Eclectic Design Inc....Scott's Antique Show

I am still super busy getting ready for the Scott's Show this weekend!  I am putting finishing touches on painted pieces, making fabulous chalkboards, pricing decor items for your house that I have been collecting for months and so much more!

Booth 2247 and 2248 in the Main Building under the sky lights in the center.

 

I am too busy to post any before and after posts this week but will get back to that soon!

 

I am going to share some photos of some items I am working on.  Some may be Before Photos, some may be After Photos and some may be In the Works Photos!

 

If you see any items in this post or my last that you are interested in they are available at my house in Bexley today and tomorrow.  Friday they will be heading to Scott's Antique Show!  If you have any questions about certain pieces please look up my Facebook page and contact me via email there.  My Facebook Page

 

It seems as though there is a techincal problem with downloading photos.  Unfortunately I do not have time to figure this out. 

Please see my Facebook page to see the latest pieces I am working on for the Scott's Show.
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My three Booths are also Fully Stocked
G021, C096 and J08

Heritage Square Antique Mall
1865 Brice Red
Columbus, Ohio
614-864-8722

Just off of I70 at the Brice Rd North Reynoldsburg Exit

They will be closed Thanksgiving Day

Thanks!

 

 

 

Eclectic Design Inc...Some of My Favorite Things...

Scott's Antique Show is fast approaching and I have been working and working to get everything ready as planned.  The Scott's Show is this weekend and is held at The Ohio State Fairgrounds.  Show hours are Saturday and Sunday and set up is Friday.  Most dealers will sell to the public on Friday if you would like to beat the crowds.  Although most booths will not be completely set up.

 

I will be in spaces 2247 and 2248 in the main building.  This is in the center under the sky lights.

 

 

I have been working very hard getting many new pieces ready for the show.  Below is a sneak peak of the some of the pieces that will be available.  I will be posting Before and After Blogs on most of these items in the coming week or so.

 

Antique Vanity

 

I do have a mirror that looks great with this...not original.  Could be used as a desk too.

 

 

 

Some of the photos of these pieces were taken before they were completely finished so please use your imagination.

 

Fabulous Vintage Lane Shelf

 

 

Antique Empire Chest that is awaiting it's turn to be restyled!

 

 

I LOVE this piece! 

Antique Gateleg Table with Drop Leaves.  Fabulous Turned Legs. 

 

 

Bad Lighting on Photo below...but it shows it is versatile!

 

 

Antique Industrial Factory Cart in Original Red Paint.  On Original Casters.  Definitely a Favorite!  I wish I had room to keep this one!!

 

 

 

 

 

Vintage Lane Side Table with Fabulous Designs on the Pedestal Base

 

 

 

Set of Six Vintage Thomasville Chairs.  Freshly Painted and Newly Upholstered

 

 

Vintage Desk Chair with Great Turned Legs made by Murphy Company

 

 

Antique Drop Leaf Table.  This is such a fantastic piece!  You could move this around your house.  Use it behind a sofa, use it as a serving piece in the dining room, use it at the foot of your bed.  And the best part...when you have a dinner party and you need extra seating - pull this table out and open it up and you have another full size dinign table! 

Wow!

 

 

Drexel Heritage Vintage Chinese Chipendale Table.  Great size on this piece!

 

 

Which is your Favorite?

 

 

Please stop by my two booths at Scott's Antique Show and say Hello!  I would love to meet you!

 

Also stop by Heritage Square Antique Mall - all three of my booths are fully stocked -

G021, C096 and J08

 

Heritage Square Antique Mall

1865 Brice Rd

Columbus, Ohio

614-864-8722

 

Just off of I 70 at the Brice Rd North Reynoldsburg Exit

 

Thank you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eclectic Chic...Tiger Oak...Wow!

 

 

 

This is yet another piece that I love!!  I purchased this piece and several others from a man who loves to restore furniture.  With a large family he no longer had the time for restoration and decided to part with some of his treasures. 

 

 

This originally was a vanity and the Vantity Mirror came to me in many parts.  I planned on having my husband rebuild it but unfortunately the largest of the three mirrors was broken. 

 

So a desk it is!  And a lovely desk at that!

 

 

This Vintage piece is fabulous!  Solid Wood, Dovetailed Drawers, petite legs and Queen Anne feet.  And the best part....the Tiger Oak wood!  The wood grain on the top was just gorgeous!  I have never sanded and refinished a wood piece before - I have always painted them.  I could not bring myself to touch the top with a paint brush!

