New Again

My Grandpa was an antique collector.

So much so that when he passed away, my family held a auction sale.  5 days one week.  1 more day a little while later.

I was a poor college student at the time, so I didn't have the opportunity to acquire much.  I did however, get this chair

(it already had one seat recover ~ the covering it had when I purchased it, left something to be desired).

No, it isn't an expensive piece of furniture, but I love that it is a folding chair and while it probably was never in his house, it reminds me of my Grandpa whenever I walk past it.

Anyway, I was ready to give it another face lift.

I decided to paint it.  However I didn't want to paint the metal folding brackets.  Not that we fold it often, or ever really, but I didn't want them to chip if they did and I thought they created some interest.  So first things first.  I took it all apart ~ and said a little prayer that I would remember where all of the screws went  so I could put it back together.

I wiped it down.

Sprayed it with a coat of Kiltz primer.

Then with a few coats of satin white spray paint.

Recovered the seat.

And miraculously put it back together!

However, once it was together ~ minus the seat, I felt like it was too bright.... too white.

So, I pulled out my sandpaper.

Roughed it up a bit, to give it some signs of wear and tear.

Then added a bit of stain for a little depth.

Voila ~ My old chair with a bit of a face lift:

I love it!

Laundry Room Redo Reveal

We Have:

Torn out
Put in
Painted
Put together
Installed
and
Re installed

and NOW,

I think we are finally done!

Here are the before pictures:

Organized, yet messy looking shelves and hanging bars

(and those clothes hanging over the bar?  They are air drying)

The white standing baskets? Laundry

Lost of shoes and ugly flooring. 

It was peel and stick tile that was chipping off (and yes, that is duct tape in the above picture holding the flooring together!).

Another organized mess.

Ugly boring walls, more open shelves.

The "art wall"

And now?

I'm in LOVE!

Brightly painted walls

And cabinets.  OH HOW I LOVE THESE CABINETS!

The tall ones are part of the PAX system from Ikea.

Really customizable!

They have different widths, heights, door styles, handles, interior styles and colors.

The ones above the washer and dryer are kitchen uppers, also from Ikea.

And we were able to add shelves, baskets and hanging bars where and if we wanted.

Check out the insides of these babies! 

Hubby, Sassy and I each have our own.  Action and Smiley share one.

And instead of doing all "cubbies"  I designed one to just hold shelves without doors. 

Just for sorting laundry.

This ALMOST makes me WANT to do laundry.

 ☺

sort of.

Come back tomorrow to see some accessorizing!

AND

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Until Tomorrow....

A makeover

I have always disliked these bar stools. .

When we bought our current house the previous owner left them here (I guess he didn't like them either). However, they weren't too bad until Action took a pencil and decided to poke holes in the seats. LOVELY!


Since they have sides, they work well for the kids for now.

A bonus: they are pretty comfy (just ugly).

Ok enough said.

Now to the make over....

I headed to the fabric store the other day on a mission to find fabric to make curtains. Which I did not find (for those of you wondering). I did however find a great deal on some vinyl that was the same color as the leather couch in our great room. Perfect for the stools in our kitchen! So I set to work ~ actually pretty easy work at that.

Pulling off the old vinyl.

Measuring out the new.

Pulling, smoothing and stapling it on.

And Voila ~ a makeover!

Why did I wait so long?