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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Chippy paint

I purchased, what could possibly be the sturdiest coffee table ever. I found this guy for $5 at a  recent yard sale. Let me tell you, when I find something sturdy, I jump on it. My kiddos think a coffee table is also a stage, or a chair, I believe this one was a horse not to long ago. I grabbed a few paints I had on hand and mixed, to make a dark yellowish color, I sprayed with Krylons Celery Green first and was going to go the french coffee table route, but my daughter broke my Overhead projector, while watching herself shadow dance along the wall. So I went chippy instead. I took an old candle and smothered my fingers in the wax and rubbed it all over the table. I then took the yellow and brushed it on. The yellow came off quite nicely where the wax was a bit thicker. I am happy with the turn out.

Before

Hope you all have a great day.

Where it all began.

This was my very first piano, I did out of boredom.

A part of me wishes I would of kept it, but oh well!

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http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/10/string-lights-on-pergola-welcome-to.html

Pink or purple

So my girls had a pretty gross night stand in their room. I promised I would do something fun  to it. So I set up to paint in my room (this pesky bed rest is getting to me). We had one big problem, One wanted pink and the other purple, so I had to come up with a compromise and keep it as simple as possible.

 This was the picture Bridget wanted me to use. You can find this great graphic here.

http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2011/02/vintage-clip-art-charming-parasol.html

 The girls were very pleased with the compromise.

Some scrap wood

I had a few pieces of junk wood and thought it would be fun to practice some painting.

found this guy on pinterest as an embroidery pattern.

Have a great day!

Bed Rest

This is how projects get done, while I am on bed rest. Training him young.

Life is Grand

I just finished up a Kimball baby grand with the help of my handsome Husband

I love these guys!!

this is the piano before, I think it actually looked pretty good before, but I do as I am told and had at it.

I decided to go with a white washed look, great image from

graphics fairy, and minor distressing along the edges.

http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2009/10/free-vintage-clip-art-cherub-sheet.html

I used an overhead projector to blow the image up to a larger scale, and basic latex paint for the image. I sanded the image slightly when I was finished and did a  light sun bleached wash over the top.

Hope you enjoyed. Have a wonderful day!

Kathryn