Pinterest Love no. 2

Here are my 5 favorite pins on Pinterest this week. Enjoy!

1. Be Brave Printable

This is one of my favorite songs. It is also one of my daughter's favorite songs. I love that. I love that it has a great message. OSP has made a wonderful free printable. I love that too!

2. Ladder Shelf

Isn't this so cool. I actually have an old ladder in the garage. This is getting added to my to do list. Thanks Refresh Restyle for the awesome tutorial and inspiration.

3. Beadboard Table Top Box

I just love the simplicity of this center piece. Happy at Home provided a great tutorial on how to make this box. I so want to be more comfortable with tools. This might be a good starter project.

4. Owl Coin Purse

I have not been able to get over my infatuation with owls. They are just so stinking cute! This pattern from Do Small Things With Love seems easy to do. I love it.

5. Mint Colored Reading Chair

What a wonderful chair, wonderful space, wonderful color combination. Classy Clutter did an amazing job classing it up.

Well I hope you enjoyed a recap of my favorite Pins this week. You can follow me on Pinterest to see all my inspiration. Feel free to share your favorite Pin in the comments. I'm always interested to know what people are planning when they pin something.

Have a great day!

XOXO

Carla

Industrial Stenciled Stools

I finished up a fun pair of stools this weekend.

When we moved into our house we loved that the kitchen had a wonderful island and we planned to have stools for us all to sit around it. A wonderful friend gave us a couple stools that I love but I couldn't find another set to make it possible for all four of us to sit together. Five years later and we still fight over who gets to sit in the 2 stools we have. Then the other day I came across a pair of inexpensive plain bar stools on Craigslist and a really cool industrial stool tutorial on Pinterest. It was like fate. They aren't anything like my original stools but I still love them.

Here are the before pictures. Besides the great price ($15 for the pair) I love that they swivel.

I was really inspired by the stools done by a Vintage Industrial DIY Bar Stool Post by The DIY Village

I ordered my stencil from Just Stencils It took less than a week for me to receive them. You should have seen me when I took the stencil off and saw the beautiful clean paint line. I literally squealed with excitement.

I just love how they turned out.

 

And now we don't have to fight over stools.

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XOXO

Carla

Dining Table Makeover

I love when I start a project and work hard on it, I love it when it all works out great and I end up with exactly what I'd imagined. It doesn't happen very often so when it does I want to do cartwheels. I received this table a few months ago. Notice the garage door is open and the sunshine. Don't mind the cars - I don't have much working space.

It came with four of these chairs.

It needed some love and affection. It had been sitting in the garage for a long time. So I cleaned it up and painted it with Maison Blanche Wrought Iron and Stained the top with a Polystain.

Look at those feet! Love that detail!

I just love how it all turned out.

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XOXO

Carla

A Pair of Chairs

I really love these chairs. When I got them they were all scratched up. I didn't hate the wood color but since they were so beat up I knew they needed to be painted. I decided to try Maison Blanche Wrought Iron Chalk Paint on them and I fell in love...  

I replaced the fabric on the seats, painted the decorative detail with Maison Blanche Magnolia, added some distressing and finished them with the Maison Blanche dark wax.

Here are some detail pictures of the chairs.

I only have 2 of these chairs. I wish I could find more of them because they would make a great set around a dining table. But for now they sit in front of my fireplace.

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by.

XOXO
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