I told you there were lots of furniture makeovers on the way!  Here’s another one… Remember this pair of French chairs?  I found them on Craig’s List for a good price and they were in really nice condition.  A reader asked why I don’t just leave them alone.  It’s true, I could probably sell them as is, but they aren’t really “me.”  Why does that matter if I’m selling them?  It matters because people aren’t just buying a French chair or a dresser from me.  They can buy those from any vendor at Lucketts.  What they can buy from me is something with my style stamp on it.  Plus, I want my booth to be full of things I love and would use in my own home, not things that are just nice. So, Cari stripped them and pulled out the thousands of decorative tacks to get them ready for

 This chair has been languishing in my basement for a while…almost a year, I think.  Sometimes I don’t work on pieces because I’m stalling, busy, uninspired or it keeps falling to the bottom of the to-do list.  I think other times, providence plays a small role.  I wasn’t really sure what fabric I was going to use on this piece and was just planning on defaulting to natural hemp.  Then, I found this PA grain sack at an antique store.  I happened to set it on the chair and it seemed like they were meant to be together.  I wasn’t sure how well the ornate frame would play with the humble grain sack, but they were perfect. Here’s what the chair looked like when I bought it.  Not bad at all, but the tapestry-like fabric wasn’t my style and there was flimsy cardboard backing that I wanted to replace. The