Pine Tallboy

We have another transformation for you guys!

This is another classic: gorgeous stained, accentuated wood paired with a sleekly painted "shell".

This tallboy is solid pine and a truly well-crafted piece of furniture. 

It was beautiful to start with.

Now it's stunning.

Sooo, we may have forgotten to get a "before" again..

We get so gung ho to get started on a fresh piece, sometimes we forget to get the camera out!

So it started out like this:

(this is the closest pine tallboy cabinet we could find, but you get the jist!)

Pretty close.

Anywho, we turned it into this:

The stained pine and paint combo is fantastic,

Looks great everytime.

We can preserve the gorgeous wood and accentuate it while adding a bit of modern sleekness by painting it's borders.

The drawers are lined in a pretty white paper in true "Sparrow Style".

We used these fantastic glass flower knobs!

They are so pretty against that Dark Walnut stain!

The textured white wallpaper that cover the face of the doors adds something really special!


So that does it for another transformation!

Week is almost over, Folks!

Have a happy Friday!

Navy Tallboy

It's Hump Day!

Guess what? We have a transformation for you guys!

Remember this guy?

A gorgeous, solid Vilas Maple Tallboy in perfect condition.

This one was nice as it was but needed to be updated.

Navy is soooo in right now (actually it always has been but people have just seemed to realize how awesome it is and that it's actually a very easy colour to incorporate into their decor). Navy is a neutral and a very stylish one at that!

The  freshly painted gold handles add such a classy pop.

This guy is absolutely stunning.

Another piece we wish we could keep.

It is so well made and it shows in all it's detaills.

It even has divided drawers.

For someone like me, who needs all the orgaizational help I can get, this is a very awesome feature!

Ahhh, the stamp of fine quality and craftmanship.

So! There yah have it! Another tranformation!!

One more picture for the ole memory bank..

To purchase this piece, you can contact us by e-mail:
sparrowlaynefurniture@hotmail.com!

Baby Blue

Today is Wednesday.
We didn't have a transformation yesterday...
and we don't have one today.

Admittedly so, we aren't the best with keeping track of days.
Now that we aren't face-to-face with computers all day/every day anymore, we just kind of go on with our day and focus on creativity and production.

Instead, we have a finished product because soooomeone forgot to snap a before..

(love you, thou that shall remain nameless)

Anyway, upward and onward.

We shall describe it to you and if you're creatively minded, you may just manage a decent visual..

A really great old cabinet was brought to us by a good family friend. We love that people know we enjoy working with old furniture so much and bring us goodies to restore! This particular piece is solid Vilas maple  **For those of you who aren't a million years old or over, Vilas Furniture was a company based out of Quebec, well known for the high quality of their product**. I'm definitely going to hear about that last comment. Moving on...this piece has the cutest, unique closures. It came to us as a "Plain Jane", but very pretty and in fairly good shape.

(reeeeally wish we had that "before"...)

Here she is after some lovin':

So, there it is!

I'll just go with the usual:

"Have a great evening, Folks"

Until we meet again!

Vintage Desk

Happy Tuesday!

Well, here we are, a little closer to Friday..

We are sooo excited to share our newest creation with you today!

We have a very sweet neighbor who knew that we refinished furniture. She called over one day and said that she had to pieces that we could have if we were interested. Little did we know, these pieces were incredible, choc-full of the potential to be beautiful!

We are not about to ruin the surprise of what the other piece is BUT this is how the first one went:

He's so old. He came over a long time ago from Quebec!

(We love the little key hole on the drawer face!)

He needed some repair work but nothing too complicated. 

He is now solid, sturdy and very handsome!

It took some extreme elbow grease to take the inch and a half of varnish off this dude.

I'm talking like...2 hours spent just on the top! Whew!

Needless to say, the intense prep work was sooo worth it!

This happens, like...never, but what happened when stain was added was incredible!!!

The grain came to life!

We have never seen a grain pattern so varied and beautiful!

It's beauty was hidden under layer upon layer of orange-tinged varnish..

We posted this picture to Instagram and within minutes, it was loaded with comments!

I guess, other people couldn't believe it either!

We found the most unique knobs that we just had to have for this guy:

Super cute!

Anyway, check this fella out..

Ahhhhhh, we want to keep this one sooo bad.

He's painted in Annie Sloan's "Old Ocre". Trim around drawer is "French Linen", a pretty grey.

He was distressed to keep his vintage-ness.

Inside the drawer is painted black and lined with gorgeous vintage paper!

Ta-Da!

There yah have it!

Another successful transformation!

Email or call to get your hands on this while we are still willing to let go!

Our First Hutch!

Hi Guys,

It's been a while, I know. Recently we have had some family things that have come before the furniture...obviously. 

Buuuuut....

we are back with a vengeance and hope our wonderful peeps will still follow along!

We do have a few makeovers up our sleeve for you! 

