The Chair Needed a Vanity:)

Well, I made that fabulous purple chair and really did not know what to do with her! I found the perfect match for her at Goodwill! I saw this vanity, or desk, and had to have it! Thank goodness it was half off day at Goodwill, so the vanity costed me a whole $7.

Before any beautifying!

I love, love, love the drawer handles on this piece!

Someone was not taught by their mom that you MUST use a coaster, thanks Mom! Never again will this amazing piece of furniture be stained with beverage glass marks!

This vanity is even on casters! (Little wheels that used to be on a ton of old furniture!!)

After tons of sanding, with a power sander (which my amazing future Parent's In-Law bought me), I got the base off of this piece.

I chose to make a white chalk paint, for this piece. I wanted to keep the old look, and also add the distressed factor! I painted a few coats, and then look piece of lace and laid it on the top. I used a purple spray paint, and sprayed over the lace. That created the lace on the wood! I liked the concept, but was not thrilled with the turn out. So, I took my sander and sanded some more! With more sanding, it turned out perfect!!! I got the distressed look, and it has a faint aspect of the lace on the top:)

I kept the existing hardware, it was just right in its original form!

Now, my amazing chair has an amazing vanity!!!

This Chair Is What Sparked My Passion!

This is one of my favorites!

I found this chair at a thrift store, and saw so much potential!! I made the purchase, and knew I needed to make her stand out. I also made the discovery of my new favorite store, with the help of my mom:) I want to find a place where I could buy upholstery fabric, and maybe pick someone's brain about my new hobby. My mom found the H&R reupholstery fabric store online, and my love started from there! I went in and was overwhelmed with SO MANY CHOICES!!! I ended up finding what I wanted for this chair, and some others! An older gentleman, who works at (maybe owns) H&R, was so helpful. He gave me so many pointers, and I also made the purchase of my air staple gun!!! (Best investment ever!) I have a post about staple guns, if you have not seen so already:)

In her infancy...

I stripped her down, piece by piece!

*******Very helpful note************

Make sure to use care when stripping the fabric. You want to be able to use the old fabric as a template for the new fabric. It is also good to refer back to if you cannot remember what went where. This helps out a ton when you get into even more advanced chairs!

From this point, I sanded the wood frame as best as I could. Then, I stained the wood with a dark mahogany color. *Note: staining is a pain, and takes a few coats to get the actual wanted color. And, the stain has a strong odor, it lasts on the piece for a few days!

After I stained, I put her back together!

Unfortunately, I did not think about this whole blog thing till after I finished this chair. So, I don't have any step by step pictures. I did use my air staple gun for this project, and OH dang it was amazing! I added some fluff to both ends of the chair, I like it poof look:)

I found some fun trims at H&R, and those were added to finish the piece! To add the trims, I just use a hot glue gun, it works like a charm!

Here she is, all done up!

Ok, Ok...........I Am a Gun Owner.

An Air Staple Gun owner, that is!

For many of my start out chairs, I used your basic hand-held stapler. Which, if you read about my Halloween chairs, that's what I used! But, if you want to dig a little deeper into reupholstering, I suggest making an investment!
                                         The Basic Stapler

                                         The Investment

This type of gun connects to an air compressor, thank goodness my fiancé already had one! It is an investment, but it makes the job SO much easier!

A note for those who get the air gun: Make sure that the outgoing PSI for the air compressor is set between 40-60 PSI. Too little, the gun will not shoot out the staples. Too much, risk of damaging your work.

Chair Story: Tragic to Terrific!

I got this chair at an estate sale in hopes of stepping up my reupholstering skills. After much deliberation, I came up with my way of making it a beauty...

Here is her beginning...

I needed to find a way to create a new back. So a little cardboard, some fluff and fabric later, the back was created! Also, with this chair I learned how to make the cushion buttons. I had some sore fingers, but I figured it out:) I have come to the conclusion, this hobby is all about trial and error!!!

And there she is!!!

This chair is actually for sale:)
If you are in the Phoenix area, she is here!
SOLD!!!

Basic Reupholstering: Halloween Chairs

I need to get some basics under my belt. Reupholstering the seat of a chair is fairly simple. I purchased these two chairs at a secondhand store. You have to be able to see the potential beauty through the piece presented:) I chose the fabric that I wanted and went to work! Halloween colors were my choice for these two chairs:)

This is one of the two chairs, before any fixing.

For this project, I used a hand stapler to attach the fabric to the seat. I then sanded the wood of the chair, primed, and spray painted!

Before and After!

What a beauty:)

It's Me, Shelbie:)

I am now welcoming myself into this world as an official blogger, welcome Shelbie! I am creating this blog to show the process of my creations, and to possibly sell them:) Maybe, there will be little postings here and there about the cool/interesting things I have found along the way.

There are so many blogs out there with how-to's, hopefully this one will add a little something extra! Let the creativity begin!!!!!

Just a peek at me and my loves:)

My future Husband!

With my oldest daughter, Lydia:)

My youngest daughter, Wednesday, and I:)

<3:Shelbie