A few months back we were asked to spray a cool mid-century modern coffee table for the new season of Love it or List it on the W network. The episode had to be kept very hush hush until it aired, but we were bursting with excitement! Monday was the big day, and it’s a good thing because we could barely contain ourselves! Here is the coffee table in the photo shoot of Melissa and Oliver’s basement reno:
So excited to be a part of the show, it’s a proud day here at the shop!
Hello and Happy Spring!
We will be closed Friday, March 29th for Good Friday and reduced hours Saturday, March 30th 9am-1pm.
Monday we will be back to business as usual! 10am-5pm
Happy Easter!
Earlier this year we had Jennifer Flores from Rambling Renovators come into the shop with a vanity she had purchased from a big box store at a great price. It was a brand new piece but didn’t quite fit the overall look they were going for. At Paint it Like New, we’re big believer’s in changing the color and hardware of a piece of furniture to make a piece truly your own.
Before:
After:
Follow Rambling Renovator’s awesome blog here: http://www.ramblingrenovators.ca/2013/02/the-basement-painted-vanity.html
Can you believe we’re half way through February? And can you believe this crazy weather? I can’t! We’ve been keeping warm {read: hibernating} in the office to stay out of the fray of mother nature. While in captivity we noticed that our office could use a little sprucing up.
We’re getting a jump start on spring, and one the new colour trend of the year, to keep our minds off the snow, rain, meteors and whatever else is going on outside our window. Unfortunately I didn’t take a before photo of the office, however we didn’t do a complete over-haul, just a bit of editing.
Here’s the before of our chairs:
The colour they were originally sprayed was Monterey White in a satin finish from Benjamin Moore, it coordinated well with the linen embroidered fabric from European Textiles.
We wanted to lighten them up and match the colour to our Ikea cabinet’s that make our lives oh so organized! Here they are sprayed in Cloud White with this beautiful almost water colour flower fabric from TonicLiving.ca called Landsmeer in Citrine. Just a heads up, you’ll be seeing lots of golden dijon’s and wasabi colour’s this summer, brace yourself for some beautiful things!
Here is the after:
The next order of business was to get the drawers cleaned and organized, and painstakingly put together the Ikea cabinet’s. We purchased two of the “Alex” drawer units and 4 of the “Erik” filing drawers in grey. The Alex chest of drawers were great as they were, but to make life a little easier we purchased some silver labels from Staples in the Martha Stewart collection that were so simple to apply and just make life that much sweeter.
We’re just loving the laughing Buddha from Urban Barn too! We picked up a few other accessories and switched the fabric on our pin boards to Bella Porte in Citrine from Tonic Living and we were content with the outcome. Here is a photo of the office (the labels hadn’t been applied to the drawers yet)
What do you think? Do you like the new colours? Let a comment!
At the shop we rarely get to see a sneak peek into our customer’s homes, so when we do get a full-blown customer before and after photo shoot we’re ecstatic and we just want to share with all of you DIY’er’s just how awesome a reno can be!
Here is the before:
The kitchen was painted in Manchester Tan HC-81, and the counter tops were changed out for a natural stone. They added a new back splash and the hardware and appliances remained the same.
Here is the after:
Here’s what they had to say about this stunning, and not-too-painful kitchen makeover!
“I just wanted to send a note of thanks and some before and after shots of our kitchen so that you could see firsthand how much impact your work has had on our kitchen renovation. We were able to turn our outdated kitchen into a modern space by keeping materials that were functional like the appliances and cabinetry and by simply replacing the counter top and hardware. The cabinets and Paint-it-Like-New were the starting point and inspiration for this transformation.”
Manny & Susan
