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.

Mirror

This first one was a stock photo but it's what her mirror looked like before.  Plain ole cherry stained freestanding mirror.  It didnt' work anymore so I threw the base away and painted to hang on Kendall's wall.

Trunk Before/After

This was my trunk when I was a kid.  Can you say ugly!!  With a little paint and bench top it looks great in Kendall's room.

Some Recent Chairs..

Chair Redo

I loved the lines of this chair but it was in awful shape!!  I sanded down, restained, tightened, reupholstered and covered with fabric from an old dress.  Much better!

Birthday girl outfit!!

Ashlee's birthday outfit I made. 

Before/After Dresser

Did this one for a friend--distressed turquoise/black

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.

Curtain Panel from Bedskirt

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Lamp Redo

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.

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.

Roadkill Table

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so happy with this makeover, mainly because I didn't spend one dime! It comes with a story too. :) This table was sitting by a fairly heavily traveled road close to our house for days and days this summer. I never could tell what it was because it was broken in two and looked like a shelf of some sort. Well, I never did stop, but one day I noticed it had been turned upright and the top was on it. I just asked Paul if he had happened to see it while out on his morning walks. He said yep, and he was the one that sat it up because he knows how I am about roadside furniture; I just can't pass it up. But he told me it wasn't worth it becaues it was rickety and missing some pieces. Well, I just couldn't live with not even looking at it, so I stopped one day and loaded it on up. Sure enough, it was missing the foot on one leg and the top needed to be reattached. But guess who I have?? My awesome stepdad Mark, who happens to be a great handiman AND has woodworking tools. Next time he was over at my house, I showed him the table. He took it with him, and within less than 24 hours, I was delivered a completely intact table---top attached AND a fixed leg. I was so excited. Anyway it sat in the garage for awhile because it's too small to be a kitchen table and too big to be a side table, so I wasn't sure what to do with it. Well, we've been snowed in for days and I decided it was time for a project. So I got this baby out, sanded it down a bit, painted the top with some off white paint I had and added walnuut stain on TOP of the paint, and I love the way it turned out. Then I used some navy blue color on the legs, and added some stain on them too to give it an uneven look. Right now it's a stand-in until we get a new breakfast table. Going to list on craigslist after that!!

Before/After Chair

I love my new chair!! I found this small to medium sized chair for 6 bucks at Salvation Army. It was very well built, just a little dusty and needed to be recoverd, because let me tell you that chair seat had seen better days! Ripped up vinyl; ughh. Anyway I am changing up my breakfast table and want an eclectic look, and this chair will be the perfect size for the girls yet adults can sit in it too. I got it home, cleaned it then painted it with two coats of Folk Art craft paint, and put a clear spray gloss on it. Then I just had this wonderful towel from my favorite store-Anthropologie of course, that was the perfect fit and match. Used the staple gun to put it on and here it is!

Baby Blankie

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My cousin and his wife are having a baby boy, and his bedroom theme is Arkansas Razorbacks. I found a long piece of fleece Razorback fabric at Hobby Lobby, brought it home, cut it in half and cut/tied each piece together to make a tie blanket. I love these; my girls always loved small blankets to carry around and I hope he'll love his!

Laney's Nightstand

You wouldn't believe the before on this one. However I don't have a picture. I painted this to match my niece's bedding

Canvas Redo

This is one of my faves!! I got this canvas from a friend , same one who was throwing away the other canvas I repainted. I had originally thought I was going to make a headboard with this, but decided I needed something above my entertainment center, but nothing really colorful just something w/texture. So I twine wrapped it....boy did that take forever!! But I am so happy with the way it turned out. Too bad I don't have a better picture. Blackberrys have terrible cameras and my real camera is broken at the moment.. Anyway it was worth the time, cuts and tangled twine. :)

Chandelier Makeover

I received this beauty from Michael, who is remodeling his house. He took this it down and asked if I would want anything to do with it. Of course I did!! I could hardly wait to get my hands on it. I cleaned off the years of dirt, completely unwired it and got rid of several bees and moths that had met their demise there. I primed it and thought I wanted it silver but it just wasn't working. So I repainted it my favorite--oil rubbed bronze, and got these fancy little candles to put in it. I have some extra chain and going to hang it above my bathtub. I've always wanted a candleabra there!! Now, stay tuned for what I'm gonna do w/those nice little bulb covers....

Christmas Gifts

Here are a couple of things I did for Christmas gifts. I painted the frame for a friend's teacher gift; it was just a plain Hobby Lobby wooden frame. The jewelry box was a thrift find. It was completely white, and cute enough the way it was but Kendall wanted to jazz it up a bit for her friend it was going to, so I got some cute scrapbook paper and cut to fit.

Round Table Before/After

You might recognize this table from a previous post. I found this very weathered and dirty table for close to nothing....kinda obvious why! I knew it had potential though. it was painted kelly green, but I wasn't sure what to do with it , so to the attic graveyard of furniture it went until I could think of something. Then my sister said she wanted a night stand for my nephew, so I thought that would work perfect for a boy's nightstand. I first cleaned it really well,removed those weird knob things (what were those!?) then sanded it down and put wood filler in all the chips/gaps/holes. I primed it the sprayed it red. After letting it dry a few hours I added a black glaze, going in opposite directions. I am hoping he likes it!

Candlestick Before/After

I did another post with the match to this candlestick (it was the blue pumpkin) This one I did pretty much the same thing to but mod podged a small off-white candle with some scrapbook paper and burned the edges.

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!