Lounge Chair Love
Such a relaxing looking spot! Mmm.
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Mismatched Dining Room Chair Love
Image via House Beautiful
I love when things aren’t too “matchy matchy”, hence why I adore this dining room. I love each and everyone of the chairs, and I love even more that they aren’t a set! Inspiring! 🙂
Dining Room Chair Love
I adore big wing back chairs used at dining room tables! And I love the mix of modern chairs, traditional wingbacks, and the rustic wood table. Great combo!
A Vintage Nursery Project
I know I just now finally shared the nursery with you, but I also just finished a fun little project in there.
I was given this beat up little vintage dresser the other day , with plans to turn it into a book shelf for toys.
Suddenly it struck me. Those two drawers could also be another project, perfect for some storage! I cleaned, sanded, painted, roughed, waxed, added wheels and knobs, and viola!
I absolutely love how they turned out! B can now store toys or clothes in them, and they should fit under any bed, so he can use them for a long time! My helper approves.
This was my first time using paste wax. I tinted my wax myself with paint. I really like how it gives the drawers a barn board feel. I think with a little practice this could be a new favorite technique! What do you think?
A Nursery!
So, this big news was big a year ago. Oops. But, the nursery is still cute, so I wanted to share!
I just love how it turned out! The blue walls became a soft gray, we added barn board shelves to hold a collection of John Deere tractors, I made a mobile from small shed antlers, and the giant bull poster from the Angus producers ties the farm colors together!
I love the vintage games and trucks and tractors on the book shelves. Don’t worry, the green lamp did eventually get a little white shade!
And a stash of cowboy boots and cloth diapers to boot! 🙂
So, like I mentioned, this was news a whole year ago. So here is a peak of what else a year can do.
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Chair Project
Hi there! Recently I found an old, scuffy, beat up antique oak chair at a garage sale. $5 later and I had another project to start in on. Before:
The oak finished was pretty spotted and scratched and the leather seat was so old that it was rotting. I started by gently scraping any paint splatters off of the oak. I also pried the old leather seat and padding off. I used a stain refresher to touch up the oak stain. I didn’t think that painting this one would do, and it wasn’t bad enough that it needed to be stripped and completely restained. Fortunately, this method seems to have refreshed the old chair fairly nicely. It still has a bit of antique charm in the uneven coloring, but I think I like it. I then cut new batting to make a cushion and then stapled down the cute flower-y print. I then used black upholstery tacks to add black trimming around the cushion. Here we go:
I think it turned out very well! 🙂
Relaxing Chair Love
I would love to be sitting in this relaxing little spot right about now. I think I could de-stress a bit here!
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Nightstand Redo
I found this ugly little nightstand/size table at a yard sale. You can’t beat $2, plus although it was rough and ugly, I thought it had cute potential. Here is the before:
And here is the updated and no longer ugly after:
I sanded it down and taped off the top from the bottom. I painted the bottom of the table in a satin cream color. I then painted the top in a black chalkboard paint. To finish it off I roughed up the edges to give it a worn look. I put the same handle back on rather than replacing this one because I thought it matched the style well. Overall I think it turned out adorably. What do you think? 🙂
Make Mine Eclectic 