From Black to Old White

Sometimes I get an idea in my head.

Sometimes that idea scares me.

I just know you can relate to this.

I decided that I hated  strongly disliked the black hutch and chairs

in my dining room.

Somehow, and I'm not really sure how,

I managed to convince my husband that I needed

 all that black to just go away.   

Enter my new chairs.

Now the crazy part. 

I refused to get rid of the black chairs because

suppose, just suppose, I wanted them back?

Yeah, my poor husband,

I don't know how he tolerates me sometimes.

I now have 6 black chairs, just sitting in the basement

for the day that my fickleness decides

it wants the black again.

Anyhoo, geez this is getting long,

I was also going to buy a new hutch and store

the old black one in the basement.

However,  I knew all these extra pieces

in the basement would surely send my husband over the edge.

Six chairs are bad enough. 

Not to mention all the other crap I have down there.

So, I painted it.

I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in

Old White.

Surprising I know, because I have a love/hate

relationship with chalk paint.

Once she was all painted and it was time for sanding/distressing, I started

to panic.  How I wished I could snap my fingers and make a few of you

furniture painting divas appear to lend me a hand!

The piece had the worn & distressed look to begin with,

so I just followed what was already there.

 I suffered through and now I have to say,

I'm thrilled with the result.  I love seeing this hutch in white.

The black was just not my thing.  

Time to cue Martha Stewart now:

Paint.

It's a good thing.

Wishing you a wonderful, sun-shined filled weekend!

Linking to:

Swing into Spring at DIY by Design
Make It Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House
Met Monday at Between Naps on the Porch