I have a lot on my plate for the next couple of months and my mind has been churning trying to sort and prioritize. When I hit these busy seasons, it helps me to get things checked off the to-do...
French chair makeover
I have a lot on my plate for the next couple of months and my mind has been churning trying to sort and prioritize. When I hit these busy seasons, it helps me to get things checked off the to-do...
checked chair
I have been in an upholstery mood lately and I've learned I need to take advantage of that sort of mood and get some upholstery done. Kriste worked on stripping a couple of chairs we had hanging in...
french twins reveal
This reveal is a little anticlimactic, since you've already seen what one finished chair looks like and they are twins, so the other one looks pretty much the same. As with all identical twins,...
reupholstering a French chair | part 6 | applying the trim
We are finally at our final installment of this video tutorial series on reupholstering a French style chair. It's time to frame out those upholstered panels and cover the staples with some gimp...
reupholstering a French chair | part 5 | upholstering the chair
We are finally here...get your staple guns out and let's start upholstering!! I know it's hard to believe that it takes four parts to get to the point when you can actually upholster, but that's...
upholstering a french chair | painting & finishing the chair frame
Here we are at parts two and three of our makeover of these French chairs I found on Craig's List... We stripped off the upholstery in part one, which you can find HERE in case you missed it. Once...
paint brush on a stick
I was all set to meet Kriste at the studio this morning, but as I was getting up and about for the day, I realized I really wanted to paint my walls and trim and get the tedious painting project...
Furniture Makeovers Galore…
If you like furniture makeovers, you're going to have an overflowing cup after perusing this post. This weekend, the Mustard Seed Studio hosted our first BYOF (bring your own furniture) workshop....
styling the jelly cupboard
I've been under the weather for the past few days. I'm getting better, but hanging out in bed doesn't make for very fun blog posts. I checked out my draft folder to look for posts I started, but...