Wednesday, September 10, 2008

A furniture make over,An award, and the drawing winner!



I was given a great award  by Vintage girl at Heart. If you get  a chance, stop over an say hi. I am honored to receive this award! I am supposed to pass it on to 7 people who's blog's I love to visit every day. This is a tough decision...but I picked....
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Congrats ladies, please pass it on to seven more!

I recently rehabbed this side table. It was  a yard sale find for $13. It originally had  a glass top that had long since been broken. There was a hole on top in the front  where you could push the glass to up from underneath originally so it had to be patched. The trick to that is to put painter's tape tightly underneath the hole and fill in on top,layering as each layer dries. That technique works  for filling in those old knob holes too so it doesn't squish out  the back... 
Since the top was damaged and the repair would possibly show even if it was painted, I used a fabric  decoupaging method.
 This piece was the complement to the other piece in the tutorial (which I finished very differently.).
 After moving the knobs,  drilling a new hole, and some Rustoleum Universal Spray (awesome stuff) an it had a whole new personality.
 I liked the idea of the butterfly knob instead of something plain.

I even was inspired to finish out the inside.

Oh and for the winner of my drawing! It was number 45! Donna! 
Donna, please send me an e-mail; I couldn't access your profile! This is the comment you left..  

Aren't sunflower's lovely? I am a magazine addict - especially decorating so count me in!

September 3, 2008 11:12 AM

Please please please contact me so you can pick you magazine; If I don't hear from you by next Wednesday, I'll have to pick some one else!

Thank you to every one who entered! I am going to be doing another drawing in a few weeks. I love giving stuff away and reading new blogs!

~Jen


written by Jennifer Rizzo at 10:29 PM
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34 Creative people said:

  1. Ooh, I love it in black. I've never seen a butterfly knob like that before. Pretty!

    Aren't you nice to pass this award along to me? Thanks, Jen! What a nice surprise to wake up to in the morning. -Julia :-)

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  2. OMG!!!!! I love it in black. MAN OH MAN!

    You are awesome. nuff said.

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  3. How do you come up with this? It looks amazing. Thanks for the award... now who do I pass it along to?

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  4. First Congrats on the award and thanks so much for passing it on to me!!

    Wow that's some awesome transformation! It looks so different in black and you can really see all that detail. The butterfly knob is such a cool touch. Great job (as always)!

    Manuela

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  5. It looks wonderful! I love the fabric decoupage! Love the new look of the blog also! Hugs, Vanessa

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  6. Wow, that looks great! I love the fabric you chose for the top.

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  7. Wow! That's beyond amazing. You do beautiful work.

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  8. OMG...that is STUNNING!! What a fabulous piece of furniture now!! GREAT job!!

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  9. What a beautiful piece. You really did it justice. I LOVE it.

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  10. Congratulations to you on your award, and to the contest winners!

    That table is gorgeous! Your ability to transform ugly ducklings into elegant swans is nothing short of amazing.

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  11. *oh!* you're right, this award DOES make me feel better! (sniffle) THANK YOU Jen! You are so sweet! Thanks for sticking with me (sneeze) and reading along. this table is beautiful, too, by the way. I love that you did the inside as well! so classy.

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  12. Congratulations on your award Jen! Love that table! A lot. I can't believe it was only $13! It's absolutely gorgeous now!

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  13. It's gorgeous!

    Hey, YOU won my Amazon.com gc! I blogged about it yesterday and I privately emailed you and I twittered it! :)

    Check your email!

    Congratulations!

    Bella

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  14. PS: Hey that table would look great in my bedroom with that Damask! :)

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  15. LOVE it!! You should totally send to Designspongeonline.com for their "Before & After" feature!!

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  16. Hi Jen,

    Congratulations to you and MERCI for including my blog!!!
    You've made my day!
    Your table looks fantastic!!
    I really like what you did with the top :)
    Have a beautiful day!

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  17. What a great rehab~ I love the damask...I have that same fabric used for a mistreatment! Very nice!

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  18. Oh, Jen, that is beautiful! I am loving damask now since I've got some to play with in my guestroom.

    Love what you did with this piece!

    Rhoda

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  19. This looks fabulous!! ALways love a good black and white!! We are celebrating our one year anniversary, having a great giveaway
    and wanted to thank you for being a special part of the past year!

    blessings,
    kari & kijsa

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  20. The black looks fabulous! I just love the butterfly knob! Some rub-n-buff would really make it "pop"!

    I am so jealous, I never find such great treasures at garage sales.

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  21. Hi Jen, beautiful work and wonderful tutorial!

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  22. Congrats on the award!

    I *LOVE* what you did with that table! Fabulous job!

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  23. i love this redo--your decoupaging of the fabric looks so perfect and smooth!

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  24. Congrats on the award, you put so much into your blog posts, well deserved.

    The black paint sure did make a differnce, very classy in deed.

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  25. Thank you for checking in on my (new)updates about Don's recovery...I think he looks so handsome and healthy
    xoxoxo

    Enjoy the change of seasons dear friend!

    Love your man!!!

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  26. I'm finally catching up on my blog reading.
    I love that makeover! It reminds me a little bit of my small table that I painted black and mod podged fabric on. They could be furniture cousins!

    Thank you so very much for the award! You are so very sweet to think of me. Of course, you know I'm a bit of a rule breaker at passing these on. I find it so hard to pick just a few people for these.
    I want you to know that I really do appreciate the award.

    Have a wonderful weekend!

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  27. Wow! What a transformation. You know what? It reminds me of an old fashioned parlor stove. That's not an insult. It just does! That butterfly is gonna get burned!

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  28. This is a great Rehab! Love it.

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  29. I just adore that table. I swear, you find the most amazing things. ANd you of course do even more amazing things with them! Way to go.

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  30. thanks for stopping by my blog! and wow amazing job on the table! i absolutely love it! (i'm such a sucker for brocade patterns)

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  31. Oh, this is a great makeover. I love it!!!! :)

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  32. Great job! that is a great makeover. Brilliant!

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  33. Hi Jen! I am trying desperately to catch up! I just had to stop and comment on this furniture redo!

    OMGOSH! Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous!

    ((hugs)) Rosie

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  34. Oh my! I love it! It really is stunning with the black and that pattern!

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