....aaaaand, I'm back!

2 weeks!

I can't believe it's been that long since I posted last!

Well, we've been wrapping up summer around here and things got a little crazy for awhile.  But I have managed to get in a few fun crafts and wanted to share with you my office chair redo.

Remember that it looked like this:

It certainly was not hideous, but it wasn't really my taste, and I must confess that I had a moment of doubt when I was taking off the "leather" {and found out that it really WAS leather...albeit vinyl-looking maroon leather} but I forged ahead anyway.

I found some really cute zebra upholstery fabric and was going to use that for the cushion, but when I set it up next to the freshly-painted chair, it didn't feel right...so I looked through my fabric and found my old friend, Burlap, and it clicked.   I'm not sure if I will like it forever, but it was a pretty simple job, once I decided on fabric. 

Anywho,

here's how it turned out!

For those of you with extra-sharp eyes, you may have noticed that there is no trim.  I'm still deciding what to do...leave the stapled look {which I think goes nicely with the rusticity of the burlap}, find a good coordinating fabric trim, or attempt upholstery tacks...which my daughter thinks are fun to pull out...

What do you think?

The Story of Two Tables...

About ten years ago, I needed a table for crafts/scrapbooking, etc.  Space was limited in our two bedroom apartment, but I needed a place to work.  I wanted the table to be tall, so that I could leave my stuff out and the kids couldn't get to it.  So, naturally, I headed to the lumber store and purchased some wood.  For some reason {that I can no longer remember} I bought enough wood to make 2 tables, and slapped them together when I got home with a few nails and screws.  The are very basic, and pretty crappily made, and they wobble sometimes, but have managed to stay in one piece.

Fast forward 10 years, I still use the tables all of the time, only not for scrapbooking and crafts, but for serving food on the deck and out by our firepit for hotdog roasts.  A few weeks ago, my deck table was serving as a yard sale display table when someone offered to buy it.  I was in the clean out/yard sale zone and promptly sold it.  As it was being loaded into their car, I was a little stunned that I had actually sold it, but decided that it was okay, because I had the other one that I could paint and use on the deck.  So that is what I did.  And since I have a thing with turquoise lately, that's the color I painted it.

Here's how it turned out:

It only took one can of spray paint, and after I painted it, I stained it with a gel stain and then, since it will be staying outside, rubbed a wood wax on it.

Happy Tuesday Everyone!