Barstool Makeover

I bought these 3 barstools at Traditions Antique Mall

(where my booth is located) during their outside fair

They have every so often..

 

 

 

 

 

Obviously they were crying for a makeover!

 

 

 

 

 

So, I was happy to oblige..

3 layers of dark grey, light grey and whitewash..

 

 

 

Then, I painted this graphic I found at

The Graphics Fairy

 

 

 

 

 

Sooo much better!

 

 

 

~ Sherri ~

 

 

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DIY by Design

Frenchy Chair Makeover

TGIF ya'll!

Usually, Friday nights after

Mr. Ruffles gets out of work,

we go out for dinner and spend

some much needed "us" time. 

But, this weekend he's gone working..

sooo...

I've started to "plow" through my stash

of junk awesome finds in my garage,

no better time than the present!

I found 2 of these chairs in south Florida

a few months ago.  They've sat in my garage

for quite some time, getting pushed further

and further in the back corner, all because of

my fear of reapolstering.

I recovered chair seats before, but,

never "real" reapolstering..

Here is the before:

I ripped the cording off,

(man o man there were at least a billion staples!)

stripped the chair down,

and painted 3 layers of paint.

White, then grey, and then white again.

Shabbied and waxed her all up,

and began to change her appearance.

It took me all day yesterday

and most of the morning today..

but, she's finally finished!!!

Yeah, I said it,

you're not losing it... there are 2.

But, the other one is going

to sit for a bit longer... this baby

took forever and a day!!

Literally!

I need a break.. LOL

From that...                             To this!

  

~ Sherri ~

Yard Sale Finds and Nesting Tables Redo

Happy March ya'll!

It's been quite the busy past

couple of weeks here at

the Ruffle Household!

Last week, my grandson James

and his other grandmas were

here for a visit.  We kept pretty

busy catching beetles & snails

in the morning.. and playing in

the afternoon in the wonderful

Florida sunshine!  We even managed

to get a trip to Sea World in, or,

as he calls it... "Shark Land"!

I now know more than I care to

about all sorts of sharks.. Lemon Sharks,

Tiger Sharks, Hammerhead Sharks..

Little James is quite the smarty pants

when it comes to sharks! 

(He'll even tell you which ones

will bite you and which ones won't.. hehe)

Here's a cute pic of him eating

Florida oranges on our lanai..

Silly kid!!

Last weekend Mr. Ruffles

went golfing.. *yawn*..

So.. I went to a few yard sales.

Sooo, happy I did!

Look what I found:

Silver Coffee Pot

Buttons

Candlestick

Wonderful Scale

and more buttons!

Check this out!

My favorite find of the weekend.

A French bottle with

the labels still attached.

Did you see the top?

With the 4 holes..

how cool is that?!

Desk.. yes, I have the drawers.. LOL

Cute side table and

wood pedestal.

And, these nesting tables..

Today I got to work on them.

I cleaned them up, and

then painted 1 coat of white,

then, 1 dry brushed coat of grey..

Sanded them down to

give them that Shabby goodness..

and added a French graphic

from The Graphics Fairy..

to come up with these!

~ Sherri ~

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Frenchy Coffee Table

I finally finished a coffee table

that's been sitting in my garage

since last April!  Poor thing has

been used for the last few months

as a stand and "catch all" for my

other painting projects.. I thought

it high time she receives a makeover too!

This is the only before picture I could

find of the coffee table, it was taken in

the back of my truck.. upside down..

I picked her up at Goodwill for a song!

I sanded it down, painted it white,

shabbied her up.. just a bit ~

For me, there was just something missing..

So, I hopped on over to Graphics Fairy

to see what I could find.

I found this wonderful French Typography

saved it to my computer, then enlarged it

by 250%.  It printed out onto 6 sheets of

paper.  I trimmed the paper down, taped it

all together (like a puzzle.. lol).

I put carbon paper underneath my copies,

and drew with pencil on top of my

copied paper so that the design would

"print" off onto my table from the carbon paper.

(I wish I would've taken a picture for ya'll

to see, but, once I get started on something

I get so excited to get going, I forget to

take pictures.. sooo sorry!!)

After tracing over the entire graphic,

I took a Sharpie Paint Pen and filled it in.

This is the end result!

As you can see, I screwed the "B" up

a little bit.. but, overall I think

it turned out great!

