Doodling on Furniture

I go next level with my doodling and create the "holy buffet"

  Ok so here's the "before".  Like pretty much everything else in our house, it's a lovingly gouged and scratched hand-me-down.  It's been a super functional yet ho-hum piece of furniture for it's 20 year reign here at the Delightist Headquarters. So I finally got the gumption to do something about it.

Yawn

Yessss!

   So I definitely don't have enough patience to give a detailed tutorial so here's a brief synopsis of what I did:

    1) Cleaned the whole thing with water with a bit of TSP in it.  There was to be no priming.  Ain't nobody got time for that.

    2) I had a smallish amount of Martha Stewart Vintage Decor paint in red, orange, and green that I did the intentionally sloppy underpainting with.  See above.

    3) I bought a pint of a gorgeous royal blue chalk paint (Klein Blue by General Finishes).  I took about half of that and added a bit of turquoise acrylic paint to change and lighten the color a bit and then painted the whole shebang with it.

    4) What was left of this mixture I added some white acrylic to in order to lighten it further and painted on the doodles with this.

    5) After the doodles were really really dry, I used a damp sponge to apply a wash of the original, undoctored royal blue color over the entire piece.

    6) Next:strategic sanding to give that lovely distressed look, then cleaning with tack cloth.

    7) Application of finishing wax. Quick and easy to do, just follow the directions on whatever product you buy.  This makes it really really nice. 

    8) I replaced the 2 old knobs with fabulous new ones from Anthropologie.  My gawd, they have an amazing selection of knobs there.

        Here's a couple more pictures:

details

Much better.

More Sharpie Goodness

Here are a couple of pics of my latest foray into jazzing up boring bags with my good ol' Sharpie 

the meta messenger bag

  So you may remember my first post on jazzing up boring purses http://thedelightist.blogspot.com/2013/07/say-no-to-boring-purses-with-your.html.  This was waaaayyy back a year ago when i was a blogging newbie.  And a year later here I am, I can't stop blogging or doodling on stuff for reasons I can't decipher.

yawn

Anyhow, this started out as a fairly cool but still lacking pizzazz purple messenger bag that I bought with a gift certificate I received for REI for my birthday.  Which is to say it cost EIGHTY NINE DOLLARS. Totally reasonable for a very well made bag but somewhat intimidating as far as randomly taking a marker to it.  But "no guts, no glory" so I "zenned" it out and I'm super pleased with the results.  I am really loving the silver Sharpie.  It works fantastically on dark backgrounds.  I also added a bit of detail over the silver with a black Sharpie in case you were wondering.

                     Dance Ready
  Awhile back I was in need of a hip pack. But I could only find ugly,boring and/or expensive ones.  Fortunately I was able to find this awesome hot pink purse at Target. Most importantly, it has an adjustable strap so you can wear it as a purse or hip pack. 

 Hip packs are fantastic for impromptu dance

Before

situations i.e. street fairs, or when a great song comes on at the grocery store. Basically anytime that your purse swinging hither and yon could really cramp your style.  

After!

  

Say "no" to boring purses with your sharpie and mad doodling skills

  So my beloved old canvas purse was dying and I needed a replacement and I was lucky enough to find this fab red bag.  A fine enough bag, but ultimately lacking in pizzaz. Something had to be done.
  Not to brag but I'm somewhat of a master doodler.  When I was still in school and almost everyone else was dutifully taking notes, I was busy honing my craft.  Maybe you were a diligent doodler as well?  Well here's a chance to show off.
  If you're feeling a little rusty or in need of inspiration, do check out my doodle board on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/zendances/doodle/.