Piano stool upcycle makeover , shabby chic

 

This piano stool was the right price and had potential.  

A vintage stool.  It has seen better days.  It needed to be recovered and painted.  I like the size a great place to stack books, drop your purse or with a tray a resting spot for a plant.

I removed the top and the Naugahyde cover off of it.  I found a Waverly curtain panel at the good will for two bucks.

This will make the perfect cover.  

I cut the curtain to fit added some batting for a little extra padding and grabbed the stapler.

  One leg was damaged on the bottom so I sanded it level and put a furniture leg pad on it to prevent a wabble.  

The base I sanded and painted with Dixie Belle mud puddle paint color, distressed, applied clear wax then dark to age it. 

The color Mud Puddle has mauve to pink undertones to it and matched the rose fabric perfectly.

She is priced and will go to Vintage Collections in Camden SC on June 6th

Now if I could have this much fun pulling weeds out of the sidewalk.

May you always find potential in everything.

Sheryl

Woman Cave face lift Shop replacement door modified 15 pane French door

 

That door was an upcycle from the porch remodel. It is the original back door off the house.

and is over 30 years old.  It is also ugly!  

We found a 15 pane single french door at one of our favorite second hand stores, Hidden Treasures in Elgin SC.  It was the right price so we snagged it.

It was the correct width but a little tall.  

so we cut it down to fit the She Shed. 

Fortunately when we pulled the old door off we saw a few deck boards that needed to be replaced.

Mr. RTI is an amazing builder but window repair not so much.  Red Green would be so proud!  He could be an honorary member of the Possum Lodge with that duct tape application. Luckily he is the one that broke the window and gladly went the extra mile to replace it.

The windows in the shop are also from a home remodel  .  We decided to take the bottom window out of the opposite window, hidden by the Red Honey suckle , and install it to the left of the door.  The most light comes through that window.  And drop in some exterior wall board in place of the window.  

This was also the perfect opportunity to refresh with some exterior weather beater white paint.

I think I will leave the door the off color.  It will match the same theme at the Green house. 

 I mean who wants to paint around all of those windows!  

If you live in the area check out Hidden Treasures in Elgin on Main Street and a second location on Green Hill road in Elgin.

Happy Thrifting!

Sheryl

Composite Decking or faux wood decking upgrade

There have been a lot of changes  since we moved in almost 30 years ago.  The latest is composite decking to replace the warping splitting existing deck.  The last wood deck was put on about 5 years ago and had already starting to rot and needed cleaning every season.  

We are not getting any younger so we bit the bullet and purchased the materials to replace 65 feet x 10 feet of decking.  CHA-CHING 16 dollars each for 8 foot and 24 dollars for 12 foot boards and the two 5 lb boxes of screws cost 38 dollars ea. This did not include the boards we needed for a few joist repairs.  

Yes Daddy I fixed that Flag.

I think it was well worth the investment and in 5 or 10 years hopefully it will still look this good!

You have a blessed day!

Sheryl