Bullseye Tables

This weekend I came across two plain round tables and I was able to execute my long-lingering idea.
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Another Lucky Chair

On our way back from the rafting trip by Delaware, we stopped by at the antique shop on the way as usual. This is where I purchased the chair. Later that week I found a stamp underneath and did some research on it. This chair might be over 100 years old actually!

After applying the stain I was amazed at the contrasty pattern that formed due to a very old dense wood. I used a simple reinforced burlap to cover the new seat veneer.
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Vintage Corner Table

With this one I got off with a rough start. Originally I wanted to glue wooden cookies all along the curved edge, making it look like a welded bolts. But the ones I ordered online (Awesome source by the way http://www.americanwoodcrafterssupply.com), were too big, soo I changed my plan and glued them to the feet. Even better? Then I had trouble get the paint stick to the laminated top. Had to sand everything off again and start over with a right primer! If anyone ever wants to paint laminate, this is your product! make sure to sand it first and clear coat at the end.

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Little Rustic Fantastic Ottoman

We have a street fair coming up in October and I have been sewing pillows and making all kinds of nick-knacks like a beaver. I wanted to finish off all my coffee sacks and this was the last of them. The look goes awesomely with my rustic glam theme.

Hallway Bench

Small benches are fun to re-do, altho it took me forever to sand. Too many curved details. I had some burlap coffee sacks left that I used to cover the cushion. Might be a keeper!
Sold.
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Vintage Chairs - New Face

Those vintage chairs were in bad shape. Paint stained, scratched, vinyl cushioned.. I sanded the damn things for two weekends and they turned out pretty cute. Currently for sale.
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IKEA Bench

I don't remember since when we had this IKEA bench sitting and rotting outside. The top was completely gone and just when I was about to throw it for firewood, we decided to salvage the poor thing. Brian made a box for tile for it and painted the legs black. It could serve as a flower stand over the winter or an extra table to rest your glass on the porch :)
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Juta's Chairs

I know this older Estonian lady here, Juta. She moved from her house to a nursing home and gave me her dining room furniture a few years ago. I started to restore the chairs first to sell them but then they came out so neat that I decided to keep the chairs. Where else will I get a set of 6 vintage dining chairs for free?
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Another Table-to-Ottoman Makeover

This was a side table with a glass top and it's quite heavy too. It looked like a good base for an ottoman. SOLD!
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Single Arm Chair

This chair caught my eye at the Thrift Store this weekend since it was really weird. My GF thought it might've had a mate and probably belonged to a waiting room somewhere. Anyhow I stripped the arm bar, clear coated it and reupholstered the chair.
Sold.
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Making Over Ikea Chairs

Those used to be our kitchen chairs when we lived in the apt. Ever since we moved to the house, they have been sitting in the basement and after many failed attempts to get rid of  them on a garage sale, I decided to make them over.

I covered CD-s with a fabric for the detail on the back. 

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Another Coffee Sack Chair

Im becoming a coffe-sack-anator. Since I bought a bunch of those sacks and I love the rustic look and interior typography. Here's another one.
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80's Want Their Lamp Back!

This one was a freebie from our friendly neighbors. I can never resist a good challenge.
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Lamp with Ram Head Handles

This makeover I did three years ago and back then I was stupid enough not to take a "before" picture. I tried to find something similar online and found this one. Imagine now, burgundy base and gold ram heads on both sides... A-style pleaded shade, covered with plastic.. 
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How to make the A/C disappear?

We decided to build a cubby around it. It came out pretty sweet I gotta say. Definitely serves a purpose. Used 2x3-s, 1x2-s, Aluminum vent sheet and pickled oak stain. It opens up and is wide enough to hide the electrical outlet.
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Lucky Chair

We got quite lucky last weekend at the thrift store as we stumbled upon many potential little pieces that screamed for a makeover. This chair was one of them. Good quality red oak, made by union workers back in the 50-s. SOLD!
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Felt Fun

I bought a roll of natural felt from Estonia last time I went. So I made these rustic looking candle cozy's 

Anneli in Design Sponge

My knitted pillows were finally featured in the Design Sponge (my bible!) in March. Check it out here !

Little Garden Project

This chair came with the house, we found it in the basement. I gave it a new coat of paint to prevent rusting and, removed the bottom and planted the ever happy Purple Heart. 

Got Fork?

Yesterday I decided to paint a giant fork on my kitchen wall. Our cat freaked out when she saw it for the first time. I should've filmed that encounter :)

Scrap Wood/Coffee Sack Bench

Construction on the second floor is on hold for now. It's literally like a sauna up there now in the summer. But we can salvage a lot of scrap wood from that room and make new cool things out of it. Like that chest. I think that came out so awesome. 
I posted on FB that I started collecting vintage grain sacks. Some friends brought me the Basmati bags, the other friend got me this large coffee bag from Netherlands. She does a lot of traveling there buying old furniture for her store (www.mooblisahver.com). Thanks Piret!
So first we made a box using 2x4-s and 1x2-s from the construction room.

The coffee sack material is sturdy but very sheer and wimpy, I sewed a different fabric under it to make it sturdier by sewing a grid all across the material. 
I get foam from work, we pack heavy stuff there so foam is free. It was a pain to make the trim. It sheared like crazy. But in the end it looks pretty neat I think. If the cats start scratching that I will be very very mad.

Chicken Chair

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