~~ A Wonderful Etsy Shop ~~

I wanted to tell everyone about an etsy shop that I frequent, a matter of fact it is my favorite one.... These beautiful Pediments / Headers are sold in her shop.....I have many of her treasured creations adorning my home...Here are some lovely items she has listed in her shop, and mention my blog Cherub Cottage and she will give buyers a 10 % discount :)  Her name is Trish at shabbyfrenchstyle @ etsy.com
follow this link to view her wonderful shop Shabby French Style

My Great Finds

I am starting out by posting a couple of pictures of the furniture pieces that I have collected in the past couple of weeks. I will start with my most favorite one. 

This lovely ~ Buffet ~

I just purchased it on Craigslist this week at a very good price. It needs some repairs but it doesn't bother me because the more shabbier the better.... Love the shabby... I have an inspiration picture from a magazine which will follow. I don't know if I will sand & paint it or take a crack at using Annie Sloan's Chalk paint. What do you think? Now remember I am a beginner here, lol.. So I may start with a smaller project

Don't you just love the beveled glass mirror! :)

I live in California and seems like we skipped spring and went right into summer, it's 93 degrees today....I guess it's a good week to get cracking on the painting... :)

Now for the inspiration picture :)

Here is a sweet shabby chair that I also found on craigslist, don't you just love craigslist... :) Just look at all the detail on this cutie....I guess I have to get me some small brushes for this challenge!

   

I don't know the age of this chair but it looks kind of Victorian to me. The seat part looks like leather, like maybe a tooled design, but feels like wood...??? What are your thoughts :) I want to paint it a shabby white of course... but do I paint the seat area as well? hummm :)

Thank you for visiting me on my new blog :) I will post more of my finds that I am going to attempt to paint and shabbie up

later this week.... Until then have a happy weekend everyone :)

Luvnhugs, Pauline