The Cadillac

I did it, I bought a four seater stroller. YIKES!!!!

It is the only way to get som exercise. So I found this beauty on good ole CL.

 

the picture does not show how nasty this thing was.

I really want to learn to sew and reupholster, so I thought this would be a great item to practice on. So I completely took the stroller apart and had at it.

 After many many hours of sewing and mistakes and cutting and re sewing, I think she turned out all right,(far from perfect) but all right.

Have a great Sunday




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A long time coming

I have had this chair now for about 6 months, in many different stages of her makeover. I finally finished her up, after weeks of her staring at me and taunting me. I showed her.

This is how she started. The pictures don't do the fabric justice on how gross it truly was.

She then sat like this for a while. My creative Dad had the idea to take the back from the ladder back chair, that my large bootie broke, and use it to fill in the center of the frame.

So she sat in this state for a few more months.

And finally!

I re-upholsterd the seat with a painters tarp that I painted with this great french logo which can be found here,

http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2011/01/fabulous-french-ephemera-chocolate-and.html

Hope you enjoyed. Have a wonderful day.

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manly bench and garage sale day!!!!!!

so i bought a bench for the end of my bed, it was completely covered in a camel colored pleather, legs and all. my husband wanted something a little more masculine, so i thought i would try my first attempt at reupholstering. i am awful at remembering to take the before pictures (i am working on that), but here is the after.

not to shabby
note: ten children under the age of 7 were present during this task

my kids have come to learn, that Saturdays are GARAGE sale day. we do our normal routine of coffee and coffee bean breakfasts, and then we are off. i had some luck today and my some what empty car ended up quite full. i love those days!

happy Saturday!

something old (and pretty gross)

so i went out to some garage sales,  like usual, but was lucky to go without kids. my mom decided to join me on last weekends treasure hunt. we went to many sales and found a little of this and a little of that. then we arrived at an estate sale, that looked like it should be in an episode of american pickers, or better yet hoarders. among all the treasures around, i was drawn to one chair, i tried to ignore it , but it was calling out to me. I am not sure why, because this poor chair was a wreck. i kept on ignoring this chair, and found a set of matching chairs, that did not need as much work, but this chair was still in my head. i bought the two and asked if they would throw the poor, mess of a chair in. they did.

isn't she a beauty. she smelled as good as she looked.

here is a before from the side.

when my dear husband saw this, he told me, this time I bit off more than i could chew.

i took that as a challenge. (i am not going to lie i was a bit scared myself.)

here she is all stripped down and vulnerable.

but after some work, she turned out quite lovely, i must say.

i can't wait until glen gets home.