Another home adventure!  I promise I do more than just decorate my house.  Okay maybe that's a lie.  At this point in my life I feel like it's all I do, but I like it!  So, I found this little number at the DI for $10 bucks.  I loved the metal pieces and detailing on the legs and thought it would be a perfect coffee table for my living room.

I painted it the color of cement using a brush.

Husband comment: "I don't get it.  Wood isn't supposed to be gray."

I glazed it with a black glaze and when I wiped the glaze off it started pulling the paint off in places.  Remember how I mentioned I don't know what I'm doing.  Well let's pause for a moment to do a quick Q&A. 

Q: Christy did you sand your piece before you started? 

A: Nope 

Q: Christy did you prime your table before you painted it? 

A: Sure didn't 

 Although it doesn't look pretty in the garage I ended up loving this piece.  I love the shabby chic look I ended up with as a result of doing it all wrong. :)  I'll have to take a pick of it in my living room so you can see how cute it actually is.  Best of all I think my husband actually likes it!



So when I started blogging I was so intrigued by all these women who are so crafty and good at decorating their cute homes!  I moved into a beautiful house with absolutely no decor.  I needed a place to start.  I read some blogs for inspiration and headed to the DI.  I found this chair for $25 and thought to myself, I definitely don't think I can do this, but I sure am going to try.  After 4 trips to Hobby Lobby, 10 hours, and a lot of frustration I managed a decent re upholstery job.  I'll do better next time I promise.  I just made it up as I went along so I would look at a more experienced blog if you want to try this for yourself, but here goes....

First I sprayed the wood legs white...

 Proof of Purchase...

Tearing off the ugly blue fabric...

Gizmo already loves this chair!

I started from the bottom up, because.... I have no idea why. That's just the way I did it.

The arms were a b-word to figure out.  I finally managed a pretty cool twisty thing.

Why did I pick the curvy chair for my first project?  Almost gave up at this point, but pushed through.

Hallefrickenlujah... the chair is reupholstered

 What do I do about this?  Hobby Lobby here I come...

 Black lace is what I do with that!

 Husband finished product comment: "Oh it's your slut chair."

(explanation- i guess the black lace turned it into a slut chair-so funny!)

Of course Gizmo loves this white chair and has already gotten dirt all over one of the arms.  Now there's a blue Utah jazz blanket permanently draped over the seat and arms which ruins any attempt at decorating this room.  I need to find a cute throw to go there instead.  Dang Gizmo!