Sad Chair / Happy Chair
Sad Toddler Rocking Chair:
Happy Toddler Shark Chair:
With the hand-painted details and appropriate sanding for a vintage look:
with imperfections and personality:
A tip for painting something like this that has lots of nooks, crannies, and joints: use spray paint. It’s nearly impossible to hide brush strokes, and it’ll cut your painting time by over half.
A tip for achieving a vintage look: use desaturated colors, and use a different base color if you plan on doing some sanding. It’ll make those “wear marks” look more authentic.
$1 Toy Box Makeover
I couldn’t pass it up: a toybox crying for help. Somehow I was able to take this great little toybox home for a dollar.
I girl’d it up for someone special that has her first birthday coming up. My favorite spray paint, 1/2 yard of this great fabric, grossgrain ribbon trim and lots of Mod Podge created this:
Hope she likes it!
{and sidenote, after fabric and mod podge is dry, you can easily remove the fabric and it won’t damage the wood.}
What I’m Pinning
You’ve probably heard about Pinterest.com by now, a new social network of projects and products and anything in-between. Think of it as magazine clippings of things you want to make or use for reference later {While reading your blogs, you can ‘pin’ things you want to remember later. Then they’re all stored in one place!}. Since our condo is on the market, my little projects have fallen by the wayside {only to ramp back up when we get a new place, I’m sure!}. Anyway, here’s what I’m pinning lately… {You can follow what I’m pinning here}.
Click images to see original link…
Loving Dresser Vanities
Via Google Image Search {click pictures for links}
…on my bucket list of “in my someday house”
Dressing Up Your Dresser
I have two dresser refinishing projects in my near feature… here are some fun ways you can add personality to your dresser:
Quilts
Unfortunately with this blog, you are often at the whim of my google image searches. Today: Quilts. I ran back and got that fabric and am headed to another fabric store tomorrow to find more. These are the quilts I’m thinking about:
{the pattern on this one calls for 21 fabrics! I Looooove it, but I could spend HOURS picking that many fabrics!}
I’m a sucker for chevron. This is in my top two…
Indoor Awning
I’m thinking about building an INDOOR awning for the ohbaby room. If only I could find out if this should be a pink awning or a blue awning {you get the idea}. What’s the suspense for? I know the doctors know and are just keeping me in the dark until I have a total mental breakdown. Do you know how hard it is to MENTALLY decorate two baby rooms at once?
Image Sources:
http://www.bhg.com/crafts/sewing/projects/easy-sew-window-treatments/
http://chriskauffman.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html
http://www.life123.com/home-garden/home-repair/awnings/outdoor-awning-care-and-maintenance.shtml#STS=g0k47gim.o3b
http://www.awningspittsburgh.com/Window%20Awnings.htm
http://simranawningsandcanopies.com/services
http://tzxy.en.alibaba.com/product/253267572-209464321/window_awning.html
Craft Night: Magnet Boards
For craft night with my friends last night, we made these magnet boards from the brilliant Crafty Nest {instead of the LoRan magnet board, I bought 8″x12″ steel roofing shingles from Lowes and cut them with tin snips}. We thought it would be fun to swap out the fabric with the seasons. My spray paint is drying and not ready to assemble yet, but here’s Monica’s Fall Magnet Board:
Flower Clip
My uber-talented friend Nicki made me this cute hair clip. Love it. Thanks Nick. {Check out her new baby boy here}.
Some friends and I have made some more… I’ll post pictures when we wear them.
Just Some Stuff I’d Like To Make
My iPhone is stocked with photos of things I’d like to make. Here are a few:
