A New Color, Booth News, and Future Projects

I love trying new colors of paint.  There really isn't any color that I don't really like either...maybe orange, but  even in the right shade and setting, I can appreciate orange.  When I paint furniture for resale, I almost always use pale blues and greens, whites and creams, colors that I use in my home.  Lately, I've been branching out a bit more and painting with colors I'm not normally drawn to as well as some saturated ones...have to change things up a bit.

I recently bought a can of Aubusson Blue Chalk Paint and I'm really lovin' it. It's a crisp, clean blue and goes well with many colors.  Of course, when I get a new color, I seem to want to paint everything with it for a while.  Anybody else like that or is it just me?  The first time I tried it was on these side tables...

It was such a brighter blue than I was used to and I wasn't ready for it :)  I ended up mixing one-half MMS Milk Paint in Ironstone with one-half Kitchen Scale and got this beautiful blue.  I then sanded down to have some of that Aubusson Blue peeking through.  I got a little braver for the next table...

I just love the shape of this table and wish the wood hadn't been so damaged by an ink spill.  Because the nailheads are brass, I thought the Aubusson Blue would be a perfect complimentary color.  Sorry for the grainy pics - not the best lighting in my booth today.

I kept right on going with my brush and painted and distressed some black picture frames that I framed up some cute bird pictures.  It's a fun color to use!

Speaking of booth...I'm happy to finally share a few pictures with you.  I don't think I've ever posted any pictures of it before?  I'm generally in a rush, have a toddler with me, and/or don't have my camera with me!  I started out at SuzAnna's Antiques in October and the past few months have flown by, but I've really loved being a vendor there so far.

It's just been a modest, little booth which has been nice to have as I've finished projects around the house and to allow for the holiday season around our home, but I'm excited to be doubling my booth size in February!  Yay!  It's going to be a busy next few weeks getting furniture painted and scouting for some new stuff.  I had the chance to go pickin'/junkin' a few weeks ago and brought home a few project pieces...

These were taken on my i-Phone, but I was happy to score some Empire-style dressers.  For some reason, I have a hard time finding those without having to pay a fortune. I'm excited to get started!

Kristen