White Out
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
I finally gave in. The “distressed” look I was going for with our coffee table was not jiving with our white slipcovers and dark wood. It was beginning to look like an eyesore. I should have gone with my gut and painted it white to begin with!
Since I had all of the paint out [...]
Tags: apartment DIY, coffee table revamp, painting
Someone’s in the kitchen
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
Look at this cutie shelf that I picked up at St. Vincent’s Thrift Shop. Which, by the way, was an experience. Ahem.
What?! You don’t like it? What if I told you it was only $10? Matt didn’t love it either but I had plans for it. I needed a place to house all of [...]
Tags: beadboard, furniture redo, painting, St. Vincents shop
Dining Redux: Part II
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
Now that we’ve finished the painting of the dining room table and chairs we can move on to the fun stuff. Picking out fabric for the cushions. I found a great little local fabric store here, Fabric Planet, that definitely lived up to their name. I found the perfect fabric for our chairs. Light grey [...]
Tags: dining room project, painting, recovering chairs
Dining Redux
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
We found this sad little dining set at the St. Vincent’s Thrift Shop in Los Angeles. That place was a zoo I tell you. It made Goodwill feel like Macy’s.
We picked it up to the tune of $49 which we were willing to pay since it’s made of real wood and feels pretty sturdy. [...]
Tags: dining room project, painting, recovering chairs
Going Gray
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
Not my hair color (well, not yet!) but our wall color. Our apartment came with the standard issue stark white walls of every apartment. It wasn’t doing much for us. I decided to try and warm things up a little bit with some paint. We chose Sandstone Cove by Behr.
Don’t be afraid of using gray [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, gray painted rooms, painting
Coffee Table Update
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
I know I told you I was going to paint everything white but I felt a little different about our coffee table (which by the way-is a repurposed piano bench). It started out black.
I decided to paint it with some Rustoleum spray paint I had left over. It promised to give a hammered metal look. [...]
Tags: coffee table revamp, glazing, painting
Belly Up to the Bar
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
We’ve had a couple of standard Oddvar IKEA barstools for awhile now. We bought them for the low low price of $12.99 each when we first moved into our humble abode. We used them until we found a dining room set that we liked.
I dug them out of the basement last week and felt inspired [...]
Tags: bar stools, new seating, painting, staining
Do Over
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
That’s what’s happening to all of our accent furniture. Currently our coffee table, side table and wine bar are all painted black. It worked perfectly with our cute little dining table.
Well, we’ve sold the dining table and I’m dead set on putting white slipcovers on the couches (I might make them due to [...]
Tags: easy projects, furniture redo, painting
It’s Raining Staples
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After
The first chapter in re-upholstering is ripping off the old fabric. Very carefully. I’m going to use it as a pattern for the new material. Here’s what we started with.
I don’t have complete pictures throughout the fabric removal process (I definitely needed both hands!). It’s basically, removing the trim and then taking all [...]
Tags: inside projects, painting, phase 2 of upholstering chairs
My Grandest Trick to Date
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Steals and Deals
I’m trying to tick off all of my project to-dos as our GREAT BIG MOVE inches closer. I’m not sure what kind of area I’ll have to work with spray paint and all that business. I’ve had these chairs for awhile. Ok, like a year. I had to do something with them. Immediately.
*You will [...]
