Another Candle Makeover

Ivory paint and black glaze!

Before and After Chair

Bar Stool Redo

I only have one of these done; it's taking awhile! Anyway I just twine wrapped the seat and back. Love it!

Lamp Makeover

My friend gave me this lamp and after some paint, fabric and trim here she is.

Before/After Garage Sale Mirror

I got this mirror at a garage sale for $1. Oil rubbed bronze paint and a little clean up and now in my dining room!

Chest/Mirror turned Buffet/Chalkboard

I recently decided to redo my kitchen on the cheap. I was so over the red, and luckily my friend painted it for me, how nice is that!! As far as decor, I love pottery barn but not gonna pay their prices!! So...instead of paying $1500 for a buffet i paid about $40 for this whole set. It is a chest but we use it as a buffet-slash-kid's stuff storage. Since they color in the kitchen all the time, one side holds all their supplies and the other napkins/paper plates, and also the junk drawer..so glad to have the kitchen just for kitchen stuff now!! Anyway i painted the mirror with chalkboard paint and sanded and refinished the chest and repainted the hardware. I may paint the bottom part and leave the top in the wood finish but for now here it is. Loving it!

Random Stuff I made

The Bota Box I made for a friend's halloween costume and the pumpkin is one I painted. Have lots more to post, will do soon!

Teacher Gift

Curio Before/After

A friend and I traded - she did photography for me and I redid her curio.  I painted black and distresed/replaced knobs.  Was very hard work but I am quite happy with it.

Rocking Chair

Flea market find turned Christmas rocker. Combo of paint, paper, mod podge, fabric and trim.

Before and After

I got this for a steal, can you tell why? This baby was in bad shape. Needed refinishing, loose joints, rusted handles etc.

Before/After Candlestick and Pumpkin

My friend gave me two of these candlesticks, but I didn't like the fact that it was a taper candlestick nor the color of it. So I painted one white and glazed over it a little. Then I got a styrofoam pumpkin and painted it blue with metallic stripes (haven't you seen one of those before!? :)) Since it was styrofoam I just pressed it into the candlestick and it was a perfect fit. Wrapped a brown boa around it and all done.

Latest Project

Latest canvas painting

Another Before and After Chair

I got this chair at the Salvation Army for $8. It is for a local children's advocacy group for their annual festival of chairs. It needed a little cleaning up and frame work, so I did all that then painted it Krylon Emerald Green, then went over it with some black glze. I covered the seat in cotton duck zebra fabric and used gorilla glue for the pink trim. I stenciled on a couple of designs and added a few jewels and some black trim and it was done!

Chair Revamp

I found this old chair at Goodwill. It was hideous but still solid, and I wanted to glaze it so I liked the ornate detail. I sprayed it Krylon Blue Ocean Breeze and went over it w/my Ralph Lauren faux glaze. I had previously ripped off the fruity goodness of a chair cushion in hope that something better might be under there--not a chance, just granny gold. I wanted a bright orange and white damask, but no luck finding any so I got some black and white quatrefoil print.

Before and After Canvas

I drove by a friend of mine's garage sale after it was over and saw a couple of canvases sitting by the trash. I asked her about it and she said come and get them. Just did the first one today; here it is.

Before and After Kitchen Mirror/Table

I got a wild hair today to paint, which wasn't the best idea since it's pouring down rain. But anyway, I decided the mirror needed to be a chalkboard instead. You can paint right over the mirror glass so I did that. I did about 3 coats of chalkboard paint that I've had here forever. After that dried I covered it w/tape and painted the metal some old Krylon Blue Ocean Breeze that I had leftover. I didn't have any off white spray paint, which is what I wanted to paint the table so I used some oil based semi-gloss paint that was leftover from the last time we painted the kitchen. I used a roller but it still doesn't look its best. I am going to go over it with a can of Krylon as soon as I get some. Now that dark little corner is quite brightened up!

Picture Frame Redo

I just can't get enough white, silver and blue. Updated picture frame. Flat white krylon, distressed with fine grit sandpaper and added some metallic silver on top. Oh and replaced the picture with my current favorite design print, quatrefoil!

Silhouettes

I love sihouettes and wanted to do them myself. Not as great as having them drawn of course but I think these look like the girls! I did it exactly like I did Laney's ornament. Took a profile pic, traced it from the computer screen, cut it out precisely and painted it black. Put all three in a frame on some scrap paper I had. Free!

My Craft "Room"

My laundry room is now a laundry room and no longer creation station. I now have a perfectly organized (well for the most part) area in the garage. And since I don't cook, look what I used the spice rack for. Loving it!

More of Kendall's room

I still have to add a lot of detail; I'm afraid by the time I'm done she'll be ready for something totally different.

Computer Armoire turned Little Girl TV Armoire

This computer armoire had seen better days, as you can see. My friend needed one for her little girl so I thought I could redo it instead of sending it curbside. I sanded it, removed the keyboard tray, filled in the holes with wood glue. Then I painted the inside pink and covered the back and doors w/brown and pink paper. I found a picture online I liked and painted it on the front.

Finally done!

The dining room is finally done. (pardon the lamp cord in the 2nd picture. It is bound up now but I hadn't done it when I took the picture) I also want to raise the back table a bit later but for now it will do

Picture Makeover

I had two of these pictures--one I showed in a previous post that I redid for the wall in the living room. I wasn't quite sure what to do with the other one, so I mod podged some scrap paper onto the squares and painted the frame. Now it hangs in Jenna's room--as if that room needed anything else in there! But I think it turned out pretty cute.

Before and After Curio

I have been waiting forever for this finished product!! Asked hubby to paint this cherry curio black for me, but he made the comment that he "gets tired of always having to paint stuff around here" which TOTALLY confused me, considering I am the one who paints everything around here. :) But whatever...so I go to prove that I can do the moving of that monsrosity and painting myself. There was a ornate scroll thing on the top of it--on the before pic you can see the holes where it had been. So I put wood filler on, let it dry and sanded that down first. One bruised elbow, sore back and a ruined outfitslater, here is the finised product. It was worth it. I am quite happy, and my dining room is complete....until I convince him to buy me that new dining table. :-)

Cheesy and Fun Compact Makeover

Don't throw away your old eye shadow compact!! Here's what I did with 5 minutes and a little paper, paint and jewels. :)