What do you think?

I haven't waxed her yet, I'm still

debating whether or not to

shabby over the graphic or not.

~

On another note, how many of you

are headed to Renningers this weekend?

Click here to see some pics from last year..

I am sooo excited, I can hardly contain myself!

I am planning on going all 3 days and

I hope I recognize some people from blogland!!

If you recognize me, please say hi, I'd

love to meet you!

Sherri

Linking up at:

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ReDo's..

Happy Fathers Day

to all you awesome Daddies out there!

I hope ya'll enjoyed the day, you deserve it!

Mr. Ruffles is out of town working,

so, I decided to do a little

and

Not too long ago, all the blog rage

was the union jack stuff..

Cute? Yep..

but, since 4th of July was coming up soon

I thought I'd give the union jack a twist

and make a shabby chic pillow of

the US flag:

I know, it doesn't look like the USA flag,

but, if you use your imagination..

I cut strips of pink, blue and white fabric.

Washed them so they would fray,

Layered them all up and

stiched each one down

so they wouldn't fray more..

Today was a back & forth

sort of day.  I'd sew a little bit,

then out to the garage to

paint a little bit.

First, I painted a frame pink.

(Sorry, forgot the before!)

Close up of the detail..

Frame with the Shabby Chic US Flag Pillow

Then, back to the sewing room I go!!

I printed this awesome french graphic

from The Graphics Fairy and

sewed that onto some drop cloth.

Then, sewed the ruffle around it.

I tied some black ribbons on

my vanity chair and added the pillow

Yikes! Looks like I'll have to come up

with some sort of a cushion for

the seat too!!

Then, back to the garage

for some more painting!!

Remember the mirror I bought

yesterday at a yard sale?

Here's the before:

And, here's the after!

Close up:

I need Mr. Ruffles to help me

with hanging my mirror and frame up..

Seems I can get quite a bit done

when he's away.. except for the

hanging stuff!! LOL

What have you been up to today?

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Introducing... Ms. Daytona!

Whew!  It's taken me a bit longer than I anticipated to complete the hutch I picked up in Daytona a couple of weeks ago; mostly due to the heat... (and getting sidetracked in a few thrift stores)

But, she's finally completed!

Here are the befores:

I would like to introduce you to:

Ms. Daytona!

Ain't she pretty?

She's a petite thing, standing only 69 inches..

(she's a saucy one!! LOL)

But wide around the middle at 54 inches..

I lined and mod podged her single drawer

with french script scrap book paper..

And the bottom interior..

Now she has her own hidden, unique style.

I distressed her edges

so she'd stand out in a crowd a bit more..

And, waxed her all over so she'd

shine just a bit,

like the superstar she is!!

 ~

Now that Ms. Daytona

has made her debut,

I'd love to hear what you think!!

From that.... to this!

Sherri

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On a French Roll

Earlier today I made a post about my Puffy Frenchy Royal Frames that I just repainted and repurposed from mirros, and now I'm back to show you the cute little childres French Chair that I just finished too!

This one was kind of a trial and error, with a mix of 3 different colored paints, a rag, sandpaper and my achy breaky back!! LOL  I seriously need to take a day at the pool or the beach again!

Here's the little childrens chair the way I bought it. On the bottom of it was a sticker that said it belonged to a local church.  I can only imagine how many little girls and boys sat on this chair during Sunday School.

I sanded the chair down...

(Heya Emily, did you see what I see in the background?

Noooo, not my truck, silly girl.. hehe! It's "our" dresser!! haha!)

Then "roughly" and "haphazzerdly" (is that a word?!) painted French Blue all over.

Being careful NOT to be too careful and leave some splotches of the wood.

I let the blue paint dry, and finished the puffy frenchy frames I posted about earlier today.

Then, went back out to the garage and again, haphazzerdly, painted on some burnt umber paint.

This time as soon as I put the brown paint on, I wiped it off.

Only doing sections at a time so the brown wouldn't dry too fast.

Then, immediatly after I added the brown paint to the entire chair,

I did the same thing with cream colored paint.

Applying the cream color paint in sections at a time

and wiping off/in as I went.

Took her outside for a good lashing sanding ;)

And here she is!!

From that... to this!

What do ya think?

Now that I've tried it on a small piece, it's a little back breaking,

but, I think I can give myself the "go ahead" on something larger...

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