Painted Pieces

Lately, I have been recycling a few pieces of furniture. My original thought was, and still is, to bring these pieces back to life and sell them!

I have done half a dozen pieces so far and have to admit I have kept five of them!  Does anyone else have a hard time parting with their creations?  

My latest project was two broken dining room chairs.  Perfectly sturdy, but their arms were dangling.

I see glossy black in this chair's future.

Got rid of the arms, used a little putty, and painted.

Found this fabric online and could not wait for it to arrive!

Oops!  Wrong color!!

Nice, but I wanted black, or should I say graphite?

The graphite fabric came and looks oh so nice on my newly painted chairs.  I think I'll keep them!?!?!

House Beautiful liked them enough to include them in their Readers' Favorite Chairs album!  

That was easy, now just what will I do with the blue fabric? There must be a seat somewhere waiting to be covered.

Have staple gun, will travel!

Halloween Costumes???

What's next?  Designer treats?

                          HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Before & After

I like a footed urn and use them all the time.  So when I saw this old friend in the barn, I grabbed him!

He used to live in the kitchen when roosters ruled...not so much these days.

A little black paint (honestly, I keep a mini roller in a  plastic pan of black paint, sealed in a plastic bag) just for  moments like this. 

A touch of gold (that's never far away) and, at the most, five minutes of work...VOILA!

On the cocktail table for now, but who knows where in the future.  A little black and a little gold in every room, I always say!

Fall Leaves...

Even on this gray day, the leaves are quite pretty on Second Street.  The colors of fall, can't get enough of them!

Soon the trees will be bare, the ground covered in snow...time to batten down the hatches.  

Polar fleece vests, Uggs, and yes, even a scarf become indoor attire.  The best seat in the house is in the front room next to the gas stove, and bedtime gets earlier and earlier...ahhh winter!

Today, I'll enjoy the colors of fall, continue getting the front room ready for it's winter inhabitants, and oh yes, dust off my snowshoes.  The snowshoes I have never used.  The snowshoes that have been hanging in the barn for three years. The snowshoes that are going to make winter so much fun! Gee, I just can't wait for that first snow fall...clomp, clomp, clomp.

Monaco Blue

Pantone's color of the year 2013, Monaco Blue.

Formal...

Or fun...

It works!

Trust me, it will show up on everything, everywhere, from Target to Neiman's. Can't wait, I think it's great!

Any Monaco Blue in your future?

Goodwill, Dollar Tree, and Big Lots

An urn from Goodwill, Pumpkins from  Dollar Tree, and dish towels posing as napkins from Big Lots!

Right at home with my Wedgwood Medici china that will be twenty-nine years old next week!