Some Older Makeovers

We used to have a tiny apt in Fort Lee (love that town!) We needed a tiny couch and we found this yellow one and turned it into a cow. I know I know, cow print is long overdue,.. still :)

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This was a fun little side cabinet.

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Scrap Wood Chest

My work room upstairs is finally done. I needed a place to put all my millions of fabrics and swatches. We figured this weird corner could hold a giant chest and all my materials would be in one place. From demolition in the room next to it, we had piles of beat-up 1x3's. So we decided to build a chest, using only scrap materials from the ceiling.

It looked like a pig crate at first :)

After we managed to make it durable enough, stained it ebony and added a lion head knocker for easy pulling. Looks pretty nice ay? Cost $0.00 plus the wheels and hinges of course.

Our baby Cash likes it too

Tray Table Makeover

This table had such a great potential to be an ottoman instead. I re-stained the legs, cut a cushion out of foam and covered with heavy plaid upholstery fabric. Sold to a friend.

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Tiny Cork Table

This was another Thrift Store "beauty" $1.00. I didn't even have a good idea for it at first but after giving it a light sanding and painting it white, I discovered that I have some cork paper I bought from Europe last time we went. I used Mod Podge to glue it on top and it turned out pretty cute.

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Bathroom Makeover

This is was our bathroom before

Gotta make a plan first! Objective -Get rid of the bathtub, install glass mosaic tiles in the shower area and glass block to separate the shower area.

We found all kinds of weird stuff inside the walls, like hidden mirrors

Bathroom - totally gutted. Brian removed the tub alone! The floor was rotted, wood needed to be replaced in some spots.

We made two little ledges into the wall for the shampoos and stuff. I did the tile again but realized that this time it was much more difficult to get it straight. Got the tile again from www.cooltiles.com. I looked at everything on clearance and found a nice yellowish color for $5.00 per sheet.

Thanks to our friends who helped at the end to get it done. Mirror - Thrift Store $2.00, Vanity cabinet - Thrift Store $5.00 Brian refinished it, sanded, stained, clear coated and waxed.

Storage was an issue, so in between two beams we left this opening for the rolled up towels.

And where that hidden mirror was, we also left a tiled hole for a candle? Or a perfume..

It was hard to find a fexible shower head that mounts on the wall.