::Bess the Beachy Bench::

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I'm really not happy with a lot of these pictures because IRL, this bench is gorg.

I did two separate photo shoots, but I couldn't get the ding dang camera's exposure right.

I've had this bench for ages upon ages....got it from my mom when she was into the primitive country stage, otherwise known to my friends growing up as "little house on the prairie-look".
It was blue with a mottled navy glazing.
Here's a before shot from Christmas a few years back.

I used ASCP in Provence first, then a light coat of Old White.

Then I distressed it with baby wipes.  

Yep.

I was going to use a wet towel, but baby wipes were on my trusty IKEA supply cart, so you know.

I love how it gently took off the white and smeared it a bit, so the effect was greyed.

I rubbed really hard in some spots all the way back to the original finish.  Took like, um, 4 seconds.

I got a refresher course on waxing from the happy folks at The Poppy Cottage, where I took my Annie Sloan 101 class.  I brought my bench in, and they showed me again how to use her wax.

I like how the wood knots show thru, as well as some of the previous glazing 'bumps' here and there.  

Very cool effects.

She's for sale if any locals are interested!

Thanks to the gals who posted their blog urls on my previous post....it's been super fun to plug you guys into my bloglovin' feed!.  If you haven't left your blog url, head over!  If you want to add me to your bloglovin' feed, you can do that HERE.

I'm bringing Bess the Beachy Bench to these parties, whose links will go live as soon as she shows up with her mexican bean dip:
The DIY Party, Made the Scene Monday, Mod Mix Monday, Pretty Things, Project Inspire{d}, The Scoop, Inspire Me Tuesday, Tweak It Tuesdays,Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays,Tuesdays Treasures, Knick of Time Tuesdays, Brag About It, Time to Shine, Tuesdays at our Home, Be Inspired Link Party, Assets and Efforts,  Power of Paint, What's It Wednesday, Party Time,  Under $100 Linky, Transformation Thursdays, Treasure Hunt Thursdays, Open House Party, Be Inspired, Catch as Catch Can, Friday's @ Redoux, Simply Create, The Inspiration Gallery, Furniture Feature Friday, Fabulously Creative Friday Linky, Inspire Me Please, Frugal Fridays, Feathered Nest Friday, Junkin' Joe, Party Junk, A Favorite Thing