Sneek Peak

Sorry for the shotty picture, it was taken with my phone. I was just too excited and had to show you!

I've got a lot going on this week, so I'll update you with the whole she-bang next week!

M.I.A.

I'm so sorry my blog friends, for I have been MIA for far too long! It has been a little over a month since my last post, and I don't even have an excuse for it! It could have been all the rain (which puts my painting projects on hold), the horrible cold that wouldn't go away, or my lack of motivation to post anything. Whichever is truest, I'm sorry for the delay!

It's not that I havent been working on anything, I just seem to be in the middle of more than one thing right now, none of which I can finish! Here are some of the projects I hope to finish sometime soon!

I have finally decided to take the plunge and paint this sucker! I am using Rustoleum Painters Touch in Heirloom White. This is a much bigger project than I had anticipated! I began the work of sanding it last weekend, and painted a good part of it (first coat only), but then it began to rain, rain, rain, rain, rain! That puts a bit of a damper on spray painting outside. This project is on my porch until sunnier days.

The chair. It is (sadly) still in the same shape as it was when we saw it last. I have plans (I even bought some supplies for recovering it!) but we'll see when this gets finished...

And my most exciting, favorite project (idea) to date:

I want to create this, (which I first saw at MissMustardSeed's blog and it is made by Karli at Rocky Bella)

So this past weekend I bought this, with the idea of using the bottom piece to make something like Karli did. Now, it sits in 2 pieces, waiting for me to find the motivation to work on it!

I promise I'll have updates for you soon! I think we're supposed to have at least one sunny day this weekend!

Happy crafting!

Current love obsession

This

and this


I am in love with all things mustard/dirty yellow. I think I finally know what color I'm going to paint my side table!

What colors give you the warm fuzzies right now?

Peeling back the layers

I told you I would show you my little adventure with the chair. To remind you, I bought this beauty (cat not included) from Goodwill for $15. Initially, I thought about simply recovering it but since I wanted to paint it black, I decided to pull all the fabric off. I'm SO glad I did!

After first pulling off the velvet-like fabric on the seat, I found this burlap layer...not to bad but I wanted to strip this down to just the wood so I kept pulling out the next layer of staples and/or upholstery nails...

THIS is why I am SO happy I didn't just recover the thing. There was another layer below the burlap, mold covered canvas!!

It was disgusting. I'm glad I was working on this outside, who knows what kind of stuff I would be inhaling if I did this inside! Under the moldy canvas was the batting, or whatever was used like that, which was in pretty bad shape/falling apart.

On to the back, which had some surprises as well, and thankfully no more mold.

I peeled off the velvety layer, to find a hawaiian'ish flower print fabric.

...

And under that (I think I pulled the batting off already at this point) was some cardboard.

And here she is! Free of moldy, old, mismatched fabric!!

(did anyone notice that none of the top and bottom layers ever matched? lol)

Today, I am finishing painting! Forgive me for the pictures, I couldn't wait to show you so the paint is still wet :)

I used a couple of coats of Rustoleum black spray paint, I think she looks so pretty!

Who wants to wager on how long it will take me to actually reupholster the chair now that the paint is done?? ;)

PS -

Any advice on best ways to reupholster since I threw out the actual fabric that once covered it?

Linking up with:

Furniture Feature Friday at Miss Mustard Seed's Blog

Wall art

LOVE this!

"On rêve trop souvent les yeux fermés, il faut plutôt rêver les yeux ouverts."

Oh how I love vinyl wall art, especially when they are pretty like this, and especially when they are in French!! I grew up in the French Immersion school, and even though I took a five year break between 11th grade and college, I still love the language. Probably even more than I did back then. I never thought I would say I miss school, but I do miss French! I love the language, the sound of it, the memories that come from it, the culture, all of it!'

There's my little rant for the day :)

Hope you are all having a good week, and I promise I'll get those pictures posted of my exciting chair transformation soon!!