I’ve been craving a good ‘get your hands dirty’ project lately. I want to sand a bench or stain a bookshelf, chipping my nails and getting a sliver in the process. It’s an odd thing to crave but I need it. You and me this weekend, Goodwill. We’ve got a date. Please have a project [...]
I’m throwing in the towel, folks. This gem that I picked up a garage sale over the summer (first mentioned here) for a mere $40 has proven too powerful for my rookie upholstery skills. I had grand plans for this guy, including a beautiful deep gray fabric, an some WD-4o for the wheels and a [...]
After a weekend spent sanding, stripping and staining I’ve made some good progress on the desk I grabbed at the Sandwich Antiques Market. It’s more of a kitchen table but thanks to it’s dainty size and sturdy top it will be housing a computer from now on. One very important piece to this puzzle though [...]
The other day my mom wandered into one of our bathrooms to re-caulk the bathtub, which she had done a million times before. Unfortunately, though, this time turned out to be different from the rest. As she was removing the previous caulk and prepping the tub a tile fell off the wall. Then another. Then [...]
I’m kicking myself right now. In an attempt to avoid the torrential downpours last night I dragged my Sandwich Antiques Market desk purchase inside before snapping pictures out of doors with oodles of natural light. So what you get now are some semi-blurry, kind of janky indoor pictures but I think you can grasp the [...]
This Saturday the Red Head and I went on a brief desk shopping mission. As I mentioned previously, one (of many) summer projects I’m hoping to tackle is a new desk. We don’t want anything too fancy so we figured we’d start at IKEA just to see what our cheaper options were. We left totally [...]
Well the chair that’s been in my car for almost two weeks now got a final re-upholstery quote yesterday. The lowest price I could find, including fabric, was $425. So now it’s decision time. Employ the local craftsman or take a self-guided crash course in re-upholstery. I guess this story is to be continued… Source: [...]
I think it’s finally safe to say that summer is here. To make sure the next months don’t fly by I’ve compiled a summer to-do list over on the faucethead blog. I broke it down into four categories: explore, lounge, eat and play. My five year old nephew even got in on the action. Stop [...]
In between the spontaneous bouts of rain that hit Chicago today I managed to snag a couple pictures of the upholstery project I mentioned last week. Here it is, my $40 garage sale find plopped in my front yard. I love the lines of the piece but just can’t get behind the gold, shiny fabric. [...]
I picked up a beautiful vintage chair this past weekend while at a garage sale and I am so excited about it (Don’t worry, I’ll be sure to photograph it and share with you guys ASAP). The fabric isn’t to my liking but it’s in great shape and is actually quite comfortable. So I’ve been [...]
