by Erin Quast | Jan 9, 2015 | Distressed, Vintage Rustic Chic
This past summer I took on updating the stock cabinets the Ratical BF has in the kitchen. He absolutely hated them because they are white, cheap, and well — White! The white consisted of mostly a plastic coating that was easily peeled off with the remainder a...
by Erin Quast | Jan 7, 2015 | Rust, Vintage Rustic Chic
Columns in place. Stools for sitting. Amazing what knocking a hole in a wall can do! The additional seating is so very welcome in our tiny old house. The bar stools are re-purposed from our other house. Their wood finish goes perfectly with the original trim in the...
by Erin Quast | Jan 7, 2015 | Distressed, Vintage Rustic Chic
I got a really cool old telephone desk at my friend ‘Barbie’s’ garage sale. It was her grandmother’s. I sanded the old worn finish off and re-stained with a mahogany like poly-shade. At first I was only going to stain the top and them just...
by Erin Quast | Jan 6, 2015 | Distressed, Vintage Rustic Chic
I usually do something crafty for Christmas gifts. I’m an avid ‘pinterest-er’ so the crafty side of me and the pinteresty (along with the archaic side of me) are a match made in heaven! I found this idea on Pinterest (obviously) and put my own spin...
by Erin Quast | Jan 5, 2015 | Rust
This past summer the Ratical BF started building trophies for car shows. I’ve shown one example in an earlier post and in going through my SD card looking for photos of stuff I can write posts about, I stumbled upon his first few creations. Enjoy and remember to...
