Antiques in waiting...

I have a few antique furniture pieces that I purchased off Kijiji. They have been quietly sitting in my gigantically small aka teeny tiny apartment for quite some time now.

1) 1930's (?) Antique Buffet which I began by painting a beautiful turquoise blue. I had planned on using it in my bedroom, possibly as a dresser. I found it too big for the room and so it sits with 2 doors and 3 drawers painted. Now, I must figure out how to paint over the enamel paint, with latex because I can't find a spray paint in the colour that I like *sigh*.

I moved on to wanting to paint it a light pink and move it into the Living Room as a TV/Entertainment Stand after finding these beautiful inspirations:

I found this turquoise beauty over at "A Diamond in the Stuff"

I can't find where this beauty originated, but I promise to provide the correct link once I locate it. 

Find this gorgeous vignette at "Sweet Pickins Furniture" formerly known as show and tell

2) 1930's (?) Antique China Cabinet. You can find it's journey and my war wounds here. These bad boys were my inspiration:

You can find this beauty at "Forever Pink" 

This sweetheart can be found at "Cupids Charm" 

3) Antique round pedestal Table. Ok, so it's not an antique but it sure does look a wee bit dated. Let's call her, vintage. But I knew what I was getting into when I found these pretty little things:

I'm sorry, I have no idea where this originates. Gotta love Pinterest. I promise to post the link if I can locate it. 

I found this lovely on Decorpad.

Newbie alert!!! Testing, testing, 1,2,3

I am a major decor geek and a mom in training. But most of all, I am a wanderer. I love to travel and have weird and strange new experiences in far off places. I have travelled extensively for work and pleasure; mostly pleasure. I am just starting to figure out how to continue to do that, as a single mother of a 5 yr old boy. 

I will try not to bore you all with my wild and crazy ramblings about motherhood and how I am the best mother on earth and how everything I do is sunshine and gold. Truth be told, I often struggle with motherhood and what I think are my failings. But hey, few people like to talk about those things...so instead, we will talk about things that I do well, like: decor8ing, party planning, cooking and travelling. Perhaps with a few funnies about my misadventures in motherhood.

This is my little boy when he was much younger...yet still so darn cute!!! 

Here's one of my newest creations in progress. I am still on the hunt for a beveled mirror for the top, to hide the damage caused by humidity. This girl is old, but she sure is pretty!