Thrifting Adventures!

I hadn't been out thrifting in a few weeks, so I hit up a couple of stores over the weekend.

Let's start with what I didn't buy.

I absolutely loved this love seat. It was pretty dirty, and total the wrong color, but I love it. I've thought about it several times and may very well go back this weekend to look at it... maybe it could work in my future sewing room?

On sale... maybe still there next week??

I also saw this really nice wing back chair, however it was the wrong color, and there was only one. I'm really trying to find a matching pair for my living room.

What I DID buy:

This awesome knit striped pencil skirt. It fits perfectly and I am really loving skirts right now in this summer heat!

$2.99!!

This awesome nine west purse. It's in brand new condition! It looks more red in the photos, but it's really a deep coral.

And then, something that is really impractical right now but I really needed this past winter, a "real" winter coat!

This past winter was pretty cold (for florida) and all I had to wear was hoodies! This coat is adorable and fit great. Now I just have to wait like 6 months to wear it.... but I'm prepared! 

Living Room Updates- We Have a Couch!

We finally have a couch! We've been living here for 2 months now, and all we had to sit on were some random chairs and our bed! I fell in love with couch as soon as I saw it, and looked around for a while, but I couldn't find anything else that was exactly what I wanted and in my budget. So I bit the bullet!

This is from the Sofia Vergara collection at Rooms to Go. The price was very reasonable, and the it seems very well made. However I will say, that the delivery customer service left something to be desired. Long story short, they were supposed to call one hour ahead so my mom could come let them in(I was working), and they failed to do that. So it was a bit frustrating having to call them to come back and they were rather rude to me. BUT none of that matters now, because I have my awesome couch!

Time for picture overload!

Nailhead Trim along bottom

Super cute tufting!

The chevron pillows came with the couch, and I actually had my choice of about 40 different styles to receive! The center pillow was a $3 goodwill find.

Now, I just need to work on this bare wall. I'm picturing bookshelves on each sides of the TV, and maybe some art above the TV? Not to mention working on that paint swatch wall. One thing at a time!

House Update and Couch Dilemma

So, we went by our house this weekend, and they are already starting on the roof! It's really just flying by now.

In the meantime, I've been trying to decorate the house in my head, which is not a very easy task! Even though the house is bigger than our condo now, and we will need some new/more furniture, I'm planning on living there for a few months first. That way I can get a better idea of what we need and what will/won't work for us.

However, that isn't stopping me from window shopping! We stopped into Rooms to Go on Sunday, because I really wanted to see this couch:

Cindy Crawford Hadly Gray Sofa

Online, it looked like a nice fabric, and just the perfect shade of gray. I really, really love light neutral toned couches, but I'm afraid of wear and tear, so I thought this was a nice compromise. However, I did not feel the same when I saw it in person.

I really wish I had fixed that pillow... OCD alert!

This is the loveseat, they didn't have the couch on the show room in this color. The fabric is some type of tweed, and David declared that it looked like "old people furniture" when he saw it. I was mostly disappointed in the color. Up close, the fiber strands are black and tan/brown, and even just standing in front of the couch it's obvious that it is not gray. It also was a little bit too firm for our liking and David did not like the short arm rests.

Next I found this lovely sectional, which I did like, it had a nice medium gray color, and was very comfortable. But for some reason David does not like sectionals, and also I really don't know if I want to get locked into a sectional because there is only so much you can do with it.

So, we meandered around the store a bit more, and then I saw this:

Cindy Crawford Sidney Road Sofa

And I fell in love. It's soft chenille, very plush and luxurious. I should have taken a more detailed photo, but that nail head trim runs around the entire front and back of the couch. And that inside tufting!! Gorgeous. My ONLY concern is how light the fabric is. It's a touch darker and more gray in person. Actually, I was surprised when I got home and saw they had listed the color as "taupe" because in person I would have said light gray.

This is the matching love seat.

Matching Love seat

I'm not really sure if I want to go with the matchy-matchy couch-love seat combo however. If it were up to David, he'd "buy the room" and be done with it. I hate the idea of having the same exact tables/lamps/rugs as everyone else!

