Antique Gossip/telephone Bench

Telephone Bench

or

Gossip Bench. . .

We have come along way baby.






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These old benches are getting some fabulous makeovers!  Since I am loving aqua, this bench is of course - AQUA!

I primed it white first, then painted it aqua.  Distressed it just a little to let the white peek through, then put a gloss poly on it to finish it off.

Love!

Bold Bright Beautiful Bench

Bold Bright Beautiful!

I think

I had a Pier One bench that really needed an update.

before pics in outerspace

I took it apart and spray painted the frame and legs with Valspar glossy white.

The fabric is from Jo-Ann's

An orange pillow added for today anyway.

I wasn't sure I was going to like this bench until I added more DIY projects - subway art,  a chalkboard and a spray painted ampersand.

Upholstering this bench was easy!  It takes A LOT of staples and some muscels.

To finish it off nice, I stapled felt to the bottom. more staples!

This is a quote by Mother Teresa and was always one of my favorites.  So when I saw this tutorial here: I am Momma - Hear me Roar, I knew I had to make it!  So, I did!

Let's party here:
The Dedicated House
Liz Marie
Addicted to Decorating

Aqua Love! Before and After (and a little bit of black)

Oh my, I love old furniture and paint. 

 When I saw this headboard, I knew it would be gorgeous in Aqua!

I also had a dresser and nightstand that I knew would look great painted Aqua to match.

The only before picture I had, but oh so cute!

Gorgeous!

My daughter, Morgan posted a picture on Insta-gram of the dresser and nightstand with these white knobs and glass knobs. She asked which knobs were peoples favorite.  The glass knobs won, now I have to wait for them to go on sale at Hobby Lobby.

Every third week the knobs are 50% off!

Yay, I am Happy!

The other dresser has been black for a while now

Go find that furniture and get painting!

It's addicting!

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Liz Marie

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Vintage Wanna Bee

It All Started with Paint

Aqua Table & Chairs: Before & After

My niece Jaclyn is getting Married!

She is cute, trendy and FUN!

In LOVE too!

She Wanted me to paint her a table and chairs, so I did.

The chairs looked like this before:

Pathetic

I sprayed the chairs with Valspar Exotic Sea.

Then I had Lowe's mix me up a quart of paint to match the spray paint - to paint the table!

Yes, they look better!

Cute like Jaclyn!

A little distressing

The table is an adorable vintage drop leaf!

It can be small

Or big!

Ruffed it up just a smidge!



She is thinking this with a little bit of red!

Can you see the vision?

ADORABLE