Hello beautiful friends! I'm so excited today because Nancy and I have a brand new Thriftshop Shakedown video to share with you!! Nancy blogs at Artsy Chicks Rule and we met about six years ago or so through our blogs. Would you believe that we started our blogs only days apart in the same year? We've been dear friends ever since! Every few months we get together for a day of thrifting and we record it so we can share it with you! We also each pick out something to make over while we're … [Read more...]
Chair Parts Repurposed
November 15, 2018 by 59 Comments
Hello awesome friends!! Thank you to everyone who entered my six-year blogiversary giveaway. I so appreciate every single kind word ya'll wrote to me!! You sure know how to make a gal feel good, and I feel so blessed to get to share what I love with such a kind, giving, and truly amazing group of people! I will be drawing the winner today, so keep an eye on your inbox!! I shared a photo of today's project piece on Tuesday: This was a $5 yard sale find from several years ago. You can … [Read more...]
Cane-backed Chair Makeover (with Spray Paint!)
June 5, 2018 by
Hello sweet friends! I have a quick makeover for ya'll today! I have been working on a few outdoor projects recently and was hoping to photograph them this weekend, however the weather has not been on my side for taking photos! So instead I worked on a couple 0f projects in between rain showers, including this chair: Perty, eh? This is one of two chairs I bought to use in our Halloween display last year, as part of a dining table set up: Ooh spooky! (See more of our Halloween … [Read more...]
Simple Fix for a Broken Cane Seat
May 24, 2018 by
Hello beautiful friends! Have you ever passed on a chair because it had a damaged seat? Well today I am getting together with my Furniture Fixer Upper girls to share furniture flips, and I have one such chair to share! I picked this up at the thrift store last week at the bargain discount price of $6.98: A busted cane seat might be a deal breaker for most, but I have been down this road before and knew I could make it functional again. Here is how this chair looks now: What … [Read more...]
Kitchen Stool Makeover
April 17, 2018 by
Hello awesome friends!! I have a redo of a redo for ya'll today! But first, congratulations to Malia S. She won my latest craft junk box giveaway. She has already been notified and her package is on the way! Thank you to everyone who entered. I'll have another fun box of goodies to giveaway starting the week of July 15th! Okay so back to today's makeover...I picked up this little cutie at Lucketts here in Virginia several years ago for $15 if I remember correctly: At the time, my … [Read more...]
Queen Anne Chair Makeover
February 20, 2018 by
Hello lovely Friends! I'm sure most of ya'll have seen this dressing table (actually may be a writing desk) makeover I shared recently: I was so pleased with the positive feedback on this pretty lady, so thank you! (See this makeover HERE if you missed it!) Today I'm back to share the chair that I redid to make it a set. I shared a peek of it in that post: However I already had a ton of photos to share that day, so I decided to share the chair separately, and today's the … [Read more...]
Cane-back Chairs Makeover
September 7, 2017 by
Hello sweet friends! Thank you for sharing in my excitement Tuesday about the completion of our very first room in our new house: our guest bathroom! It really feels like a win to have one room done....one down, many more to go! Many also responded about being interested in a wainscoting tutorial, so I will gladly share that with you next week on Thursday! In other news, my sons had their first day at their new schools on Tuesday and would you believe that not just one, but BOTH of them got … [Read more...]
French Linen Chair
January 29, 2016 by
Hello sweet Friends! I have a quickie makeover for ya'll today! I mentioned the other day when I shared my antique dressing table that I was working on a chair for it. This is that chair, only it's a bit higher than a chair so I'm calling it a stool...maybe I should just call it a chool ha ha. Here it is before. Meet the chool: It was a sad chool, but for $7.50 at the thrift store, I dragged its sad little self home. I was going to paint it white to match the dressing table, but … [Read more...]
Petite French Chair (& How to Fix a Broken Seat)
September 24, 2015 by
Bonjour mes amis! Ready for Themed Furniture Thursday? It's about time for a makeover anyway, right? I've been spending so much time lately on my Fall décor! Can you guess what this month's theme is? If you guessed French, you would be right! I have painted many French graphics on pieces over the years, but for this challenge, I chose a chair and I chose not to paint graphics. Here is the chair I chose: I found it a couple of weekends ago when all furniture was 20% off at one of my … [Read more...]
Vintage Cane Club Chair Makeover
July 31, 2015 by
Hi Friends! Up for a little furniture redo today? How about this pretty little cane club chair I picked up recently at the thrift store? I spied it at the Salvation Army on a Thursday for $44, and I really liked it so I asked the gal if they were having any sales any time soon. She told me that all furniture would be 50% off on Saturday. Luckily it was still there! It ended up being only $22! Woo hoo. Now you might think you already know what fabric I used, right? Not this time. … [Read more...]
