Behold! I would like to enter into evidence Exhibit A, a $4 ottoman I picked up at a yard sale:
A little batting, some new fabric, black spraypaint for the feet (obviously I had to find a way to incorporate spraypaint into this project - it's my fave) and a staple gun and we have this:
Cute, yes? Why THANK you! You're not so bad yourself!
But enough about me. Back to home improvement. Remember what the outside of the house looked like?
We weeded, we Rounded-Up, we mulched (15 bags and we could probably use a few more)...we sweat and whined. (well mostly I sweat and whined) But check out the front yard now! (big thanks to amateur landscape artist Blake Jones for recommending we rip out the ugly bushes on the left...SUCH a difference! we're tackling the ones on the right this weekend.) Some new house numbers, a new light fixture and some flowers in a pretty pot and voila:
So much brighter and more open! Even Design Assistant Magnus put on his gardening gloves and got into the action:
We also hemmed and hung up new curtains in the living room, tore out some ugly fixtures in the 1/2 bath and are halfway through the remodel. Pictures to come soon!
REUPHOLSTERING... NOT FOR SISSIES!
ReplyDeleteOk. So I read this blog however long ago it came out and thought it was really cute... So this week, Auntie Fabulosa aka Queen of Awesome Stuff in Her Attic, set aside some things for my new abode as she was cleaning out and packing up. All of the "things" needed some TLC, so I immediately got to work. The table is glued back together, the bed-- well we're in search of magic screws, and now it's down to the chairs. I believe you have seen these chairs with the leather bottoms. Inspired by your cute ottoman, I decided I could at the very least save money if I took the old fabric and cushioning off myself. 246 brads, tacks, and nails later, I have 3 scuffed knuckles, a sliced thumb, a puncture wound to the palm, and only ONE chair done. Hahaha.