Pull Up a Chair

Before the holidays got crazy, I managed to get a few small projects done.  This chair is one of them.  

I found it at Goodwill and the cool thing is, it folds up!

That and it's got a wonderful, authentic shabby paint color that I didn't have to do a thing to!

But it needed a seat.  Easy enough.

I had my husband cut a piece of plywood and I upholstered it.

I love the French script with a touch of red!

She's ready to go!

A Great Place to Shop

This weekend I went to visit my grandson, and I don't go anywhere without checking out the local antique shops and flea markets!  So I prowled around The Vineyard Antique Mall in Colleyville, TX.  It's a nice large mall with a variety of antiques and collectibles.

Now, I need to back up and tell you a story.  A few years ago my daughter went off to play college volleyball.  She found herself teammates with a precious girl named Ali.  She and Ali became the best of friends and today live close and are enjoying raising their babies together.  Anyway, Ali and her mom decided to start refinishing furniture and open a booth at an antique mall.  You guessed it!  They're new booth is at The Vineyard!  

So today I thought I'd show you some of the amazing pieces in Ali's booth!

Look at this awesome table!

She's painted the top in a muted harlequin pattern.

I love this little cabinet!  Oh, the possibilities!

Now you know that turquoise is my favorite, right?

Look at the gold gilding she put on the edges!

This beauty is painted gray on the outside...

And dark gray on the inside!

What an interesting bookcase!

This dresser won't last long!

Don't you love the herringbone?

So if you're ever in the Dallas-Ft.Worth metroplex, you might want to check out Ali's booth, Refuge Interiors.

Ali's got lots of eye candy!

And just in case you're wondering, I was not paid to talk about Ali's booth.  Just love the girl and her work and want to share both!

 

Kid's Chalkboard Table - Is it a Keeper?

Since my grandson was born a few weeks ago, it seems I've got kids on the brain.  Everywhere I go I notice baby clothes and kids toys!  So when I saw these kids chairs at a flea market, they had to come home with me.

They're adorable but a little plain. And you know how well me and plain get along!

But first I needed a table to go with them.  Sometimes it takes months to find that perfect piece.  This time, just one day later I found a great kids table in an antique mall!  And it was already painted white!

I was so excited about it that I forgot to take a "before" shot of the table!  Go figure!  You've never done that, right?

Well, you know my affinity for numbers!  I've numbered things here and here and here and here.  So these little chairs needed some numbers, too.  I cut a stencil with my Silhouette and used black acrylic paint to fill it in.

Adorable, right?  Well I snatched up that little table and painted the top with chalkboard paint.

Here's the final product:

Now the question is, do I sell it or keep it?

Two Rusty Chairs and a Weekend Project

Today seemed to be a good day to wrap up some loose ends.  I bought two fabulous chippy-rusty garden chairs a year ago and they've been hanging out in the garage ever since.  

Yesterday I found some killer fabric at Hancock's and it was just the motivation I needed to get the chairs done!

So I grabbed my staple gun, plopped down in the floor, and covered two cushions.

Such a quick and simple project!

What took me so long??

Sharing at these great parties this week: