a facebook page

Just a quickie to let you know that Sweet Tree Furniture now has a facebook page!  That's right - gettin' with the times!  Visit my page and 'like' it HERE or click on the Facebook Badge on the right hand side.  Thanks for your support!

xo Tanya

french provincial side table

Good afternoon!  I have a sturdy little side table to share with you today.  It's vintage French Provincial and very shabby-chic!  I found this pretty thing on craigslist about two years ago (I went through a 'stocking up' phase with furniture and had many pieces that sat for a long time!).  I finally painted her up last week, added pretty glass knobs and paper lining in the drawer.  Here she is (before pictures at the bottom):

Before:

*SOLD*

xo Tanya

damask side cabinet

This piece is something a bit different for me.  I tried my hand at wallpapering a little vintage side cabinet.  I used some pretty black and white damask patterned wallpaper on the top and the door.  I also added some 'bun' style feet to update it a little more.  It was a bit tricky but I think it worked out pretty well for a first try :)

Check it out:

*SOLD*

xo Tanya

a new desk

I found this little desk several months back for the bargain price of $12.99.  Thank you Value Village - sometimes you still know how to price like a thrift store!  At first I planned on refinishing this one for sale...and painting it black.  But after starting my move-biz-from-dining-room-down-to-suite shuffle I realized that it would be a great piece to replace the beast of a desk (5 feet by almost 3 feet!) we've been using in our family room.

I still think the desk would look fantastic black, but white was more of the look I was going for in the front room/study I am decorating.  I am still having second thoughts though! 

All these furniture moves have freed up a lot of space in our family room, which will allow me to move a cabinet and make room for book shelves in the study, etc!  There will be pictures eventually once the room is finished.

Here she is:

Stay tuned for some more 'show and tell' soon!

xo Tanya

art deco highboy with nightstand

Happy Halloween everybody!  I hope you had a fun night with the kiddies either trick-or-treating or handing out candy.  As per our tradition, we sat on our rocking chairs on the porch (with our drinky drinks!) handing out candy.  We got a lot of kids this year and it was fun seeing all the adorable wee ones dressed up ;)

So this set was a fun set to paint!  I tried out my newest ASCP colour 'Napoleonic Blue' and love it!  It's such a rich masculine colour.  The dresser was previously painted brown and I thought it would be the perfect colour to show through the distressing.  I picked up some fairly hefty knobs (hefty in price too!) for these two pieces.  I think they were worth the money as the colour of the pieces required some strong looking knobs. 

Here they are ('before' pictures are at the end of each):

Before:

Before:

*SOLD*

Cheers,

xo Tanya

cottage dresser

This cottagy dresser was one of the pieces I reclaimed from our furnished suite once our tenant moved out.  It was hard to put it into the suite when we first purchased it but alas, I have it now!  I've painted it in one of my favorite colours Duck Egg Blue ASCP over Pure White.  I painted a beautiful wardrobe that Matt and I purchased for our entry way (100 year old house = no closets!) exactly the same and I LOVE it.  I'll show you pictures one day.

Here she is:

Before:

*SOLD*

xo Tanya