Inspirations and projects

well, after spending three work days home two of which timing ice packs, so not really having time to settle in and DO much, I started surfing blogs.  I found the following inspirational blog: http://thespeckleddog.blogspot.com/p/good-eats.html  She does some phenominal work... so I got to thinking about an item in my house that doesn't quite "fit" in the color it currently is...

In my burgundy and brown room, this one is just too WHITE to fit in properly, so the seeds of the idea were struck.  and the transformation began! 

First painted red to be more in fitting with my room:

Then antiqued and put in place: