Settee For The Master Bedroom

My birthday is coming up in couple of weeks.

So I started looking for a treasure from my husband.

Remember, I am the one who finds the best gifts.

A - I know what style I like.

B - I like to shop and he does not.

C - Why not?

How could I not love it.

And I was able to get the cashier to mark it down.

Did you notice the chair in the next to the settee?

That is another chair I have waiting for time to reupholster.

It too has many of the same details.

Wonderful white fabric just waiting to be made into slipcovers.

So much to do, so little time.

Do you want to see what it will kind of look like?

The details of this chair almost match.

I have to decide, do I like it better with the wood or do I prefer the white.

I will be using the same off white linen fabric.

This weekend I was able to get about 1/4 done on removing the old fabric.

So many tacks to remove.

After spending time with the settee, I think I will go ahead and paint it.

I was also able to weed a couple of gardens in between the rain, and you?

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Ballet Slipper Pink

I started painting my daughter's desk chair.

Ballet Slipper Pink.

Such a delicate color.

I am not sure what fabric I am going to use.

I am going to go through my stash of vintage fabric in hopes of finding one that has the same color in it.

My daughter ok'd ruffles at the bottom edge.

I started painting my daughter's desk chair.

Ballet Slipper Pink.

Before the chair was painted.

Flowers from the grocery store.

Same kind of pink.

In the living room.

Peonies from the gardens.

Same.

In the dinning room.

Roses in my flower garden.

Same.

 

Peonies in the garden.

Same.

Flowers in the pots.

Same.

I think I have my theme color this summer. 

Pink.

With a side of blue.

Have you planted your pots?

What are your colors?

My Sister's Chair

Three years ago I agreed to reupholster a chair for my sister as a birthday gift.

THREE YEARS AGO!

Yes it has really been that long.

The first year it sat in the basement.

I tried taking some of the fabric off the back and the project seemed a bit above my ability.

So it sat.

About a year later I painted it.

Bad paint made the chair arms and legs sticky.

So it sat.

For another year.

So it sat.

Memorial weekend my sister and I went to a flea market.

Said flea market where the chair was bought.

Three years ago.

As I bought a new/old chair for my daughter's room.

I could feel her eyes boring a hole into the back of my head.

"Yes, I know I still have to do your chair."  I told her.  

She rolled her eyes.

I called her after the flea market and said I would have it done within two weeks.

I don't think she believed me.

She had hear that story for three years.

Last weekend I repainted it.

No stickiness.

I called her yesterday to tell her I was almost done with it.

She would have it by the weekend.

I called her back a half hour later.

The chair is done!

However, Mr. M. said it looked so nice, maybe it should stay.

FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS!

So tell me.

What is the longest a project has sat undone?

Now about that chair for my daughter!

Butterflies on the Wall

I have almost finished getting my daughter's room done.

Yesterday while my boys were playing and my daughter was at her baseball game.

I glued 150 butterflies on her wall.

Yep, I did!

I surprised my daughter by having these on the wall before she got home.

I think it turned out kind of neat.

It almost looks like art.

The multiple of colors works with the rug and the chair.

The first night we put up her pink chandelier she did not want us to turn the lights off.

The finished chair.

It is a favorite for reading.

She likes to curl up with her cat and a good book.

Double welt piping.

It was not as hard as I thought it would be.

I love how the color choices turned out.

I am glad I did not worry about too much color.

This is the room at night as we are trying to figure out furniture placement.

I can't hang pictures or shelves until we figure out where everything will go.

Aren't these framed prints awesome!

I found them at HomeGoods of course.

The pink and purple frames are from TJMaxx.

Two of my favorite stores.

Next week I will reveal a great steal I got for the deck from World Market.

Soon to be my favorite on line shop.

Even though it is not supposed to be as warm as it was all week, I am hoping to finish up some gardening.

Fit in a trip to an annual flea market with my sister.

Maybe a date night with Mr. M.

Due to baseball and having to work all week, we haven't seen much of each other.

I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

Spring Has Arrived at Arbor House Lane

Spring is here at Arbor House Lane!

The little shed is just waiting to be cleaned out and made pretty for Summer.

We know Spring is officially here when the Thunder Cloud Plum trees are in bloom.

Their sweet smelling pink flowers do not last long, but they sure put on a show.

We are thinking of adding a row of pink Crab-apple trees along the driveway in the front this year.

That way when the Thunder Clouds are done flowering it will be time for the Crab-apples to bloom.

It smells wonderful when you walk outside.

All of the fruit trees in the back yard are in bloom too.

I am off to do some plant shopping.

Hot pink is the theme this year.

Maybe this chair has something to with it.

The chair is finished and it has become a favorite spot for my daughter's reading time.

I will share her room when we get finished hanging everything back on the walls.

How about you, has Spring arrived?

Have you chosen your flowers yet?

Happy Spring!

New Found Treasures on my Day Off

I was finally able to visit my favorite Salvation Army this week on my day off.

Sally didn't disappoint me.

I was looking for a small settee for my daughter's room but I found this great chair instead.

It is really short, perfect for a little girl to curl up with her kitty and a book.

It is perfect for upholstering.

I am even thinking of painting the wood in HOT PINK.

The fabric I am thinking of is actually a quilted throw I found at HomeGoods.

I will have to wait to make final fabric choices after the rug arrives next week.

My what lovely legs you have.

A girl can never have enough ironstone!

A crown fit for a princess. 

A great old typewriter that is HEAVY.

I think it will go in my office until I find the perfect spot for it. 

Thanks Sally, I had a wonderful day!

Treasures on a Thursday

I had to run some errands today.
On my way home, I stopped at one of my favorite antique dealers.

I am never disappointed when I visit.

He always has a white table or three for me.

He knows I can't leave them behind when he throws such good prices at me.

So, they all came home with me!

Come on, don't even tell me you would have left them behind.
Seriously!

Oh yeah, another chair. 

This chippy little white darling is going in my gardens.

Did you count them? 

I know you did.

Actually there are four tables there.

The iron tables are two separate ones.

Perfect for my deck!

Oh, I already told you.

I HAVE A TABLE PROBLEM!

How could I resist those casters.

and 

That wood and white combination.

I can never resist these little drawer tables.

This little darling is the perfect size for an entry or any spot in my house for that matter.

Back to my errands, one stop I had to make was to have a mammogram.

OK ladies, I have to say that I was wrong, wrong, wrong, not to have done this four years ago.

Does it hurt?

Yeah, some.
 But I can handle a little pain that lasted a mere seconds each time they took the picture.
They only had to take 4 pictures.

I did not wait around for the results, they will call or send me a report.

I am here to say, if you are holding off on doing it because someone said it might hurt.

Stop waiting, get it done.

Maybe you will be rewarded with treasures too!

How is your day going?

Me, I'm off to clean some tables.
And put a dent in the 10 yards of mulch we had delivered yesterday.