Tiffany Blue Dresser Makeover. I don’t know about you, but when I see this box my heart skips a beat! I only have 2-3 things from Tiffany’s but I LOVE TIFFANY’S! This beautiful little box was my inspiration for my latest project! I found this on the side the road that said “FREE IF YOU TAKE IT NOW!!!” So I flipped a “U-ey” and hopped out to snag it before they changed their mind! With my church dress, high heeled boots and all, I (allll by myself!) PS. Here’s how I found it: Hunny, I’m not sure what this mysterious stain is but be a dear and get me some Clorox wipes!!!!
It needed a little constructive work so I asked my personal handyman handyMEN! I’m so thankful to the Jr. So….. My sister in law, Jodi wanted me to re-do this piece for her new room, I got it for free anyway. We scraped off the stickers, SCRUBBED it down really good, had hubby fix the minor constructive issues and we were ready to proceed! I primed it with Kilz Spray Primer. Then, I sprayed it with Krylon Ocean Breeze.
Here’s what I got! Related. Herringbone Table Makeover. Today I am sharing my Herringbone Table Makeover {as posted on Chic on a Shoestring a while ago} This was a risky project for me. Painting a white herringbone pattern onto our dining room table could have been a disaster! But I freaking LOVE it!!! And it can't really get any worse than this before shot, can it? We've had this table for years! It's been through messy toddlers times two, who have recently moved on to creative art expression with markers. And being that we had pretty much scrubbed the finish right off of the table ~ drawings had become ingrained in the wood. So I began by taking over the garage and sanding the stuffing out of our poor table.
After sanding it to a fine finish and making the table look like new, I decided to paint a herringbone pattern onto it. I continued to paint the herringbone pattern {with acrylic paint} over my entire table. I am so glad that I stuck it out. Adding a fun pattern is great way to update a sad looking old table and give it new life! {Awesome} Paisley Stenciled Table. Let’s talk stenciling. Now, I’ve done my fair share of stenciling (like on my pantry, toy box and end table), but it’s always been with a homemade stencil and it takes F.O.R.E.V.E.R. to do. Plus the final product always looks kinda wonky when you get up close and the design is very simple. Also it takes forever….that’s worth mentioning twice. So when Cutting Edge Stencils sent me a stencil to review I was super excited. I chose the paisley allover stencil…it’s kinda country, kinda modern, and I’m kinda in love with it. It didn’t bleed or smear or anything…though I was really careful about not using too much paint.
I KNOW, I love it too. Next I decided to stain over the stencil and give the table a more rustic look. I used Dark Walnut by Minwax and applied two coats. (Please soak up the dying plants, messy porch and double fly swatter yielding toddler…it does’t get much more real than this!) As I was admiring my work I couldn’t stop looking at the legs. Here is the finished table! Porch Bed From Tabletop. Powered By Blogger Widgets | Customized By: Blogging Tips close 17,754 readers RSS feed | E-mail Search This Blog Grosgrain Archives This Blog Linked From Here The Web Porch Bed From Tabletop May 2, 2012 Thought you weren't skilled enough to make a hanging porch bed? Source: moredesignplease.com via Sarah Jo on Pinterest You might also like: Food: Tabletop Smores DIY Murphy Bed for Office/Guest Room Cheap L-Shaped Sofa Bed DIY So Clever 11: Bed Skirt Three Kids, One Room, One Bed in the Clouds Linkwithin 0 {comments}: Post a Comment Links to this post Create a Link Newer PostOlder PostHome Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) image facebook Kathleen Frances See On Follow me on Instagram SheInside Aviator Hairstyle (This look is sexy on a man) About Me Kathleen Frances A blog by an artsy craftsy, penny pinching, party planning, playdating, fashion finding, sci-fi loving, stay at home mother of three little girls *and one little boy who always keeps her sewing machine plugged in and loves all things charming. blogs.
Freestanding Kitchen Pantry — Lowe’s Creative Ideas. Le Versha Chair, Orange. Children’s Play Table — Lowe’s Creative Ideas. IKEA Hack...Card File Drawers. At the moment, amongst other things, I’m working on a totally new room makeover at my hive. It’s a little space I’ve not shared previously. I can’t wait for the final reveal though with a little pair of hands constantly clutching at my pant legs (with an accompanying unresistable “pick-me-up” whine), let’s just say progress hasn’t exactly been fast, so as with pretty much everything else nowadays, I’m not holding my breath ’til it’s done.
Anyhoo, part of the makeover involves some new shelving and to pretty them up, whilst adding some handy knick-knack storage, I wanted some cute old mini card file drawers. They are relatively plentiful (if you have patience and know where to look – eBay, oldware stores, etc.) though in many cases buying some requires a deep pocket reach and, if you know me, you’d know I’m just a bit adverse to that kinda thing. So, rather than cash, I thought I’d spend some creative energy instead and concoct my own. Easy solution….just turn the drawers around. Urbane jane.: coffee table transformed into a bench.
Hey, hey, hey! I'm in pretty good spirits right now. It could be the yummy pull apart pizza bread I just had (left overs from New Years eve) :) or it could be the fact that last night I tackled a project that's been sitting around in our cramped office for a year awaiting transformation. Probably both. I've been wanting a hallway bench for quite some time, but could never find something that I liked that was in my price range (or at least the range I would like to pay). I took this $10 coffee table in all of it's scratched up glory (sigh, that picture makes my heart ache for summer), and gave it a couple of coats of this: I have been searching for a good fabric that had a pattern (much to my husband's disdain.
The great thing about the fabric was that it is stain & water resistant and is made for indoor or outdoor use; perfect for a bench to have outer gear thrown on it! I laid the materials face down on the ground and duct taped the cushions together "really? Et voila~ a reading corner? My version of the Pouf! I love all of the Poufs available to purchase, including the cute Striped Poufs from West Elm!
SO Cute, but so expensive! So I figured I could make my own! How hard could it be? I am an expert at pillows! My plan is to let Little Man use this at his train table because its hard work playing with trains all day and he likes to rest once in a while! I wanted to sew an 18x18 square cube cushion that was 12 inches high. Materials needed: About 2 yards of fabric (I used Wavery Lovely Lattic Fabric) White cording 2 Packages of Blanket Batting 1 Package of loose batting (I only used about 3/4 of this) Sewing machines and supplies So I cut 5 pieces of patterned fabric and one white piece (for the bottom).
I started by pinning and sewing the 4 side pieces back to back until I had a big circle of fabric. Then before preparing to sew on the top, I decided to add white cording for an extra detail. And then pinned the top layer to the side layer and SLOWLY started sewing the 3 pieces together. I LOVE IT! Budget-wise-home-chalkboard-chair.jpg 300×400 pixels. Pallets: Movie Theatre. Upholstery bling | Effortless Style Blog. Baroni swivel chair - white - modern, contemporary seating from chiasso.