Tag: furniture

Craft Projects, Furniture

Sneak Peek: Wooden Trunk Refab

Jessica Smith

I recently went yard sale hunting with my friend/my hubby’s coworker, Beth. We were champs and hit up about eight or so community garages sales. We filled our entire truck — it was epic.

One of the treasures I picked up was this ugly little trunk. It was $3 and the perfect project. The hubby and I are in desperate need of a new save box, and this gem will do the trick perfectly once it’s finished.

It’s pretty atrocious as is, all blue, pink, chipped and nasty.

But I have big plans for this baby. I spent the evening priming it white.

Looks better already, huh?

Check back later this week to see how I finish the trunk!

Furniture

Beautiful bar stools

Jessica Smith

Remember the pair of bar stools I picked up from Craigslist for $15?

Well I ordered fabric to recover this excellent find, and it finally arrived this past Saturday!

 

So I quickly got to recovering. The hubby didn’t really want to recover the seats with me, but he helped me unscrew the seats from the stools before leaving me to my project.

Remmy was very interested in the project.

I started by cutting off the  existing fabric from the seat.

Once all of the fabric was off, I flipped the wooden part of the seat over so the cruddy side with the excess fabric was touching the padding. That way the bottom of the wood was staple and fabric free.

Then I got to stapling.

Once I finished stapling the fabric to the chair, which was a bit tricky around the edges (see a quick tutorial here) because of the nature of the fabric, the seats were ready to be screwed back onto the stools.

Here’s a close up of the fabric. It matches the wall color perfectly!

When I bought these stools, the seats were missing a few screw. So after digging around and finding some extra screws, I finished off my stools the proper way — with all four screws!

So what do you think? I didn’t hate the cushions before, but I love them now. And, the fabric is outdoor fabric, so it is super durable and easy to clean! Win!

I’m pretty happy with them 😀

Furniture

A quick dresser update

Jessica Smith

My neighbors gave the hubby and I an old dresser they no longer needed and it works wonderfully in our guest bedroom. It wasn’t quite my style though, so I decided to do a quick and easy update to make it fit in a little better with my taste and the room. What was the best way to do that? New knobs, of course!

I picked up 10 new knobs at Hobby Lobby (the same place I picked out knobs for my last dresser refab) and went to work removing the old ones.

Two down, eight to go! Changing knobs is super easy, if you ever want to try it. All you have to do is remove the existing knobs, pop in the new knobs, tighten the nut around the screw, and hacksaw off the remaining screw! Doesn’t it sound simple!?

The new knobs make a big difference. Now I want to do something fun to the top! I’m thinking about decoupaging paper onto the wood veneer. Thoughts?

I love pretty knobs 🙂 And, this little update only took about 10 minutes.