I'm toying around with the idea of that sofa, with one of these or similar love seats:

Skyline Settee

Skyline Love Seat

I love both of those, my only issue is that I don't really want to order furniture online, unseen, and also they are both "special order" meaning no returns. But something along those lines would be nice.

We still have a few other furniture stores to check out, including Ikea. But I think it's safe to say that the Sidney Road sofa is a top contender.

I haven't had a lot of time lately to complete any projects, but I have several on my "waiting list", so as soon as I have something completed I'll share it. Thanks for reading!

Coral Dresser/TV Stand

I've finally got my TV console finished! I'm still waiting for the paint to fully cure(I used latex which can take 30 days to completely harden), which is why there is no TV on the TV console.

Sorry about the shadows... I need to invest in a "real" camera!

Goodwill dresser as a TV stand!

For a while now, our spare bedroom has been basically like a storage unit. Barely any furniture, and odds and ends starting piling up. I'm finally getting around to getting it organized, and my first step was finding something for the TV.

I knew I wanted something like a dresser or large console table, because I like the unique look and I really could use some(hidden!) storage!

I tried for a few weeks to find what I was looking for on Craigslist, but sometimes it's really hard to find what you want, at the price you want, and even just getting people to respond can be a pain! Imagine my delight when I walked into Goodwill and saw this baby:

Shout out to my hubby for dragging this in the house by himself!

New Bed(and dresser) Reveal!

Last week I left you hanging on my new bed frame, with only a sneak peek. Today is the big reveal! Here's the before:

Orangey-Red Cherry Wood, not my style!

"Shabby Chic" Dining Chairs

I bought these chairs off craigslist a couple weeks ago, intending on keeping them for myself. However, as soon as I got them home and set them next to my dining table, I knew they would not work. Just not the right style. So, I decided to fix them up and sell them!

Here's the before:

This is the craigslist photo!

French Chair Redo: How to reupholster chair seats

I found this chair hiding in the corner of my local goodwill!

Awesome fake needlepoint. Be jealous.

She's a little banged up, but I loved the lines and the size.

My thrifty finds: One man's trash...

I've made some great finds this weekend!! Last night, I was taking the trash out to the compactor at our complex, and lo and behold, there was someone getting rid of the exact patio furniture I have been scouring Craigslist for!

 

Ikea Rast Nightstand Hack!

Has anyone seen IkeaHackers.net? This website shows how you can take some basic furniture pieces from Ikea, and turns them into amazing, unique decor for your home! I had been searching for a long time for two matching night stands for my bedroom. I had originally planned on finding two second hand tables to paint white, but everything was either too ugly, too much money, or there was only one. Then I saw this post over at 4Men 1Lady:

Basically my dream bedroom!

I can do this...

And then, I saw these beauties for $34.99 each at Ikea:


Ikea Rast 3 Drawer Chest

And I decided to DIY my own Ikea hack!(Ok, so I really only painted them, but that still counts as a hack, right?)

Chalkboard Table Makeover!

This weekend I finally tackled my entry table. This was a desk that my mom had, and it hung around her house for a while, and then she gave it to me, and it hung around my house for a while! A couple of weeks ago I decided to start sanding it down. My original plan was to stain the top and paint the bottom, but lo and behold, as I started sanding I realized the top of the table was not real hardwood, and probably would not stain well. At that point, the table sat very forlornly by my front door, patiently waiting for it's transformation. Here's the pitiful before picture:

Cream Side Table Part 2: How to cover furniture with fabric

Psst.... Here is part 1 if  you missed it!


I am SO excited to share this with you guys! I absolutely LOVE how this table turned out! It definitely took a big chunk of time but was totally worth it. So, after painting my table and letting it dry for 2 days, I began to get my fabric ready to cover the leather panel on the top.

Top Before:

Top after:

Cream Side Table, Part 1

Hi all! Here is part one of my cream side table redo! I posted last week that I found this gem at goodwill for $15.

Now here is the (almost) after:

MUCH better right? Here's how I got there!