Rustic Trunk from Salvaged Wood

I'll spare you the picture of me butt-up and knee-deep in our local landfill but I will promise you if you ever get a chance to dig around in one -- you'll be hooked!

I was when I found this pile of heart pine wood on my very first trip.  Crystal ball...I see a second trip in my very near future.  

The 1x6's were clean and pretty clear of nails.  I'm saving them for my next "big" project -- a powder room addition.  They'll make a beautiful, free ceiling treatment for the tiny room.  

The 1x12's were nasty and riddled with holes.  They looked like they had been involved in a shoot-out with a nail gun in which they'd barely survived.  

We call that "character" in these parts...

I needed a(nother) storage spot for fabric in the guestroom where I sew so I just ignored all the negatives and carried on -- just like the sign says.

The construction was very basic.  I added a stencil, applied randomly using stain, to add a little "something, something" to the basic box look.

I have to tell you about the quilt I plan to leave folded on the trunk.  It's vintage, was a $10 find, and it has only one loose seam. 

Oh, and it's amazing!!!

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Hand Stenciled Zebra Print Fabric

Even though spray paint was technically invented in 1949 by a man, Edward Seymour, it was his wife Bonnie who asked him to come up with it. 

It wasn't clear what she hoped to do with her paint in a can but my guess is it wasn't painting fabric for her dining room chairs.  

But, why not?  I was tired of the fabric on my dining room chairs.  I paid $50 a yard for it so I've had to 

live with it (and myself) for a long time.  

I was in love with a fabric and a color that existed only in my head.  I'd have to create it myself.  

I'm lovin' my new look...

And, what's not to love?  The new fabric was cheap (painted on drop cloth fabric with 2 cans of spray paint) and easy.

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The zebra like stencil pattern was cut from poster board and the back side was coated with spray adhesive.

The stencil was pressed onto the fabric.

 I used the darker bronze color first.  It's a metallic but it doesn't look metallic on fabric, thank goodness.  I sprayed it on lightly -- not saturating the fabric so it wouldn't be stiff. 

Then, I used the avocado paint to get the illusive color I was looking for.

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 Hot dog!

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Thrift Store Table meets.....its match!

I paid only $15 for this little kitchen farm table so I don't mind so much putting it outside on my shabby carport turned breezy patio and hoping for the best.  The patio is covered but the ceiling is so high it still gets wet sometimes.  I think it will survive.  But if it doesn't,
I can still sleep at night. 

It needed a little livening up.  So, I broke out the (New Avocado by Valspar) spray paint and gave it the update it needed to be able to keep up with the blue chairs I snagged for $5 each at GW. 

 

What came next was a hard sell...

I may have added that last part myself.

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 These are my tools of choice--

And this is the "damage" they can do--

A little stain...

And I love, love, love this color!

He'll understand when he's older.

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Sheer Slip Cover

I slip covered this metal and vinyl dinette chair in a sheer fabric after spray painting it a bronze color. I wanted the chair to show through.

Normally I would add a tutorial here.  So, it's a first for me when I tell you to forget the how to and skip the tutorial -- DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! 

I thought I'd lose my mind making this simple little slip cover.  How hard could it be?  Well?  Very.

The fabric was a slippery mess -- you'd need a nail gun to hold it in place.  

However, the pillow is still one of my favorite projects.  

You can see that tutorial *here*.

I'm done.  It's off to a client's house.  I never want to see it again. 

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