Borrowed Time

Here is one of my first projects. This was my mother in laws favorite chair. When she passed away this was the only thing my husband wanted of hers

Really, it still looks beautiful but over the years the material had cracked and it was time for some TLC. We had a dog at one point as well that thought it would be fun to chew off the front of the feet. So I had to do a little repair

So what I used were these files for the repair. So for us woman think of it as filing your nails. Work in one direction. Start off with the heavier grit. As you get the shape you want move to a lower grit. This helps with a smoother finish 

I finished it off by trying to match up the stain.Voilà  

Next I took an upholstery course. I had to make sure that this was perfect. It was such a special thing to my husband that it had to remain special. The other bonus to the course was that I was tought the tricks of the trade. 

Once I got the old material off we discovered the it was full of horse hair. This is something we wanted to keep. The 'guts' were in amazing shape that they should be left that way

When working with materials, location of the pattern is key. The new fabric I choose had a large floral print to it. I wanted to make sure that the large flower was centred on the seat but as well on the back of the chair. This step is to be considered before you cut your fabric. 

Last but not least. Staple the fabric onto your furniture. 

Voilà. 

This is such a wonderful new piece in our home. My husband is pleased and it gives the beautiful solid rocker a great facelift. 

 

Something to Tweet About

I found this cute little gem in Napanee On. There is a place that sells antiques and outside they had some items that they wanted to get rid of. Things that just didn't belong!

So I thought, 'Why not.' Great solid wood. The seating/guts are over kill with springs. I know I can do something with this. 

So I picked r' up. 

I had some really cute material at home. I looked at it and I had a vision. I'm going to pull out some of the colour in the fabric, paint it up and then my master piece will be complete. 

I took some time and sanded it down with my handy palm sander, painted her up; added my upholstery and bam!!Voilà

As my grandma would say, ' isn't that tweet'

A Great Find

Going through the small town in Bath On; I come across this consignment store with the cutest Scottish couple. I'd say they'd be close to their late 70's.

They were chatty. Just lovely

Looking around I see this cute stool that needs a little lovin'.

Why not, right?? It has some good bones. 

So I took another Saturday morning to come up with my plan. 

I sanded the legs and skirt of the base. I took off the not so pretty fabric. I decided to add more padding. Just for comfort. 

Again I used the Annie Sloan paint. Love working with this product. It's so forgiving. Quite flat when it goes on but once you get the wax finish ontop. Bam. It gives it the destressed look you want. 

Enought about that. Back to the top. Again burlap, although I did get it from the local fabric store. Why not. Looking outside of the box is where I like to look. 

voila 

As you can see I did some of my own distressing on the legs. 

So much fun. It sold in 2 weeks.

Fun morning project

So I thought one morning that I should try to clean up some items we have instead of buying, fixing up then selling. Why not right? I love following shanty-2-chic. They are creative girls who have teamed up and have come up with some fantastic ideas.

So here's what I came up with

On the left is the before picture of our stool. What I did was painted the legs with Annie Sloan paint, got some burlap from our local coffee supplier and done!!

How cute is that??

It took maybe a total of 3 hours.