Cheap Chic

I have told you about my sofas from my salvage store that were 90% off, $400.00 each, and my not so favorite matching chair for under $200.00.  

And you most likely remember my $159.00 area rug, $75.00 Louis chair, and $2.50 a panel curtains.

Add to that the $39.00 coffee table ( the repurposed dining table), and the recycled dining chairs.

Throw in a pair of brass and marble lamps, $10.00 each and an $8.00 hand painted side chair.  

An assortment of hand-me-down pieces, accessories, and pillows complete the picture. They all add up to a small living room with a big personality!

A sprinkling of pink makes me happy during the long winter months and a smattering of black and gold, just because!

Glowing Tissue Paper Orbs

I am not crafty, never have been, never will be!  But, when I saw this little, tiny, project on Pinterest, I was off to the Dollar Store.

Four Bucks!  White tissue paper, white balloons, white glue, and battery operated tea lights.

Blow up the balloon, rip up the tissue paper, dip it in watered down glue, and wrap around the balloon.  Simple, even I was successful!

Let it dry, cut a hole in the balloon (for the tea light), remove the popped balloon, and VOILA!

  I plan on making a few more (they take just a few minutes) and using them in my greens on my dining room table this Christmas!

They are sitting in a fern now, so you can see how much fun they are and just how crafty I am!

                             Who knew!!!

Fun & Fanciful Friday

Five fun and fanciful images that caught my eye on my travels through the internet this week!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Repurposed

I have always wanted a large coffee table between the two sofas in the living room, I mean LARGE!

Found it!

A solid wood dining room table for $39.00 at Goodwill.
(Sorry, the legs were cut off before I got to a camera).

It was painted green so I tried roughing it up a bit with sandpaper, not much luck.

Oh well, I primed and then rolled on three light coats of high gloss black.

The center seam doesn't bother me, but you could very well use some filler and sand.

Turned out just fine!

Happy as a clam with my repurposed dining room table!  Now let me put the rest of the room together and you'll see how well it works in the center of the room...stay tuned!

Fun & Fanciful Friday

Five fun and fanciful images that caught my eye on my travels through the internet this week!

Have a wonderful weekend!

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!