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?

My slipcovers

Pink and Polka Dot is having a slipcover party today and I thought I’d join.

Love my favorite Friday parties: Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home and Furniture Feature Friday at Miss Mustard Seed’s. I’m pretty sure slipcovers meet the furniture criteria, since they go over furniture!

I love slipcovers and having been making them for my home for the last 2 years. It’s all part of my WHITE & LIGHT project that I’ve been working, for 2 years! I’m no expert and every one I make I learn a little more through trial and error. I got so many more chairs, etc. I hope to slipcover, if only I had more time!

Here’s a few of more projects, click on the link to see the original posts.

6 white linen monogrammed dining room chairs:

More white linen slipcovers

Slipcover in white cotton duck for sofa:

Hooked on slipcovers

Off white cotton ruffled chair:

2 parsons chairs with slips:

Sewing slipcovers

Ruffle white linen slip on a ladder-back chair:

White Linen ruffled slipcover

I have SLIPITIS really bad, there’s no cure. I’m planning to slip just about everything in my home!

MY SHABBY BIG BUTT FRENCH CHAIR

Thanks Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday and Miss Mustard Seed Furniture Feature Friday for having your great Friday parties!

She’s here! She’s here! I won her back on February 10 and patiently waited while her previous owner arranged her shipping. I didn’t have to go back to the Greyhound station, this baby was shipped freight with R&L Carriers. She was in a huge box, paper stuffing, bubble wrapping, then this final cotton stuffed brown wrapping. It took me at least an hour to unwrap her. I’m grateful to the former owner for taking such time to protect her. She is more gorgeous then I imagined. “French upholstered wood carved chair 1900-1920” , aqua-blue silk was her description on E Bay that made me drool.

She’s down stuffed and she’s a BIG BUTT CHAIR! Remember Linda’s beautiful BIG BUTT CHAIR that Milo did over in that luscious tropical IKAT and linen? One of my favorite posts! My baby is a huge 33 inches wide, great for any big butt or 2 skinny butts. And oh my, she is so comfy. You never really know till you sit in a chair, so I consider myself lucky with this one.

See the pillow on the floor? That’s one I made from leftover silk from my bedroom curtains. The color is so close. Not too blue, not too aqua, just the perfect combination of both that I love.

My pillow... might be the same silk fabric...looks so the same to me!

She is very shabby, there were bits of paint that fell off with her packing

Pretty details

I’m moving dragging this poor chair from room to room to see where she bests fits. Here she is in my bedroom.

I’m so glad that she is here, she inspires me to finish other projects that I’m working on. I’m so slow at finishing things sometimes. Life gets in the way of projects! OR projects get in the way of LIFE!! Ha! Husband just informed me I’m entertaining for out of town business colleagues tomorrow night. So got to put away hide all my works in progress, get busy cleaning and menu planning. Happy weekend!