Chippendale Chair

Warning... This post is going to be obnoxious and braggy.
On a regular drive by of our local resale store (don't I sound tough) I spotted a bamboo chair just sitting right out front... just sitting there... with people walking past her... like she didn't have a beacon of sun shining down on her! No one was even in a hair pulling, drop down, drag out fight over her!
I jumped out of the still moving car and did a triple roll and landed swiftly in the chair and refused to move until I knew she was mine!
Ok, that might not be quite how it all went down.... but it was close.  There was no price tag on the chair when I walked up though so I had to carry it around until I found someone to help me and he looked at me and then at the chair and goes.... How about $10?
$10?! How about I give you $20 just because today is outstanding?!
And then she was mine...

Not to pretty in brown and old fabric but oooohhhh the possibilities!
I decided to go with a gray Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and then distress and use dark and light waxes.  I had some fabric on hand that I used but will probably be changing it out with my bedroom redo:)
First I took off the seat to paint...

Once I was all done with paint I took my trusty staple gun and stapled my fabric all the way around and then screwed the seat back on-  the only thing that could have made all of this any better was if there had been two!

Once she is in her final place I will post an update on fabric-
Hope you are having a fabulous day!
B:)

Ikea wins out...

I have been seeing a lot of pretty small Christmas trees on Pinterest this year in cute little baskets and decided that would be a fun addition to my entry way this year!
I had my two small trees so now I was just on the hunt for two baskets that wouldn't break the bank and would be good for maybe a little stencil on them.  I searched my normal basket places... and my back alley suppliers... and not finding what I had in mind!
I was in Ikea one day for some other rediculousness and saw some of their cubby baskets and decided the might be just what I could use- not completely what I wanted but good price, size and... price.
So these puppies were the winners!

And before any of you smarties call me out on it... yes, it may or may not have a Buffalo Check look to it... :)
Time for paint! I went for a gray Annie Sloan Chalk paint and then brushed on some tan in a messy way to make it look a bit more layered.

After that I decided I wanted to stencil each of my boy's Birth dates on them and then add a little fo-hardwear to the sides using my fave new crafting pen- a Gold Leaf pen! love it!

 Pretty easy for a fun bit of impact and the boys actually thought it was neat that they had their own trees:)
I am going to add some ribbon to the top but keep them pretty simple- and it adds some more Christmas lights and sparkle to the front of our house since our tree is in the back family room.

and getting a little more Christmas spirit!

The Hubs asked if there was any space I wasn't going to decorate for Christmas.... anybody else hear a challenge in that?!
B:)