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This all begins where so many of my posts do....a yard sale.  I saw this little chair and thought, "I can improve the looks of that."   Yes, that's how all things begin with a DIYer.  Within minutes it was on it's way home with me.  You can see the fabric was stained and soiled and the chair was on the feminine side.  Now, I do have two granddaughters but the youngest is 11 so it will have to be for my grandson. I put it in my studio and thought about it awhile. I even bought fabric to recover it, but, there was no hurry.  You see, my grandson wasn't born yet so I had some time. When my grandson hit his seventh month birthday, I decided it was time to get started.  I started by stripping off the old fabric.  Sounds simple, right?  Not really.  This is when I discovered these little chairs are assembled after the fabric is applied to the pieces.  That means that the fabric is wedged between the parts an...

I consider myself a "cheap date" because I can be entertained for hours for very little money.  That's one of the reasons I take myself out and the same reason I take myself to flea markets and yard sales.  This particular date was a church rummage sale where I spent one dollar on myself.  That $1 kept me busy for hours planning and executing what I wanted to do with this. I rather liked it just the way it was but that seemed too simple.  Besides I'm not in the rustic mode right now. A little clean up was in order followed by a primer coat. The outside recieved a nice shiny silver galvanized look. The inside a couple coats of a teal blue called SHOCK TURQUOISE from Montana Gold Paints.  (actually more shocking than my moniter registers.) Flipped open it seemed to call out for lettering, don't you think? Me too!  I like this font, especially the "g" and I really did think that hydrangeas would look bountiful in this container.  No...