latest project...

$25.00 yard sale chair. Covered in green velvet

Pulling off the velvet revealed a really pretty needlepoint. Unfortunately the black background was completely faded.

So I recovered :o)

flea market = bad

more purchases

LOVED the color, and its comfortable too!

For my sweet Niece Greta. I hope, hope, hope it fits.

Happy Friday!

recent purchase/creation & 11.15.07

I bought the components at a flea market I visited recently.

It hangs in our tiny entry. I love it. More of what I bought once I tidy up a bit. Ugh, so much to do. How the heck can I finish projects when I have to clean??? Unfortunately my "studio" is also the computer room & guest room, so part of the cleaning IS the numerous projects I have in various stages of completion strewn about the living room. I know...I need a bigger house. Wish me luck.

Oh! As if everyone doesn't know already, 2 people who's talent & creativity I envy are on National television TOGETHER today. Anna Maria Horner & Martha! Alas, I'll have to catch it in reruns...work and all. Phooey. Don't tell me what happens, I want to be surprised.

progress

Not sure if I want to stick with the yellow or paint them brown? If anyone reads this and has an opinion, please share.

i have a plan

This is what I told my husband when he asked about the chair I brought home yesterday (CL). Of course I was referring to the 4 chairs I had brought home the day before (CL) to go with the new old table. I guess he was so sleepy when he delivered the cloths to the laundry room that he didn't even notice them. I wonder what he'll say when he sees the new set of 4 chairs that I saw and hopefully will own as of this afternoon.

Whats with all the chairs?

I have a plan.

ssssoooo...

after selling my new old table I had to find a new, new old table. Craigslist to the rescue.

Here she is.

I started stripping this weekend. It's definitely NOT perfect. But I'm not looking for perfect. Perfect would cost more than $65. This looks like it has been loved. I say this because removing the layers of paint have revealed a rather large ring stain on the top.

I love the stain.

funny story

I bought a old chair for 40 bucks off Craigslist a while back that I was going to reupholster.

The reason I thought I could to it is because I've reupholstered before. Well, recovered would be more accurate. I had one of those boring ole' office chairs from Ikea.

here.

Then recovered with some pretty fabric.

here

A bit of toile underneath.

here

Of course once I started to rip it apart (read: carefully deconstruct) I realized there was NO way in hell I was going to be able to do it. So I called in a professional and after much frustration got this.

I love it! Its really comfy too.

Soooooooo, when the guy was dropping it off I asked if he would take a look at my table legs to tell me what he would charge me to strip them. So he sees the table and....

offers me 3X what I paid for it. He picked it up last night.

so much to do

I had one of those weekend where you don't feel like you had a weekend at all. I hate that. I feel like I haven't been getting anything done lately, which I also hate. My house is a hot mess! I have projects that need finishing, and still others that need started & finished. But the work and personal part of my life has been so busy that I'm beat & don't have the energy to do the fun stuff. One thing I REALLY want to finish up is some furniture I'm refinishing for my dining room. I got a very cool retro-y like china cabinet thing that was like painted or stained & then almost shellacked. And disgustingly dirty. Which I have been stripping etc. I'm done with the bottom 1/2 and now need to sand & re-stain the top display part. I also decided recently that I want a round dining room table. So I found one that was in my price range where the seller agreed to let the table go with out the chairs and it is real. Like actual wood. Mahogany in fact! How cool is that. The only problem is that it had these lion heads & claws on the pedestal. So totally different style than the cabinet & a royal pain in the ass to strip! I got both pieces on Craigslist (I love that site) I sold the pieces that these replaced on CL too. Hopefully I'll have some time to get back to it soon. I'm anxious to see it all done and together. Oh, and having a proper place to eat will be nice.