Gorgeous Grace…

Meet Grace. A beautiful buffet we picked up this week.  She was in mint condition, and had such beautiful lines.  I love her fluting and door moldings.

After a little poll on our Facebook page, we went with Paris Gray paint.  I used dark wax and distressed her a fair amount.  Love her makeover!

Love the pretty drop handles on the doors.

This fluting was to die for!

I liked her hardware, so I dry brushed on the gray paint.

 I'm really pleased with how she came out!  She would make a great media stand or buffet.  She's all set  for a new home.  You can purchase Grace at Southern Marketplace in Indian Trail.

Pretty Ethel…

About a week ago, we found this beautiful antique china cabinet that we named Ethel.  She needed a little TLC as you can see, but was in great overall condition.  She told a story of her past.  On the backside, the original owner had carved their name into the wood backing.  I think one of my favorite things about antiques is their history.

A friend and neighbor of ours saw her picture, and immediately decided she had to have Ethel!  We pictured her painted in antique white with duck egg blue interior.  Our friend agreed, and here she is all gussied up.

Her hardware was so beautiful, we decided to leave it as is.  Her mom says her drawer pulls look like drop earrings.

When we painted her, her details really came out.  We hadn't even noticed the beautiful carving above the molding.

Yes that is me in the reflection ;)

Ethel is truly a work of art and craftsmanship.  Dove tailed drawer, intricate carvings, wood overlay on the glass door, I could go on and on!  She was hard to give up!  She's all settled in her new home and her mom is thoroughly enjoying her.  Hopefully I'll find another just like her.

Welcome to Salvage!

Since this is our first blog post, I thought I'd tell you what inspired us, my husband and I, to create Salvage.  Some background on us, my husband has done construction on the side for 20 years, and loves to fix things. I have designed clothing and am currently a photographer.  We've always had a love of architecture and enjoy diy projects.  We purchased our home here in North Carolina seven months ago, after moving here from New York last April.  We packed up as much as we could, rented a few months until we found our home, that needed quite a bit of work, and got settled.  Which brings me to the inspiration of Salvage…

In our move, we decided to toss our old tv cabinet.  It had seen much better days.  So my tv sat on a small purple rubbermaid bin for over a year.  All the pieces I wanted were just so expensive and we had other projects that had to be done first.  It become a joke, "Don't you love my tv stand lol."

A few weekends ago, I was surfing Facebook early in the morning and came across a dresser for sale.  It was the perfect size, and we knew we could paint it to make it look how we wanted.  It was in great condition, and quite a steal!

Here she is when we brought her home.  Pretty, but not quite what we were looking for color wise.

I ran down to a local shop that carries chalk paint.  We decided to paint her antique white and do a lot of distressing to bring out the details.  All of us, and by that I mean, my husband, myself and my two girls painted her that evening.  It was a fun family project. And here is the result.

Didn't she come out pretty?! We used Amy Howard Bahaus Buff Chalk paint and light and dark wax.  Once we saw what we did, and realized how much fun we had doing it, we decided, sure, yea, we could do this for other people.  And there was the birth of Salvage.

We currently have a booth at Southern Marketplace in Indian Trail and are taking custom orders.  Take a minute to like us on Facebook to keep up with what we are doing.