Drop Leaf Table With Homemade Chalk Paint

I feel like I have been a quiet blogger lately....I have been really busy working on projects though!  Most of you know I have been selling my goodies in a fun store in Battle Ground, WA called Uncovered Ruby.  Sadly, the owner decided to close.  I was so bummed, what was I going to do?  Well luckily another vendor decided to open!  Crazy me, I didn't decide to have a spot until Wednesday and their opening day was this past Saturday!  Talk about NUTS, yep your looking at her!  The last spot available was bigger than I was used to so I called on my crafting buddies (my sis-Roxy and her crafty neighbor Robyn) we joined forces to fill the spot.  The store had an amazing first day; it looked so pretty inside!  If you ever want to come visit here is the info:

Rusty Glamour
510 E. Main St.
Battle Ground, WA. 98604
360-624-6916

Monday through Saturday
10 AM to 6 PM


Here are a few shots from around the shop:

My project I was going to blog about was a cute little coffee table I painted for the space.  I snapped a before; then went I thought I would go to the shop and take the after pics (that way it would be all staged pretty).  Well guess what?  It sold the first day! This was painted white homemade chalk paint on the top, and one of my favorite home colors...a color we call beach cream.  Not sure what the actual name is, lol!

Coffee Table Before

Coffee Table After

I also made over a fun old dining room chair.  This is a first for a chair like this and I really liked working on it!  Here it is before...I can't find a picture finished (go figure!)

So now onto the next project; a fun little drop leaf table!  These tables are just so stinkin cute; I had to get it!  Here is how it looked before; it was in really good shape (thankfully)

Yep, my garage it a hot mess!  For this little table I sanded the top down and stained it in Espresso by Varathane.  Then I used one of my newest favorite colors for my home Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter (awesome)  I highly recommend it, the perfect neutral shade kind of a tanish gray.  I used this and made a batch of chalk paint.

Isn't the bottom so cool?

Hopefully someone will take this home and love it!  Oh guess what else I figured out how to do today?  I made these fun twine knot balls for a vase filler.

I absolutely love these!  If I can figure out how to explain how to do them, I may do a tutorial!

Well since I have been so quiet I did an extra long post!  Hope you liked it!

Have a great day!

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Easy Chicken Wire Memo Board

One of my favorite projects is to make chicken wire memo boards.  They are quick, easy, and super cute all hung up!

Here's the low down:

Find an old frame.  Here is mine; a very dated hunter green beauty.

Break out all the goodies so the frame is empty.  (I kind of jumped to the break apart before I remembered to take a pic, sorry!)  Now if you want the chicken wire in it's natural form, you will want to paint your frame before moving onto the next step.  For this project I am painting the wire as well.

Flip the frame over and staple the chicken wire to the back of the frame.  This frame was kind of a pain; my wire was too short, so I improvised and overlapped the wire.

Don't worry about the frame edge, or try to make it look nice when you are stapling.  You will flip it over and no one will notice-awesome!  This is still in the hunter green form, with the silver chicken wire.

Once my wire was all stapled down I flipped it over and spray painted the entire thing.

I love the look of clothespins for the hangers.  Of course I have to glam them up a bit, here's how:

Find a piece of scrap book paper.  Trace your clothespin on the back of the paper and cut it out.

Grab the infamous Modge Podge, or you can use some plain old white glue (I have used them both with equal results).  Attach the paper to the clothespin.

TA..DA..  Easy, peasy, cute memo board!

I made this cute black one for my new office at work!

This is one from my daughters room, perfect little spot for her artwork!  Hers has bee up awhile, looking like it needs a new coat of paint, lol!

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Dresser Makeover Pretty In Pink

When I was pregnant with my son, my first pregnancy, I was a complete shopaholic!  I was so excited, everything had to matching, top of the line, etc.  Then along came my little princess.  I wasn't so picky, loved hand me downs, all that good stuff.  So when I set up my daughters nursery (as I say this now, I am kind of feeling bad, lol) I had just painted the room prior to finding out I was pregnant so I kept it the same color.  I re-used my crib from my son, but when it came to the matching dresser I was like UGG.  I didn't like it when I used it for my son so I definitely wasn't going to use it for my daughter.  It had drawers underneath with a changing table on the top that you had to flip over=pain in the booty!  So anyhow, I didn't put a dresser in her nursery....man that was a lot of background to get to my dresser story!  As she got a little older she started asking me to paint her room a pretty color.  Then we had to upgrade the bed, so I was on the hunt for a dresser.  My problem was that the cute bed we purchased her was on off-white, not something you can just go out and find anywhere!  Then I wanted something unique, pretty, and fit into my little budget=double hard!  Here is what her bed looks like.

This isn't her room, just the staged Costco pic.  So this last summer my sis and I were out garage saleing and I found the one!  Then I asked the price $50.00....hmm I am kind of cheap.  Was this a good deal?  I called my girlfriend, she said "Offer her $30.00, but then if you love it buy it!"  I offered her $30.00 but she came back with $40.00, then I said "Yes, please".  (Can you tell I am a horrible barterer?  I figure they priced it that price and that is what they want)  Here is what it looked like before:

A little beat up, a lot colored on, but oh so cute!  I took my daughter to the store to pick out what color she wanted....guess what she chose?  Of course pretty in pink!  So after I scrubbed it up, I sprayed it down.  Then I mixed some Varathane Espresso stain and water, rubbed it all over and wiped it off.  Here is what it looks like now:

I left it more white is some places, more stained in others.

I feel like this dresser will be a piece that will get many makeovers in the years to come.  It will surely stick around....I adore it!

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Reupholstered Wing Back Chair

Yesterday didn't start out so great.  As I was getting ready for work my I could hear my 9 year old son getting ready for school.  Then I heard what every Mom dreads....the sound of him throwing up!  Not fun at all!  Then my husband woke up...sick!  I'm sure you all agree; husbands are much harder to take care of then the kiddos!  Thankfully the little miss and the munchkin were feeling great.  Sis went of  to school, so at nap time guess what I worked on?  Remember that Wacky Wing back Chair?  I finished!  Doing a happy dance right now!

Here she was in all her glory before:  You can read how I acquired this beaut here.

All week I have been chipping away on this project.  Since I am a re-upholster newbie I didn't want to be overwhelmed, so I thought one piece at a time.  You know, slow and steady.  That is great in all, but you Moms know when you have a free moment you work as long and as fast as possible.  That is what I did all day yesterday.  It paid off, but it was quite a chore!

I really tried to use all the pieces I removed as my pattern, and my goal was to re-use all the tack strips and other metal strip (not sure what it is).  As I removed each piece I labeled them with a black sharpie and then used them for a pattern.

I tried to use this metal ka-bob for the seam, but I just couldn't get it right.  Here is what I did instead.  Wherever I needed a pretty outside line I cut strips of cardboard, flipped the fabric over and stapled underneath.  I am not sure what people do normally, but it worked really well for me.  Since the cardboard strips were so thin they would bend around the curves of the top.

Just as I was finishing the fabric, Sis begged to have a seat!  Isn't she cute in her little school uniform?  Love uniforms in school!

This is a cardboard seam, after it is all flipped over.

I had to add that touch of shabby; so I sanded the legs to give them some character.

Its very ZEBRA don'tcha think?  At least with a black and white pattern I can have fun with seasons and add a super colorful pillow, without all the work!

So have you ever reupholstered anything?  Did you use cardboard for your edges as well?  If you are going to ask me if I would do this again....give me sometime, let the soreness in my hands wear off.  I probably will, you know me-I am a glutton for punishment!

Have a great day!
Ade

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