Initialed Chair

Happy Friday All!!

I noticed I can get a little wordy when I talk about furniture, so I'm going to keep this one short and sweet.

I grabbed this chair for $5 at a garage sale. She came complete with a broken arm (with wet wood glue...hmmm) and torn 70's upholstry. But she was sturdy and look at her back!

I can't find the before pic...or I didn't take one. Either way, if you follow me, you aren't surprised ;)

Here she is now...spray painted with semi-gloss black by Rustoleum, recovered in dropcloth and stenciled with a "B" for our last name. Of course, I had to tell that to my 5.5 year old...he thought it stood for "butt". "Because that's where you put your butt, Mom!" Haha!







I think this look would be great at a dining room table with all of the seats initialed.
Have a great weekend!

~Allison

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Two Experiments: One of those lamps

We've all seen them. Those lamps...I'm not even sure what they're called..table lamps? I'm not sure when these things became cool, but there must've been a time because they are in thrift stores everywhere.

Now, don't judge me...I bought one. For my sweet mother-in-law who wanted one for a small space next to a new chair. I thought if I found one with some character, we could paint it and make it look decent enough. But as it turns out, the diameter of the table was too big. It sat and sat in my garage...ugly as it was until I could'nt take it anymore. I'd spent enough on it that I didn't want to just re-gift it to GW unless I tried to do something with it. Picture a dark, solid wood lamp with a table attached and brass accents.

I painted it a glossy white

Silver-leafed the details with Rub-n-Buff

Found a thrift store shade that was stained but had great texture...so I spray painted it silver

And here she is all put together


So, what do you think...glam or grandma? You won't offend me either way...I know she looks better than she did for sure!

~Allison

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Three Stools for Three Boys

Up until last fall, our kitchen island had really only been used for piling things. Mail, toys that were in a "time out", my calendar, etc.

Then one day, my friend Mollie called and said "I saw these 2 stools on the side of the road and thought maybe you could do something with them". She knows me so well! So I put them at our kitchen island...and they got lots of use. My hubs loves to sit and having his morning cereal at the island while reading his Ipad. The older 2 boys love to sit and color where their little brother can't ruin the creations they are working on.

But those 2 little stools were just kinda...blah. Functional, yes...but aesthetically pleasing? Notsomuch.

Exhibit A:


Enter my dear friend Shayne had these three stools still hanging around after the tag sale last week. She asked me if I wanted them...as in, FREE. Yes please! I knew the day was coming that my 3rd little man would want to sit at the island with his brudders.

Here is one before the makeover...but picture a faux leopard print on the seat. I have no issue with leopard print, but it's chic, and my house isn't. I have 3 boys 5 1/2 and under. Not chic...believe me.


Anyway, I've always loved the numbered stools I've seen in blogland, so I tried my hand at them. Sprayed with Heirloom white by Rustoleum, distressed and glazed with dark walnut stain. I traced a stencil and filled them in with black acrylic paint. Then I recovered the seats with dropcloth as we need something cheap and durable. Plus, I love the way it looks.

Here they are!


Do you see what I see? Yeah..number one isn't finished. At all. Let's take a closer look at my first stencil attempt...


Are you laughing yet? I am. I need to re-do number one in a bad way, so let's just focus on the 2 stools that did work out!





Hope you are all having a wonderful 4th of July!!

~Allison

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