Fave Furniture Fridays #4

Hello everyone.. and hello FRIDAY! so glad it's almost the weekend. My husband comes home from work and we get to see him for more than 2 hours at a time at night.

 (the resident's life...ugh.)

Here are a few projects that I've been working on this week, along with painting my friend's dining room chairs, making a Harriet Tubman costume and preparing for a birthday party. :)

This is a dumpster dive treasure that I brought home on top of my car at night. The table is super heavy and sturdy.. i love the old pieces that don't have an inch of laminate on them. I wanted to do something different besides just painting it white, so if you look closely on top, you can see a parquet pattern in the wood.

I sanded (and sanded and sanded and sanded) and finally got all of the stain off on the top left and right. my plan is to put a coat of polyurethane over just those sections, tape them off and paint the rest of the coffee table a solid color. Tune in next week to see it finished! Sorry about the horrible picture, but at least you can see where the sanding took place. :)

The picture below is a bed that I found (and the before of the chair from last week's post). It's beautiful just like it is, but (of course) I decided to spruce it up a bit.

 Ta da! After. It's in the dining room, still. I need more space!!

 See anything great this week? We'd love to hear about it! Any suggestions on the coffee table makeover? Have a great week and a Hoppy Easter!

Fave Furniture Fridays #3

Helloooooo! Happy Friday! I've brought you a tutorial today by the lovely Cerniks and their blog. Click on the picture below to check out how they bought a table for $20 on craigslist and transformed it. I LOVE  before and afters- and they show you how to do it and what to use.

 Here is a chair that I finished this week. It's going to take a special person to buy this chair! I wanted to use some fuschia velvet that I had, and it really pops with the aqua! The before? Too horrible to show. ;)

 And another... this one had a pleather seat that I just covered over. Usually I remove the old upholstery, but this one was kindof...nice to sit on. That's the whole point, right? This grey and yellow floral fabric is an apparel fabric so I pulled it tight and sprayed it with scotchguard. It's a staple at our house!

 THIS chair... was my favorite. it's certainly from the archives and long gone, but I loved the green color and the white seat. I think at the next house, I'm going to paint my dining room that green! :)

...and some barstools that I found for $5 and repainted. I sold these on craigslist after a few YEARS of using them.. and the person who bought had no correlation with the letter R. funny!

I leave you with an incredible quote that I found on Pinterest!

If you're as pinterest addicted as I am, you can find me here. :)

Do you have a great project that you've been working on?? Link up! We would love to show you off!

Have a great week!

Fave Furniture Fridays...#2

Hello blog world.. and welcome to the second edition of Fave Furniture Fridays!

 (or, as Telisa and i have started calling it- "FFF")

Thanks so much for your links last week- it was fun checking each one out. The link with the most clicks was actually Telisa's- her armoire makeover was stunning, and you can see why!

I've been busy this week with a few projects of my own. I'm a big big fan of turning "trash to treasure", and the cheaper I can get a piece of furniture, the better the treasure it makes.

(when someone puts it on the curb, even BETTER!)

I usually redo about 2-3 pieces a week, and it's gotten a little crowded in our house- most of the pieces are either sold on craigslist or given to friends now. It's such a fun hobby!

Did i mention a little crowded in our house? I meant a lot.

This chair was one that i found at goodwill for three dollars.

This is a record console (it has vertical dividers in each section of double doors) that i found on the curb. WHO would throw this away??? not i. (also, I passed up an old organ because i couldn't think of anything fun do with it. It looked like a piano, but had a few rows of keys. thoughts??) I lightly sanded it, primed and painted it a gorgeous blue-grey, distressed it and changed out the knobs.

These end tables came with the chevron coffee table (here) that I beautified a few weeks ago. No before picture, but just imagine... dark wood. dangley handles. yuck.

I like chairs. Here's another one with a FABULOUS back design. So retro! I painted it grey and had to create a seat for it because the one that was on it crumbled in my hands as i unscrewed it. ewww.

After buying some new foam, i covered the seat in a pretty yellow corduroy with wide stripes. :)

Show some love- link up at our weekly party today and don't miss another one! Fill in your email address on the right sidebar to keep current! (hint, hint. g-i-v-e-a-w-a-y soon)

*Link-up your post (not your main URL) to this party, then include a link back to this page  

*No Etsy pages or business websites please.

 *Include a short description of your project and the name

of your blog in your link up.

   * Visit at least 2 other blog links and show them some love!

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New Series: Fave Furniture Fridays!

Welp, it's about time for a series around here.. and what else but my favorite things?

Yippee! Furniture!

I'll be posting every friday with my latest and greatest finds. Tutorials, DIY, paint, all kinds of fun stuff!

Link up your fave furniture transformations, tutorials and great finds, too!

I'll post the most popular the next week.

This first piece was found at kitchy living, and it's a doozie! (is that a word?) 

I love that it's a traditional piece that is painted an unexpected color. You would EXPECT this vanity/desk to be dark brown wood, right?

 

This chandelier... blows my mind. Absolutely Gorgeous. Found it at JamesPlumb.

This is an incredible transformation. Who would think to cut out the top section of a dresser and use it as a bench?? Chic Staging and Design would. That's who.

Can I post my own furniture makeover?

Yep. I'm doing it.

I turned a console TV into a fort. Check out the post here!

I've used this tutorial many, many times. How to paint letters perfectly on wood. Genius!

 Find it here at Thatsmyletter

How to paint laminate. That's right. IT CAN BE DONE!!! I found this tutorial by CentsationalGirl, and it's awesome. She even recommends sanding down the drips after priming and before your two coats of paint.phew! A lot of work, but so worth it!

Okay, so party rules?? You've gotta have 'em.

(thanks to NightOwlCrafting for the rules, because I had no idea.)

*Link-up your post (not your main URL) to this party, then include a link back to this page  

*No Etsy pages or business websites please.

 *Include a short description of your project and the name

of your blog in your link up.

   * Visit at least 2 other blog links and show them some love!

  *Grab the party-link button on the side bar so others can join the PARTY!

(looking for the link button? look no further.  It'll be up next week!)
I can't wait to see what you SugarTots find! ;)