Summer Tag Sale!

Good morning everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend! Here at home, we had a good combination of work and playtime. Ok, there was probably more work than playtime. I think maybe my husband was happy to head back to his real job this morning before I found another project for him. But it was all good and very productive!






And I have all sorts of exciting new to share! First up, the girls at Elizabeth & Co. have been sooo productive, that we've decided that we need to have a summer tag sale. Yes, our little house on Main Street is overflowing with good stuff. Time to hang up our sign and have a sale!

So mark your calendars for Saturday, July 23rd from 9am to 3pm.

Our little house is located at 438 East Main Street, Westminster, MD .

Hope you can join us!

I have personally have been in a painting frenzy trying to clean out my garage for three reasons. First, the pile of furniture in there was driving me crazy! Second, our upcoming summer sale is in just three weeks! And third, because this sweet girl is headed back to Maryland!

Megan and her handsome husband Liam have been living in Kentucky, a nice state, but 9 very long hours away! The plan was to be there for another year. But a wonderful and unexpected job opportunity came along and that means house guests and a U-Haul full of furniture will be arriving on my doorstep in a few days. We are over the moon thrilled! Don't you love it when wonderful and unexpected surprises come your way? Megan has been a long distance partner at Elizabeth & Co. from the very beginning. Her middle name is Elizabeth, part of the reason we are Elizabeth & Co. She's creative and crafty and got me started painting furniture when she was decorating her first post-college home. She created this little blog on a weekend visit last summer. And now she's headed home. I can't wait to see what happens next!

***And if you would like to be on our mailing list for updates on upcoming sales here at Elizabeth & Co., just let me know at sharon.elizabethandco@gmail.com . We send email reminders and post cards. See you on July 23rd! Megan will be there too!

Another Shade of Green

Last time I shared three furniture transformations from Karla in Olive Chalk Paint. Today I have three more projects that I completed in another shade of green. It's called Santuary from Behr and I had it mixed in the Premium Ultra Plus, which is paint and primer in one.

It all started when my neighbor Cindy spotted this handsome chest of drawers in my garage. She asked what I was going to do with it. Of course my response was, "What would you like me to do with it?" Cindy is expecting company in a few weeks and she needed to a piece to complete her guest room. So she used her bedding as the inspiration and chose the color Sanctuary. Sounds perfect for a guest room, don't you think?

And I snapped a few quick pictures before this piece headed off across the lawn. It was getting dark, so the color doesn't show up quite as pretty as it looks in person.

Now I'm finally out of these knobs that were such a great find at Marshall's a few months ago. I've used them on a bunch of projects and they went with everything.

Cindy asked for a light distressing.

And after three coats of paint and a coat of clear wax, this handsome guy was ready for a new home! And with all that storage, Cindy's guests just might stay longer than expected!

This little piece was really in perfect condition and was already green. But it was a dreary green laminate and that's just not pretty.

I think it looks more fresh and modern after a few coats of Sanctuary and some wipe on poly.

I just ever-so-lightly distressed the edges. I wanted to maintain the clean modern lines.

And this little table was a great find. She is rock solid and has nice curvy details. And she was a steal at only $5.00!

I gave the entire piece two coats of Sanctuary.

Then I went over the top with a coat of Old White Chalk Paint.

I love the two colors together!

And the chalk paint was perfect here. It went right over the latex paint and distressed beautifully.

Love all those curves and cut-outs!

I finished up with a coat of wax. I still find the Annie Sloan wax takes longer to dry, but the ultimate finish is nice and the soft wax is so easy to apply.

So there you have it, three more projects in another shade of green!

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