Guest bedroom makeover

What a short and rough summer!  We started out with our Key West vacation. It was great until I ended up in the ER due to dehydration.  Thank heavens, I only spent a few hours there and was good as new after they gave me IV fluids.  The rest of the vacation was awesome.  Shortly after we got home, mom got sick, and we went to MS to visit her.  I am so glad I got to spend time with her.  Then school started and I was back to the grind.  After less than two weeks into the school year, mom got sick again and passed away.  I told you it was rough!  Well since I got home from her funeral, I knew I needed to stay busy and decided to redo the guest bedroom.

Ottoman Facelift

Yesterday I went to an estate sale and found a few things for me. I was excited to find a couple of mini books.  I paid 5 dollars for both of them and later found that they are selling for $200 on Ebay.  But I was most excited about the $5 ottoman I found for my daughter.  I knew it would be the perfect accent to her new kitchen/dining decor.  I also knew it would look amazing by her "coffe chair". However, It was the ugliest green I had ever seen.  But I also knew my trusted ASCP would be the perfect fix.  I painted the top Pure White and the legs aqua.  Can you believe that you can paint vinyl with ASCP?  What a transformation! 

Before

After

How to print from computer directly on fabric.

Steps to print directly onto fabric:

First, find your image. I got my image from www.thegraphicsfairy.com.  She has tons of free graphics and awesome DIY tutorials.  I used a glue stick to adhere the fabric to a piece of card stock. Readjust as necessary to remove wrinkles from fabric.

 I then trimmed the fabric edges so it was exactly the same size as the card stock. The final step is to load the fabric into an ink jet printer.  I have to load mine fabric side down on the tray. ( I always do a test image on paper) .  

Here is my image after it has printed on the fabric.

The pink is the card stock.  I wait just a few seconds and then separate the fabric from the card stock..if you wait too long, the paper will stick to the fabric.

This is the pillow that I made with the image.

The completely painted chair...

Of course you know I paint furniture...the wooden kind right?  I bet you didn't know I paint, and you can too, paint the upholstered/fabric part of furniture. I started this little project after my daughter painted a Queen Anne Craigslist find.  She used acrylic craft paint and Delta Textile medium.  However, I decided to use Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.  Coco is my new favorite color and I knew it would look great on my chair's upholstery.  Here is the chair before I began.

I had purchased her for $20.00 at a barn sale last summer and had planned an reupholstering this little lady.   But, I just never got around to it.  So when my daughter painted her chair, I knew I had to paint my treasure.  

I began by misting a small section with water and then applying the paint.  I spayed and painted only a small section at a time. I had to rub the paint in by using a circular motion.  This is how she looked after the first coat of paint.

I knew right then, I would love  her new look.  

After I painted the bottom portion of chair, I decided it would be a time-saver to go ahead and paint the wood while the fabric was drying.  I used Pure White with a small amount of Coco added.

Finally all of the wood was painted.  I let her dry overnight and then added a second layer of paint to the fabric.  I sat her out in the sun and she dried within 30 minutes.  I then lightly sanded the fabric and then distressed the wooden part by heavier sanding.  Isn't she a beauty?

Check out new blog posting for pics of vintage lantern

I got this lovely lantern at a junkyard in Mississippi for just 5 dollars.  However, it was missing the handle and the top piece, not sure what it's called.  I was able to order them both from Kirkman's online lantern parts shop.  They even antiqued the new parts to make them look old like mine.  

Check out this cute little painted table on my blog

Today was spring cleaning day at my house. As it was rainy, foggy, and cool outside, it would have been a great day to lounge around and read a good book, but not for me.  I have put off cleaning out kitchen cabinets and fridge too long.  But before I started, I decided to paint this lovely little table and embellish her top with a French bakery advertisement graphic.

Beveren crate decor

I luv, luv, LUV Decor Steals and Antique Farmhouse.  They really seem to have their fingers on the pulse of the latest decorating items and ideas.  They are both online and are sister companies.  Check them out and sign up for their  newsletters and be sure to like them on FB for their daily flash steals. This is my newest item from them.  It is a Beveren crate from Belgium.  It was used for grape transporting from the local vineyards.  It actually still had a little straw and some dirt in it when I got it, which made it even more special to me.

I love how it looks on my coffee table.