How about a little hutch action?

We dont have a before, but she looked a little something like this when we scooped her:

Mmmhmm...

Very blah

We used Annie Sloan's "Pure White" and gave her a vintage vibe.

It was hard to photograph this one because of the glass! You can see a bit of me taking the picture through the reflection! The inside of this hutch is the same colour as the outside! Unfortunately, our photography skills don't quite match our furniture refinishing. 

Heres a little peak with the door open...

(she's not as modest as Maude was...)

And an upclose of her vintage goodness:

And there yah have it!

Thank you for being patient with us these last few weeks..feels good to be back!

Vintage Bench

Happy Hump Day, Peeps!!

We are still buried in custom work but have decided to rotate between newies and custom stuff so we can keep showing you guys some fun stuff (and because it's so much more fun to switch it up!)

So I found the cutest bench the other day that was dripping with potential! For those of you who follow on Instagram, I'm sure you've seen it!

Remember this guy?

I put it up as a "Blank Canvas" but just couldn't keep myself from jumping in with my paint brush!

I wanted something soft and vintage. I always go bold and colourful so I thought I would harness my more "mature" side and tone it down a bit for this one. I chose two of Annie Sloan's hues called "Paris Grey" and "Pure" and got to work!

I roughed him up a little to give him a vintage vibe which made the beautiful shape of the legs stand out!

I'm really glad I chose the pretty muted tones for this project...

He turned out really well.

BUT don't let this fool you, I still had to add my signature hit of colour to this piece...only more subtle this time!

BOOM!

The prettiest, cheeriest colour you ever did see!

Annie Sloan's "Provence" just to give this piece a little kick. I love it!

Great storage for all your treasures!

So there yah have it! 

This adorable guy will be up in the shop soon.

If interested, get at us!

Two more days, guys...hang in there! 

this is no "Mellow Yellow"

I got the opportunity to work  with a really fun shade of yellow recently!

It is such a big thing for us to be able to work with fun colours once in a while! Brave customers are a breath of fresh air!

She saw a little vintage bench that we had in "Blank Canvases" and wanted it to use as a coffee table! As a mother of two little ones, it will work wonderfully for storage and all those things mamas like to keep tidy (or at least concealed once in a while)!

This piece is cedar - which is a soft wood, so like most old pieces, it had a few dings and scuffs from it's past life; These really only added to it's vintage charm and I sure didn't want to sand him down to nothing...

I replaced the ugly old hardware and updated him with some crisp, black knobs and hinges. The contrast looks amazing with the fresh shade of yellow!

I hope she is pleased with her bright and cheery "new" vintage coffee table! It's hard not to feel happy with this guy's "sunny" disposition! Ok, ok..I'm done..

Hope your week is off to a great start, peeps.

Linen Cabinet

We have a new piece to introduce you to today!

Here we are again to save you from another case of the Mondays...

You're welcome.

Today we have something a little different!

A vintage Linen/China/whateveryouwantitobe cabinet!

dun dun duuuunnnn....

She's a beaut!

She has been painted a gorgeous, pale shade of grey and has beautiful paper detailing on the back in a mauve tone. We added a cute little black glass knob just because you always need some contrast!

She needed a lot of love. She came to us looking so drab!
Like the plain Jane at school who has a great personlity, but you secretly want to make-over so badly...
Jooooking. Calm down. We are not mean girls. Looks don't matter BUT with furniture they sure do!

So there yah have it, folks!

This gem will be up in the shop right away!

Have a happy Monday!

New Kids in Town

Have yah heard? 

There are some new kids in town...

(anyone else just get The Eagles classic stuck in their head?)

We are slowly but surely starting to get more stock in "Blank Canvases"! Very exciting!

These guys are just hangin' out waiting for a new home and a fresh new makeover.

Let me introduce you to the new lineup...

My love for mid-century modern furniture is no secret and these newbies have got me really excited. I can just picture this set with some funky lamps on them, gleaming all fresh and new in someone's living room...or bedroom...oooh, or office!! As I've said too many times already, it's hard for me to not get attached to certain pieces, and these two will be hard to part with. My mom found them and right when she showed them to me I was already envisioning them beside my couch. Ah well, I'll get over it...

So I guess this wasn't necessarily made to be a bench, but that's where I went when I first laid eyes on her. A chunky cushion covered in some cool fabric and some detailing on drawers with some fresh new knobs, oh boy!!!!! Could be a super cute place to sit and put your boots on, just sayin'...

Ya....she's pretty gorgeous. 'Nough said, but I'll keep going anyway....This dresser is very old but is in unbelievable condition....like perfect. I love the original hardware on it too. The pulls have so much detail that you don't see in hardware today. I swear back in the day things were made better and more attention was paid to all those pretty little details that make vintage pieces so beautiful. The little key holes in each drawer and the mirror that tilts forward and back are pretty awesome too. What would you make of this beauty?