...and... more robins egg blue! :)

I feel like maybe my life's calling is to reupholster chairs... seems to be what I spend most my time on!  This beast had to sit for awhile while I tried to find fabric for it- it needed 5 yards!!  I wasn't about to dump a fortune into upholstering it and even at $5/yard that would be $30 into it already!  AND I'm stingy (read thrifty).  Imagine my excitement to find fabric for $1.97/yard at the fabric store!  Needless to say I bought the entire bolt and they threw in the cardboard bolt too, which always makes me happy! :) The chair was $5 (haggled her down :) at a garage sale, so total fabric and chair cost $15 total!

Before...

This chair has good bones and turned out great!  So annoying... I had to tear the sides off after I finished them because I forgot to staple the fabric on the sides down into the chair... ugh.  Nothing more annoying that digging out staples that you've hammered down!  But I persevered and didn't loose my Christianity on this chair :)  I've gotten close on other chairs, but thank God for praying people... that and my husband telling me to just walk away for a minute and cool down :)

After...

I just realized as  I am posting this I missed some tacks on the chair... the work never ends!  It turned out super cute though.  Now the decision is keep or sell.. this is what I agonize over!  I can make some great dough selling, but then I can't decide...  I ONLY have 7 more yards of this fabric- the decision shouldn't be this hard! :)


I <3 craigslist...especially the free section.  People put some amazing things on there!  This wicker set was free from a lady here in town- actually my old library teacher from elementary school.  It needed some TLC...

TLC as in major amounts of spray paint :)  Clipped the loose wicker and painted it up and sold it off!  Turned out lovely- greens and blues make my day!

I absolutely love free!

I also love selling junk... makes me happy to make some money doing something I created.  Makes me feel like I'm contributing something to the human race, like I'm improving the environment, like I'm saving starving children- all from my living room with tacks, staples, fabric and a hammer.  

I'm off to save the world... hope you all have a great weekend- live it up before the winter comes!!!