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

Stars that measure up! Vintage folding Tape Measure to Eclectic Stars

 I challenged myself to stock my very small 8 x 5 booth with holiday decor that is more than 50% recycled.  In other words no money to little money will go in to materials.

This is Idea 4:

I am drawn to vintage tools and have a stash....

I came across this idea in a magazine

A star made from a vintage folding carpenters Ruler.

I have a few of those!

gathered my supplies....

 I glued each joint with e6000 when I acheived the shape I wanted....

I let each star dry overnight before trying to drill or hang...

Drilled a hole in each end to attach a hanger....

Love It!

Can find them at Vintage Collections down town Camden!

Happy crafting!

Sheryl

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Kids step stool up cycles

I love an easy project and the two I am about to feature are super easy....

They started out with two shabby children's stools and a vision...

I have gotten ahead of my self and started both before I took photos.  However you get the shape they were in.

I plugged the holes with wood putty on the two stepper and the other I wiped clean.  

I never pass up the book section in the thrift store and will at least glimpse in to the yard sale box of books.  Vintage children's books offer up some of the sweetest art work.

Both of these stools were modge podged with vintage children's book pages.  No worries they were both in very rough shape so using the salvageable pages did not entail destroying a book.

I was lucky and found pages that had great corresponding colors. 

On the two stepper I stenciled the tops of the stools using a  Martha Stewart stencil. ( I picked it up at Joann's with a 40% off coupon)It was around 5 bucks.  I used a make up sponge to stencil with.  WOW...what a great effect easy to apply and the coverage was even.  The next time you see some for cheap pick them up they turned out to be a great stencil tool.

SOLD

Of course I sanded distressed added some black paint to the edges and then put two coats of wax on the steps and one coat on the stool body.

 The second stool I simply modge podged the top with a cool book picture of a peacock.  When the top had dried over night I put two coats of quick dry poly (with drying time between) and sanded with fine steel wool to knock a bit of the shine off...

The body of the stool I just cleaned off with a damp cloth and waxed with paste wax to preserve the chippy goodness.

I can envision so many uses for these items...beside a chair to hold that stack of magazines...of course in the bath for a step up to the sink..or even a center piece for that next baby shower...

I hope this has inspired you to see that next shabby little stool in a different light.

Sheryl

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Will Travel Again! train case make over using maps

I love to find these little train cases.  The older the better!

These two were wonderful on the outside.  A warm faux leather in a wonderful worn brown (with the key!) and a mod blue with enough wear to give it that vintage feel that we love.

The insides are normally in pretty rough shape.  Both of these cases were  torn and dirty inside.

 I decided the best way to tackle these were to remove all the inner linings and get all the dust and loose debris out.

I broke out the modge podge and the Old print of the Great World Atlas.  The book has some issues so it is getting up cycled .

These cases are now ready to travel again or make great storage alternatives.  

So glad that you stopped by!  

Have a great day!

Sheryl

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