 

 

Out came my new DeWalt Orbital Variable Speed Sander that I love (a gift from my husband).  I sanded the top to the bare wood grain and it was gorgeous!  I then applied a few coats of stain that brought the beauty out even more!

 

 

I painted the sides and legs and lightly distressed them.  I did change the drawer pulls as I misplaced one of the original pulls during the restyling of this piece!  I later found it but I liked the look of the replaced hardware and opted to leave them.

 

 

The painted area then received a coat of clear wax.

 

 

 

The Chair is one I had for months sitting in my garage waiting it's turn to be transformed.  I am glad it waited and waited and was not painted and reupholstered as it looks fabulous with the desk!  The original upholstery on the chair looks like it is custom to go with the desk. 

 

 

Isn't she much prettier than your plain old computer desk?  Or use her as a vanity or Bedside Table.  Behind a sofa or Entryway Table.  I love when a piece is so versatile and you can move it to various rooms when you are redecorating!

 

 

 

Both pieces are available for purchase in booth G021 at Heritage Square Antique Mall.  I do have them priced separately in case you already have an existing desk chair.

 

 

Heritage Square Antique Mall

1865 Brice Rd

Columbus, Ohio

614-864-8722

 

A couple blocks off of I 70 at the Brice Rd North Reynoldsburg Exit

 

Please stop by my other two booths - C096 and J08 for more fabulous finds.

 

I will also be at the Scott's Antique Mall the weekend after Thanksgiving at The Ohio State Fairgrounds.  There will be TWO buildings full of vendors and treasures galore!  Stop by and say hi!  I will be in booths 2247 and 2248 in the Main Building.

 

Thank you!

Eclectic Chic...Manly Cedar Chest...

Before I start I must apologize as I have no Before or During Photos of this piece.  I keep promising to take them and I thought I was getting better but I guess not. 

 

This weekend the weather was beautiful in Ohio!  Between the fabulous weather and trying to get all ready for the Scott's Antique Show I was in a paint, paint, paint mode.  Cameras and Photos were the last thing I was thinking of until it was too late!  I do have a fabulous table with Before and After photos to share on Wednesday though. 

 

 

I purchased this Cedar Chest months and months ago.  I ran into a dealer friend of mine when I was purchasing this and we both agreed it would look fabulous painted.  I bought this piece and she bought a fabulous table.  She painted the table many months ago and I am finally getting to this piece.  Both the table and the chest turned out fantastic!

 

 

So this piece was a bit rough and had two small pieces of veneer missing.  But the carved ship on the front and the faux lock was just too fabulous to pass up!  It is a Vintage piece made by the Cavalier Company.

 

 

I started with Wood Filler and filled in the two missing pieces.  After they dried I sanded them smooth to match the rest of the top. 

 

 

I mixed some paint from Lowes in various shades to come up with the color.  I used an off white and a very, very pale green.  I did not want it to be just an off white in case someone would want to use it in a boy's room!  What a great piece for a Pirate themed room!  I then mixed some Plaster of Paris in with the paint to make Chalk Paint.

 

 

I painted the sides with the custom mixed paint and then I mixed some various shades of blue for the skirt and the ship accent piece.  The first blue I tried looked too  much like baby blue and I saw this for an older boy not a nursery.  So I went for a darker blue with a hint of turquoise.  I mixed the Plaster of Paris again for the Chalk Paint effect.

 

 

After it dried I used a hand sander with fine grit sand paper and distressed it.  I then used a clear Wax Paste on the surfaces. 

 

 

It is a gorgeous piece and yet another piece I would keep for myself if only I had room for it!

 

 

Please stop by Heritage Square Antique Mall to see other items available for sale.  I have three booths - G021, C096 and J08.  They are full of fabulous finds in styles to suit everyone's tastes!

 

Heritage Square Antique Mall

1865 Brice Rd

Columbus, Ohio

614-864-8722

 

Just off of I 70 at the Brice Rd North Reynoldsburg Exit

 

Thank you!

Eclectic Chic....Saving an Empire (Chest)

I attended a moving sale here in Bexley, Ohio in a previous Decorator's Show House.  Upstairs in the child's room I found a lovely Antique Empire  Chest.  I was torn as to whether I should buy it or not.  It had great bones, dovetailed drawers and solid wood.  But it also had been hand painted in a brick and floral motif.  Now other ladies were swooning over the paint job which was signed by the artist - I was not.  To me the paint job was a deterrent to me buying the piece.  However my love of furniture won me over and I bought the Chest reluctantly.

