What Color is that?! Vol. 1

Greek Blue! 

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint "Greek Blue" is a very specific color, in my opinion. It is absolutely gorgeous, but it is just as the name describes; truly reminiscent of those gorgeous blue Greek rooftops:

You can read the official description of the color here on the Annie Sloan website

  

I've used it only on a few pieces; sparingly in the first piece, layered under "Louis Blue" on the top of this little end table, with the bottom in French Linen

Then, I used it not so sparingly on a custom ordered china cabinet in Greek Blue with the inside in Country Grey:

I love those two pieces, I mean, look at that china cabinet! But I really wanted to do a piece that felt true to the color.  I recently found this little piece in a thrift store that I frequent:

 And at that same thrift store, I saw a large collection of those gorgeous vintage blue and white ceramic vases, kind of like these:

Photo Credit: http://www.amandacarolathome.com/2012/01/dining-room-for-spring.html

So I used those vases for a little inspiration, and once I painted the top of it in the Greek blue, I knew how I wanted it to look. I used "Old White" on the base of the piece, some light distressing, and did a scroll pattern and damask stenciling pattern on the cabinet panels and drawers. Here's how it turned out:

So...with all of that being said, I'm in love with Greek Blue!

What color would you like to see featured in the next blog post?

Only 2 more weeks...

...until I have to go back to the real world of teaching middle school! ahhh! Summer has literally flown by, being so busy doing custom orders, I feel like I haven't even stopped to enjoy the fact that I've been able to do furniture full time all summer. Until I start to see those "back to school" commercials on tv and it brings me back to reality; soon I'll be back to the old routine of teaching 7th and 8th grade and running Furniture Alchemy. sigh.

This little piece caught a lot of attention this week, and rightfully so(in my humble opinion), it's super cute! It was featured on "Furniture Flippin'" and "Cutting Edge Stencils"

Thanks to all of that, I'm nearing 300 "likes" on my facebook page!  Make sure to stop by and say hi!
http://www.facebook.com/FurnitureAlchemy

 In order to keep it short and sweet, here are a few highlights from the past week:

1. One of my military trunks was purchased by a tv/film producer for FX and Comedy Central so that was super exciting!
2. I'm waging war against my shipping provider. I will win all battles, and the war.
3. I arrived home yesterday to find two strangers in my apartment.  Property manager neglected to mention to me that they would be coming by for air conditioner maintenance; and I nearly shanked the poor fellows. Then called and yelled at the property manager. I don't think it will happen again.
4. I'm trying really hard to come up with a #4....only having 3 items on my list makes it seem pretty dull; but i'm at a loss, so I guess we'll just stick with 3 highlights.

 Back to painting! Happy Tuesday everyone!