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Today's menu AWESOMENESS and fruit and some chalk.  I found this great old school t.v. tray at the local thrift store.. that's the name of the store so I'm not just being vague and trying to keep it all to myself.  I promise It was  1.99$ and I think I put a total of about 7 bucks into it and now I have this great little addition to my guest room.  This little tray has it all a chalkboard top and a foldable stand and the happy color of yellow. Yes that's having "it all" in my world!  ENJOY and stay as long as you like

 

It just took a little sanding some chalkboard spray paint (I barely used any at all so I still have practically the entire can for another project) and some sample paint from LOWES. I already had the chalk and fruit.

99$ Thrift store gold!

Needed a new table, didn't have the mula or the time to find the perfect one, so I did what I always do and I hit the thrift shop.  I found this gem for 99$ 5 chairs and a leaf.  It was a steal.  After going back and forth 8 million times on how I should remix this I decided to go a little funky fun with grey yellow and a colorful fabric for the seats  I have to add the plastic covering like Ray Romano's mama has on her couch because I have three boys and they are messy monkeys ( so am I )

Bench warmer

I inherited this lovely bench from a sweet neighbor.  I already have one very similar, but I never turn down free furniture and benches are so practical... I mean you can store things in them, sit on them and they can store things. I love benches.  But I wasn't loving this color so I got a wild hair and decided to upholster it in this outdoor canvas fabric and nailed in these awesome studs.  This didn't take me very long but I'm very happy with the way it turned out.

New Life, New Blood

This dresser if from the early 70's and because it is I knew I would be working with great workmanship and solid wood, I also knew that every single piece of furniture then was this orangey oak color. It's fine, but yawn what were we even talking about? Oh ya that dresser. My friend was threatening her hubby that it was trash unless he allowed her to redo it. He obliged and she gave me the opportunity to change this dresser's future. So instead of going to goodwill (which I love by the way) it got to stay in the home and even in their room! Everyone WINS!!! I sanded it painted it this wonderful color which escaping my mind right now and then used Annie Sloan wax to help age it and give it some more personality. Then we changed the handles and boom it's modern, antique, shabby, sheek... and caught a second chance at life. Amazing what a little makeup can do!

New identity

This was a fun little project because it was for a friend, which I don't often do, not because I don't want to just because usually my projects are for random strangers I've never met. This is a pottery barn children's table that was accidentally left outside overnight. Well here in the south that isn't good. There could be absolutely no sign of a storm and boom you've got 10" of rain like that. So I wanted to give this table the same purpose with a new identity. Something it could be proud of. What better than a namesake?

First I sanded down the beat up worn down rained on top, next I put sticker letters on the table then I spray painted it white, then I used a staining pen that you can get at any big box store and filled in the letters, finally I used minwax stain lightly all over it to give it a warm look.

***Rockin' Chair****

I love thriftin' through the Goodwill and other stores like it. I came across this little number and it was like I heard 80's music start to play, leading me to this old fixer upper. I brought it home and started immediately. Every now and then I see a piece that I know what I want to do the second I see it. This was one of those items. 04-10+12.34.22.jpg" /> There wasn't much prep work on this piece. I vacuumed the seat and back (They were eh stinky) and washed the wood. Then I spray painted it white and covered the seats with this very fun and trendy fabric. I love this. I can see it in a nursery or as an accent piece in many different settings.

So you remember these super 70's 80's tv consoles?  Yep me too, they're everywhere again these days just with a new wardrobe on.  Since t.v. cabinets have kind of gone extinct (as far as using them for t.v.'s anyways) these bad boys have made a retro come back!  Don't she look great in her new style?  I thought so, either way this console has a rebirth and only cost me 99 cents, yes less than a pack of gum!

 

 

 

Who knew Gray wasn"t the depressing color

Everyone has always associated gray with depressing.  It's like Eyeore's color and when the sky is sad it's gray and etc, but as of late gray has really transformed itself into one of the most refreshing colors of them all.  Especially paired with the right colors or accents gray can really be a standout choice!  Take for instance this drabby depressing nightstand that I found sitting all alone at the Habitat for Humanity.  I took it home sanded it down, cleaned it off and painted it gray.  I added a few decorative pieces and spray painted the pull black and now it's anything but depressing!

God Bless America!

I love this re-do for the mere fact it's the American Flag, and...wait for it... a table!  Also I'm keeping this one and I paid 1$ for it.  All good things wouldn't ya say?

