Kingston Charleston chest for son’s bedroom redo

All you ladies that find awesome furniture at Goodwill, thrift stores, yard sales, or on Craig’s  list are so lucky. I’m quite envious when I see all the great deals that are rehabbed and look spectacular here on Furniture Feature Friday.

You see it’s not possible to find decent used furniture anywhere here in my area. Why? Of course, Katrina! Katrina completely wiped out the used furniture market. Yes, we get antiques shipped in from all over, but those are usually way too expensive.

I’ve searched and searched for the right size chest to go next to son’s bed, E Bay, Craig’s list, and new online. Finally found this chest from Ultimate Accents and ordered it from Mercantila for almost half then the first price I saw. To my surprise, it was delivered within 2 weeks from ordering it online.

Here’s the online picture. I loved the detail on the side.

You can’t see that detail where I’ve put the chest in the room. Now I think I’ll have to rearrange the entire room.

I love the lines of the chest but not the so fake distressing. See what I mean?

So I’ll be rehabbing my new chest, rearranging the entire room,  taking the bed apart and painting it for the 6th time. I don’t know if I’ll ever finish this room!

Joining Miss Mustard Seed for Furniture Feature Friday and Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home.

A table from a wire planter

Before I left for DC, I reposted this post from last year. I'm joining Transformation Thursday, Show and Tell Friday, Frugalious Friday' and Frugal Friday.

Make sure to visit Finding Fabulous and My Romantic Home and the Shabby Nest, and the Shabby Chic Cottage. I had to leave everyone's party picture off as the laptop I'm edited on does not have LIVE WRITER.

Rhonda at Blue Creek Home graciously allowed me to copy one of her fabulous REPURPOSING idea.

I was struggling to find a narrow table to go under the Trumeau mirror. There is not a lot of walking space between the big fluffy bed and the wall the mirror hangs on.

I’ve had this 25 yard bolt of white European linen for over a year, waiting to be made into something. Ordered from Fabric.com. It was $12.98 a yard a year ago, still the same price. I used 17 ft of this, cost was roughly around $70.00 for the linen for this project. I just needed to find a wrought iron window box planter, which was very easy. These babies are everywhere. I bought a 40 “ long by 14” depth. $24.00 at a local garden shop. It was already off white. I sanded it lightly to let some of the dark show through.

I used 5 mollies and long screws, goofed the first attempt to get them level but that was an easy fix. The planter was very snug, secure, and doesn’t tip.

One of the mollies that had to redone.

On to the linen and sewing. I decided to make my skirt ruffled. Rhonda did pleats on hers, which I think is more difficult. Because this European linen is rather heavy, I bought double shirring tape, $.27 a yard at Wal-Mart. I cut a solid 17 foot length of the linen. This particular bolt of linen is 58” wide. I used this as my height, floor to table top. Less cutting and less sewing that way.

I used the selvage edges as the bottom of the skirt and the top where I installed the shirring tape. I attached the tape 5 inches down. This gave me an extra ruffle at the top. The tape has to be stitched on both edges for security. Starting pulling the heaving strings within the tape. This takes a bit of time.

I did double seam and stitched the 2 ends but left the selvage edges for top and bottom. You can see the top selvage edge here.

The gathers have to be continually pushed down to the other end. When it finally was the right length to fit within the planter, I decided to use hot glue.

Rhonda hand stitched hers. I took the lazy girl route, and just dotted the glue along the upper rim, after turning over the ruffle. Very simple, very lazy, very me....

Next came the top. I took a piece of foam board, used the top interior of the planter and drew a template. I actually did this first before box was on the wall. I contemplated having a piece of mirror, wood, or glass cut from this foam board template. I can always do this later on. But to keep the cost down and get this project finished using what I had, I chose to cover the foam in the same linen.

Then I hot glued the material to the bottom side.

With the linen foam board on top, hot glued a little braided trim that cost about $2.00. I manipulated the hot glue so that the top was glued to the wrought iron as well as placing trim on.

The curly wavy wrought iron is perfect for the total over all effect I’m trying to achieve in this room.

Remember, no sewing for the hem, since I used the selvage edge. Just poofed it over, or under!

This is such a great idea for a beautiful table, dressing table for a little girl, or just a random dose of loveliness that could be done in so many different ways. I’m sure it could be made without any sewing for those that don’t sew or have a machine.

Total cost to make this was way less then $100.00. It could be sooo much less expensive, depending on your choice of fabric. I wanted to use this linen to keep within the room's theme of materials that I'm set on using....I'll post more on this later....

And I think it took no more than a total of 4 hours. I work from project to project, always have, always will. So it's difficult to get a total estimate of time for the table.

I had to hang the mirror higher since the table needed to be high. That’s why the bed is not imaged in the mirror any longer. I think it looks better since it’s almost to crown molding. Really brings the eye up.

This room, daughter’s old room, is now a guestroom. It has been undergoing an amazing transformation. It’s almost done. You wouldn't believe what it looked like before. I’ll do a complete make over post soon. I really kept all costs down by reusing things from my house. See, no window treatments? I’m debating…

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Old Chest is a survivor

Joining Miss Mustard Seed for Furniture Feature Friday and My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

I found this old chest 25 years ago at a flea market shop, back when my local area had great flea markets. Not sure how old she is but the way she is made indicates it could be 100 years old. She had a few imperfections when I bought her but I just fell in love with her.

This is how we found her the day after Katrina. The tidal wave of water swept right through the house, tipping things over, leaving whole leaves….see the one stuck on the wall, others on the floor. Very strange. Fortunately, this chest did not swell, I don’t think we had anything in the bottom drawers. She survived Katrina.

Here she is today, I did not have any repairs done to her.

Her drawers are a little off, the furniture repair man wants to fix her.

See the spilt down the side?

The locks on the inside of the drawers, the round button type thing is the knob attachment. This drawer holds winter hats and gloves.

I’m proud of this ole gal, she is a survivor.

I think I’ll leave her just like she is.

Her scars add to her charm and character, kind of like me!

Shabby French Chair, Part 3

So, who told me or where did I get the idea I could reupholster furniture? It is not as easy as it looks.

Kathy at Kate’s Place and Linda at Lime in the Coconut made it look and sound like a breeze! HA! It ain’t!

Top back looks ok, but that was the easy part.

Yes, I have to work on my kitchen island or floor. It’s pathetic not to have the right work space to do these projects.

I love the TACK look, it is shabby for sure. But considering doing a double welt.

Also considering bringing her to a professional upholster! HA!

Here’s a little TACK love….the settee and the cute club type chair are showing their tacks. What look do you like? The tacks showing or covered with welt or gimp?

Shabby French Chair make over, Part 2

Friday PARTY TIME at Cindy’s Show and Tell Friday and Miss Mustard Seed’s Furniture Feature Friday.

Remember this chair that I last posted about….

What a lot of work, stripping her down, getting out all the nails and staples…

see all the red fringy stuff, glue and staples… everywhere!

After an entire week of breaking my nails, cutting my hands and fingers with sharp utensils, and pulling all that old nasty stuff off…here are the springs…

the upper side of the springs, all old burlap. I know everyone wants and loves old burlap…but…

do you know how smelly and dusty the really old stuff is?

I’m saving it all, but out in the garage. Don’t want all this stuff that is making us sneeze.

the printing on the burlap, can’t read very well…

So here she is in her first coat of Pewter Grey

Grand dog Bailey helping me every step…

she never leaves my side…

I plan to use 2 more coats of paint…

like it so far…

Bailey does too!