Browsing Category "Furniture Building"
Mean Green Bookcase Painting Machine
By     |    Mar 11, 2013
Posted in: Furniture Building, Guest Bedroom, Painting Projects     |    10 Comments

Mean Green Bookcase Painting Machine

I’m getting ahead of myself tonight with this project.  Or maybe I’m just REALLY behind.  Depends on how you look at it.  Kind of like one of those glass is half empty or half full kind of deals.  So I painted a bookcase green and plopped it into the guest bedroom.  Game day bucket go boom! There is no other furniture in the guest bedroom (no bed, no nightstand, no [...]

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Entrifical Force
By     |    Jan 30, 2013
Posted in: Entryway, Furniture Building, Organization     |    2 Comments

Entrifical Force

It’s official…our entry is done!  And done with pizazz, otherwise known as entrifical force.  And an entrifical force our entry certainly is complete with some organization and Nate Berkus accessories.  Bam! Almost knocked you over there, didn’t she?!  I told you the entry is sporting some serious entrifical force.  Last time I say that, I swear.  But let’s step back to the very beginning.  Back to when Colby built a [...]

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How To Re-Upholster A Chair
By     |    Jan 23, 2013
Posted in: Furniture Building, How-To, Office/Craft Room, Re-Purposed     |    6 Comments

How To Re-Upholster A Chair

Tonight we’ve got the third and final installment of the $5 thrift chair refinishing saga.  I know, exciting stuff.  We revealed the chair refinish, then posted about how we fixed the broken spring, and tonight it’s all about how we got the upholstery done.   The supplies we used for upholstering the chair included a yard and a half of outdoor fabric (it’s just as good as upholstery fabric at [...]

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How To Fix A Broken Chair Spring
By     |    Jan 21, 2013
Posted in: Furniture Building, How-To     |    No Comments

How To Fix A Broken Chair Spring

So let’s pick up right where we left off.  Yesterday, I revealed the new chair for the craft room, which was a remade $5 thrift store chair find. But didn’t show you how I did it.  Well, today we’re going to rectify that…a little bit…starting with the spring.  The chair had a broken spring, which was one of the major reasons why the chair was so cheap!  Can you see [...]

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New Threads For The Five Dollar Thrift Store Chair
By     |    Jan 20, 2013
Posted in: Furniture Building, Office/Craft Room, Re-Purposed     |    15 Comments

New Threads For The Five Dollar Thrift Store Chair

Dude…I’m gettin’ on it.  Get your mind out of the gutter.  By “gettin’ on it” I mean getting things done that are LONG overdue.  Like this five dollar thrift store chair that I bought back in November (read more about it back here), started tearing it apart, and then moved on to other projects before finishing the makeover this weekend. Well, the chair is officially made over (we put the [...]

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An Early American Love Story
By     |    Jan 9, 2013
Posted in: Entryway, Furniture Building     |    5 Comments

An Early American Love Story

I’m in love, I’m in love and I don’t care who knows it!  One hundred thousand space bucks to the person who can name that movie quote (or that one).  But back to the seriousness, or as serious as I can get.  I just stained up the bench that Colby built and I’m in love!  I may have a new favorite stain color.   Excuse the weird light.  We get [...]

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DIY Rustic Bench For The Entry
By     |    Jan 7, 2013
Posted in: Entryway, Furniture Building, How-To     |    5 Comments

DIY Rustic Bench For The Entry

I’m about to unleash some serious words of wisdom here so everyone grab a pen and a notepad…bonus points if it says “I Love Lists” at the top of it.  Here is Angie’s no fail process to getting a wooden bench for your entry.  Step 1…find the most amazing rustic bench on Pinterest (which was originally from West Elm) and GUSH about it in front of your husband.  I mean [...]

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Potting Green
By     |    Apr 19, 2012
Posted in: Furniture Building, Gardening     |    5 Comments

Potting Green

In the recent weeks I’ve alluded to this awesome thing that Colby has been building me.  Well hold on to your britches boys and girls because the awesome thing is about to be revealed.  It’s done, we think (there may be future tweakages as needed), and fully stocked.  Drum roll please……….joy to the world…….drum roll……….introducing my potting bench: It’s tucked right around the corner from the deck on part of [...]

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Wined Down Rewound
By     |    Apr 16, 2012
Posted in: Dining Room, Furniture Building     |    5 Comments

Wined Down Rewound

This little project definitely belongs in the “2012…Year of the Nagging Project” category.  It’s the wine rack in the dining room.  Colby built it for me based off an old Pottery Barn wine rack design way back, we’re talking circa July 2011 (back here). The wine rack has just sat in it’s little corner of the dining room throughout the entire dining room renovation.  And sadly, because I knew I [...]

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Toto, We’re Not In College Anymore
By     |    Mar 1, 2012
Posted in: Decorating, Furniture Building, Living Room, Organization     |    5 Comments

Toto, We’re Not In College Anymore

It’s official Toto, we’re not in college anymore.  I’m nearly 7 years out of college and I’m pretty sure Colby would divorce me even before we get hitched if I bring up how many years out of college he is, but yet we still have college-ie furniture in our home.  Like this CD shelf/tower thingy (to the right in the picture) that lives in our living room. Since I’ve been [...]

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