Wine Rack Makeover

In my quest to renovate my home, I decided I would paint our wine rack cabinet that we have had for over 12 years.  It is currently sitting in our hallway and is a lovely macrocarpa piece.  Unfortunately it didn't fit with my vision for the hallway.

Colour of choice - Annie Sloan Old Ochre with clear wax.   

Before - side view

Before - Other side

Finished product

After

The before photo's aren't very good, and neither are the after ones to be honest.  As you can see I painted the piece directly in my hallway using pieces of 4x2 and an old sheet.  Fortunately my hallway spans nearly 2 metres, so there's plenty of space to get past.  

The reason for painting the piece directly in my hallway is so that the temperature is high enough for the paint to dry quickly meaning I can finish the piece quicker in this weather.  I'm impatient like that.

This is a new colour I'm trying which is a creamy colour.  It goes so well in the hallway because where the piece is sitting needed some "light".  The new wine rack has provided that light now.

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More & More Cakes

It's been awhile since I posted some photo's of cakes I've made so I thought I would share a few more photo's

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Vintage Scales

I picked these beautiful scales up on trademe for $10 and thought they were awesome.  It sat on my wine cabinet for a few weeks until I decided to give them a brighter lease of life.

Colour of choice - ASCP florence and graphite with clear and dark wax.

Before

First coat without any wax

Finished product

I love the ornateness and uniqueness of this piece.  Instead of painting the whole piece, I kept the face of the scales as a symbol of age of the scales.  I've fallen in love this these scales, so much so that I am holding back from collecting more pieces like this.

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