Transform

How about a little Before and After?  I love a good transformation.  Don't you?

 First, a little back story...Last year right around this time I got this itch to learn how to reupholster.  I posted about my first project here.  I've done a few things since then, including refinishing a large antique buffet, which is actually one of my very favorites.  You can see it here.  I love to find pieces that need a face lift and transform them into something pretty and new. 

{...and then sell them. I don't have room in my house for this stuff.}

It's fun and it allows me to be creative.  

Have a look at a small sampling of my pet projects....

Before..nasty, dingy, gray

After..glossy and bold.  {Go Colts?}

This next chair had such an interesting shape. I had to transform it. 

Before...

{the real before is that it was cane...that needed to be re-caned.}

I added the plywood....

 padding....

 and fabric. 

Then I furniture waxed her up and voila....

One more.  

These little cuties I found while running in my neighborhood with my friend, Holly.  It was dark and rainy and I spotted these little treasures in someone's curbside trash pile.  After our run, Holly helped me load them up in the van, which felt a little like weird, like pillaging.  Still..I took them.  Their loss, my gain.

 I've done a lot more. And there are plenty more projects to do.

{Ryan *claims* that I have 7 chairs in the basement waiting for a new home...}

Happy Long Weekend, friends!

Love,

S