Race Bib & Medal Holder

I posted recently where I finally made a board to hold my race bibs - when I use to scrapbook all the time I would put them in there, but since I let myself get SO FAR behind doing that I just gave up.  I knew I wanted to keep them but just wasn't sure what to do with them.  THEN came Pinterest and as you all know you can find anything there...I made this quick board to hold all my race bibs!

Then, a friend of an awesome friend contacted me about making a "double" bib/medal holder that she had seen on Etsy.  Sure, I can do that...I love the way it turned out:)

Here's a few pics of it in progress.

I used the "L" hooks so you can hang a lot of medals on each one.

I noticed that I used my 2011 Marathon bib as a template...this excites me & makes me nervous!!  February 2015 I will be running my 5th marathon- Woo!Hoo!

Have a GREAT weekend & a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Fabric Lined Drawers!!

It's been 1 1/2 years since I last blogged any of my furniture pieces.  That's crazy but if you have followed me on Facebook you know we've had a little going on this past year...now that hopefully life has settled down some, I plan on blogging every new piece that I put in my antique booth.  I love doing it so here's to my FIRST post in years...

I found this piece at the Habitat Restore in Brevard, NC over Thanksgiving.  I knew the bottom drawer would need some work where the veneer was broken off, nothing a little wood filler can't fix.  I thought it definitely had potential & I loved the small drawer pulls.

I decided to paint this piece ASCP Duck Egg Blue for the body and SW Antique White for the drawers.  I love the contrast of the two colors...

I love before/after pics of painted furniture...

When I bought this piece I was so blown away by its beauty and the price that I didn't even open the drawers...it would not have changed my decision to buy this piece but the inside of the drawers were pretty nasty - old spray on felt!  Afters hours of searching on Pinterest to try to figure out how to remove it and realizing that was going to take way too much work I decided to scrap off as much of the "furriness" that I could and cover it with fabric!  SUCCESS-I love it and now want to cover every drawer I have!

Mod Podge

I love the way this piece turned out...took it to re-Runs today...$85!

Headboard/Footboard to Bench Transformation!!

I'm very proud of this re-do...it all started with a trip to the Habitat Re-Store in Brevard, NC.  This lonely headboard was just begging me to buy it and at the time I didn't have a clue what to do with it.  The railings came with it too.  I thought that trying to sell a single twin bed frame may be difficult so this stayed at the cabin for months until we recently went up there when my cute nephew came to town.

After searching on Pinterest for some ideas I came across transforming this headboard into a bench - how clever!

We even got Haydyn to help...

Haydyn & I tested it out to make sure it will hold weight:)

Could he be any cuter?

We used the footboard for arm rests...

Uncle Trey paid Haydyn with his world famous bbq ribs...I lost count as to how many he ate...LOL!

We packed the bench up and took it back to Simpsonville and I FINALLY finished it today!

I am planning on taking this piece to re-Runs tomorrow morning.

I already know of a few new pieces that I will be adding in July, but for now I am beach bound!!!

Have a great 4th of July!

It's a Keeper

I've become a regular at Goodwill...check out my end table re-do that I've decided to keep.

I found this table the other day - nothing special about it except it is very sturdy.

Of course the first thing to do was sand it.  I decided to just sand the top of it down to the original wood because I was going to stain the top and paint the body of it.

Stained the top a darker brown stain and painted the body a beige color.

I did a little different form of distressing on this piece.  I put stain over the paint and quickly wiped it off.

I LOVE using something I already have on hand...I used the knobs off of the dresser re-do I did recently!

And here is the before & after...the top looks a reddish color in this pic but it is dark brown.

And here it is already in its new home...this is where I sit every morning drinking my coffee - I think I'm really going to enjoy the drawer to hide all my junk.

That pic did not turn out great but I think you can see how good it looks.  The table that was there is now on its way to re-Runs!!!

Whatcha think?

Refurbished End Table

I found this piece months ago at Goodwill...I loved it when I saw it, but it has been in the garage for months.  I knew it was going to take many hours to get it looking good.

Had to start with some sanding.

It took me a while to decide on a color, but I decided to go with this moss greenish color, distressed it a little & changed out the hardware to black.

I LOVE it!  I've got 3 more pieces sitting in my garage waiting for a re-do...if I would ever stay at home maybe I could get started...LOL!

Leaving tomorrow for a trip to MS to see family for a few days:)

Wooden bookshelf Goodwill find redo!

Found this wooden bookshelf @ Goodwill weeks ago, it has just been sitting in my garage ever since...decided to pack it up and take it to the cabin this past weekend and see what I could do to it.

Before

Primed & ready for a coat of paint

I couldn't decide on a color, so I decided to just stick with white.  

Painted it white & added cedar planks to the back

Cedar plank backing

This bookshelf is 31 inches high and very sturdy!

Before/After

Headed back to the cabin tomorrow & hopefully have some more projects to share when I get back.

Happy Wednesday!!

My First Dresser Redo!

Wanted to share with you my first dresser redo!!  So much fun but took a little time.  Trey actually picked this dresser up for me on his way back from Spartanburg about a month ago and it has been sitting in the garage just being stared at by me.  So about a week ago I decided it was time to get started.

Here's the before pic - as you can see it needs a little TLC.

In its day there was a mirror that went with it...couldn't decide whether to leave the little boxes on top or not, but ultimately decided to take them off - which resulted in much sanding afterwards.  At this point I wasn't sure if this was the right decision.

But after alot of sanding you can start to see the potential:)

More sanding was done, then decided it was time to start painting.

A little distressing and some new hardware.

Last coat of stain on the top.  Can you believe that's the same top?!!!

I LOVE IT!!  I've got to get Trey to work a little on the drawers so they pull out better and off to re-Runs it goes!!  

Actually went the other day to change things up a little...and add a couple of more things.