Going Mad for Gilt


Now, I loved gilt before.  But after my recent trip to London and lots of amazing castle and royalty home tours, I am going mad for gilt!  Gilt is simply a gold or golden color applied over a surface.  Books on Chair Going Mad for Gilt


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A Dresser Make-Over and What It Led To . . .

 

I have an old French Provincial dresser in my younger daughter’s room.  The walls in her room are yellow and the dresser was a slightly lighter shade of yellow with gold accents.  It’s been in there for several years, and it’s been ok.  But not fabulous.  Awhile back,  I picked out a vivid shade  of green for it - Benjamin Moore’s Waterbury Green HC-136.  I wanted it to pop out against the walls, kinda be a statement piece for her room.  Here’s a picture of it in the background of my daughter’s tea party.  I don’t have a true “before” picture of the room, because I didn’t know what the painting of the dresser was going to lead to . . . DSC 1211 A Dresser Make Over and What It Led To . . .

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