Factory cart love!

It's the only "before" pic I have of this piece. 

I went to my local "re store" back in the spring. I've seen this beauty being use to move things around there and have often asked if it was for sale. I've always been told "NO" But I'm persistent! 

I must have caught the manager on a good day because he relented and finally said yes!!

Did my mental happy dance and loaded it up along with the cabinet on it. 

The cabinet found a home quickly after a makeover.

But I put off finishing the factory cart. 

Two reasons.

1. I had a lot of "must do" projects.

2. I knew it was going to be a lot of work to get it taken apart and finished...and there are just times that I look at something and think...that's a lot of work! 

But I finally did it. It was taking up way to much space and I wanted it done!

So everything came off, was scrubbed, sanded, stained and sealed. Then put back together again. 

Once I got to it...it wasn't nearly as intimidating as I thought. And I'm so glad it's ready to find a new home. 

Hubby and I sat and looked at it and both of us were trying to picture it in our home. As much as we love it, it doesn't fit in with anything else we have. 

We hope that the new owners will love it as much as we do! 

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New to me Stove.

I'm out and about a LOT. 

Seriously...if more than a few days go by at this time of year and I'm not stocking up for winter, something is seriously wrong. 

So a couple of weeks ago, I was driving along one of my main roads at the cottage and keeping my eyes open for "junk" that is often found there. 

And I spotted it. A stove! 

If you've been following me for a while now, you know we have been slowly updating our cottage. As time and funds allow. 

This is what we started with. Nope...not a proud picture moment, but hey...it's real...lol 

See that old stove? Ugly as sin, but it worked GREAT! 

So I saw no reason to get rid of it till we could afford to get something else. 

Hubby on the other hand was DYING to get rid of it. 

So we looked on and off, but nothing to seriously...again that whole being able to easily afford it before getting it thing stopped us. 

So this stove was awesome. 

Wanna see? 

 Can you believe someone tossed this?

 It's only maybe 5-6 years old. We were skeptical. I mean who would throw this out?

 So before getting rid of the old one, we made sure that everything on this one worked..and it did!!

It looks so much better now (notice the new paint on both the walls and the cabinets. 

Hubby then told me to go out the next morning to see if they tossed the matching fridge.....funny man. (I did go, but they didn't toss it) 

My eyes will continue to stay open though, you just never know! 

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More Benches (from tables)

Tables make the best benches. 

So do dressers....but lets focus on tables today. 

My sister called and said she had a coffee table for me and sent me a couple of pictures.

 Great pics right?

Looked pretty disgusting right? But it looked like heaven to me. Yes I'm sick...lol 

I knew I could do something with it. 

I had no idea. 

The top was in two pieces, and it was held together by a few screws. 

So with hubby's help we ripped it apart, I dealt with the top and made it pretty again. Hubby took the bottom apart and put it back together again properly and re-enforced it. 

Now it's GREAT. 

Ohhh and it's no longer a table. 

 A bit of black chalk paint (diy) Some distressing, some amazing material.....and we have something that anyone would love to display in their home.

 Do you see the lovely curves on the top? Serious swooning going on here. 

At the same time I finally figured out what to do with another small(ish) coffee table I had sitting in my garage for MONTHS. 

Gave it the same treatment

I started with this. 

Cute right? 

I love it...but again it was just to small. I wanted desperately to keep it as a coffee table. But every time I tried picturing different colours or designs on it, it just didn't sit well with me. 

I was getting desperate. 

I wanted it to shine again.....then inspiration hit. 

Another bench. 

And it took no time at all. 

Ever get that? Once you have a picture in your brain of what it will look like, it's easy to get it put together. 

 I loved the flowered material of the first bench, but it didn't seem right for this one...then I saw it...this material and it seemed to fit so much better.

 Dark and faded lines were just perfect!  and the colour brings out the black paint, the distressing and the wonderful feet.

So two wonderful benches from tables that just didn't make sense anymore. 

I can't decide which I love more. Which would you choose? 

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Some summer projects.

You know the saying...another day, another dollar.

For me it's more of another day another project.

I haven't been making my blog my priority this summer. But that doesn't mean I've been slacking.

So I thought I would just pile on the pics and show you just a few of the things I've completed.

This lovely waterfall dresser With so many wonderful details that just really make the piece.

The above pic shows how you can turn an old radio into something useful once again. And the bed below got a wonderful update.

This amazing dresser is now in a newly built home as a bathroom vanity.

Some tables and a bench. If I showed you all the things I've done this summer Your eyes would glaze over from the hundreds of pictures. There are a few that are super special to me and I will be blogging those over the next couple of weeks. Hope you had a wonderful Summer! Welcome Fall!

A dresser for family

I Come from a large family. 

Growing up I didn't think it was large, actually I thought it was average and that any other family with less than 6 kids was just tiny. 

And could you imagine having less than say 3? That was just crazy. 

Course, there were days I wished I was an only child.

But if I were I wouldn't have so many nephews and nieces. 

I don't feel like counting them all but I know there are well over 30. 

At one point I knew all there birthdays, then I gave up when they just kept coming..so now I consider myself lucky to remember what month they were born. ;) 

A few weeks ago, one of my nieces asked me to redo her dresser.

Nope...this isn't it. The one she brought me ended up being a combination of wood, plastic and laminate.

She had no emotional attachment to it...so I replaced it for her.

And did it in one of her favorite colours. (and since I can't remember all their birthdays, there is no way I could get all their fav colours, so she had to tell me...lol )

I did a variation of the Harlequin design on it...and love how it turned out.

I loved the process and the finish so much I decided to do something else using this process.

But for now...I just love knowing that another one in the family is enjoying something I've touched. 

Have a great weekend :) 

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