Summer Heat

 Instead of working on larger projects, I decided to take a break and stay out of the heat and humidity. So instead I've been working on the smaller projects that were piling up inside. Man is A/C refreshing. :) I have lots of fun things finished, in progress, or planning to get done soon! Here's a little sneak peak...

 

 

And this is only the beginning! More pictures will be posted throughout this week. Hopefully some items will be listed on the Etsy site in the next 2-3 weeks. I'll give more info and do some individual posts about different items soon as well. 

The Lovely Yellow Vinyl Chair: Day Two

Whew! Time had completely slipped away from me! 

I decided to take full advantage of the beautiful weather and ended up recovering the seat. The once faded and vinyl covered seat is now a cute burlap material with a gorgeous gold metallic flower pattern. I am absolutely in love with it! I do have o say that for my first time ever recovering a chair seat, I did pretty good! The seat is a really funky shape with little points that remind me of cat ears. These cat ears were definitely the hardest part to make sure the fabric was on correctly. 

(Dont mind the mess either. No one ever said projects were always easy or clean!)

I just used a staple gun and i may have gone a little staple crazy... Oh well! No one will see it! 

Once the fabric was all nice and secure I went ahead and trimmed the edges that were pretty long. 

After a couple final tweaks and it was done! 

Overall I am extremely happy with the way it turned out!!

The Lovely Yellow Vinyl Chair: Day One

I spotted this chair at the local thrift store and could instantly see it painted and recovered into something more.... cute and modern. Don't get me wrong, the vinyl seat cover was great, but it was time for it to go. 

Demo on this old chair started IMMEDIATELY. I took the seat off and used a screw driver to take the staples out that were holding the fabric and vinyl in place. 

After a few hour break the big guns came out and the nasty faded yellow paint said bye-bye! 

(Electric sanders are the most amazing inventions in the entire world by the way.)

With all the paint gone, hopefully we can get this baby painted and get the seat recovered by the end of the week!! 

A Warm Welcome

Just to make this short and sweet, my name is Alex. I enjoy all things that have to do with crafts and DIY projects (I could spend hours on Pinterest looking at the latest trends and getting new ideas). I have always made things and used my imagination to create some pretty cool things. I finally came to the conclusion that I wanted to be able to showcase these things so everyone could see them and become inspired as well.

I don't always work alone, especially on larger projects. My mom, Kathleen is also an avid DIY inspirer herself! Together we are able to refinish pieces of furniture, make unique wall art, sew, and much more.

This isn't a blog that I intend to post onto everyday, but as much as possible. We are both extremely busy people and work on new projects as often as we can.

We are both always open to new ideas and would love any feedback, comments, or emails.