A LIL CHIPPY MAKES A GREAT SHABBY - chippy french nightstands

I just finished up a fun pair of bedside tables.

I bought a broken antique table, ... okay let me start that again.

I paid money for a dozen little pieces of wood that used to be a table with pretty legs.

There was no top and in the end I was fortunate that I found all the other pieces but

I didn't know when I handed the money over.

The body of these nightstands were a part of a cute set I purchased on Craig's list.

Not my usual playground but they worked perfectly for my plans. 

 

The ceramic and metal knobs I brought back from our time on vacation.

The drawers have a great decorative arched detail on the face.

This pair of chippy and shabby bedside tables is currently listed in the SHOWROOM

with price and dimensions.

You can also find a side by side before and after pic here.

TOGETHER WE CAN HANDLE IT - cane console table

It`s hard getting back into work when you have been away from it for a long period.

Both George and I are trying to recall this feeling from past years but it seems different

this time around. Not only have we had several negatives come up since our return home

but we also spent our entire Easter weekend sick in bed.

Seriously not a single chocolate bunny or egg has been seen or enjoyed around here.

Even being sick has not kept me completely down as I`ve been able

to bring this newly completed console table to you. 

Fortunately I didn`t have to build anything but I can tell you,

painting and waxing open designed furniture takes a great deal of time, product,

attention to detail, and great patience. 

It has 2 removable glass panels in the top surface,

and 2 perfect caned panels on the bottom.

This is a vintage solid wood piece of furniture.

This Cane Console Table is listed on the SHOWROOM page with dimensions and price.

Get it before I decide to keep it!

MODERN CONVENIENCE - french provincial 4 drawer dresser

George has loved this dresser for quite some time but alas,

if you love something you must set it free. 

It was painted in old white and distressed to give it more age than it actually has.

We had bought both this dresser and a matching desk,

when we moved in together.

The desk was painted and sold long ago, (stop pouting Elinor)

But in the last few months once it was clear it was going to have to find a new home

the dresser became another victim to Chalk Paint.

This dresser has pretty provincial handles and the modern convenience of roller drawers. 

It is currently listed on the SHOWROOM page with dimesions and price.

You can find the side by side before and after here

6 MILLION DOLLAR CHAIR - upholstered white chair

This post is for my dear friend Bliss.

She requested some insights into chair upholstery,

but Bliss should know she would get a bit more than what she asked for.

 

Below is how our chair was found.

Ladies, we can rebuild her.

  

We have the technology.

We have the capability to build the world's best chair.

Our hero will be that chair.

Better than she was before.

Better,

stronger,

and more fascinating.

Okay enough of the open theme to the popular 70's show

The six million dollar man.

The toughest part to reupholstery I find is the tear down.

It's dirt and dangerous to your hands with all the old rusty nails and staples.

I use 2 manual staple guns loaded with different sized staples,

1/4 inch and 1/2 inch.

Keep in mind,

Not every piece has to be upholstered the same as the way you found it.

This chair was upholstered with a set of white quilted pillow shames found second hand,

and edged with new trim from the fabric store.

I know there are many of you out there with an upholstery project staring at you

wanting to know when you will get started. I'm no different.

HEDWIG - shabby chic shopping

Tomorrow is my birthday, I'll be 29 again, okay 40 something

 and I know as soon as I tell you it's my birthday many of you will be

so kind and send birthday wishes so to thank you in adavance

I flew all the way from Vancouver to Florida to bring you all a very rare treat.

There is a hidden jewel of a shop in St. Petersburg Florida that you all

would love to visit but because you can't I have brought it to you.

Greeting you on the side walk is a magical life size rabbit dressed in his best party clothes

sitting upon a cow hide upholstered french settee.

I said RARE!

Upon entering this magical place you start to see the most wonderful

pieces of furniture painted in white.

Forget any worldly concerns you might have because

everything you see is surely here to ensure a journey into a fantasy land.

During your visit you start to notice all the amazing upholstered

chairs finished in a variety of fabrics including vintage chenilles and quilted florals. 

Trimmed in pink and accent by the designs of the original fabrics

these chairs make you rethink a small corner of your own world.

Vignettes abound everywhere you look.

Including this miniature scene contained in a little box,

and the most cozy and inviting bed.

Many more pictures of this wonderful place can be seen

from a previous visit here.