Garbage picked beauties!

My garbage picking days have really been good to me-

There's nothing better than great and especially free furniture

It makes my heart sing!!

Remember back,  a long year ago I snagged these

Curb side lovelies on Easter morn-

My sister's wonderful neighbor, Megan

( you remember this) had decided the table and chair set

Had seen better days so-

What's a garbage picker to do but

Score!!

They looked like this when they were sitting all forlorn on the curb

So it was time for some jazzing up!!

After sanding the tabletop-

It was ready for a primer-
I use Kilz - it always serves me well, then the painting began
The tabletop was in rough shape but a thorough sanding and
Behr's black semi gloss cleaned it up perfectly!

A final coat of clear wax and it's good to go!

The set of six chairs were in pretty good shape-
cleaned them up and gave them a light coat of Rustoleum in classic black
a simple coat of clear wax gives them a bit of protection-

 

Like the new fabric?

Can't wait  see these in their new space!

 

Saturday's the big day so I'll be sure to snap some pics of her new pad!

Stay tuned for more!!

 

Take care, gotta fly-

 

 

 

New desk chair, again...

This past summer I scored an adorable chair with a rush seat-

I loved it-

especially for the price-

So, I decided I would use it as a desk chair in my kitchen-

After a week, I knew it needed a kick-

so it went from a natural wood,
 to a match with the kitchen hutch-
(sorry my pic flew into bloggyspace!)

I loved it even more...

Fast forward 2 months...

sadly, the chair did not fare well-

turned out

it was uncomfortable,

unfortunately,

so-

back to Club GW

to locate a new chair

and that I did-

for a cool .99cents!!

Can you believe it?

Wiped off the grime,

painted it white

and

recovered the seat

 with a $6 remnant

 from JoAnn's-

The result..

brand new(to me!)

comfy desk chair for

$6.99!!

Well, take care, gotta fly- Claire

The new kitchen look!

I've been dying to paint my kitchen set-

love the round table-
love the look of the chairs-
(well, not really but...)

 just not their weight-

-way too heavy-

So, as I've shown you before,

I've been scoring some great chairs at Club GW-

I was going to paint them white

 because the table blended into the floor

which also blended into the chairs-

one big blending-

I painted the table-2 coats worth

each chair also got 2-

when I was done-

I realized it wasn't doing it for me-

Blah

My whole plan changed

and

today I repainted the table

 and six chairs

 the same color as the hutch

No more blah-

LOVE IT

Have you ever made a mistake with color

and been so bummed

 because of the time you ( wasted) spent?

The chairs from Club GW-
before....during...after...

But, I'm a happy camper now!

The fabric I recovered the chairs with,

 match the trim on the curtains-

Love the new color-

it really perks up the space

and

perks me up too!

The best laid plans don't always pan out
but, I must say in this case-
love the new found plan!!

Take care, gotta fly - Claire

Kitchen chairs

I've had these chairs at my kitchen table for years-

I loved the look

 but they are really heavy and not comfortable!

What's a girl to do?

Go Goodwill Hunting!!

Over the past few months,

 I have scored some chairs to replace my current ones-

some have a padded seat
which I think will add to the comfort-

I have a plan

 but as we know,

the best laid plans.... 

so fingers crossed-

I'll be back to show you the finished product,

soon!!

So, take care, gotta fly- Claire

(ps.. I got busy, changed my mind after painting two coats of one color

 and I can't wait to show you the finished product!)