by Melanie | Feb 26, 2020 | DIY, How To's, Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
Your kitchen table is one of the hardest working pieces of furniture you’ll ever have in your home! Whatever finish you get on your kitchen tabletop needs to be able to stand up to regular wiping down and lots of everyday wear. For that reason, staining...
by Melanie | Aug 30, 2018 | How To's, Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
If you’re trying to bring new life to furniture, paint isn’t always the answer. Old pine furniture is a great example. I love pine (I actually wrote a whole post about it awhile back!), But sometimes the color of pine can be a little too orange for my...
by Melanie | Aug 4, 2017 | Hunts & Finds, Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
It’s official–I have writer’s block. All of my creativity has totally leaked out of my brain over the past month. I think it is some combination of the heat, humidity, and 3 little people running around my house. I have been trying and trying to...
by Melanie | Nov 15, 2016 | Hunts & Finds, Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
Hi everyone! It’s been awhile since I’ve checked in with you all. I hope you are enjoying the fall weather and the transition to the holiday season. Things here at Lost & Found have been a little chaotic lately, but I’ll share more about that...
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by Melanie | Jul 14, 2015 | Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
Hi everybody! This is just a quick post with a few “after” shots of the Duncan Phyfe-style dining set I finally finished over the weekend. I have had this set since this past October, and it has been lurking in my garage ever since. I finally got...
by Melanie | Mar 17, 2015 | Tables & Chairs, Makeovers |
Remember this cute maple drop-leaf table project from last year? I painted the base in 2 layers of MMS Milk Paint with a Vaseline resist layer in between. I was hoping for a lot more chipping on the table base to help give it that farmhouse look, but milk paint has a...
by Melanie | Sep 15, 2014 | Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
It’s been awhile since I’ve messed around with some fabric. I have enjoyed teaching myself some basic reupholstery skills, but man, upholstery is a beating! My arms and fingers get so sore from pulling out staples and the pieces always take longer than I...
by Melanie | Jul 14, 2014 | Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
I hope you all had a chance to read in my last post about all the prep work this Duncan Phyfe style dining table needed. A makeover was in order and chose to do a makeover with chalk paint. It was a giant project–dining sets usually are! This is my 4th set to...
by Melanie | Jul 12, 2014 | Hunts & Finds, helpful, Tables & Chairs |
My kids have been gone this week at “Grandma & Grandpa Camp,” which means I’ve had much more time than usual to work on projects. We’ve been rearranging bedrooms, packing up baby stuff we no longer need, installing kitchen lights, and...
by Melanie | Jul 1, 2014 | How To's, Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
Let me start off by saying I didn’t discover this process . . . other bloggers out there have shared how this works before. But I love using this technique on pieces and wanted to share with you how it has turned out for me. Most of you probably already know...
by Melanie | May 3, 2014 | Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
I love finishing a project, don’t you? It’s always so gratifying to get to the end of something and say, “I did that!” This is the third dining set I have redone (you can see the other two here and here) and each one has provided it’s...
by Melanie | Apr 28, 2014 | Business Talk, Tables & Chairs |
Hi everyone! I know the blog has been light on content these past 10 days, I’m sorry! I have gotten so behind on my business projects and on life in general. My goal this week is to slowly make my way back to a “normal” schedule for our family...
by Melanie | Mar 25, 2014 | Hunts & Finds, Tables & Chairs |
It’s so hard to drive past a garage sale sign, can I get an Amen? Last Saturday, on my way home from an appointment, I passed by 2 in a neighborhood near my house. Despite my best intentions of hurrying back home, I couldn’t keep from doing a quick...
by Melanie | Mar 3, 2014 | How To's, Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
It’s finished! I have been teasing you all for quite some time now about this French chair project. It was a thrift store find, and I was excited to try my hand at upholstery again after working on a French Settee last summer. The chair’s structure was sound,...
by Melanie | Feb 9, 2014 | Hunts & Finds, Tables & Chairs |
This past Friday it snowed here in Texas. It was only maybe a half inch of snow, but still enough for my kids to be excited about it. Typical of Texas weather though, two Fridays ago it was a sunny 70 degrees. Thankfully, the monthly Canton market coincided with...
by melaniealexander | Jan 29, 2014 | Decor Ideas, Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
Remember this beauty that I found last summer? Working on this French settee was my first attempt at reupholstering anything. It was a beast of a project. But, after all of the labor, it turned out like this It found a new home in a little girl’s French-themed...
by melaniealexander | Oct 23, 2013 | Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
A month ago, I accidentally bought an antique dining table and 4 chair set. I say accidentally because I made someone on a Facebook garage sale site a really low offer, never thinking they would accept it, and they did! Whoops. I broke the news in a car ride to the...
by melaniealexander | Aug 29, 2013 | Makeovers, Tables & Chairs |
I finally finished the last of my four major summer furniture projects! Yay! This French Provincial dining room table set was the last thing on my list. I bought it from a lady on a Facebook garage sale site who was selling it for her elderly mother. It had the...