 

 

As I started my attempts of restyling this piece I thought back and wish I had gone with my gut instincts.  I started by trying to paint the piece a fun shade of blue.  After painting the drawers I realized this was not going to be an easy transformation and it would take some time!

 

 

 

 The artist painted bricks over the entire piece and used a lot of thick paint for the "mortar" of the bricks.  Perhaps in an attempt to be realistic?  Or perhaps to be a pain in the rear end for whoever would attempt to remove her artwork!

 

 

I then decided to really distress the piece to try and disguise the mortar paint.  It just did not look good at all plus I had not touched the cabinet with a drop of paint yet and to try and hide all the mortar on the sides!  I would have to distress the entire piece.  Which is what I ended up doing.  I sanded the drawers down to the bare wood and boy was the wood grain so pretty!  I was tempted to sand down the entire piece and stain it but I knew the sides where the wood is typically not as thick would prove to be too difficult.  Plus with the time already invested plus the initial investment which was more than I probably should have paid I did not want to put a lot more time into this chest.  I had so many more items waiting their turn!

 

 

 

So I sanded the top and the sides a lot but not to the bare wood.  She looked better already stripped of all those bricks!

I then used chalk paint which covered the artwork nicely.  I decided against the fun blue shade at this point and went with a pale blue with a hint of grey.  I lightly distressed the chest and used some chocolate glaze to give it an authentic aged look.

 

(Sorry - the photos are not great - I took them under a tent when it was already getting dark outside - not a good time or place to take photos!)

 

 

I replaced the wood drawer pulls with Glass Pulls and it really did a lot to spruce this gal up!

 

After all was done I was glad I saved this Empire Chest from being a pile of bricks.  She looks much better!  The chest is a well built piece and will last for generations. 

 

 This piece sold within days of her makeover.  However I have many pieces available in my three booths G021, C096 and J08

 

Heritage Square Antique Mall

1865 Brice Rd

Columbus, Ohio

614-864-8722

Just off of I 70 at the Brice Rd North Reynoldsburg exit.

 

You may also view my items on Facebook under Eclectic Chic

 

I am currently busy preparing for the Scott's Antique Show the weekend after Thanksgiving.  I will post more about that later and share some of the pieces I will be offering there.

 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

 

Thanks!

Eclectic Chic...An Heirloom Restyled...

I purchased a fabulous Vintage Breakfront or China Cabinet from an estate sale a friend and fellow dealer was having at her in laws house.  This piece was a prized possession of the family.  The Grandmother had originally purchased this piece in New Hampshire and then the daughter had inherited it.  The family was thrilled that I purchased it as they had faith I would breathe new life back into this piece that meant so much to their Mother and Grandmother.

 

The Breakfront is stunning with Convex Glass on the doors, a Secretary hidden in the top drawer, lots of display space and ample hidden storage.  And the Original Hardware!  Wow - it is super pretty and all intact.

 

 

I considered leaving it as is but after my last China Cabinet restyle (that I loved) I wanted to do another one!

 

 

I started by painting the interior of the top a shade of blue that I mixed myself.  I used chalk paint on the entire piece.  I then followed by painting the exterior of the top and the base in an off white chalk paint. 

 

 

 

Next I painted the doors.  To do this I used wax paper that I slid between the wood design and the glass.  The little bit of paint I did get on the glass I wiped off when wet or I scraped off later with my fingernail.  I did not trust to use a putty knife on this convex glass! 

 

 

 

 

I distressed all the pieces, loaded it on the truck and took it to Booth G021 at Heritage Square Antique Mall.  There we put her all back together and wow - she was stunning!  The dealer friend of mine that I bought the piece from was there and she was so pleased at the outcome!  She was glad that I purchased it and that it will be finding a new home that will treasure it as much as her family had.

 

 

 

 

 

And the Secretary in the Top Drawer:

 

 

Close Up Photos:

 

 

 

The Breakfront can be seen in booth G021.  I have two other booths as well - C096 and J08.  I have an Eclectic Mix of Shabby Chic, Vintage, Original Antique Pieces and Industrial Chic.

 

Heritage Square Antique Mall

1865 Brice Rd

Columbus, Ohio

 

Just off of  I70 at the Brice Rd North Reynoldsburg Exit

 

614-864-8722

 

Thank you!