Monday, January 19, 2009

Special Report

Let's face it, I am a Martha wannabe. I cook. I bake (thus leading to my ass problem). I need to throw myself into a project every once in a while.
Sometimes my projects don't get finished. Like the one time I had a rummage sale and decided that I had to sell my dining room pictures and do something new and fresh. I sold them for 5 dollars each. The wall is so damn bare, 2 years later, not so much as a shadow on it- Except for the two screws sticking out that remind me everyday of my project failure.
Sometimes though, my projects turn out! And sometimes they turn out so well that I exhume my buried blog to show you! I am not sure how I got the idea. I just know that I was dropping off boxes of things at Goodwill to declutter my home and the next thing I know, I am driving home with two sticky, gross chairs knowing that I wanted them to be pretty again.

I paid 5.99 for each chair.
dining chair redo

They were barely worth that.
dining chair redo
I stripped them down, sanded them and tried to make them pretty again...

I think it worked!
dining chair redo

If you look closely, they are by no means perfect. But they make me happy. I made something so very old and dingy look bright and fun again!
dining chair redo
Now if I could just keep my kids and their sticky little fingers off of them...

dining chair redo