Channeling Miss Mustard Seed

While basking in the great ice-in of 2011, I came across a great blog called Miss Mustard Seed. Marion shares fabulous tutorials on refinishing furniture, so I was quickly hooked! Turned out she was just about to have a contest called "Copy Me". I love it! One of her tutorials was a finish for a French chair. I loved the colors and textures and I just "happened" to have a french chair in the back of my car....

So I pulled the boots on and grabbed the chair....

I followed her instructions found HERE

And this is the result! I didn't have fabric to try to brave the slipcover (even if I could have gotten out, remember I live in Gun Barrel City, and the selection is "not that great" at Walmart). It's hard to tell in this photo, but....

There are great layers of color and texture within the finish. The entire chair is a fabulous French Blue-Gray that I have been trying to achieve for years, so Thanks, Marion!

I also tried her "secret recipe" for antiquing. I have my own secret recipe, but I'm always willing to try something new....

But what I really think.....

is that I have been.........

channeling Miss Mustard Seed.......

for a long...

long time.

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