A New Look!

The first sign that you have to many treasures:  You open the back of the van and there is a piece of furniture you forgot you had!!! 

That is the story of this cute little stool!  I found her at an estate sale.  She is in pretty good shape and looked good with out me doing anything except updating the fabric on the seat.  But I just can't resist a good make over.  Here is her Cinderella story........

The red fabric was really stiff and nubby.  I'm thinking it's from the 50's  Then the dusty rose from the 80's

I had split a can of ASCP in Paris Gray with my friend over at Magnolia Bend and hadn't painted anything with it.  After all if ya don't like it, it can be painted a different color!

I'm pleased with the color.  Now for the glazing.  Yes I'm still glazing... can't waste that money and the dark wax is expensive.

This is her after the glazing.

Next and the part I like the least is the buffing after the waxing.

Boy what a difference in the feel of the paint after you wax and buff.  It is silky smooth.

I love this staple gun!  I would have never thought that I would actually own one.

I didn't remove the other fabric I think it tells a story about the piece.

I love fabric that you can use either side. 

I'm very happy with her new sophisticated look!

My girls oohed and aahed over her and made me feel really good!

But the best thing was when Kelly who is in her last year of grad school, asked if I would help her paint furniture when she got her apartment!  A mom's dream come true.......

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The Three Dollar Bench

This is another of my thrifty finds where the true beauty was hidden. I didn't take any before pictures because my friend at http://magnoliabenddrive.blogspot.com/invited me over to paint this lovely with some Annie Stone chalk paint and I was so excited that I forgot the camera and before I even remembered that I hadn't taken the pictures she was painted and ready to be glazed! So let me tell you how she looked. She was dark brown and had a red, white and blue piece of fabric safety pined on the cushion and ricked of cig. smell. No wonder they only wanted $3.00 for her! I do have these pictures of what was under the fabric and of course her coming out pictures!

Under the vinyl was a felt pad.

You ladies that can upholster I'm so impressed with you. It is much harder than I thought to get the corners right.

Not to bad for my first time cutting the foam and recovering something!

Pretty snazzy for a sewing machine bench!

Thanks for looking and let me know what you think.

~Sally~

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They're right! You never forget your first love.....

My children are a good support system of my new hobby. My oldest daughter Kristin asked me if I would keep an eye out for a table her husband Bill could put his C pack and alarm clock on. I assured her that I could find one. One night not to long after our conversation I ran into the Good Will store right before closing. I zoomed through my favorite aisles and then to the furniture department. There "she" was and it was love at first sight!!! She was a very pretty Ethan Allen end table. She had been in a church and on the top of the table were two very large and deep scratches. There for she was being sold for $14.99. What a steel!!!! I found a gentlemen that worked there and he brought her up to the front for check out and delivered her to my van. I was so excited. Kristin loves shabby chic and my all time favorite look is the white glazed bottom with the beautiful rich color of walnut or burnt umber as the case may be. Here was my chance to transform this lovely table. Take a look and see what you think.....

I sanded the top to get rid of the scratches and ready for the stain.

below you can see the beauty and design of the wood.

I used a coat of oil base primer.

final coat of Sherwin Williams creamy white, don't tell Bill I went to his competitors for the paint!!

top has been stained and the body has been glazed.

I did the original hardware with Sophisticated finishes Blackened Bronze.

Here she is in all her new splendor. I love this piece of furniture. I can't believe that I was able to do this! I gave the table to my son-in-law for Christmas. I told Kristin that when she no longer wants it to please return it to me. She quickly let me know that there wouldn't be any reason to let it go!!!

This piece of furniture has given hope to a middle aged woman who felt dumped at the good will, but has realized through the transformation of this table that just because your old it doesn't mean you still don't have purpose and beauty!!!

Day 3 Bath tub faucet quick update!

I love this product - Triangle Crafts Sophisticated Finishes in Blackened Bronze Metallic surfacer. Look how it has update the gold faucet on my bathtub. Hum what can I use it on next.........

From the 90's to 2011 in just 15 min.