Upholstery......something new

I tried my hand at some upholstering. It was really just removing the old fabric, covering it with new batting and then stapling new fabric on. Found just the perfect fabric at JoAnn's and it was on sale.  The chair is sooo cute! It started out really ugly,  but now, WOW! This is Helen's chair that she rescued from being put out with the trash!


Here it is before. The vinyl was so bad. I figured out the back was just stapled on with about a million staples. Got those out and used some wood filler and a good sanding and some Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in one of my favorite colors, Provence. Much, much better than new.

This vanity stool was my mom's. I just love it. She had covered it and painted it herself many times. Now it was my turn.

 

 

The paint here is ASCP in Paris Gray with clear wax. The fabric is the same pattern as the chair just in a different color scheme. I just love it. If Betsy has a spot for it, it's hers. If not I will find a place for it.   

We are having another paint day tomorrow. We found several great items this week to paint. We will also finish up some more of those we started last week.

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Scenes from Paint Day

This is getting embarrassing. My back porch is a total mess. The more we paint, the more the items seem to multiply. After we painted on Friday, I decided that I would just have to give them an ultimatum.....NO MORE GOODWILL PURCHASES UNTIL ALL THIS IS PAINTED AND TAKEN HOME! 


I told Bob about it as we were sitting on the patio staring at all this stuff. He calmly said "I'll tell you what the lady at the Flea Market said when I told her about your painting, shopping and hoarding. She said, 'she could be sitting on the couch watching soap operas, drinking whiskey and eating bonbons. So don't complain, it could be much worse.'" So he didn't complain and my patio will just have to look this way.

On Friday we had a beautiful day to paint. We had so many things to paint that I did not get before and after shots of everything. Helen painting her find!

 
Pam painting with a new color Emile. Her kitchen stools are getting a make-over! Just wait til you see them finished.

These night stands needed a little sanding before putting on the chalk paint. 

Just some of our work in progress!

One of our finished projects...this little wine cabinet. We just repainted the frame and it made all the difference.

Helen's finished table. Her son needed something to put his alarm clock on, this should be fine.

Judy joined us and didn't have anything to paint except these peach baskets. She just loved the paint and I'm sure next time she'll find something else to paint. 
In fact the next day she was stopping off at our favorite spot,
 the Highway 49 Flea Market!

 

Someone is going to receive some delicious home-made goodies in these baskets ...come holiday time!
(hope it's me)

Scrappy working on a special project. Didn't want you to see until I could show you the total transformation :)

 I will be posting all the finished projects soon, I hope!!

Also, soon I am going to combine the General Scrappy Blog and the Jo's Painty Place blog. We seem to be doing more painting than scrapping these days, but I'm sure when cooler temps come we will be doing more scrapping. It is difficult to keep up with two blogs so one will hopefully get more posts and possibly more traffic. Anyway, I am trying to think of a great Blog title that would encompass both these creative ventures. So if anyone has any suggestions, Please Bring them ON!!

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Evelyn's Elegant Orange Table

Evelyn found this great coffee table at the Flowood Flea Market.  She had made some beautiful floral pillows for her daughter's dorm room and wanted to make the table to match.  Evelyn first gave it a coat of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Barcelona Orange. To make it a little distressed she took a rag and rubbed off some of the orange to show the wood a little.
 

Then her daughter made photos of each flower on the pillow. We got them  printed 8 x 10 at Walgreen's. We then traced the images with tracing paper and then transferred them to the table with graphite paper. 

Then each flower was carefully painted with acrylic paints. 

 

 

 

 They were a little bright so Evelyn used an antique glaze to give just the right look. She then finished with a coat of clear. It just came out gorgeous! A lot of work but certainly worth the effort. A flea market find turned into a masterpiece!

Not a clear photo but you can see the pillow in back and how cute it looks in Madison's dorm room!!

Pam and Evelyn in this very classy dorm room at Ole Miss!
The table just makes it!!

Busy, busy, busy!!

 I finally got it finished! This seemed to take forever. But I had to figure out where I was going to put it. Then totally rearrange the scraproom to get it in. Now I love it!

