Yes, she is OLD~~~

 

But, there is a fountain of youth:

It is your mind, your talents,

the creativity you bring to your life 

and the lives of the people you love...

When you learn to tap this source...

You will truly have defeated age...

This old beauty is a "road kill" chair...

She was just sitting out on the side of a dirt road and a friend brought her to me... 

She is sturdy and strong ~ nothing at all wrong with her, but age...

She was just a 'throw away,' by somebody that couldn't see her beauty~!

I figure later, I'll add her to the 'old chair wall' being planned in the backyard on the side of the shed, to hold flower pots and such next year...

I think she's BEAUTIFUL~!!!

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Distressed, Chippy, Rocking Chair Redo~!

Spent most of yesterday finishing the Vintage Rocking Chair...

It turned out really cute~!

Almost too cute for a porch...

There was something spilled on it ~ that soaked into the wood from a prior life...

Because of the stain, it turned out really "chippy" & "distressed"...

Sometimes, an oops works to the next owners advantage~!

Not too "Shabby" for a ten dollar purchase...

The little rustic 'flower boxes' are soooo cute. If you like them, 

they can be ordered here: Rustic Tin Flower Boxes

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One more time...

Worrying is like a rocking chair, 

it gives you something to do, but gets you nowhere~!

Vintage Rocking Chair - my next redo...

I picked this cute little number up yesterday for $10...

She needs a few glue jobs, but nothing major. 

I love her petite'ness and her rounded arms... 

 She's a smaller rocker - not overpowering like some...

She has old, brass bolts that are patina'd from age - 

Another feature that was attractive to me...

There is a lot of detail on her that will hold some stain well.

Once she's distressed, her details will really make her pop! 

I'm going to redo her to go on our old, wooden deck that will be built off the West side of the garage when it's finished. 

I have an old, nickel plated, Majestic wood burning cook stove that she will sit beside.

 I have a couple of  wood adirondack chairs for the other side of the porch, so I'm sticking with a 'wood' theme for that porch, for exterior porch furniture. Besides, who could resist her for a 'Ten Dollar Bill'?

I would like her to look something like this when finished, only I'm not sure of the color.

I know, I don't want red & green... But this red and green pic is darling~!

Source

I'm considering using an antique white - really distressing her and then going over her with a dark walnut, or jaccobean stain?

Any ideas to help me achieve this look - color wise? Perhaps, maybe, an antique white with a dove grey paint and then distress and stain?

Help me out here...

What are your thoughts?

Cabinet redo - distressed and antiqued + technique & process tutorial...

Woo Hoo~!

I did it... I finished it...

And, I feel like I've been hit by a bus, but it's DONE~ Yay...

And, it matches the little bench.

I done a couple different steps on this one than I did to the bench, so take a look see ...

To see the technique and read the process, click "Read More" right below...

~Brace yourself for "Picture Overload"~!

Tutorial for refinishing wood furniture to look distressed and aged...

Well, I'm still dragging from the flu, but I managed to get the small bench for the bathroom redo, redone...

Truly, I thought it would be so, so easy, but... <sigh>

The end result is awesome, but the getting there was well, a pain in the rear and took me all day~!

You know how it is when you think you just have a painted piece of furniture you're going to redo and then you dig into it and realize the person that played with it before you made a horrible boo-boo...

The boo-boo on this little $2 bench was that they painted over a high gloss surface ~ yikes!

Yep ~ Big Mess...!

To read the rest of the story & tutorial, click "Read More"...