Scored

I love doing the quick thrift store run on Wednesdays.  I can hit St. Vinnie, Savers, and Goodwill all within a couple of miles of home. This time I found the cutest sewing box for $4.00.
 (That's with my senior discount.  Age, not grade in school.)

Anyway, it has all kinds of little drawers and compartments, and when it's cleaned up it will be a convenient addition to my studio.

Quick Step

     I found this chair at Savers yesterday.  I shop there on Wednesdays because I can use my "Over 55" discount. 
          ---Yeah,that's age, not speed. 
     A while ago, I found acres of a great quality, black-and-tan upholstery fabric--discounted--that has text message abbreviations on it, and it's my go-to material when I find chairs that would look good in a home office, teen bedroom, or dorm room*.
 *I have plenty of experience with dorm rooms and college apartments since my daughters were in 18 different places by the time they were out of undergrad, one being a 10th floor dorm with an
out-of-order elevator on move-in day.
But that's another story...

     After pulling the seat off and giving the metal a good washing, I tore off the old vinyl and foam and proceeded to do my magic, which involves a really cool staple gun attached to a big ol' air compressor.  I always feel like Tim the Toolman Taylor when I fire up that baby.  Sweet.


    

My New Best Friends

I'm excited that Comfy Chair Consignment is having its Grand Opening this weekend.  Robin and Rick will raffle off this chair.  I hope that whoever ends up with it will be happy because zebra stripes, while I consider them rather tame, are not for everybody. 

My furniture comes with a little caveat:

 Life's Short. Show some nerve.

Rolling along

After a busy day of looking at model homes this weekend, I've seen enough places that are all staged and gorgeous that it got my upholstering mojo going.  So I grabbed a little vintage chair project that I'm doing for someone who bought one of my chairs earlier (I just love repeat customers!) and finished it up. 

This little chair is named Rita Rae Today.  It belonged to Grandma Rita.

I'm finding that I'm coming up with a nice stream of re-upholstering kitchen and dining room chairs, stools, etc. in between my own start-from-scratch creations.

This is a commitment

Wow, I usually have so much to say on a daily basis but here it is a month later and...nothing.


But in the meantime I've finished a couple of projects.  This one is a painted vintage chair, covered in a leafy print that's over all new materials...none of the yucky, smelly stuff that comes with an old chair. This doesn't have anything in it that will annoy your allergies.  We'll just let Spring in Wisconsin do that for you. 


The photos don't do this chair justice.  The colors are much richer, and the green paint picks up one of the tones in the fabric.  I have a pretty good camera, but had to take the photo indoors and the flash washes out the colors.  It actually looks great in my living room, where it currently resides, but if I kept every chair I thought looked good in my house, it would look like theater seating. 

So I offer this one at $135, which is a steal if you look at ETSY and other hand-worked updated furniture sites.