I love to find old things and give them new life. I'm a sucker for a good before and after, and that's mostly what you'll find on here. I'm not above dumpster diving either :)
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Big Girl Bed
So sad that my last little baby is now in a big girl bed!! Sniff. :( Ok not really. Admit to being fine with being past the baby stage. Anyway our friends Jen and Joey gave us this daybed of their daughter's, which was black. Painted it this cute lime green , found bedding at my favorite store TJ, and made a tulle bedskirt for it. Took DAYS of tying, looping, stretching etc. But I am happy with it and she loves it! :)
Monday, December 12, 2011
Wooden Door Ornament
I had seen a wreath with a small wooden circle painted as an ornament and decided I wanted to do a really large ornament decoration. So I found a $2 discarded tabletop at Goodwill and painted this design and added our name. I cut an ornament hanger out of cardboard and painted it black, glued it on; done. 30 minute project!
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Glitter Shoes
I had these old black heels stashed in the Goodwill pile, and decided to get them out after seeing a glitter shoe tutorial on a blog. I was skeptical that it would work but tried it anyway. Mixed the glitter until I got a color I liked and put mod podge in it, mixed it up and put it on the shoes. After about 8 hours here is the after result. And it doesn't come off at all. Loved them at Christmas!!
Friday, November 18, 2011
Latest Redos
Gave a facelift to the cross and wrought iron for a friend, and the pumpkins are painted on the other side by the girls; the backside was still plain so painted other side and used for a Halloween party.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Before and After Desk
While my cousin and I were out flea-marketing, I found this red / checkerboard top desk and even though ugly, knew it could be redone into something cute eventually. Was asked to do a chair for the yearly CASA event and remembered I had this up in the attic just waiting to be made cute! Here's the after.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Chalkboard/frame/mirror
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This was fine before, but needed to be a little cuter for a girl. Kendall helped me put ribbon on, scrapbook paper the frames, and paint the mirror.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Another Chair Redo
I got this one from the consignment shop to redo for the owner there. This one took some work. I sanded it and painted it the same green I did the Anthropologie chair--love that color! It was covered in some nasty old vinyl, which I removed and you can see what was underneath-yuck!! I got a piece of foam, cut to fit and covered it with some fabric I already had. It also had some really ugly chair foot covers. I didn't want to spend any extra on new ones, and the bottoms really needed something o them so I just painted them to match, and you can hardly tell.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Before/After Angel
My mom has had this angel for a long time. This morning we were sitting in the bedroom in which it resided, and she mentioned stuff she was getting rid of, the angel being one of the things. Of course I told her I would take it. I removed all the embellishments, sprayed it flat ivory then went over it with walnut stain then added some black glaze here and there. Not sure what I will do with her, but I do think she has had a good face lift.
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