Table Redo!

$10 table from Goodwill (there is another chair but we took it apart before the picture, oops!)

Covered the seats with fabric, and covered the table top with fabric and plastic . . . Its for a one year old, its NEEDS plastic!!

Ahh the dresser . . .

Yeah I am talking about THAT dresser! Well I finally (with the help of Shabby Wendy) braved the dresser again! She has been a pain in my side and I had finally agreed if she didn't work this time then she was going to be sleeping on the curb! So we couldn't stain the whole thing because some of the dresser (surprise surprise) was not all wood! Yay! NOT!! So we decided to go half and half and finally we came out with something that was worthy of sitting in my bedroom! FINALLY . . . {Notice a pattern in this post? FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY:) }

{Please notice in the first picture the one drawer looks like there is some smudge . . . Of course I cannot see this smudge with my own eyes, but it sticks out like a sore thumb in pictures}

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Not all projects are a 'Masterpiece'

I sadly have to write the tale of a project that has been everything short of successful! Remember this DRESSER:

I wish I could post an update of how it turned into a beautiful dark stained, provincial style dresser! It did NOT! The drawers turned out BEAUTIFULLY, picked up the stain like a fish to water! Then we went to the body of the dresser . . . The sides were made of a type of press board, but that would be okay we'd do something! Then we went about staining the rest of it, didn't take. Stripped, sanded and tried again, didn't take! So it stayed in the garage and was ignored for a while, mainly because of its bad behavior! Then we had the brilliant idea to paint it a light teal/aqua color and 'antique' it! So we painted it all teal and waited for it to dry and then started to add the stain to antique it. Guess what; the stain started stripping, yes STRIPPING the paint!! So again she was shoved against the wall in the garage and I have left her there and go back and forth on what to do with her!? We may attempt a new approach soon but even the thought of doing anything with this dresser gives me heartburn! Yikes!! Hopefully someday soon we will have a finished project to be proud of you to show you and say 'Don't give up on that annoying piece of old furniture!' But until then, put baby in the corner and leave there until you have enough Prozac to deal with the frustration!

p.s. This lovely dresser came in a set, she has a sister desk! I am sure you can imagine my enthusiasm on starting that!! : /

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Entry Table Cont'd

So we couldn't just do one corkboard!! Remember the entry table? It looked a little lonely so we took another frame . . . 

Got some more self adhesive cork board at Target . . .

Some more wonder under and a pretty simple damask stripe fabric . . .

Although this one wasn't as simple as the grey and white corkboard . . . we cut the fabric from the board the first time and not from what would show in the frame so the lines we not centered! And when you DIY with OCD you can not leave it like that!

So attempt two, well it was not successful for other reasons. The board was refusing to fit back into the frame without leaving bubbles in the fabric.

Attempt three was successful . . . 

(p.s. Sorry for the poor quality photo, my camera is dead so we had to do with a camera phone pic)

Our newest project!!

I know the plan was to post some of our old projects that we have done, but since we are in the final week before closing on our house things got a little hectic!! So instead I waited until today when we came across an awesome find and also started a new project!!!

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This morning on the way to Wal-mart we saw a sign for a Garage Sale . . . well we had to stop, so glad we did!! We found this french provincial style SOLID WOOD dresser AND a matching mirror AND a matching desk/vanity all for only $40!! I am just going to do todays post on the start of the dresser project. In time we will get to the other pieces, but truth is we are not certain of what we are doing yet!!

This is the mirror that goes with the dresser, but you will have to stay tuned to see where that goes!!

Starting to strip the paint . . .

Sanding . . .

After a red mahogany stain this is the midpoint to our project! This is the color of my king sleigh bed in my master bedroom!!

These are the handles . . .

I am not usually a big fan of antique style things . . . but I L-O-V-E these!! Cannot wait to finish the rest of the dresser and put this all together!!!

Until next time . . .

Polka Dot Ottoman/Bench

I have been looking for some kind of bench to put at the end of my bed! Then after searching the stores and seeing the price tags for what I wanted, we decided we needed to head in a different direction!

Mom, my Craigslist hunter, found this ottoman/bench for $40:

It was in really good condition, but I needed it to match the stuff in my bedroom!

So we went to Wal-mart and found some upholstery and then went to Mom's house to tackle MY first upholstering project . . .

By the way its not the upholstering that is the pain, its the undoing of the original fabric and pulling out every . . . single. . . staple!!

But after pulling out the staples and realizing we didnt have the right size needles to do the buttons and a trip to JoAnn's Fabrics and an achy back after leaning over this ottoman for two days; we finally ended up with this beauty:

I took the pictures before we had finished up the bottom . . . but you get the idea!