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you say artsy like it is a *bad* thing ;)

i like projects. anyone who is even mildy acquainted with me knows that without a project i am a bit of a wandering soul. true story. lately it has been a compilation of smaller projects (id badges for my office girls, paper flower bouquet for a friend in the hospital, fancy cakes, valentines gifts, cornhole game boards, etc). with that being said... i have been scouring the internet and pinterest for my next project when it became clear what my project should be: grandma's furniture. now you may laugh and say, don't be insulting and call it grandma furniture. however, it really was my grandma's furniture until she had her house redecorated and they were passed down to my parents who then bought their own furniture and these beauties were bequeathed to me and my brother. needless to say their travels are extensive: chicago to jacksonville to ft myers to orlando to ormond beach. i have been itching to reupholster them, but have realized that perhaps reupholstering them right now is not the fiscally, nor the "project that matches my talent"-responsible choice. so! new plan: paint them. i saw this idea originally on a blog i found (Painted Upholstery Project) when i was looking for kitchen ideas for a house i do not own (lol), and quickly realized i can absolutely (and by absolutely i mean hopefully) do this. game on. i will post the entire project once i am finished with it (good or bad...i figure if it is a disaster, i simply get a slip cover or fork out the cash for a professional upholstery job). for now, here are the "before" pictures so you can see their "potential". i honestly love the pattern, just not the color. i'm over blue. i have grand plans that involve a shade of purple, but i want to keep the integrity of the flower pattern so that they can still show through after the paint is applied. if these chairs go well and are successfully painted without transforming them into plastic-y, sticky, pseudo-vinyl textures my next project will be the ginormous couches my friends affectionately termed "grandma's couches". anyhow! here are the before photos (the blue is a bit darker because i just finished RugDoctor vacuuming them in preparation for the painting project). i'm very excited about this and hope this project does not bring me to tears :) stay tuned! below is an assortment of a few of my recent projects...


cake for a friend running a marathon


scrub hat for christmas 


another scrub hat.. less tufting




cornhole boards pre-paint job
cornhole boards post-paint



butterfly valentine
paper daisy bouquet
cornhole corn bags
penguin cake with jello pool




grandma chairs
love the detail, though
 

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