Table and Chairs ~ Before and After

Last week I picked up this table and chairs set

off of Craigslist.

It's a gorgeous drop leaf table

with 3 leaves and 5 chairs!

What's not so gorgeous is

the water marks, stains, chips,

and the fuzzy blue fabric on the chairs.

EW

I started to rip the chair covers off

to find there was a previous fabric cover

underneath the blue as well.  It was a really

ugly tapestry colored almost black.

Not only were there 2 layers, the covers

were stapled, nailed AND glued! Sheesh!

I am now sporting a few blisters,

a broken nail, and a few cuts on my hands..

All in all.. it was sooo worth it.

Check out the afters!!

Painted white, of course..

Recovered the chair seats

with some beautiful

yellow, blue and white toile fabric.

Shabbied her up..

LOVE that it can be converted

to a drop leaf breakfast table too.

So cute!

(I still need to paint the 3 leaves

that came with the table..

but, for now, I'm taking a break!)

~ Sherri~

The Twins and The Sister

TGIF friends!! Finally, right? I am taking a small break from laundry and packing, we're leaving for West Palm Beach Antique Festival as soon as Mr. Ruffles gets home from work. Yippee!! I'm pretty excited to go, can't wait till tomorrow morning!! I have my camara packed and ready to go, too.. I'll be sure to take plenty of pictures to share with ya'll.

I have been working on my dining room table/chair set all week, but, I've also been busy on "The Twins" and The Sister. Who are the twins and the sister? Here they are.. in all their thrift store glory:

The Twins:

Mmmmmm... purple corduroy... yummy!!!

And, "The Sister"

Obviously, all 3 were in dire need of a makeover!!

First, "The Twins":

And, now.. "The Sister":

I painted and shabbied The Sister in a mixture of white and a minty green sort of color..

That's one of my ironstone pictures and bowls sitting on the Sister.

Lovin' the spindles

(After they've been painted.. definately NOT during!! haha)

Ahhh... MUCH better!!

I've also been busy making a few more pillows for our couch and loveseat.

I used drop cloth that I washed and dryed 2x for softness and printed out some graphics from The Graphics Fairy again, and tied black ribbons on the side.

And, made these 2 little pillows with leftover "oopsie" fabric pieces I had.

I stenciled and painted the fleur on both of them, too.

Gotta love ruffles!!

And, last, but, not least.. I just couldn't wait to go to the Antique Festival tomorrow.. I jumped in the truck and went thrifting for a bit. Man o man, did I score!! Yay!!

First up.. remember the old victorian garden chair I picked up at Renningers for $10?

Click here to see the first one

 I did some research on it and found another one for sale online for almost $300. Today, I stopped at the antique mall in Mt. Dora and found this one, just like the other one, but in MUCH better shape and painted white.

This one is going inside the house for me!

Stopped at a Thrift store on the way home and picked up this wire basket along with 6 linen napkins and 6 linen placemats.. all matching, embroidered and gorgeous for only $4!!

Last, but, not least.. ya still with me?? hehe, I know.. it's a long one, but, sooo worth it in the end, I promise!!

I went to my 2nd favorite thrift store and picked up this beauty for guess how much?

It was marked $70... but, marked down 50%!!!

The mirror came with it!

I've had my eye on this dresser/mirror set for a couple of weeks, so I was beyond thrilled that no one had picked it up yet.. AND it was marked down to 50%!  The shop owner asked, "You gonna shabby it up?" LOL But, of course!! As I was leaving he says, "See ya next week!" Ahh.. just love it meeting new people, they remember who you are the next time, and look forward to seeing you again.

Hope to be able to score just as well tomorrow!

Have a fabulous weekend ya'll, and Happy Mothers Day!!

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My Lazy Sunday..

Or, should I say.. hardly lazy!!

My day started off finishing a few pillows I had made the night before. Then, got a little more creative and made 2 of these seat cushion/covers.

See the chair in the background? That's already been painted and finished, it's just waiting on a cushion or seat cover. So, I thought I'd get busy and sew one up.. I started making the ruffles, and then the cushion. I was so excited because it turned out sooo pretty!! Until I put it on my chair and realized I made it just a bit too small.. grrr

I was going to wait until my dinette set was painted white to make covers for the 2 chairs, but, since it didn't fit on the background chair I got busy and made 2 of these to go on the set..

Here's the back of the chair.  I ended up sewing ties that were a bit too long, so, I double bowed them. CUTE!!

And a side view...

I'm so happy with the end result of these. Can't wait to get started on a bigger one for the chair in the background! 

Speaking of background.. how come there always seems to be a bit of a mess hidden until I take a picture!! LOL

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