Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Easy Transformation

Hello! It is Wednesday morning and I can feel it is going to be a great day! Heading to our booth today to re-organize and make everything look put together again. I LOVE how all of our pieces look after we put them together and give our customers ideas for how to use these things that we create in their homes. It is really a lot of fun.
Before I get going for the day I would like to share with you this dated, dusty, dreary old chair that I bought at an auction for only $5!!! Talk about a steal of a deal right? Everything on the chair was in perfect condition, it just needed to be updated. When I got this chair I was contemplating re-covering it, but then I thought I would attempt to just paint the wood on it a fresh, new, up to date color. So I chose gray because I LOVE yellow and gray together, I think it is a nice color combination. I liked how it turned out so I didn't end up recovering the cushion!! Easy transformation!! Have a great Wednesday!!

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

How Feminine it is.......

Happy Tuesday, everyone.....I normally don't blog on Tuesdays but I have been out of town a lot.  It's summer and I have it off, so we (me and my husband) spend it up at our cottage about 2 or more hours away.  It's located on a little lake that our kids have learned to ski and  how to build campfires.  So when the grand-kids aren't up there I have been a little busy doing some redoing....This old table was a redo. I really think its feminine and girly.  Here is the before picture:

So I got busy.  Had this can of oops paint and thought that pink was just the right color.  I put a coat of kilz on the table and than painted it with the oops color which looks, I think just right.  When the table was dry it still needed a little bit more attention, so I had painted gold on just the edges. but when I was done I thought it wasn't enough.  So I painted the whole lip of the top and bottom of the table.  I also painted the stem of the table the gold and brushed some gold on the feet.




I finally was satisfied with the end results.  It turned out to be a sweet and feminine table, just right for a girly room.  What do you think?  Until next time, Dianne........
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Monday, August 13, 2012

Updated Front Porch Rocking Chair

Happy Monday!  Hope your doing well....  I know I've said it before...but summer is just flying by.  We spent last weekend with friends cruising the sand dunes along Lake Michigan and Silver Lake.  We were able to drive our truck onto the dunes and explore the area.  I'm telling you, I've never seen anything like it.  There were dune buggies, jeeps, 4X4 trucks, 4-wheelers, and other off road vehicles cruising around these dunes.  These dunes look so serene and beautiful from across the lake and it's not until you get in the middle of them that it's another world.  My son was in his glory watching vehicles cruise up steep hills, jump the dunes, pop wheelies and etc. It was quite the experience...I have to say I was a tad bit nervous that we were going to get stuck or collide into another vehicle.  We camped near the dunes and had a great time.  My son absolutely loves camping....getting to sleep in a tent and spend every minute outside.  The weather was absolutely perfect....seventies and no bugs.  Just awesome!!!  Hope you enjoyed your weekend as well.

Anyways, I have a rocking chair make-over to share with you today.  I found this chair off of craig's list awhile back.  It has been sitting on my front porch for about a year now.  The finish has worn off and it's starting to look a bit ragged.  So, I decided that I would try and spruce it up.  Here's the before picture of it.


I gave her a cleaning and then sprayed a coat of primer and then a couple coats of yellow spray paint.  Here she is finished.  It took me awhile to get used to the bright yellow....but it does look better.  The color just pops from the road.



Have a wonderful week and make sure you soak up these last few weeks of summer......I know I will!!!

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Friday, August 10, 2012

I love the number three!

Good morning!  It seems as if I'm thinking about using numbers when I craft, I always seem to go with the number three.  I have a little family of three....maybe that's why???  I don't know....I always seem to gravitate toward it.  Maybe it's more pleasing on my eye....??  Anyways, I recently redid this little box.  I do love boxes as well and this one has a nice shape.  It could be used to hold books, magazines, diapers, etc......Here she is before...

I gave it a coat of primer and then used two coats of white paint.  I created a number three stencil, which was made using my cricut machine.  I painted the number three in a light green color.  Lastly, I distressed the box to my liking.  Here is the after look.


Looking forward to a great weekend!  Hope you have one too!

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Red and Aqua

Good evening!! Usually I try to get this post up in the morning but the day got away from me, seems like that is how summer days go. Also it doesn't help when you have a crabby six month old. :) All that aside I want to share with you a piece of furniture that I recently finished. I decided to paint it red, which in my eyes was a huge transformation, but of course I wasn't content with that. So I wanted to antique it with some light blue paint, or aqua. I love those two colors together. I then took some old vintage wall paper that I purchased at the flea market this spring and put it on the top. When I put the paper on the top I decided I liked it better without the railing so I left that off to update the piece. Last but not least I added a pull to the front because when it was missing when I bought it. I think the finished product came together well. I can't wait to do my next project with the same two colors. I think they complement each other. I hope you have a fabulous night!!




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