Ginger

Ginger

I found this great bed frame, headboard/footboard combo, at a thrift store near "the other side of the tracks." And by "the other side," I mean the side where I could barely afford to even look at a house, let alone live there. The quaint little town "other side," where the likes of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes stayed last year while he was filming a movie shot in Pittsburgh. The "other side" where...Never mind- you get the point. Naturally, I always find fabulous stuff at "the other side" thrift place. My mom and I went thrifting that day to find her a queen size bed that I could paint. Ironically, we found this full size bed that won't work for her, but it works for me to sell! Score! It was stuffed off by the back door, away from all the other furniture. I saw it out of the corner of my eye and nearly knocked my poor mother over to get to it. She'll get over it!  ...Juuuuust kidding - Love ya mom!

Anyhow... This bed is a furniture refinishers dream. Seriously. It's solid wood, in immaculate condition, and all the pieces were with it. It never happens like that. It just doesn't-something's always needing some sort of repair. This one was perfect! I grabbed the tag off this bed so quick you would've thought it was on fire. I had a vision for how it would be finished as soon as I saw it. It was screaming Hollywood Regency. A brushed silver finish and some dark wax for depth. I was totally in the zone on this project and I hadn't even gotten it into the car yet! Visions of 1940s and 1950s black and white Turner Movie Classics were dancing in my head. Glitz and Glamor, plush satin fabrics, large mirrors, tufted furniture, and iconic movie starlets like Ginger Rogers, Rita Hayworth and Grace Kelly. 
---Complete. Hollywood. Glam.--- Check these pics out:

It looked like this when I got it. Like I said, in really good shape.

This beauty got a light sanding and then paint with a custom mixed silver chalk paint. 

Glazed to bring out all those really pretty details, and dark waxed to add depth, durability, and sheen.  I'm in love. 

 

 

 

  

This bed turned out better than I could've even imagined.The pictures just don't do it justice. I really love it. Please visit my Etsy store at www.remaderenegade.etsy.com  and give this glamor gal a new home! She'd be a gorgeous centerpiece for your Glizty Hollywood boudoir.

~Happy Shopping!