I just taped off the star and the stripes and it was as easy as pie.  Then I busted out the stain and wiped it all over then wiped some of that off.   Fun, easy, patriotic and cheap what's not to like?

What can a gal do with a coupla bucks and a little free time on her hands?  Well if you're creative and love to make cheap things that look expensive you can do a lot!  Went to the dollar store and picked up a few items and went to town!

Don't you just love this 3 tierd snack display 4th of July stand?  Me too and it cost me 5 dollars and about 2 minutes to put together.  Very festive and very frugal!  I'm a little obsessed with the dollar store lately!

My most very favorite transformation ever.  Why?  Because I thought this one out for a while ( well 48hrs ) which is a VERY long time for me to think about something before doing it.  Just ask anyone who knows me.  So I bought this at a garage sale.  The price tag said 45.00 and I thought to myself -Self no way, this has to be wrong, this is worth much much more than this.. So I asked the seller if it was really 45$ and he gleefully says to me, well it's 30$ if you want it.  WHA ?????  Heck yes I wanted it (in my Napolean Dynamite voice)  So we brought her home and I started to search online mostly at www.betterafter.blogspot.com for some hutch/dresser/vanity ideas.  I found one that I loved and then another and then I sort of combined the idea.  I dressed her up as if she were in a dining room or kitchen as well as a bedroom.  Hope you like it as much as I do!

Feelin the blues!

So I was gifted this awesome sofa table and pair of lamps.  I liked them, but I'm sorta into color in case you didn't notice.  I loved the fabric I had on the chair and decided to change up the color a little and match the new blue on the sofa table.  Then I took some leftover fabric and hot glued it onto the little lamp.  It makes me smile every time I open my bedroom door and see it in it's little nook waiting for me to admire it!  Hope you like it too.

Country bumpkin to Farmhouse cutie

I was very lucky and blessed to be given this cute end table and her sister for free.  It's sturdy and woody and eighties all in one.  So since most of my house is brown, floor, furniture and decor.  So when I got this sweet little ditty I decided to give it a facelift.  Didn't use a sander on the legs but did extensive sanding on the top.  When I was finished painting I then sanded down certain parts to give it the aged look and added the stain there and then thinly (and quickly) I stained the rest of the the end table to give it the full antique look.  Hope you like it as much as I do!

Look who's back.. back again.. look who's back tell your friend

So since I last posted I packed up and moved 2000 miles away to S.C. and have found a goodwill and am starting my new collection of old stuff remixed. Because I moved my husband explained to me over and over that we should sell EVERYTHING we owned and it would be cheaper and easier to move across the country.. .He was right but now I have no furniture. He then reminded me that we know this person who re-does furniture as a hobby and that we could furnish our house with her creations.. so here goes my first new re do for myself. Hope you enjoy it!

chairway to heaven...
I know, I know.. it's like ENOUGH of the chairs already, but I just can't help it they are so much fun, and are so easy and such a high turnover!

Dear Husband actually picked these out and so he gets a lot of street cred for these.  Not street cred so much as crafty cred, but that's like practically the exact same thing right.  Practically.

Life's a bowl full of chairy's

Tooth chairy, chairy God mother.  Yes all of those things.  I am in love with this remix.  This chair had a great bones, sturdy solid wooden legs.  Great beaded tacks, just a little worn and dated.  Now look at her, she's all like "Shazam!" She's all like "Excuse me I got so I'm gonna flaunt it" can't you just hear her saying this, and yes it's a girl.

I didn't sand this down.  I didn't prime it.  I just used a random color I had floating around in my garage.  It was a can of oops paint.. I would otherwise tell you the color, but I can't cause it doesn't have a name, okay okay I 'll name it.  bomb digity blue.  Okay now that that's settled I can finish the story.  I bought this fabric at Jo'Anne's.  I bought this chair for 5$ at the local thrift store.  I love it!  It's so fun, would you agree?  Nope you probably wont because like I've said before people don't ever comment on this blog eventhough it's obviously awesome.  But inside of your head you are silently agreeing! 

"Drywall"

The walls, ceiling and floor are all pretty much the same color in my house. Then this piece on the wall was the same as that!

I love this piece of wall decor, but it needed something more.  Instead of being a "drywall" I decided to make it a piece of art, a focal point!  It's a little loud but I LOVE IT!

What a difference???