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!

Shabby French Chair makeover, Part 1

Joining Miss Mustard See’s Furniture Feature Friday and My Romantic Home’s Show and Tell Friday.

These first 3 photos are my inspiration pictures from Karina Gentinetta’s Etsy shop. She has a shop on Magazine in New Orleans and is a fellow Katrina victim. She has been a source of hope and dreams to me for a while!

All her items are drop dead gorgeous but way out of my price line.

Below is a picture of a chair from Country French Antiques blog that I drool over all the time.

And her is my chair that I won on Ebay, the other one is coming also but she doesn’t need a make over! So I had to go the Greyhound station in Gulfport to pick this up. Scary place and a story in it’s own.

Got her stripped down to the old muslin…

See the old nails?

and whatever straw or something for stuffing…

I believe old chairs have joints like this in that round back. This chair has lots of joints such as this. I am no expert on antiques on vintage pieces, though!

carving on the arm

and the foot. Is this type of foot called “snail feet”? Anyone know?

carving at the bottom

and at the top….

This project will take me a while to finish. I’ve got to find the Belgian linen, do a little more research, and try to pull those tiny staples out from the ugly burgundy reupholstered job. Thinking about removing all the old stuffing and muslin. Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated!

Happy Mardi Gras

Here’s a few goodies that came in the mail today.

Beautiful handmade pillows from Rhonda at Blue Creek Home.

Rhonda perfected the transfer process on these to look aged.

Just as cute from the backside. Beautiful job, Ronda. I love them. Can’t wait to see what you make next.

A vintage Italian lead glass cut crystal decanter from EBay.

She sparkles!

Hope everyone had a great Mardi Gras.

New lamps

Linking to Leigh’s Thrifty Thursday at Bloggaritaville and Cindy at My Romantic Home's Show and Tell Friday. Thank you ladies for hosting these parties.

I went to the local Goodwill last week, it was a huge disappointment in the “home & furnishings” department. But I did find this lamp for $4.99.

It needed a harp and a shade, it’s sitting here now. Not sure if it will stay here.

Finished the oyster shell lamp. This was fun and easy to do. I used an old lamp that I've had for years and my free oyster shells.

No right or wrong way to put the shells on.

Not sure this lamp will stay here, I’m sure I’ll move it many times.

I think it’s fun and it was thrifty for sure!

You can see my Tracy Glover lamp that I won sitting on the dining room table. She’s a beauty! Hand blown! I’m moving them all around!

DO YOU LOVE THIS OR WHAT

6 more hours on EBay and she might be mine…. SHE'S MINE!!!

Lately I’ve been …

working on this. Love the leather, love the chair (it’s one of my most comfortable seats) but need to

lighten up spots in my living room. Glazing to follow.

Working with oysters shells again. Using gorilla glue on this project, so it’s a slow process. Only a couple shells at a time can be be placed on. When they dry, then a few more can be added, etc. I varnished the inside of these to get a nice glossy, pearlized shine.

This pair of extra chairs in the entry hall are getting their 3rd makeover since I’ve owned them.

Bidding and won this on E-Bay, it will also get a makeover.

Searching for and ordered 20 more yards of white linen. This is picture off internet, not what I ordered. For some dreamy projects.

Celebrating with my Gulf Coast region. This is the most wonderful thing to happen to this entire area in many years. Are you crunked?

BLESS YOU BOYS!