In between housework and play time, I have been working on a few things around here.
This little shelf was in my piano room and used to look like this.
The piano room tends to be one of those rooms that I never do anything with. Other than a few decoration changes, I have not really done much since we moved in almost 10 years ago {well, except for the addition of a train table!} I still have a lot of other projects ahead of this room but I thought I would try out my Annie Sloan chalk paint again on the shelf for a quick little update.
I gave it a couple of coats of Graphite and wasn’t really too happy with the color. It was definitely more of a darker gray rather than the black that I was hoping for. I waxed it with the clear wax and then distressed it after letting the wax dry. The color was a little better but still not dark enough. So out came the dark wax. I have been a little leery about trying it but I loved the end result!
I think I still need to work on my waxing technique. I seriously got a good arm workout trying to get all of that wax off!
Sorry I didn’t think to take any pictures during the whole process. Time has been very short around here and I was busy with housework in between coats!
Of course, once I was done, I couldn’t wait to get decorating and brought out a few of the fall decorations.
I’ll probably still change things up a bit but was itching to get started! I loved these little owls that I picked up at Superstore.
And that is pretty much the extent of my free time over the past week. The rest of my day off was spent with this little guy and his posse of puppies. Matthew was off to school so Connor was missing his favorite playmate.
I will be getting to the rest of the fall decorating this week and will hopefully have time for a craft project or two. Don’t forget to come back for The Creative Spark tomorrow night. I’m hoping to see some fall inspiration!
Hope you all have a great week!
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Love how the shelf turned out and those owls are to die for! Great job!
love the black. nice job!
i love black the way most bloggers love white!!! This looks FABULOUS 🙂
Awe! Very cute! I love Halloween decorations!
Great look for an old wood shelf. Love the owls, so cute and they look great with the fall decorations.
What kind of wax is it that you use?
Nice job! I love how black just pops!
I turned out awesome ~ I have a bookshelf turned buffet from superstore that is similar! I’m going to look for those owls ~ too cute!
That is gorgeous! I love how you have it dressed up for Fall too. Came over from Kristin’s party!
It looks great! I really want to get my hands on some of the Annie Sloan Chalk paint!
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I love it in black and those little owls are just darling too!! Would love for you to come share at Feathered Nest Friday! 🙂
Your shelf turned out great – I really love black furniture. The owls are so cute.
Turned out great! I love the beadboard back!
Your bookcase came out super cute! That you tweeked it to suit YOUR liking. I like it too 🙂
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~Suzanne in NW Illinois
Wow that looks fantastic! I have a soft spot for black furniture! Great job, Jenn!
evie @ brown paper packages
Looks great, Jenn! I just ordered some Graphite and was actually thinking of using it on my tiny little entryway floor. Interesting how the Dark Wax made it look so black from dark gray. Did you coat it pretty well with the dark wax? 🙂
xoxo laurie
Your fall decor looks great, the pumpkins and leaves looks great against the black. The beadboard is great too!
looks great black, and those owls are so darn cute. LOVE it all. winks-jen
oooohhhhh I have been SOOO wanting to paint something black and I think you may have just inspired me! Especially like you said for the fall it is even more tempting! Lets see I am going to have to go look around my house for something to paint! :o) Thanks for sharing! I LOVE your blog!
Jaime from crafty scrappy happy
great shelf! love all the fall decor…especially the owls!
Looks great!
Please feel free to link your newly-painted shelf up to my Make Yourself Monday blog hop! :o)
Jamie
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