"Rattan" a new favorite of mine!!

For several months now, I have been on the lookout for "rattan" chair's...One like this.

Ballard Designs

Actually, I have been on the lookout for "rattan" anything! Tables, chairs, frames and even bar stools.

Several weeks ago, I found a rattan chair, similar to the one in the Ballard's Catalog for only $12, at my local thrift store....BTW, the Ballard's one is $279......I almost screamed with excitement.....Needless to say I scooped it up, paid my $12 + tax and headed for the door!

The chair was in really great shape but the brown fabric had to go.....I added new fabric for the cushion

using some leftover drop cloth from previous projects. Here she sits, "waiting", to see if I get the guts up to paint her.......Any opinions, or experience on painting rattan?...I'm thinking it may not be the easiest project! 

I have several more "rattan" pieces I have picked up.....I'll give you a sneak peek...

Bar stools....$3.99 each

another chair $2.50

Can't wait to show you how they turned out...Stay tuned and thanks for coming by!
I'll be sharing @ Coastal Charm

Client Project....I sooooo wanted to keep this mid-century dresser!

Good Morning! Thanks for all your sweet comments about my  new headboard.

Hope your day is shaping up nicely!! Before I head out for the day to my job "outside" my home....haha!
I thought I would share my latest painted mid-century dresser, I just finished it for a client/friend.......I had a hard time giving up this little beauty....and I think you can see why!

I bought this, specifically, for a client friend of mine....I was in love with it the moment I bought it!.......She picked it up last week. When she came to get it, this is how it looked, "staged" in my entry.
She had a big smile on her face when she walked in and saw it and I had a tear in my eye as she drove away, haha!
My favorite part of this dresser is the gold hardware (all original), it just needed a little cleaning.

Here is how I found this dresser in all it's very "brown" glory!!! I paid around $70 for it, which is a little more than I usually try and pay. However, I knew it was perfect for my friends house, so we went with it.

Now I am on the lookout for another one of these....So I can keep it!!!

Enjoy this gorgeous thing one more time, I'm still wiping away a tear, haha!

Have a great day and thanks for coming by!

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An update in the Master Bedroom..A new headboard!

Hello Blogger Friends...Hope everyone had a wonderful summer! This summer was a busy time for me ...Between the kids and work, I did not have much time to update you on my projects around the house.

Not to mention, we got a new one of THESE!
I had forgot how much WORK a new puppy is!

Last time we talked, I was working on my son's room...I had a bit of a "set back" with his dresser...I'll update you later on how that all turned out.

 Since I had some time...(kids back in school) YEA!.....I thought I would update you on my latest Master Bedroom project.

TA DA, a new headboard......I am very happy with the cleaner look it gives my room.

  

Whoa!...It seems forever ago, that I was working on the makeover in my Master Bedroom, you can read about it here.
You may remember last spring, I had put up the stencil and MDF and was trying to decide if I should have a headboard or not.

Headboard?...no Headboard?

...My old headboard was a cheap "brass bed", $5 at a garage sale and then spray painted with Krylon Oil Bronze.....No love lost on that! HAHA!...I figured it was time to move it out and try something new.

More like this....

Here is how I made it......

Cut a plywood board 76x31, double wrapped it in quilt batting. Used a 6x9 painters drop cloth for the cover. Since we already had the plywood, left over from another project, this headboard project was a "cheapy"...about $40 for materials.

To give the headboard some personality, I added some salvaged upholstery nail heads......I got them from these chairs, I am finishing for a client.

 

Since we wanted to hang the headboard on the wall, hubby added to the back, anchored in with screws, 2 heavy duty hanging hooks to the back...

Here's one more look.

There are a few more changes/updates in the Master Bedroom.....Stay tuned!

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Numbered Gray Dresser for my Son's Room.....Not so sure I like it!

Hope you are having a wonderful day!....How is your week going?

Mine has hit a snag.....

Have you ever felt after a project is finished.....

"Wait, wait....this is just not the look I wanted"? Well, that's how I am feeling after painting my son's old dresser.......

before

You may remember me posting about my son's room last week....He was out of town on a Church Mission trip and I took that opportunity to surprise him with a room redo and our version of DIY pallet bed. 

In addition to making him a pallet bed  for his room, I was also working on updating his old dresser. 

He has had this dresser since he was 4.....He is 16 now, it's been around our house for a few years!

I wanted to find a color very close to the color of his bedding..I used a Martha Stewart color called Zinc....You may remember Cassie @ Primitive and Proper using this color here on her mantle..Great color!

I sanded, primed and painted the dresser and then printed off numbers for the last 3 drawers..I used carbon paper to trace the numbers on the drawers and then painted them in with a the same white paint I used on my kitchen cabinets. You can find my tutorial on printing, tracing and painting numbers and letters here. 

After the numbers were painted on. I then sanded heavy on the numbers to give them a worn look.

