DYNING!

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This dining table was old school and dying for a makeover. I purchased the whole bit, which was a table with leaf and six chairs for 135.00 on Craigslist. Again ALL REAL WOOD. That's all I can really work with. I was excited to get started on this project but then it sat in my garage for a week talking smack to me about how I wouldn't be able to sand the legs and chairs and that it was going to rule me..... So finally I scraped up the courage and went after it. I loved working on this cause I could feel the table starting to feel better about itself with every stroke of my brush!!!! Tell me if you feel the same!

T.V. Console turned Baby Station

5$ garage sale

T.V. console I found this at a garage sale for 5 bucks. I knew I could do some magic, just wasn't sure what, but after bringing it home it came to me......

Ta-Da** Now it's a baby changing station. I love this. I no longer have babies but I still want it. I never had a changing table so I'm inviting any mamas who don' t have one, but need to change their babies over for a good ol change on this bad boy.

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After!!!!

This was a labor of love, I was excited to see the potential this piece of ca ca mamey dresser has in store. I knew I was going to do something bold with this, why not it was a major struggler??

I decided to leave the previous harware cause that would have been a waste of money when the style fit perfectly with the look I was going for, it's just the granny gold wasn't quite what I always hoped and dreamed of for this. My husband, who has no sense of style or of what matches, (he is constantly trying to wear stripes with plaid) actually picked out the white for the ornate legs, and oh how right he was!

Butcher's block in jeans!

These beauties were a steal at 5 bucks a piece. Though they look ravishing in their blue jeans and all I had to take them from the 90's and bring them to the future! I love the fabric I found at Walmart. It was a little pricey because it was outdoor fabric, but well worth it.

P.S. The next 2 pictures are backwards!

This butcher's block of a table didn't look like much when I found it at Deseret Industries... But for 25 bucks I figured what the hay, right? Well First I sanded, then painted it green, then tried to do crackle,then painted it black which worked, but not how I wanted it to, so I painted over the whole thing with black and sanded away some so the green could come through. Then we put a 2 part epoxy on the top of the table and shazam a whole new concept!

Hgh-Chairs

These two were quite the pair.. they looked like somebody let some kids loose with markers, gum and a hammer! Plus the plain oak look kinda screamed for someone to do something to them, even if it was to a 3 year old. But now they are darling. I first painted these black then coated them with "crackle" then when that dried completely I painted the chairs green. It starts to crack and the green shows through. Loved the way they turned out.

This table is a wonderland!

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After

This beauty was purchased for exactly 10 smackaroo's at the same garage sale as my clutch hutch. It had these unique lines carved slightly into the wood. I sanded it down (always the funnest part) SIKE! Then taped off triangles. I mostly did this project for fun, not really thinking I would be able to sell it. I did it to practice and be crazy a little. My husband didn't think it was a very good looking table, but he supported my crazy hair nontheless. Is that one word? If not it should be... I was told that this table looked liked something from the movie "Alice in Wonderland " Well after my 2 year old got a hold of it and painted some purple all over it I went over it one more time and came out with something that's not quite "my style" but was super fun and eye catching. This table here sold for $45 forty five minutes after posting it on craigslist. Go figure!

2 Dollar decor worth much much more!!!

So Jeff saw this garage sale in our neighborhood and neglected to tell me about it... stinker. As I was driving by I stopped and snagged a sweet little cabinet/nightstand. It was in haggard condition but still a nice piece of solid wood to work with. It was their garbage pretty much, they gave it to me for 2$ and that's all it took for me to make it feel much better about itself!

Now she's sold for 25$! What a little love can do. I just taped off around the edges of the cutouts and painted them with a blue color that I had leftover from another re-do. A coat of white on the original knobs, then sanded the edges down a bit to give it the aged worn look.

just a little stool sample!

Before

These stool's are just a sample of what can be done with a bit of sandpaper and some paint! They are real wood, which is a must when refinishing for me... I'm not advanced enough to take on too many other materials. They were $5.oo from the thrift store and they looked it. The butt's that sat upon wore out their welcome, and the paint..

After

So they made the jump.. Very simple butt ;) a huge difference! It's late sorry for the crude humor

This hutch is clutch!

Yes, yes it is! I found this beauty at a garage sale for 25.00. It was 80's style with the grandma hardware, but I knew there was a youngster just waiting to jump up from cougar status!

But look at her now! This piece jumped up from the Golden Girls to Modern Family! At first I was worried about the white squares but then realized that it was just what this piece needed to pop! It sold for 125.00 just a few days after I posted it on Craigslit.. I was actually very sad to see this piece go. But it made a fantastic jump up from 80's gold and 25.00 to 125.00 with just a little time and love!