color mixture is very simple, especially the red side desk. Indeed, convenience is beauty as proven by above photos.
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