Vanity Chair Reveal!

Remember that weekend projects post a couple weeks back? The one with the cute antique vanity chair that had horse hair poking out of the seat in multiple spots? Well, it's finished! A couple weeks later, a big mess, some itchy skin from all that horse hair and we now have quite the sassy little vintage vanity chair. I think it turned out great and reminds me of a prop that could be used by Bette Midler in the movie For the Boys. Translation: red lipstick, lots of sass - meow!

That before shot one last time...

nothing but vintage sass now.

-Andrea

3, 2, 1...Blast Off!

We're ready to load the trailer and head on over to Midway, UT for Swiss Days! Once again our friend Carly of Volcam Photography did us proud and photographed a few of the furniture pieces for us before they get bagged and tagged. Thanks Girl! We realize you've seen a few of the pieces but it's been awhile and let's face it, Carly's photos just do them so much more justice!

All of this furniture, over 300 aprons plus MORE furniture will be going with us to Swiss Days. More Furniture?? Yes, we know. We're exhausted. Did I mention that while all of this has been going on I decided to move? Yes, I'm moving right now-blogging from an almost empty place. Mom messed up her back last week, can barely move right now and is supposed to be driving the trailer up in less than a week. Not to mention the million trips around SLC and the Valley of the Sun we've been making to acquire new places for the next show! Does it ever end?!

-Andrea

You can't get rich sitting on the bench

With all the bright colors of our last post we thought we would give your eyes a rest and a small peek at a black and white bench we just finished.

I think we could have made a nice carpet bag or two by now with all of the tapestry we've been tearing off. It might be that I am destined for a Mary Poppins costume this Halloween.

A bit more chic and today.

-Andrea

Before & After

We bought this chair back in July at the Pasadena Flea Market (read about our trip here). Just the smallest bit of pressure on the fabric was causing it to rip and of course someone had already decided to take a big chunk of fabric off the back. Some golden yellow paint and beautiful Anna Maria Horner fabric later and I think we have ourselves a winner. We understand loud furniture isn't for everyone but I just love this bold happy chair!

Feeling a bit blue and sad (the blue is actually the primer but that's exactly how that fabric looked, eek!)

TADA!

This chair is part of some fun link parties here, here and here and linked to the DIY Show Off - Come make new friends with us. :)

-Andrea

Weekend Project(s)

Just thought I'd give you a peak at what will be occupying our weekend. We're finishing up a very loud and bright (my fav!) chair today and then diving into these two beauties, or they will be beauties again soon.

We found this chair shortly after the Rose Bowl Flea Market while still in California at an antique mall. The way it looks is exactly how we bought it, horse hair poking out and all-ugh, horsehair everywhere.

4 = the number of times we have painted this settee. Yes, indecisiveness at its best. We've settled on this pewter color and now we're off to tear off that lovely cream colored horrifically stained fabric.

Happy Weekend Everyone!

-Andrea

New Apron Photos!

Last week my friend Carly of Volcam Photography was vacationing in Utah with her incredibly adorable daughter Mady and lucky me they decided they could spare some time during their visit to model and take some photos of our new aprons! We love how they turned out and want to share a few of our favorites.

Thanks for hanging out with us!

-Andrea

The Collection is Growing...

Sadly we don’t have any before pictures (we’re going to get better at that though-promise!) of these two pieces of furniture. We're hoping, however, you find them wonderful enough in their current state to forgive not knowing their beginning. The settee and the set of little girl chairs (yes those chairs are not full size) will be making the trip with us to Swiss Days.

Amy Butler Love fabric (oh yea we love it!) on a gorgeous antique settee-mixing new & old.

When one won't do...just make two! Look at those lines, look at that pop! Oh yea, two is definitely better than one.

-Andrea

Eye Candy

Our rooms are overflowing with aprons and there are only a few more pieces of furniture left to finish for Swiss Days - hooray! In celebration I thought I would post some eye candy for your viewing pleasure.

-Andrea

Weekend Off

I got to take a break this weekend to visit with my sister who came up from Arizona. We had a blast! Two days of non-stop zip lines in Park City, bowling, shopping, eating and a trip to Lagoon. Mom, of course, had two days of solid work preparing new aprons for a photo shoot this weekend (cute new little girl aprons on the blog next week!) and reclaiming two amazing children's chairs. I hope to have some good pictures of the chairs before the weekend to share but until then think hot pink and black accents-totally rocker chick!

Speaking of reclaimed funiture have you ever checked out the blog Better After? If not do it! We love seeing so many crafty people taking junk to pure awesomeness! Oh, and if you go now, you might just notice one of our settees being featured. ;)

-Andrea