I added some knobs I already had......Then I enlisted Hubby to help me with the rope pulls we put on the top 2 drawers.

So here is the old dresser finished...AKA, the numbered gray dresser.......HOWEVER, as I said, sometimes we win and sometimes we lose!!!

While I really like the dresser, I don't think it fits his room....Maybe it feels a little too juvenile to me.

I even went to the trouble to drag it upstairs, knowing, I would not like it!.......So any opinions, I am sure you are thinking the same thing....."too juvenile for a 16 year old room".....So I am back to the drawing board, trying to find a dresser for his room.....Maybe a trip to the thrift store is in order...."oh, darn", wink, wink!

So wish me luck.....here's to hoping my thrift store is full of possibilities!

The pallet bed for my son's room....Part 2

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Friday and looking forward to the weekend!....I'll be working this weekend..(Saturday only)...YAY!

I left off yesterday with this post about my 16 year old son and his pallet bed....Remember this picture of him building houses for a non-profit on the Navajo Indian Nation in Crownpoint, NM.

 

I am still working on his room but I wanted to share the "how to's" on his pallet bed.....I am hoping he likes it!

Before he left, he had mentioned wanting a futon in his room, however, he never decided on a particular one.....After seeing this on Prudent Baby and this one on Jilly and Mia.....I decided he would get a pallet 

bed......

Pallet's were not easy for me to find, plus I was really concerned about the chemicals they use to treat the wood......So we made our own pallet's from 2x4's, cut 40 inches long  and 1x3's, cut 80 inches long.....It measures 40x80, plenty of room for a twin mattress.  Purchased @ Lowes, cost $38.

We attached  6 castors/wheels(with locks), two in the middle and 4 on each end....Purchased @ Lowes, cost $25.

I then weathered the wood following Alison's tutorial @ Fab Rehab Creations using vinegar and steel wool. I was amazed how 

quickly the wood looked weathered.

I have been also painting this guy for his room......It's a dresser he has had since he was 4.....it needed an updated look!!!

See you next week with this finished HUNK!

We made a pallet bed for my son's room......Part 1

Hope you all had a wonderful July 4th.....We spent time with friends, saw some fireworks and enjoyed some relaxing pool time!

Hard to believe it is already July.....time flies!

Let me introduce you to my 16 year old.....Some of you may remember him from this previous post last year ....and TEXAS Homecoming Mums....

For the last week, this sweet 16 year old boy, young man has been in Crownpoint, New Mexico building houses for a non-profit called Next Step Ministries, it serves the Navajo Indian Nation. I am sure he is having a blast and learning a lot at the same time! He texted me this picture, he said they shingled a house in 3 days....High five son! 

As a surprise, I decided to make some changes in his room.......He has wanted a futon but since he and I could not decide on what he wanted before he left, I got a wild hair and did this.............

A pallet bed for his room.....However, this is not really a pallet bed.....It is a "We made our own pallet bed....BED"! 

Hopefully, fingers crossed, I should be finished with his room tomorrow and I'll share the how to's and the other details in his new room!

See you then! Thanks for coming by.......

A Tree Stump Table

Yeah,  Yeah.....I know, I am a little late to the tree stump table "PARTAY"......but better late than never...right?......As you can see, Hubby and I were a little busy on Saturday turning this.....

into this......

Don't you just love my "dirty" old Sperry's......haha! I always leave them by the front door and when I took my first picture I did not even notice them....sooooo, instead of taking the picture over I left them, they are my favorite summer time shoes, so comfy! 

Hey guys, remember those antlers from last December....I am still loving them!

Thanks to these wonderful bloggers (and West Elm) for inspiring my weekend project......

The Nester....she left the bark on hers and then added castors.....I love that look too!

Karen @The Art of Doing Stuff added some Ikea legs to hers for a modern feel...check it out!

From Gardners two Bergers scrapped hers like mine and has a wonderful tutorial on the process, don't miss that!

Seriously, with all that wonderful inspiration, plus all this wood, what else do you do?....In the last 2 yrs., we have lost two large trees in our back yard (I'm blaming it on the drought here in Texas).....

So, after we cut down the last tree, I said...."Hey Honey,  I got an idea, or should I say West Elm and a bunch of bloggers gave me an idea", haha!....Of course, that stump sat in the garage for the last 6 months waiting for hubby and I to work our magic......On Saturday, our magic began, with chainsaw in hand we cut our lovely stump. That was the easy part, the hard part was scraping all the bark off...several times during that process I thought, "why do I want a stump table"?

After the cutting and scraping, we used a belt sander to smooth out the top.......My original idea was to paint it white like this......I love what Alicia @  Thrifty and Chic did with her 3 stumps....

via Thrifty and Chic

But after mine was scrapped and sanded I was in love with the natural grain of the wood and kept it 'ole natural.

                                            Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for coming by!

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