FINALLY finished my chairs...and I love them!

These are in my sunroom and I want it to be bright and colorful....plus I almost hate these chairs.

Sorry it's sideways...I forgot to change it. I love this chair now. I fund the old feedsack at a yard sale for fifty cents....Then I put it on upside down....and its hot glued.

This looks different but it's the same paint just a different day inside and gloomy. This seat cover is an old feedsack also but it was either blank or so old the lettering was rubbed off but thats ok cause I had other plans for it.

I painted out name and date we got married with some doodles and such and washed it in hot water to hopefully get that wore out look....it worked! The hardest part of this was sewing each little fabric piece on, my poor fingers got sooo tired and started cramping up. 

So there's my chairs. They are happy now and not all dark gloomy castle looking.

I thought I had things figured out

I planned to start over on my blog...and still do but it might go slower than first planned. I knew I was getting an upgrade on my sprint phone and hoped for a HTC Evo or iphone....so on Oct 1st I get the upgrade with the discount and on Oct 2 they took it away. Apparently since sprint is getting the iphone they are changing things up. One being no more one yr upgrades. UGH! I've been with them 9 yrs and I feel like a red headed stepchild. Because of no upgrade I'm stuck with the blackberry because I am not paying $400 to $600 for a phone. Its just not happening. Those phones would have made posting so much easier than sitting at this computer and hurting my shoulders. Oh well.....maybe I should ask for an ipad or something like it for Christmas. I don't have a upgrade until Aug 2012 so it will be awhile unless I come across a GREAT deal. 

So lately I have been working, working and working with a little bit of Drex fun and crafting/DIYing in there too. I have these 2 chairs that are getting ready to go through a huge transformation. Bright colors will be a big part of it. I've always stuck to earth tones and I'm ready to branch out with the sunroom and make it bright and cheerful!

Goodbye to the black and gold colors and hello to new paint, fabrics of all sort and flour sacks.

Have I got you wondering?

Results to come soon.

*Thank you to all who have stuck by and still comment me, I know I haven't been around much and like I said I still read just don't comment so much. :(

I heart Pottery Barn

Have you been to the pottery barn web site? I could stay there for hours just "window" shopping. I'm sure if I had the get up and go there are a few things on there I think I could copy too.

Oh how I wish and pray for warm weather so I will feel like doing something other than sitting under a blanket staring at the tv.

Here are a few things I'd like to try and copy...when it warms up!

How hard can this be?

29.99 for 2 bottles...Ummm o I can do better than that.

antique pickling jars. I can't make these but I sure want them!

We have an old gate and this would look good in my sunroom...I can do this!

looks easy to me

I'm so going hunting when it warms up!

This will be going on my porch this spring. It would look nice hanging or sitting on a table. I have mason jars and wire I just need sand.

source for all the pictures

Just sharing my "window" shopping with yall. Hope you all have a great night and a better tomorrow....stay warm!

DIY From country shelf to not so country shelf- loving some paint and mod podge!

I got this shelf from  a lady I work for that is around 6 ft tall. It was this very country blue color and the bottom doors had hearts cut into them. I'm not into the country look so much so I changed it up. IThere are a few things I did that I'm not liking so much but will change it when I have time. I didn't take a before pic of the whiole thing because I forgot...what else is new?

 

At the last minute I remembered I forgot to take a before pic so I got the drawers...see? country blue.

Country blue and cut out hearts...ahhh no.

First coat of black paint, not real sure it is going to stay black and paint is easy to change.

I mod podged some fabric to the back and do not like how it looks so it will be changed to paper.

Doors opened, I cheated and didn't paint the back of them. I'll catch up with it later also.

I didn't take pics of the bottom...don't know why but I mod podged some paper to the back and like it alot better than the fabric.... I bet that fabric will be  booger bear to take off.

I also did not like the microwave on it so the top shelf is now sitting on the bottom shelf like it was made. It looks MUCH better without the microwave.



PS- If anyone happens to have a bunch of bandanas they don't want I am looking for a lot of them. I will be happy to buy them and pay postage...of course!
Ebay has some but these people are crazy on postage. I am not going to pay $9.99 for 5 bandanas to be mailed to me. That's not including the purchase price!

How I spent last Saturday.

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I have been wanting to do something with our bedroom for a long time now. Britt had teh dresser when we moved in and I wasn't liking it very much. I painted the walls a "gold" color that reminded me of mustard a while back and wanted them GONE! A lady I know gave me a hanging quilt rack a few years ago and I don't think I have any before pics of it but it was your typical stained wood look with a heart cut in the back...both had to go.

My mustard colored walls that I had started smearing paint on and remembered I wanted a before shot...hotdogs anyone?

Some frames I had the kids pics in,gotta modge podge them up!

Frame with Linzy in it all modge podged on wall now painted a light beige color from the mistint shelf.

dresser before , don't pay attention to floor were fixing (Kel I used that word for you) to lay new carpet.

dresser drawers during

dresser after. I like it all except the bottom drawers,I'll fix them later. I spray painted the pulls. I love some spray paint!

quilt rack after. I painted,distressed and modge podged. No more heart! pic is dark,sorry.

That's what I did last Saturday and I was tired! I'm joining Kimbas Do it Yourself Day at A soft place to land. There's lots of great DIY ideas over there,go check them out.

One of many things....

This is one of many things that has kept me away from the computer lately. It's my pie safe (well that's what I'm calling it) I got it at a junk store for $85. I can't remember if I've mentioned it before or not but I've gotten some progress on it and wanted to show y'all.

I haven't done anything to the inside of it yet....I'm thinking of painting the inside a cream color or finding some retro or vintage wallpaper and papering it. I've been really busy trying to get the blue paint off of it and with the stripping and sanding my hands are to tired to really type.

This is what it's looking like right now. I have a pecan stain I'm going to put on it when I finish with the sanding part.



I think it's going to look really good in my dining room! I have my memaws old chiffrobe, (spl) I plan on doing the same thing to it when I finish this piece.


As for my mama,she's at home and doing good. Dr said it will take her a while to get her strength back up. She had a kidney infection go crazy on her....that's the only way I know how to put it. It didn't help that they gave her morphine for pain. When did they start giving morphine for any pain? I know hers was bad but I thought morphine was for dying people and people who had surgery.

I hope you guys have a great evening and I'm going to try to catch up tonight or tomorrow....promise.