Burlap Lamp

I don't have an old picture for this but you have to picture:

70s - wood and brass base

The shade was that awful orange and brown tweed

So 4 coats of gloss white on the base.

Then I used the same lamp shade, took off the trim, covered it in burlap.

(I used spray adhesive for the center then hot glue for the trim.)

The floor was made from light black fabric, cut in shapes, burned the edges to prevent fraying, then just sewn in the middle with a 'pearl' in the center.

I just love it! It's soooo much better than the before!

And... I need to work on staging/not taking pictures at night.

I am going to attempt to link up to the fabulous Samantha Muse for my first blog party.

One more chair (kinda) finished.

I still need to replace one of the braces at the bottom. But I'm trying to thing of a creative way to do it.

Here is the new.

I used high gloss black paint and burlap for the seat. Then stamped the corner.

The corner looks funky in the picture... but it didn't before. hmmm

Yellow of the day

Inspired by the great old hay barn on the family farm and the fact that I am my mother's daughter, I set up shop in the cold and frigid basement to bring new life to old furniture. It doesn't help that I tore my house apart, put it back together and now I'm left with an itch... Hopefully the future holds an amazing little shop in the great old barn to hauck the wares to new homes. But until then they shall live on in the blog world.


The first estate sale weekend










I also acquired a few things from my fathers house - but got way to excited and they are already covered in paint. And because it's only right to work on 5 things at once, only two things are completed.



Clearly my formatting skills need some major help.

Created so I could yabber on about my horse-capades and re-awakened to follow design blogs. Change? I should say so!

The boy is still doing good - just wish it would warm up!