Another chair

I'm on a white chair kick, here is chair #2.
I would love to eventually have 6 different white chairs to replace the black ones at my dining table. (Remember my first chair?)


I don't have a before picture, but it was a dark brown wood with boring fabric seat cover. I painted it white and distressed the edges with a sander.
Then I made my own faux postal sack by using a plate, bowl, acrylic paint and paintbrush, a scrap of muslin, and some letter & number stamps from my scrapbook stash. I traced the plate and bowl for the circle and stamped the letters and numbers with the acrylic paint. Then added squiggles to give it that authentic vintage postage stamp look. I then washed the material in the washing machine in cold. This made the paint fade a little in areas to give it more of that vintage feel.

This was a very cheap and easy makeover. I love it, do you?

Blessings

Don't forget to ...

My gratitude list (in no particular order):

1. a wonderful family who I love immeasureably

2. good health (despite a little cold at the moment, helps keep me humble and grateful when I am feeling 100%)

3. internet (how did we ever live without it?) I love connecting with all of you and getting such inspirational ideas.

4. a hardworking, and patient husband who puts up with all my constant thrifting and decorating

5. cute kids who make me laugh (and cry) everyday

6. faith in knowing we are here for a reason and trying each day to be a better person

7. a comfortable house we call home--my heart goes out to those who want for things we often take for granted

8. Internet--oops, I guess I said that already

9. seasons--we actually have seasons here where I live, and are currently changing into winter (which I love at the moment, come February, however, I'll hate it)

10. friends--who build us up, inspire, encourage, and comfort us when times are tough--how could we every live without each other

I am blessed.

Faux Grain Sack Chair

Here is my latest project, a chair transformation.

Before: very, very ugly. This is even after I removed the very ugly and dirty fabric on the seat. I got a little excited about this redo and tore off the fabric before I remembered to take a picture. But trust me, it was a very dirty, red & white checked material--I couldn't get my hands on it fast enough.

I used about 3 coats of white paint, then added a very large number 6 to the front (picked to represent the number of people in our family). I just printed off the number, cut it out and traced using a pencil. Then filled it in with black paint.

I heavily distressed the chair by sanding, then using a walnut stain applied liberally. I didn't plan on staining so much at first, but when I saw up close my paint job in certain areas, I decided this would be better than having to do yet another coat of white paint.

For the fabric, I made my own faux grain sack fabric. Using basic muslin and some masking tape, I taped off varied stripes and filled in using a gray acrylic paint. Then pulled off the tape to reveal this ...

Fall Runner

This was a quick and easy sewing project I put together over the weekend.

I wanted something to lighten up my very big and very dark table.
And add a touch of fall.



I decided to use what I already had--a long piece of textured muslin and a white dish towell from target.

I cut the muslin to the width and length I wanted. Then cut the towell in half and gathered and sewed to each end.

I added a galvanized tin trough I found at the thrift store. and some mini pumpkins,

and vintage sheet music I put through the shredder.

After I sewed the runner I put it in the washing machine, then dryer to give the edges a frayed look.

When I pulled it out, however, the runner was way to short for my table. Either I really messed up on the measurements or it shrank big time in the dryer.

I ended up cutting it right in half and adding a piece in the middle with the stitching seams exposed for added texture.

Besides the little snafu it was relatively easy and painless.

It gives it kind of a farmhouse feel,

in the fall time.

Gray

I've been busy.
Painting. And sanding.
Here's what my bed looked like before.
Very dark. I wanted to change up the look.


After this project I debated about painting my huge bed. I knew it was going to be a big job but I couldn't get it out of my mind.

I finally decided to block out two days last week to just stay home and get it done.

I chose Behr's "Light French Gray" from Home Depot.

I just love how it turned out. It lightens up the whole space. And its not white. I love white, but my husband claims I paint everything white nowadays. So this was a little challenge for me, and I think gray is my new favorite color--after white.

framed silhouettes in a corner of the house with a few of my favorite things

Here's a little corner of my living room. 

I've just updated this small wall near my wall of windows with some silhouettes.  Fall seems to be the time of year when we see silhouettes pop up everywhere. 

I try and redo my children's silhouettes every year--take out the old ones and pop them into their scrapbooks.  This year a new family member is making her debut appearance into the family, our new cat, Lucy.

 

These frames are ones I already had.  I just spray painted the girls' frames whites, and the boys' black.  Since I did Lucy's frame, we have since learned she is really a he, but I'm not going to bother re-painting the frame.  We also aren't changing his name. He is a boy cat with a girl's name.  But that's a whole 'nother story.

I updated my farmhouse dresser with some new accessories.

 

I love this black chicken coop wire cloche found while thrifting. It houses some mini white pumpkins sitting on a white cake stand.

I also love my skeleton lamp.  I prefer this type of shade better.  It allows more light to shine, and is better for reading.  I have actually transformed all the lamps in my house this way, by ripping off all the fabric on the lamp shades.  My husband's not sure what's happening to all the lamps! 

Just a peek at a corner of the house that I am constantly primping.

P.S. Don't forget to enter the giveaway for this amazing calender here.

P.P.S.  There's still time to link up your fabulously {primp}ed projects here.

keep primping,