Vintage Chair Refashion



Look at that beautiful sky.

 SO...

This is a chair that I've had for so long I can't

even remember where or when I got her!

I'm sure I only paid $5.00 max,

because,

that's my limit on chairs, really.

(I am so cheap).

It's been green, white, red.....

Lately it's been residing on the workstation side of the deck

waiting for a redo.

As long as I had the paint out  for the end table redo, why not tackle her too?

The last painting she had was red over green, the red needed a few more coats

and I just wasn't feeling it so she was pushed to the side.

Time to put her front and center.

Before

(Ignore all that stuff in the background).

Since the base was mostly red, and the paint I had out was

compatible, and the sponge was already loaded....

Monet inspired

The fabric for the seat is a dress I purchased at

a new flea market in Waxahachie for $2.50.

A 90's, gathered creation with lots of fabric.

Oh my!

Out with the old!

In with the new.



Finished

 She now resides in my office/craft/sewing area,

replacing this chair that I found in the dumpster

at our old apartment, actually, I found two of them.



Donate or keep?

 Don't know if I want to keep these chairs or not.

I still have a lot of the dress fabric left,

and this baby needs some clothes.....

Naked ARRANBEE baby.


And I did just purchase a vintage doll clothes pattern on Etsy!

Maybe a new wardrobe for the sweetie pie?

Stay tuned!

Till next time, happy everything.

Bonjour

DIY End Table Redo/Staples And Glue



New To Me, And Improved!

Are you still grossed out from yesterday’s post?

Maybe I should hold off on the jello recipe?

Ok then….

I was out with the Daughter and grand-daughter

thrifting a few months back and ran across

this end table.

Not so pretty when I found it!

"The guy" thought it was worth $15.00.

He says, it's a Broyhill, that's good furniture.

I'm looking at the construction, staples and glue.

Good furniture is dovetailed, not staples and glue.

Staples And Glue

But I needed a table.

$15.00 I say, look, it's all scratched up and

the drawer doesn't even open, it looks like

someone glued it shut.

 He beats on the bottom of the drawer

trying to free it up, yanks at the knob a few times till he finally

pulls the knob completely off. Oh look, now you've broken it I say.
I said a lot of other things, just cant remember what.

(He did get the drawer free though).

By this time he's sweating and I'm pretty sure

he wants to get rid of me, so he says,

$7.00

So, now I'm the proud owner of staples and glue.



Potential Firewood?

I brought it in the house, (hubby just rolls his eyes)

thinking I'll eventually get to it.

Eventually is here, and I got to it!

I sanded the top (broke the sander in the process)

to give the paint something to stick to,

got out my paints and started mixing colors.



Custom Colors



Didn't like the first color on the legs, it was too close to the main body color
so I lightened up the paint a bit and repainted using a dry brush technique.

Much better!!!.

I wanted a third color for the drawer so I added some blue paint
to the darker pink color and got a dirty lavender tone.
Looks good.
The top I painted well, several colors,
didn't like any, so I finally decided to marble it.

Sponge Paint-O-Rama

Final out come?

Not too bad!!!!

 

Finished:-)

Knob got lost en-route,

but I found this medallion in the hubby's stash, (spray painted it)

 had a large holed, pink bead and a small nut and bolt thingy....

Viola, new knob!

 

I even had time to re-do a chair!

Need to help the grand-daughter with her coffee table re-do.

What say ye?

Yea or nay?

Till next time, happy up-cycling.

Bonjour