Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Beast to the Beauty

3 years ago... I owed my parents some manual labor and so they forced me to learn how to antique furniture. How grateful I am for that! They had a bedroom set that was a "honey" outdated wood look and decided they would let me mess around with their furniture.
I ended up loving it and finished 2 large dressers, a head board, and two nightstand drawers. I wanted to do more but just never got around to it.






Recently... I saw a $10 sturdy, solid wood chair on craigslist and figured I could do a little something with it for fun.

Bought $3 of fabric and gave it a little love...

We had it around our house for a little bit, we really liked it and we were thinking about keeping it but...


I sold it tonight for $40 via craigslist. Sweeeet.









16 comments:

Anonymous said...

nice profit! it looks so good!

Matti said...

Awesome job!

The Crandallions said...

wow! i love it! you did such a great job! now i need to learn that to turn old furniture into new beauties.

remi said...

teach me!

Arica said...

that's what i'm talkin about! it turned into a hot little item! (:

Meagan said...

NICE JOB! The chair looked great, I love doing this stuff!

Shanae said...

that is so sweet!!! That chair looked awesome! AMAZING. So talented.

mb said...

oooooh I would've bought that chair!

Lisa said...

That looks great Linds! I need to find some projects to do!!

Melissa said...

that is so cute! I love it!

Miriam said...

That is so cute! I would have been tempted to keep it :)

Larissa Chase said...

LOVE YOUR BLOG! and LOVE YOU!

Rondo Family said...

That is so awesome Lindsay! Way to go:)

Dallin & Ashley said...

Dang, way to go...come do half my house please

rachele and jordan said...

Wow! That's amazing!

Erin said...

what a cute chair! there is a girl i know who does that and makes hundreds per piece she does! you could totally turn that into a business!!!