Tuesday, September 25, 2012

The story behind The "Harvest Chair"




BEFORE

Close Up

Close Up of After...a little bit of distressing

After
Close up AFTER



Here's the story: It was late so I just was just going to run in and out of the Good Will  and lo and behold there are SIX dining room chairs for $5.99 each! Wow, I wasn't looking for chairs but I WAS looking for another project, however, I didn't know how I would manage to get all of these chairs to my house in my Toyota  Camry??
I took and picture and sent them to a friend of mine and also showed them to my mon (whose house I was en route to that evening)...same response: YOU DIDN'T BUY THEM??? Come on people, I DO know how to show SOME restraint. Alas, I figured if they were there in the morning it was meant to be. So my friend met me at the GW as soon as they opened, she actually beat me there and grabbed all the tickets because they had been MARKED DOWN to $1.99 each! THEN I knew it was meant to be :-)

For the seat covers I rummaged thru hangers of draperies at another thrift store and scored WASHABLE JCP drapes for about $3/PAIR...so if you are keeping track I spent less than $20 on SIX dining room chairs. I used leftover paint to mix up my version of 'chalk paint' and after wiping down and repairing I got to work painting these babies.

It was a loooong, arduous project, only because I like to do things that I can finish that same day. Other than that it was NOT hard to do.

Keep using your imagination to transform something that may look 'ugly' at first glance!


Monday, September 17, 2012

Half Bath Re-do Part 1

I have to take a few more pics but this is what I have soo far. For some reason all of the 'before' pictures are MIA...why???!!! :-(




Yes, I did go back and touch up paint around light fixture!

Behind the toliet

Pics relocated from another room (yay

The two butterfly prints are now hanging side by side
UPDATE: I found some "before" pictures:

before wallpaper removal

during removal



Sunday, September 16, 2012

Laminate Headboard DIY Chalk Paint Project

So, I got my first commission to paint and lo and behold the headboard was laminate! I was like O-M-G...I didn't know how my homemade chalk paint would work but it turned out ok. Thank you to Teresa @ Unexpected Finds for referring me!

BEFORE:
 AFTER: