"that" chair

That chair (the gold one down below) is scaring me!  Truth is, I haven't been able to get back to it.  It looks like this still!

The more I took it apart, the more nervous I got about putting it back together.

 It's not your basic "staple the fabric on" type of chair!  yikes!  It's well built, it's got good stucture.

       Oh boy.   

So, this is on the back burner for now, I really need to work on the kitchen floor, but first I'm having a family dinner.  That might be scarier than the chair.

My two latest projects.....

My freebie shutter from the neighbor-because she was moving and was sick of going through her stuff and exhausted over deciding what to keep and what not to keep/ whew! / has been sitting bare for a year now.  

The results that my springy green spray paint would have were making me a little nervous, but I had four more shutters I could use if need be.  But after rubbing some dark brown stain over the paint I got these results.

And then after hanging this botanical print on it, can you do that?  Do people hang pictures on shutters?  I must have gotten the idea from somewhere.  Monkey see, monkey do.  I love it.  The shutter pulls the color of the stems out perfectly.  As for the other project....it's big and messy and you'll have to come back tomorrow.  :)

Linking to this party today.

My slipcover is being featured!

My slipcover is being featured over at Pink and Polkadot!  Kristi over there makes slipcovers for a living!  So, I'm very flattered.  I only wish I had my pillows done.  They haven't been born yet.

You can see the very ugly before shot here.  But good form, right?  That's what I saw.

Thank you Kristi! 



Lamp makeovers: old brassy to shabby chic

One of my living room lamps broke.....quite a while ago.  So, I finally gave up on retaping it every few weeks and found a solution.  Yes, it literally had electrical tape wrapped around it and I don't have a picture.  It had gotten knocked off the table when the kids were younger and we lived with it for a long time. I got these for a mere $3.97 each and swiped the shades from some other lamps that I had. 

lamp number one.....and lamp number two.......

ok, how was this done? 

• prime first
• then I followed with a textured stone like finish which was kind of rust colored
• then I top coated that with heirloom white
•  and finally I took some very gritty sand paper and scratched off enough to make it look like they fell off the back of a truck and rolled down the road. 

I do like them.  They were cheap and they are very neutral.  I could put them anywhere in my house and they would look good.  Yes, they were ok the way they were, but I do like this better.  We had a two day window of 40 degrees last week and I've been staring at old brassys since I picked these up last summer. 

I have to do something creative every now and then or I shrivel up.  A good old lamp makeover was just the thing.  So, there you have it.

They don't really match, but they make a pretty good pair. 

this is the best before picture I could find of one of them and since this post I distressed this one a little mo' betta!

I'm linking to A Stroll Through Life's 50th tabletop party. 

"Oh, it looks like Country Living"

Someone came to my door and saw my living room goodies and said it looked like Country Living!  Compliment City!

 

So then this morning I had to go polish it all up....just in case they call..........



There's the spray painted wreath.

and old books are one of my very favorite things to decorate with.

Dropcloth slipcover for the Goodwill couch.

It is finally done.  It's not that it took so long, it's just that it took so long to get to it!  argh!  But that's one more project down.  And I'm really trying to keep the new ideas to a bare minumum.  Browsing blogs makes it REALLY hard though.

 

I do need more pillows, working on that.  I want to get some feather pillow forms.  I think they make much better couch pillows.  This is the couch I got from the Goodwill for around 40 bucks!  It took 2 large $19 dropcloths.  I'm really pleased with it!

The before picture:

completely yucky, right?

Another thing done....

My cute footed ottoman finally made the "done" list.

This is a slipcover and I can pull it off and wash it any time!  Underneath is just a plain dropcloth new cover which is very dirty by now.  It has an odd mushroom shape to it.

Here it is with the chair that is "matches".

 And here is the sunken in mess it was before!  It was only a dollar though and probably five dollars worth of fabric.  Now I have a great little foot rest with cute feet and a washable cover!  I like it and I'm glad to have one more thing done! 

   
Linking this to MISS MUSTARD SEED'S party  and STYLE FEATURE SATURDAY party.

An Old Door in the Corner

I plucked this old door out of the "forest" on the country place.

I wanted to make a headboard out of it, but hubby said,  "What?"

I'm thinking of slipcovering the couch with this bedspread I practically got for free.  Do I have any yes votes?

THIS couch.  Yes, anything would help it.  But the SHAPE is what sucked me in.

Linking to REMODELAHOLIC today!