Remember this cabinet was my curbside Free find way back in May. I sanded it and painted with Annie Sloan Chalk paint in old white. I had collected all these baskets over the years and some recently from my dad's workshop. He had made them many years ago. Camille and I painted them several different colors of chalk paint.

I only put them on one side because I had this perfect corner to put it in.It became our new Chalk Paint area. 

Here's the before!!

 

Helen and I found this cute little lamp at Goodwill for 2 dollars. It needed at new part where the bulb goes so I replaced that. Then covered with burlap and added a ruffle and some rosettes with some vintage buttons and earbobs!

 

We also did a little scrappin' this week. Camlile made this cute Twilight themed bulletin board.

We surprised her with a cake for getting her driving permit! It was supposed to have a car on it but we just could only find a dump truck in the toys I had for Brennen!

 

Helen brought this cute table that she had for a long time. 

We shabbied it up!! Love this. First time for doing this much distressing!

 

 

Edith finished up the rocker too!

And Evelyn found this table at the Flea Market. We are doing something really special on it. Watch for later post!!

 

Sorry for such a long time between posts. It's hard to get all this done between trips to Goodwill, Scrappin' and Paintin'!! Hope to see you again soon! 

Chalk paint on a Chia Pet....learning how to use Chalk Paint

Our class on Friday was so much fun! We managed to get most of our flea market finds painted, and then some!

This was our first Annie Sloan Chalk Painting Class! Jo taught everyone how to use the paint, waxes and even tried some stenciling!

Did you know chalk paint works on a Chia pet?

Our $15 flea market rocker turned into a delightful keepsake
for Edith's granddaughter, Drew!

I cut the letters with the Cricut. We undercoated with Old White, stuck on the letters and painted over with two coats of Emperor's Silk. I just peeled them off. Nearly perfect. Haven't touched up at all. We plan to do a little sanding to let some of the cream paint peek through and give it a coat of clear wax. So cute! A great Christmas present!

 Edith painted the box with Coco Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and then waxed with clear and dark wax.

Then Joanne used her Cricut to cut a stencil. Dabbed with Graphite and King's gold wax. Just delightful!

The day began with a quick trip over to an antiques sale which happened to be just across from The Southern Institute of Faux Finishing, our ASCP store! So we made a quick stop at each! By 10:00 we were hard at work.

Notice Evelyn's Duck Egg Blue drawer insides.
  I forgot to get a picture of them after.

Evelyn's small table/ jewelry box or nitestand. Just the perfect size for her daughter Molly's small New York City apartment!

 We did a thin wash of Old White on the top. It was almost in perfect shape but had a couple of boo-boos. It would have been nice to leave it natural.

Then she painted the rest in French Linen. I just love this color, very elegant.

I had this idea all week and had prepared a huge vinyl cutout with the Cricut. She painted just the area in front with two coats of Old White. We then placed the cutout on top, then painted around it with the French Linen, then carefully peeled it off. This was my first attempt at doing anything this complicated. With a little touching up , I think it came out gorgeous!

 Evelyn finished it off with a little sanding, clear and dark wax.
 It really is elegant for a $25 Flea market find!

Pam's cigar cabinet Humidor. This was very old and one of our flea market finds!

This piece had a little damage which Joanne repaired with some wood filler. Then a little sanding.  Pam wanted it red, and red she got!!

 She added a little dark wax and a touch of gold on the doors and on the curvy top! Just awesome!

Helen's Goodwill canisters.

Helen's Goodwill canister set really became a masculine addition

 for her son's kitchen.

They were painted with several coats of Coco. These were originally painted with enamel paint. The ASCP did cover but it took several coats. I cut some Chalkboard vinyl sticker labels with the Cricut. Now her son can label them however he wants! Helen also painted the cute red shelf and the

 Alabama Chia Pet!!

 My legs in Pam's beveled glass mirror. A $4.50 resale find!

We did accomplish a lot but we still have lots more to paint.
 So we have plenty to keep us busy!

 Watch for more projects soon. I am still working on making a painting area in the scrap room. Just don't know what to do with all this scrap stuff!!

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