Sew Savvy by Brandy: furniture make over

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Living Room Make Over!

Remember those beautiful chairs I made over in early April? Well both are all done and I took it a step further! I did a little make over on my Living Room. I had about 2 yards of that fabric left over. So with the rest I recovered some throw pillows for the couches and a small piano bench. Take a look!

I got this piano bench at an antique store for $15.00. It was dark brown and dated. So I spray painted it the same Ivory color as the chairs. Then added the same fabric! Walla~a nice new sitting area for us to put our shoes on in the morning!

Don't you love how everything matches!? Since these photos I have also picked up a Oak rickety quilt rack from a second hand store for $10.00. I spray painted that the same Ivory and added that to the Living Room as well. My beautiful room is now complete!

A New Desk for Xander!

My little guy Xander starts Kindergarten in September this year. So I have been thinking of buying him a desk and getting him ready for the "homework process". I am a HUGE believer in recycling old furniture and making it new. And one day I was driving along and saw this desk on the curb and it called to me! I know its got an old look, but with a little new spray paint I knew I could make it work.

Here is a look at the totally 70's drawers! The hardware gave me a "hard" time and didn't want to come off. They were rivited in!

So what color did I choose? RED!

The grass got a nice new look too! LOL!

So what does it look like in his room?

A nice new shiny Red desk! It totally makes his room pop! And he loves it!

Instead of the dated leaves and rivited hardware I added brushed nickle.

And of course we needed a new chair for the new desk! So I spray painted a basic wood and white kitchen chair we had in the garage blue. Then pulled out the handy dandy staple gun!