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Sad Chair / Happy Chair

ohbrooke — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:05:30 +0000

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

ohbrooke — Mon, 16 May 2011 02:45:51 +0000

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

ohbrooke — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:49:46 +0000

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

ohbrooke — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:42:30 +0000

Via Google Image Search {click pictures for links}

…on my bucket list of “in my someday house”

Dressing Up Your Dresser

ohbrooke — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:38:45 +0000

I have two dresser refinishing projects in my near feature… here are some fun ways you can add personality to your dresser:

{source, source}

Quilts

ohbrooke — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:33:19 +0000

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…